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DOUBLE TRACKING MAY BE COMING DOWN THE TRACKS
Parallel rail line through Manteca would eliminate blocked crossings due to sidelined UP freight trains
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Trains sidelined to allow other freight trains to pass routinely block the Industrial Park Drive crossing for 15 to 20 minutes on average throughout the day.
Double tracking Union Pacific’s Fresno Division line through Manteca is key to improving the movement of passengers and freight by rail. It also is essential to eliminating lengthy blocked crossings at Industrial Park Drive and Woodward Avenue.