Expanding Capacity on Union Pacific s Sunset Route William W. Hay Seminar Series

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1 Expanding Capacity on Union Pacific s Sunset Route William W. Hay Seminar Series March 28, 2008 David Connell, AVP Engineering Construction, UPRR

2 Note to The Adobe.pdf Version The original version of this presentation includes movies, animation, and other features. This original version will be presented by David Connell at the live seminar on March 28, This presentation version posted to the university file sharing site has been modified into an Adobe.pdf version that excludes the additional features. This has been done in order to ensure ease of printing and to avoid potential Powerpoint version conflicts on the computers of presentation attendees who will be calling in to the seminar. The presentation text is unchanged. 2

3 Overview Union Pacific Network Sunset History Growing Demand Acceleration Strategy Constructing for Velocity and Durability Construction Challenges 3

4 UP Network Overview 3 Regions / 21 Service Units Portland Roseville Pocatello Salt Lake City Twin Cities Commuter Operations North Platte Council Bluffs Chicago Denver Kansas City St.Louis Wichita Fast Facts Commodity Revenue Miles of Track Miles of Bridges 415 $16.3 B 32,300 in 23 States Employees 50,000+ Los Angeles Tucson El Paso Fort Worth N. Little Rock Livonia Annual Payroll $3.7 B Customers 25,000 Locomotives 8,500 Northern (Omaha, NE) Southern (Spring, TX) San Antonio Houston Freight Cars 104,700 Western (Roseville, CA) 4

5 The Original Sunset Route Entire Sunset Corridor stretched between New Orleans and San Francisco Los Angeles to El Paso ( ) Provided connection (via steamship) between San Francisco and New York Freight balance originally east to west - moving freight to where the Sun Sets in the West 5

6 Elevation (feet) Route Characteristics 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 - MP (1,000) 540 LA Basin 575 Total Sunset Route Curve Miles By Degree of Curvature > Beaumont Hill 2,560 ft. 1.9% grade Clyde 385 ft Wister, CA (Salton Sea) -201 ft. Yuma Estrella 1,487 ft Dragoon, AZ 4,557 ft. 1.5% grade Mescal 4,030 ft. Tucson 990 1,020 1,055 San Simon 3,600 ft. 1,090 1,125 Wilna, NM 4,554 ft. Lordsburg 1,160 Continental Divide 1,195 1,230 Strauss El Paso 1,265 1,300 6

7 Today s Sunset Route Seattle Eastport Portland Oakland Salt Lake City Denver Twin Cities Omaha KC Chicago St. Louis Los Angeles W. Colton Phoenix Tucson El Paso Dallas Memphis Meridian Gateway New Orleans Houston Laredo Brownsville 7

8 Anapra Sunset Route nd MT Implementation Plan 8 Lordsburg El Paso San Simon Mondel Phoenix Dragoon 1997 Pre-SP Merger Strauss Annual 2MT Miles Tucson LA West Colton Beaumont Araz Stockham Wellton Dome Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years Cumulative 2MT Miles Yuma

9 Sunset Route nd MT Implementation Plan 1998 LA West Colton Yuma Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years Phoenix Tucson Annual 2MT Miles Cumulative 2MT Miles Lordsburg Strauss El Paso Anapra 9

10 Lordsburg El Paso Dragoon Sunset Route nd MT Implementation Plan Strauss Cumulative 2MT Miles Raso Luzena Cochise Annual 2MT Miles LA West Colton Phoenix Beaumont Fingal Tucson Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years Yuma

11 Sunset Route nd MT Implementation Plan 2002 LA West Colton Fingal Garnet Yuma Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years Phoenix Tucson Annual 2MT Miles Cumulative 2MT Miles Lordsburg Strauss El Paso 11

12 Sunset Route nd MT Implementation Plan 2003 LA West Colton Yuma Stanwix Sentinel Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years Phoenix Tucson Annual 2MT Miles Cumulative 2MT Miles Lordsburg Strauss El Paso 12

13 Sunset Route nd MT Implementation Plan 2005 LA West Colton Yuma Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years Phoenix Tucson Annual 2MT Miles Cumulative 2MT Miles Lordsburg 05 Tunis Dona Strauss Afton El Paso 13

14 Sunset Route nd MT Implementation Plan 2006 LA West Colton Yuma Fortuna- Blaisdell Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years Phoenix Tucson Annual 2MT Miles Cumulative 2MT Miles Lisbon Tunis Dona Lordsburg 06 Strauss Afton El Paso 14

15 U.S. Import and Export Volume in TEUs Vancouver PNW Oakland 78% 78% of of Trans-Pacific import volume enters through a West Coast port port Boston New York Baltimore Exports Norfolk Wilmington Charleston Savannah Imports L.A. / Long Beach Houston Florida Source: JOC Piers 15

16 Intermodal Products 2006 Revenue = $2.8 Billion 2006 Lane Density 2006 Units International 64% Domestic 32% Premium 4% 16

17 Sunset Corridor Intermodal Growth LA / Long Beach TEU Growth Sunset 3Q Peak Trains Per Day Including Imports, Exports, Empties (Millions) Tucson El Paso New Mandate: Complete Longer Trains Sunset 2MT By Peak 10 0 je c o r P t io n % Increase Since = More Starts 17

18 Determining the Delivery Process Design-Bid- Build Design- Build Accelerate Design- Bid-Build Timing 5-7 Years 3 Years 3-4 Years Construction UP Contract Contract: Grading UP: Track & Sig Design UP Contract Contract Permits UP Manages Contract UP Manages Accelerated Design-Bid-Build Selected 18

19 Strauss El Paso Sunset Route Accelerated Design-Bid-Build Plan Lordsburg Raso Luzena San Simon Lisbon Annual 2MT Miles Cochise LA West Colton Phoenix Tucson Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years Cumulative 2MT Miles Yuma

20 Sunset Route Accelerated Design-Bid-Build Plan 2008 LA West Colton Thermal Garnet Niland Araz Yuma Grading Only Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years ACC Setback Affects the Schedule Estrella Phoenix Kino Tucson Cochise Annual 2MT Miles Cumulative 2MT Miles Raso Lordsburg Strauss 08 El Paso 20

21 Sunset Route Accelerated Design-Bid-Build Plan 2009 West Colton Thermal Niland Annual 2MT Miles Cumulative 2MT Miles Araz Yuma Estrella Casa Grande Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years Tucson 21

22 Sunset Route Accelerated Design-Bid-Build Plan 2010 West Colton Thermal Niland Annual 2MT Miles Cumulative 2MT Miles Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years Yuma Dome Casa Grande Stockham Tucson 22

23 Sunset Route Accelerated Design-Bid-Build Plan Cumulative 2MT Miles West Colton Annual 2MT Miles Yuma Wellton Stanwix Sentinel Estrella Single ML 2 nd MT Installed in Current Year 2 nd MT Installed in Prior Years Tucson 23

24 Sunset Design Objectives Velocity 10 mile spacing between control points #24 universal crossovers Set-out tracks every 10 miles Signal upgrade ML #1 to improved spacing, aspect progression to eliminate speed restrictions and enable 70 mph Curve reduction Durability / Maintainability 20 ft track centers Concrete ties on 141 lb. rail Premium concrete turnouts with MPFs Wireless CTC code line communication, processor based CPs, and one HBD per CP Replace timber bridges with culverts and concrete bridges 24

25 Protecting Construction Personnel Subgroup Coord #3 Subgroup Coord #2 Subgroup Coord #1 2 miles Employee-in-Charge (EIC) 25

26 Grading Dirt Work 101 Contracted in mile segments 3.8 million yards of cut and fill Vertical controls 26

27 Grading Dirt Work 101 Contracted in mile segments 3.8 million yards of cut and fill Vertical controls 27

28 Grading Dirt Work 101 Contracted in mile segments 3.8 million yards of cut and fill Vertical controls Fill material Compaction 28

29 Grading Dirt Work 101 Contracted in mile segments 3.8 million yards of cut and fill Vertical controls Fill material Compaction Roadbed Construction Crosstie Ballast 12 Inches Below Bottom of Tie Sub-Ballast 6-8 Inches Compacted Subgrade Inches Subballast design Depth Slope 3/27/2008 Earth 29 3 Access road 29

30 Track Construction 1 million concrete ties from CXT Tucson facility 30

31 Track Construction 1 million concrete ties from CXT Tucson facility TLM utilized to assemble components including fastener installation 31

32 Track Construction 1 million concrete ties from CXT Tucson facility TLM utilized to assemble components including fastener installation 141RE CWR unloaded alongside existing main track 32

33 Track Construction 1 million concrete ties from CXT Tucson facility TLM utilized to assemble components including fastener installation 141RE CWR unloaded alongside existing main track Ballasted with 40 car shuttle trains from two pits Surfaced in 3 lifts Dynamically stabilized Destressed by stretching 33

34 Turnout Construction 48 #24 concrete universal crossovers Moveable Point Frogs In-tie switch rodding and auxiliary throw mechanism UP-BNSF standard Built adjacent and rolled into position #14 concrete turnouts at sidings #11 concrete turnouts on set out tracks All rail spring frogs In-tie switch rodding 34

35 Turnout Construction 48 #24 concrete universal crossovers Moveable Point Frogs In-tie switch rodding and auxiliary throw mechanism UP-BNSF standard Built adjacent and rolled into position #14 concrete turnouts at sidings #11 concrete turnouts on set out tracks All rail spring frogs In-tie switch rodding 35

36 Turnout Construction 48 #24 concrete universal crossovers Moveable Point Frogs In-tie switch rodding and auxiliary throw mechanism UP-BNSF standard Built adjacent and rolled into position #14 concrete turnouts at sidings #11 concrete turnouts on set out tracks All rail spring frogs In-tie switch rodding 36

37 Bridges 142 bridges = >10,000 lf 22% of existing bridges replaced with concrete ballast deck Standard bridge design Steel H Pile Pre-fab or cast-in-place caps 30 concrete box girders (UP-BNSF Standard) Pilings HP 14 x 89 Grade A Driven to 106 ton capacity ~ depths 6600 # hammer, 8-9 stroke 37

38 Bridges 142 bridges = >10,000 lf 22% of existing bridges replaced with concrete ballast deck Standard bridge design Steel H Pile Pre-fab or cast-in-place caps 30 concrete box girders (UP-BNSF Standard) Pilings HP 14 x 89 Grade A Driven to 106 ton capacity ~ depths 6600 # hammer, 8-9 stroke 38

39 Bridges 142 bridges = >10,000 lf 22% of existing bridges replaced with concrete ballast deck Standard bridge design Steel H Pile Pre-fab or cast-in-place caps 30 concrete box girders (UP-BNSF Standard) Pilings HP 14 x 89 Grade A Driven to 106 ton capacity ~ depths 6600 # hammer, 8-9 stroke 39

40 Bridges 142 bridges = >10,000 lf 22% of existing bridges replaced with concrete ballast deck Standard bridge design Steel H Pile Pre-fab or cast-in-place caps 30 concrete box girders (UP-BNSF Standard) Pilings HP 14 x 89 Grade A Driven to 106 ton capacity ~ depths 6600 # hammer, 8-9 stroke 40

41 Bridges 142 bridges = >10,000 lf 22% of existing bridges replaced with concrete ballast deck Standard bridge design Steel H Pile Pre-fab or cast-in-place caps 30 concrete box girders (UP-BNSF Standard) Pilings HP 14 x 89 Grade A Driven to 106 ton capacity ~ depths 6600 # hammer, 8-9 stroke 41

42 Culverts 791 culverts = > 130,000 lf primarily install with jack and bore process 76% bridges retired and replaced with culverts per hydrology due diligence Jack and bores range from 36 to 84 Inches Corregated Metal Pipes (CMP) vs smooth steel dependent on cover and installation method 5% elongation standard for open cut installs 42

43 Culverts 791 culverts = > 130,000 lf primarily install with jack and bore process 76% bridges retired and replaced with culverts per hydrology due diligence Jack and bores range from 36 to 84 Inches Corregated Metal Pipes (CMP) vs smooth steel dependent on cover and installation method 5% elongation standard for open cut installs 43

44 Construction Challenges Remote Locations Fuel Food Lodging Hardware Store Water Challenges Bridge Approaches The bump at the ends of the bridge Compaction challenges Flowable fill approach 44

45 Construction Challenges Remote Locations Fuel Food Lodging Hardware Store Water Challenges Bridge Approaches The bump at the ends of the bridge Compaction challenges Flowable fill approach 45

46 Construction Challenges Remote Locations Fuel Food Lodging Hardware Store Water Challenges Bridge Approaches The bump at the ends of the bridge Compaction challenges Flowable fill approach 46

47 Signal 70 MPH design speed 4 Aspect system (G, FY, Y, R) State-of-the-art track code system (Microtrax) Eliminates a MPH speed penalty with existing signal system Wayside detectors every miles All intermediates with draggers (TODO) Leaving signals at each nonpower switch where trains clear the main 47

48 Signal 70 MPH design speed 4 Aspect system (G, FY, Y, R) State-of-the-art track code system (Microtrax) Eliminates a MPH speed penalty with existing signal system Wayside detectors every miles All intermediates with draggers (TODO) Leaving signals at each nonpower switch where trains clear the main 48

49 Sunset Route Facilities & Terminals Plan West Colton Yard Expansion LA West Colton Yuma Tucson Existing Yard Improvements Phoenix Area Yard & Industry Improvements Phoenix Tucson Red Rock Red Rock Greenfield Switching Yard El Paso Intermodal Expansion Strauss Greenfield Fueling & Intermodal Facility Lordsburg Strauss El Paso 49

50 Project Development Challenges Tom Ogee s 5 P s of Project Development Permits (Environmental) 50

51 Project Development Challenges Tom Ogee s 5 P s of Project Development Permits (Environmental) Politics/Publicity (State & Municipal Agency Permits) Property acquisitions 51

52 Project Development Challenges Tom Ogee s 5 P s of Project Development Permits (Environmental) Politics/Publicity (State & Municipal Agency Permits) Property acquisitions Pipeline relocations 52

53 Project Development Challenges Tom Ogee s 5 P s of Project Development Permits (Environmental) Politics/Publicity (State & Municipal Agency Permits) Property acquisitions Pipeline relocations Procurement surges 53

54 Challenges Tom Ogee s 5 P s of Project Development Permits (Environmental) Politics/Publicity (State & Municipal Agency Permits) Property acquisitions Pipeline relocations Procurement surges Historical Sites City Park Native American Lands Pipeline, Access & Long-Lead Material Colorado River Bridge at Yuma 54

55 6 th P = People UPRR Engineering HDR Outside Support Dave Heineman, Program Mgr Gary Bates, Dir Design Dave Orrell, Dir Construction John Hovanec, AVP Design Tom Ogee, AVP Engineering Bob Yechout, Program Mgr Tim Bennett, Track Design Jeff Teig, Structures Design H&H and Permitting: Parsons, Olsson Surveying: TranSystems, Hanson Wilson Construction: D. H. Blattner, Granite, Ragnar Benson UPRR Track Gangs UPRR Signal Gangs 55

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