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Re: Critters doing what a critter does best
Author: George Jenista
Date: 04-25-2018 - 12:04

In the early 1980' s, I railfanned McCook crossing southwest of Chicago, where the Indiana Harbor Belt crossed the former Santa Fe mainline.

Whilst awaiting mainline trains, I was entertained by a 44-tonner working an aggregate pit just west of the diamonds. They were filling ex-ATSF hoppers with ballast rock using a large front-end loader. When a pair of hoppers were fully loaded, the locomotive and loader teamed up to move the cut of cars forward a couple spots. Essentially the GE took out the slack, while the loader got behind the last hopper and pushed!

Very entertaining. :)

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  Critters doing what a critter does best HUTCH 7.62 04-22-2018 - 19:38
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  Re: Critters doing what a critter does best Jim 04-22-2018 - 23:55
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  Re: Critters doing what a critter does best J.K. Trowling 04-23-2018 - 11:06
  Re: Critters doing what a critter does best DCA 04-23-2018 - 13:49
  Re: Critters doing what a critter does best Craig Tambo 04-24-2018 - 14:59
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