Re: SD-9 plow train on the Dakota Southern
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 10-28-2018 - 19:25
Jeff Moore Wrote:
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> I happened by nothing more than dumb luck to be
> there the two days they tried moving all three
> out. The biggest problem they had was caused by
> the bad ordered cars underneath the sand tower,
> instead of moving them they elected to go all the
> way down to the bottom end of the yard to get on
> the mainline, this ended up putting the 37 deep
> into a stand of a very greasy plants that robbed
> it of all traction. Took a log loader pulling on
> the front and a skidder shoving at the rear to get
> them back to dry rail. They did have a track crew
> that spent at least a week on the line before
> trying to get the locomotives out. The engineer
> did say at the end of the run the 37 might not
> have been able to get the other two out by itself.
>
>
> Jeff Moore
> Elko, NV
Have you been back since? The inside of engine house has been pretty well vandalized at this point broken windows ans graffiti.
And that was last summer.