Passing the Campground
There were no campers to be found on February 20, 1978 as a pair of SD40's covered with winter grime start 911 on its way west. 753 and 742 have 81 cars in tow and the rear end crew should be about ready to board the caboose back near the depot. At this point the train is on a slight downgrade just out of Trout Lake but as soon as the conductor and rear brakie are on it will be run 8 to try to build speed for the 2 mile grade ahead. Westbound normally got a workout leaving town and track speed wasn't reached until you were near mile 443 five miles to the west.
Passing the Campground
There were no campers to be found on February 20, 1978 as a pair of SD40's covered with winter grime start 911 on its way west. 753 and 742 have 81 cars in tow and the rear end crew should be about ready to board the caboose back near the depot. At this point the train is on a slight downgrade just out of Trout Lake but as soon as the conductor and rear brakie are on it will be run 8 to try to build speed for the 2 mile grade ahead. Westbound normally got a workout leaving town and track speed wasn't reached until you were near mile 443 five miles to the west.