Rolling Along M-35
Except for a couple curves near Brampton and West Gladstone there isn't a hell of a lot to look at on the ore line from West Gladstone to Little Lake. The depot at Rock was pretty cool but it came down around 1981 or so. Most of the cool factor over the years was the power not the scenery as the track paralleled M-35 for the distance. This power was never very common up here and neither were the Ex PRR/PC ConRail ore cars so this evening shot of a westbound empty near Rock makes up for its lack of scenery with the rarity of the move. 8625 leads the way on March 31, 1994.
Rolling Along M-35
Except for a couple curves near Brampton and West Gladstone there isn't a hell of a lot to look at on the ore line from West Gladstone to Little Lake. The depot at Rock was pretty cool but it came down around 1981 or so. Most of the cool factor over the years was the power not the scenery as the track paralleled M-35 for the distance. This power was never very common up here and neither were the Ex PRR/PC ConRail ore cars so this evening shot of a westbound empty near Rock makes up for its lack of scenery with the rarity of the move. 8625 leads the way on March 31, 1994.