Threading the Needle
This might be a new record for me. Six manned moves in the same shot at Proctor.
The dance card reads as follows: In the upper left in front of the yard office is the power off a pellet load that just arrived and is heading to the house for servicing. In the upper right is a locomotive set moving from the house for an empty limestone train that will be run to Duluth and spotted at Hallett. In the center is U-715 on limestone loads ready to depart for Minntac. Center right is the 12:01 "Extra Switch" using road power. In the lower right is L-511 with a transfer from Pokegama Yard and in the center is the 1400 PRS crew with a loaded ore train off the scale track preparing to "thread the needle" to Dock 6.
The only distraction are the heat distortion waves off the closer locomotive sets - hard to avoid in these winter conditions. I'll take the warts, along with a wonderful sunny sky. Some will say ETTS, but I say bring on the activity versus dormancy. No blues at Elwood on this fine Sunday afternoon.
Threading the Needle
This might be a new record for me. Six manned moves in the same shot at Proctor.
The dance card reads as follows: In the upper left in front of the yard office is the power off a pellet load that just arrived and is heading to the house for servicing. In the upper right is a locomotive set moving from the house for an empty limestone train that will be run to Duluth and spotted at Hallett. In the center is U-715 on limestone loads ready to depart for Minntac. Center right is the 12:01 "Extra Switch" using road power. In the lower right is L-511 with a transfer from Pokegama Yard and in the center is the 1400 PRS crew with a loaded ore train off the scale track preparing to "thread the needle" to Dock 6.
The only distraction are the heat distortion waves off the closer locomotive sets - hard to avoid in these winter conditions. I'll take the warts, along with a wonderful sunny sky. Some will say ETTS, but I say bring on the activity versus dormancy. No blues at Elwood on this fine Sunday afternoon.