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Lovell, WY
Wyoming cops are some real ball breakers...
The North Local continues on its way after working the American Colloid bentonite plant here outside of Lovell. As I mentioned in a previous post, bentonite is the most ubiquitous commodity on the railroads of this region and it's used for numerous goods and industrial processes, with this plant apparently producing bentonite products used for metal-casting. The train stopped here for ages, before eventually some plant personnel boarded the locomotive cab for a while, after which the train began its work. During this stop though, the clouds gave way to sun and gave us some brilliant lighting. Also during this stop, a park ranger drove by us on the road, calling us in to the sheriff. When the sheriff pulled up, it was the third time in our two days chasing the Greybull locals that law enforcement had showed up to question us (We also got pulled over and given a warning for speeding once while not chasing a train, as a nice bonus police interaction.) Thankfully he was not as pushy as the other sheriffs and police who had questioned us, because his bewildered coworkers had already told him about our description and activities. Nice. After the chase of this local we were more than ready to begin our trek back to Colorado.
Lovell, WY
Wyoming cops are some real ball breakers...
The North Local continues on its way after working the American Colloid bentonite plant here outside of Lovell. As I mentioned in a previous post, bentonite is the most ubiquitous commodity on the railroads of this region and it's used for numerous goods and industrial processes, with this plant apparently producing bentonite products used for metal-casting. The train stopped here for ages, before eventually some plant personnel boarded the locomotive cab for a while, after which the train began its work. During this stop though, the clouds gave way to sun and gave us some brilliant lighting. Also during this stop, a park ranger drove by us on the road, calling us in to the sheriff. When the sheriff pulled up, it was the third time in our two days chasing the Greybull locals that law enforcement had showed up to question us (We also got pulled over and given a warning for speeding once while not chasing a train, as a nice bonus police interaction.) Thankfully he was not as pushy as the other sheriffs and police who had questioned us, because his bewildered coworkers had already told him about our description and activities. Nice. After the chase of this local we were more than ready to begin our trek back to Colorado.