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Marvin Mania
The craziest 'daytrip' I ever embarked upon was a 15-hour there-n'-back for a wild 661 job outta Wilmar, MN. The day's train featured 2 ex-BN SD40-2s, one Stripe-Nose paint and one in Whiteface, a Bluebonnet GP60, and a H4 GP38 4th out. Yeahh—
We wouldn't intercept the BN/BN/ATSF trio until the South Dakota border where our entire trip was nearly derailed. An additional 'work order' in Big Stone City was set to relegate the already daylight-deprived run to an additional hour + of switching. On the precipice of madness and sun dropping well on the flip side of the Meridian, the dispatcher came over the radio and advised the crew to hand it off to tomorrow 's crew...we were saved.
Down the rails, ex-BN SD40-2 #1943 leads the 661 through the rolling prairie of eastern South Dakota in a oasis of rare fall foliage. A last second decision by the dispatcher not only permitted us this beautiful angle but justified some 30-hours and 2000 miles of driving
Marvin Mania
The craziest 'daytrip' I ever embarked upon was a 15-hour there-n'-back for a wild 661 job outta Wilmar, MN. The day's train featured 2 ex-BN SD40-2s, one Stripe-Nose paint and one in Whiteface, a Bluebonnet GP60, and a H4 GP38 4th out. Yeahh—
We wouldn't intercept the BN/BN/ATSF trio until the South Dakota border where our entire trip was nearly derailed. An additional 'work order' in Big Stone City was set to relegate the already daylight-deprived run to an additional hour + of switching. On the precipice of madness and sun dropping well on the flip side of the Meridian, the dispatcher came over the radio and advised the crew to hand it off to tomorrow 's crew...we were saved.
Down the rails, ex-BN SD40-2 #1943 leads the 661 through the rolling prairie of eastern South Dakota in a oasis of rare fall foliage. A last second decision by the dispatcher not only permitted us this beautiful angle but justified some 30-hours and 2000 miles of driving