Impulse buy
The afternoon of October 23rd found an outbound 471 crew setting out on the Waseca sub at 1:00, the perfect time for a westbound chase this time of year. Normally I would have little interest in following this train powered by filthy CP power for much distance, but according to the dispatcher they were to meet 470 at Dodge Center (with a crew called for 15:30) so I decided to spend this beautiful Sunday afternoon following 471, then intercepting 470 for the trip back east in hopes of finding more interesting power leading it.
9840 kicks up a cloud of crop debris left behind in the freshly harvested fields west of Byron.
Impulse buy
The afternoon of October 23rd found an outbound 471 crew setting out on the Waseca sub at 1:00, the perfect time for a westbound chase this time of year. Normally I would have little interest in following this train powered by filthy CP power for much distance, but according to the dispatcher they were to meet 470 at Dodge Center (with a crew called for 15:30) so I decided to spend this beautiful Sunday afternoon following 471, then intercepting 470 for the trip back east in hopes of finding more interesting power leading it.
9840 kicks up a cloud of crop debris left behind in the freshly harvested fields west of Byron.