CN 5767 Eastbound G888 at Council Hill IL
The hardest pull east of Waterloo is this Scales Mound grade. Eastbounds have to fight 8 tough miles of .8% grade out of the Mississippi River Valley. Alot of this grade isn't accessible due to the remote location. Here a grain train bound for the Gulf is down to 14 mph as they have 3 of the 8 miles in here east of Council Hill. I walked in about 10 minutes to one of the many cuts on this grade use to keep the grade consistent.
CN 5767 Eastbound G888 at Council Hill IL
The hardest pull east of Waterloo is this Scales Mound grade. Eastbounds have to fight 8 tough miles of .8% grade out of the Mississippi River Valley. Alot of this grade isn't accessible due to the remote location. Here a grain train bound for the Gulf is down to 14 mph as they have 3 of the 8 miles in here east of Council Hill. I walked in about 10 minutes to one of the many cuts on this grade use to keep the grade consistent.