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While photographing sunflowers recently, I met the farmer/owner of the land. He had several thousand acres of mixed crops, including corn, wheat, sunflowers, and more!
He showed me this hillside where he had set aside about ten acres of land for a re-burial site.
The Empire Loyalists (UEL) who were the original (non-indigenous) settlers in the area had a burial site in a precarious area, so the kind farmer set about to get approvals and have the stones and markers preserved in a wonderful location. I'll post an image of their view at a later time.
Thanks for looking, etc.:)
The very first load of Dell Rapids rock, and second train ever, crosses the brand new replacement bridge in North Sioux City, SD. The older Milwaukee Road bridge had some character, and it's sad to see it gone, but at least Dakota and Iowa trains are back on the move in and out of Sioux City.
The fresh ballast is still un-tamped and the bridge will be closed again to finish the construction later today.
This former BN SD40-2 is running long hood forward with the DAIR Train Master, Tim Smith, at the controls.
At Chatsworth, I found the MDRSC tied down. The morning Sioux City crew will tie their train down on the main and bring this southbound into Sioux City.
For my video; youtu.be/uIS1cEzM2RA
Built by : GMD,
Built in : 1983,
Serial Number : A 4323,
Class : DRS-20c,
River District, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Continuing towards Hawarden, the local keeps a brisk pace. We would break off here to intercept the southbound road train passing through Sioux Falls.
A Dakota and Iowa SD40-2 clears out the Chatsworth siding, making an early morning northbound run to work Hawarden and Hudson. Early morning fog was still hanging around the Big Sioux River.
This is the first photo from a banger of a day along the DAIR and RCPE with Ross as my guide.
Built as Milwaukee Road SD40-2 #3026, Maine Central #609 (Pan Am) leads HLCX #7014 and train POED passed a loaded coal train with CN #2445 third out. Three locomotives that likely would never have met if it weren’t for the eclectic group of SD40’s Pan Am purchased, and the run through power agreement they have with Norfolk Southern. Most notable out of the three is the #609 which, in late 1975, was painted in Milwaukee Roads 1776 Centennial paint scheme and renumbered to MILW #156. After its long life and retirement on Pan Am, it was purchased by a private company and has been renumbered to BUGX #156. Possible centennial repaint in the future?
February 2014
Fitchburg, MA.