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Ten Years Have Got Behind You
A decade ago today, H19 skirted along the Mississippi just north of Lock and Dam #5 with SOO 6061 doing the honors. During this epoch, H19 was an afternoon departure from La Crosse and reliably had some sort of good power. Another thing of the past are gondolas loaded with sand 10 cars deep. The sand boom had really strained railroads for available cars and the early years saw loads going out in gons. As you can see, a lot of product would be lost to the winds. But by this point, the practice was nearly over.
Ten Years Have Got Behind You
A decade ago today, H19 skirted along the Mississippi just north of Lock and Dam #5 with SOO 6061 doing the honors. During this epoch, H19 was an afternoon departure from La Crosse and reliably had some sort of good power. Another thing of the past are gondolas loaded with sand 10 cars deep. The sand boom had really strained railroads for available cars and the early years saw loads going out in gons. As you can see, a lot of product would be lost to the winds. But by this point, the practice was nearly over.