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Spades, Clubs, & Diamonds
KCS 3942, 3940, and 3903 are in charge of 2GPS-31 as they finally get the go ahead from UP to cross the 5th Street plant. Aside from UP's stab, this lowly ballast train made some really good time over the road.
The day before, I saw a post about this train heading south on the Marquette Sub and surmised they would be south of the Quads the next morning. This was disappointing, but I was going to head that way the next day regardless. However, before departing in the morning I made a point to check a couple of the rail cams and noted that the ballast train hadn't left Marquette yet. Hmmmm.
Since we had no solid intel though, we initially set our sights on intercepting 253 somewhere south of Clinton. But while monitoring the radio feed near Marquette, we heard that a ballast train had backed out and would meet K39 at Eckards. Bingo.
We picked them up north of Dubuque and a 150 mile chase ensued, finally ending around Letts. The cards were actually in our favor for once and it's days like these keep the addiction going.
Spades, Clubs, & Diamonds
KCS 3942, 3940, and 3903 are in charge of 2GPS-31 as they finally get the go ahead from UP to cross the 5th Street plant. Aside from UP's stab, this lowly ballast train made some really good time over the road.
The day before, I saw a post about this train heading south on the Marquette Sub and surmised they would be south of the Quads the next morning. This was disappointing, but I was going to head that way the next day regardless. However, before departing in the morning I made a point to check a couple of the rail cams and noted that the ballast train hadn't left Marquette yet. Hmmmm.
Since we had no solid intel though, we initially set our sights on intercepting 253 somewhere south of Clinton. But while monitoring the radio feed near Marquette, we heard that a ballast train had backed out and would meet K39 at Eckards. Bingo.
We picked them up north of Dubuque and a 150 mile chase ensued, finally ending around Letts. The cards were actually in our favor for once and it's days like these keep the addiction going.