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March 25, 2010 08:58PM

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Interesting ... I also got pics of this job but from close on the other side. My pics are in storage a long way from here, unfortunately.

They came real close to capsizing the barge at one point.

Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
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