A hot sultry day finds NW GP35 1314 along with a GP9 and GP30 getting a roll on an intermodal train leaving the greater Chicago area through Hammond, IN. The milepost says we are 504 miles west of... (more)
The train doesn’t go there anymore — Deadwood, South Dakota. Three BN SD9s were tied up at the end of the branch on Aug. 31, 1979, and the line was later abandoned.
Santa Fe’s articulated doodlebug M190 and one coach were running 75 mph when they zipped by the Chisum, N.M. station sign. Train 25 operated between Clovis and Carlsbad and informally was call... (more)