The SP had track rights over the BN from Kansas City, MO, to Chicago, IL, due to the merger. Here a loaded ore train with 3 AC's rolls south of Abingdon heading towards West Quincy for next crew change. These ore trains came off the WC at Chicago and were normally bound for Utah.
An exclamation attributed to TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson, it is this eponymous expression of which certain images convey man and machine versus nature . . .
