With most class one railroads parking there SD40's, on one railroad the 40's still are going strong. Here the Marquette, IA to Mason City, IA manifest train has 10 40's in tow today as they switch Verasun's ethanol plant near Floyd, IA. DME 6081, DME 6074, ICE 6403, ICE ICE 6453, ICE 6450, ICE 6445, DME 6052, DME 6089, ICE 6433, ICE 6456 do the honors. The 3rd crew is about to board on this train here at Verasun, been trying to get this train to Mason City since 20:00 last night. 24 hours and 117 miles is impressive!
