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» Rapid City, Pierre, & Eastern (more..)
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» RCP&E Black Hills Sub
» North of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, USA (more..)
» October 05, 2019 |
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| On Saturday the RCP&E cabbed a crew from Rapid City to Colony to finish up the night job's work and head south with 68 loads for Rapids. This is the far end of the old DM&E/CNW. This is the Black Hills Sub that runs 74 miles north of Rapid City to 3 bentonite customers at the end of the line in Colony, WY. Bentonite has been called “Miracle Mud” and the “Clay of a Thousand Uses." Wyoming’s bentonite has unique characteristics that it can swell up to 16 times its original size and absorbs up to 10 times its own weight in water due to the sodium instead of calcium found in it.
Here the job is southbound as they approach the HBD at MP 161. A herd of pronghorns look on wondering what we are up too as the train slowly pokes along at 10 mph. The bentonite plants that originated the cars can be seen in the background and are 12 miles up the highway 212. Not much to see out here but open country and orange 40's! |
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