SOO 1003 headed uphill towards Avalon, and eventually Spring Grove, IL where it will tie up for the day. This sounded exactly like a movie - steam engine chugging, whistling for a crossing.
Loaded with “Pink Lady” quartz ballast from the company-owned Rock Springs quarry, a Chicago & North Western ballast train departs Janesville, Wisconsin, on the morning of July 8, 1995. The ea... (more)