I worked as a relief operator at Concord, Il a lot in the 1950's and remember handling some ore trains southbound out of Beardstown, Il. As I remember, the ore was always contained in rust colored or
Bob I was going to comment about Arenzville hill. I'm glad you mentioned it. Yes, they doubled and tripled the hill, which is just a shade under 1.5%, with the "jenny trains". Ordinarily, with coal t
Taconite trains still run, they did suck in the earlier years with the old GN hoppers, all one had to do was look at them wrong and they broke in two, bad actors with the air and dynamics then wouldn