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Date: 11/25/15 17:29
Going to the Bone Valley for a train load of 'Dinosaur Dust'
Author: Alcors32

CSX Road Slug 2285 and it's mate head back to the Bone Valley for another train load of 'Dinosaur Dust' in January of 1995.   Tampa, Florida  Gerhard H. Anderson Photo

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Date: 11/25/15 19:10
Re: Going to the Bone Valley for a train load of 'Dinosaur Dust'
Author: davew833

CSX road slugs were being built from GP30s and GP35s by Precision National in Mt. Vernon, IL. when I lived there in 1988-89. I remember being fascinated by engine-block-sized chunks of concrete being brought in by semi truck to be installed in place of the prime movers.



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