Nostalgia & History > CNW Sunday grain trains, grab anything for power!

In the mid-1980,s CNW was known for running weekend grain extras using whatever power was handy. Most locals were idle on the weekends so there were more geeps sitting at the terminals. This Sunday Boone Ia assembled this gp-sd-gp consist to take eb grain to Clinton,Ia. The only thing is to have an ATC equipped leader for the point unit. This train is topping the ruling grade at Mt Vernon Ia at about 10 mph. There are still grain trains on Sundays here, but don,t sound like this.

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Who is on top of the old 30 Bridge? Thats not your brother and AOH is it?

MILW86A

MILW86A Wrote:
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> Who is on top of the old 30 Bridge? Thats not your
> brother and AOH is it?
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> MILW86A

Isn't slacks ON the old 30 bridge? That's the current
county road structure I believe.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

Slacks is on the old one correct. The other two are on the 2nd bridge.
Boy those places were great to shoot from. Not anymore with all the foilage around(like Hwy 13)
MILW86A

Bet that sounded Amazing!

Yes, I,m standing on the old Lincoln Highway bridge that is closed to traffic and still a good place to watch trains. I don,t remember who is standing on the new old Hgw 30 bridge, but it is a little harder to photograph from due to traffic and foliage.

Nice ones. Sounded much better than anything today I bet.
Brian Stevens