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This shows two UP predecessors in one, although the line was already UP by then. This is a Rio Grande trackage rights train approaching Wagstaff Kansas on the ex Mopac line to Colorado, which DRGW used to access connections at KC as part of the conditions of the UP-MP-WP merger. The scene is one that epitomizes prairie railroading-long view, long train, long line of code line poles into the distance.
Date: 2/20/1986 Location: Wagstaff, KS   Map Show Wagstaff on a rail map Views: 479 Collection Of:   Tom Beckett
Locomotives: DRGW 3101(GP40-2) DRGW 5344(SD40T-2) DRGW 3135(GP40)    Author:  Tom Beckett
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Picture Categories: Scenic,Action This picture is part of album:  UP fallen flags
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Bernie Feltman General Very nice, Tom! Many great photo locations have been lost due to pole line removal resulting in vegatation 11/13/2014 6:42:46 PM

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