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I once saw a "train" consisting of two SD-9s back to back and a wide vision caboose. This was on the BN between Norton and Oberlin in Kansas. It's former CB&Q trackage some some of us in the hobby back then referred to it as "The Oberlin Zephyr". Since Norton had seen service from the Rock Island at one time we also called it, The Norton Rocket". I belief the two SDs were headed to Oberlin to pick up several covered hoppers loaded with wheat. The double heading saved the crew from having to use the crude and shaky turntable at Oberlin to turn one lone locomotive. In the late 80s ex Frisco GP-38s began to show up on that line.
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