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1st off, I was wrong about that siding at galva, just went through eastbound last night and some of the signals are up, it apparantly is going to be CTC based on the signals, (what they are setting up can only be used in CTC) so for that I am glad, i was told it wasn't going to be right off the bat, but I guess a lightbulb went off in someone's head somewhere. White city is the next siding east of herington, about 10mi east of the yard. sorry, wasn't me, I was in or on my way to, KC. didn't know about another derailment there, that is interesting, one of the MofW guys said that bridge was shifting a little bit (2inches or so) so who knows, might be another one there too! those 9800's have always been one of my favorites. the first engine I got on when I was just getting hired and going through my classes was a 9800 at the diesel shop in KC. those engines you saw were picked up at hutch. I was supposed to pick 'em up a few days before, but i wouldn't because the way you saw them coupled up was a rule violation, (hope no one got in trouble, or at least got authority to do it that way). those engines don't have the right couplers to legally be coupled that way according to our rules,(don't have alignment control couplers). glad to hear your wife is doing good, hope everything continues to improve. I won't be around either the rest of this weekend, one of my brothers turns 21 in KC so I gotta go up there and help him celebrate! Party! gonna have to lay off sick though, 'cause otherwise i'd be back at work already. anyway 785-258-3503, not home a awful lot, (just got a new Harley, gotta go ride when i get the chance), but you can give me a try. they just did a bunch of work on the curve on the west side of town, down towards the detector, speed limit is restricted to 30 right now, should go back up to 70 pretty soon, (when we don't have heat related speed restrictions). about that 56.. (b39-8), i absolutely hate those engines, at least as far as running a train goes, they are the slowest loading engines i have ever seen, (same goes w/the b40-8's too), sometimes takes 2-3 miles before they do anything besides rev up and sand! have a good time in winfield. <br />derek
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