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While I was working on the rehab of the BM&LP in Northern AZ, we were in the temp siding at MP 51 waiting for the graveyard coal train to pass and clear to go back out. We had been "Cribbing" the track and needed ballast fro the days work. The Ballast train had run all the way to the coal silos at MP79 to clear for the train. In the process the lead ballast train loco (5301 an MK rebult with a GM 567 thumper) had to loop and the loco was on the wrong end of the train. To switch it out it had to run back to midway (Mp 42) to run around the train. To eliminate an extra move, the dispatcher had the ballast train tie onto the back of the coal train to midway. As a westbound now, the ruling grade (1.5%) to midway starts at MP54 and tops at MP42. We had a 15mph speed restriction at Mp54 due to the previous days work. No run at the hill this time boys, just a hard pull with 85 100 ton loaded coal cars in tow. As they started up the hill in a cloud of sand and dust, the hogger of the four E60C electrics called the operator on the 5301 to "latch er' out ot were gonna have to double the hill". It took 3 tries to get the old girl to load to run 8, but she finally loaded and held. As she came by us, the noise and the grin on the engineers face told us they would make it. They did with 7 mph to spare. Imanut
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