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This won't count as dramatic, but it still was memorable. <br /> <br />I live waaay up north in Green Bay, WI.... former home of the "ALL ALCO" Green Bay and Western. I used to make a point of heading down to the roundhouse on Sunday mornings. The road power from the inbound (#2) train from Saturnday night would be parked by the sand tower / fuel rack. It was right near a cul de sac and the light was usually just right in the morning. The morning roundhouse crew would feed and water these girls and get power set up for the outbound Sunday evening train (#1). Since no managers were on duty at 8 AM Sunday morning, on a few occaisions the round house crewman would wave me over and let me ride with him around the yard and then across the turntable and into the roundhouse to tie down the power. We'd run 2 or 3 units into the barn. I have some nice photos of the shops from in the cab. About that same time, C&NW sold their Green Bay to Milwaukee line to Itel Rail (owner of GB&W). The shop crew at North Green Bay was occaisionally similarly friendly. I got a bit of a ride on ex C&NW GP-30 #820, around the yard. Finally, a few years ago, for Father's day, we signed my Father up to run a steamer at the Illinois Ry Museum (Union, ILL.) While he ran their Frisco decapod, I rode the fireman's seat with video camera in hand. All three were pretty cool. <br /> <br />
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