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Another angle of the battered and asphalt-splattered IAIS 701
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Closer side view of IAIS caboose 9431
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Side view of IAIS 701 being cleaned up from its asphalt bath
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IAIS 721 with slug 651 and caboose 9431
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IAIS 701 got into a bit of a "sticky situation"
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IAIS 721 with caboose 9431 coupled to the short hood end
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IAIS 9431, ex-Santa Fe caboose previously used at Blue Island
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IAIS 721 with another slug set
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IAIS 601 on one of two "slug sets" in the yard
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BN 12521, your friendly neighborhood caboose
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Illinois Railway power stationed at Ottawa
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Boarded up and tagged BN caboose sitting along the Illinois Railway tracks in Ottawa
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NVRR 1017 "Merlot"
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NVRR 1100, Gourmet Express dining car
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"Grappa" generator car
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NVRR 1085, an ex-Milwaukee Road "Super Dome" makes for a surprising Wisconsin connection
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NVRR 5076 in patched-over NS black is rather unbecoming of the otherwise classy Wine Train
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Pulling south from the station
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Wine Train in the station at Napa after our Gourmet Express lunch run disembarked
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Napa Valley's Legacy Tour train meets ours at St. Helena
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Bonus BICB at Walcott
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Made in China
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Detail of Iowa Interstate 6988's engineer's side cylinder, rods and drivers
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Chinese-American
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Blowing Off Steam
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Geep leading varnish (with a steamy Chinese caboose)
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1:30 return trip rounds the curve on the west edge of Durant
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IAIS 700 on the tail
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Hauling the mail through downtown Durant
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Noon excursion blasts out of Wilton