I didn't see a great number of trains today, but I still enjoyed the time I spent out and about.
I went to Hoffman to see what was there.
A couple GCFX SD40s by the shops:
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The usual RLCX switcher was pushing around autoracks:
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Then what seemed like an eternity before a very short(20-25 cars) CP intermodal showed up:
http://goldeneye98.rrpicturearchives.ne ... id=1042845 right as the CP stopped for a crew change, a BNSF with JB Hunt trailers sped by behind it(no picture).
A couple minutes later a BNSF mixed freight passed by:
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On a whim I decided to follow it down river, getting ahead of it at Diamond Bluff, WI:
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Then it was over to Red Wing for lunch trackside. The Empire pulled into the station at 2:07pm, about five and a half hours late:
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Of note was the third engine in the consist:
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With not too much good light left, I decided to head home. The Red Wing switcher was sitting by the office:
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Nothing on the tracks that I saw between there and Hastings, but a few geeps were waiting at the old depot in Hastings:
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And with that I called it a day.
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