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Jul 4, 2011 | 11:17 PM

linkin5

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Pics from the ride

I was just riding under the trestle and here came the train.

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Jul 5, 2011 | 03:33 AM

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Great catch.
Two SD90/43MAC's on the front of that train. 4300 hp each. That's about 344 KLX's worth of power tied to that coal drag. Good looking locomotives . RailPictures.Net Photo: INRD 9001 Indiana Rail Road EMD SD9043MAC at Paducah, Kentucky by John Owens

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Jul 5, 2011 | 03:58 AM

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Very cool! Thanks for posting

Jul 5, 2011 | 03:22 PM

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The old trestle is called tulip trestle and was built just after 1900. One of the largest in the world at the time of construction and still in the top 10 in the world. It is in the middle of nowhere, just a old relic from a differen't time. Then all of the sudden a train comes and it's not a relic anymore. I've been over the trestle in a steam engine and hung from it as an idiot kid.

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