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Post by backshophoss on Oct 4, 2015 0:44:21 GMT -5
Iowa Pacific ran a charter train to ABQ last Friday,for the Balloon Fiesta's 1st weekend(was sold out) 3 Sleepers and 1 ex ATSF Big Dome,returning to Chicago this Sunday on #4. As is the norm,the weather turned wet after the morning's Mass Ascension. Heard on the scanner that #3 dropped the cars friday night. Noticed something odd about the last sleeper,"Colorado Pines",that the vestibule end was different. Here's a pic of the cars laid up on 384 track in ABQ Attachments:
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Post by backshophoss on Oct 17, 2015 23:54:58 GMT -5
OK Gang,here's what IP did,they turned the vestibule end of "Colorado Pines" into whats best described as a "enclosed OBS platform" by removing sheet metal,then installing glass or "Plexiglass" in place,and added "flood"lights as well! Attachments:
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