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<blockquote data-quote="Carroll" data-source="post: 395966" data-attributes="member: 9246">This locomotive just sits on a spur off the main line for the Union Pacific Coal trains that run to the KCPL Power Plant at Montrose, Missouri. This spur is at LaDue, Missouri, just a few miles East of the Power Plant. The train in the shot above had to be almost a quarter of a mile long...so depending on the grade, or failure of a locomotive, this Helper Engine is available. I know it is silly, but it reminds me of the Thomas the Tank Engine show for kids.&nbsp; Naturally, as an old man, I never watch that show. :wink-new:As I was taking my images, I could hear the diesel engine cycling through whatever stages they cycle through (My guess)...maybe compressors and such turning on and off. You could tell this locomotive was ready to go in an instant. Well, as instant as a locomotive can be. lolThis was taken the same day as the one above. This Helper is on the same line.[ATTACH]130934[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Carroll, post: 395966, member: 9246"] This locomotive just sits on a spur off the main line for the Union Pacific Coal trains that run to the KCPL Power Plant at Montrose, Missouri. This spur is at LaDue, Missouri, just a few miles East of the Power Plant. The train in the shot above had to be almost a quarter of a mile long...so depending on the grade, or failure of a locomotive, this Helper Engine is available. I know it is silly, but it reminds me of the Thomas the Tank Engine show for kids. Naturally, as an old man, I never watch that show. :wink-new: As I was taking my images, I could hear the diesel engine cycling through whatever stages they cycle through (My guess)...maybe compressors and such turning on and off. You could tell this locomotive was ready to go in an instant. Well, as instant as a locomotive can be. lol This was taken the same day as the one above. This Helper is on the same line. [ATTACH=CONFIG]130934[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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