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Article #35: Yard Operations/Locomotives

 

This article os all about one of the trains on the DVCRR Layout and one of the yard workers. The photos shows a brakeman standing on Chessie System GP9 4301 coming out of the roundhouse, as well as on the rear of a Union Pacific Gondola. This is common site when trains are switching in the Grovemont Yard. 



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