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Eastward view of Essex
on lower level
below Shelby on upper level.
Eastward Second Class
Livestock Train XLE
"Extra Livestock East"
with GN 2044 class R-2
2-8-8-2 steam locomotive,
20 loaded stock cars
and 50 foot drovers caboose
arrives from Belton on main.
Train XLE steam locomotive
takes water on main,
Train XLE sets out
drovers caboose on main
west of track E1 switch,
Train XLE moves ahead
to east of track E1 switch,
Helper Train XHE from track E1
picks up caboose on main,
Train XHE couples
to rear of Train XLE stock cars
and Train XLE
with Helper Train XHE
slowly leaves to Summit.
Box on upper level at right
for Essex train instruction cards,
box for sorting car waybills
and track boxes for car waybills.
Intercom on upper level at left
for Essex and stage
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Essex Diagram. |
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Westward view of Essex
on lower level
below stage on upper level.
Rocky sits on edge of goat lick
watching Train XLE slowly leave with Helper Train XHE
between its stock cars
and its 50 foot drovers caboose.
Train XLE GN 2044 class R-2 GN-Hillyard "articulated"
2-8-8-2 freight
oil burning steam locomotive
has Belpaire fire box,
front mounted dual air pumps
and enclosed cab.
Train XLE GN 2044
was most powerful locomotive
in world when it was built
by GN at Hillyard in 1929.
Train XHE uses class F-3-7
EMD F7 ABA freight
diesel locomotives.
Box on upper level at left
for Essex train instruction cards,
box for sorting car waybills
and track boxes for car waybills. |
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