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I'm a retired U.P. engineer, used to run coal trains to the power plant in Hermiston Ore. To catch a coal train to the plant was CAKE! Sit on you butt while the plant crew did all the work while the train crew slept and ate nice meals provided by the power company. Always a favorite job to catch. No so much on the road jobs, heavy, dirty, and always screwed by the dispatchers. If you look closely you'll notice that the car "box" is rotated off the carriage and the frame, trucks, air hoses, couplers, etc all remain untouched.
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