I start off Monday morning by heading for the Mississippi River and catch KJRY's LaHarpe Turn crew being assisted by the Local Switch assembling the LaHarpe Train with LTEX#3836 & 3836, GP40-2's and LTEX#3848, GP38-2 .
Normally, they would pull abreast of the BNSF Depot and wait for a track warrant to use a short stretch of BNSF Main to get to the Mississippi River Bridge, but today, once there,after sitting for quite some time, they begin pushing back towards where they just came from and then farther, allowing the switch crew access to the upriver yard complex . Then they throw out the anchor & detrain?
While trying to figure out what is going on, I head for the bridge and find MOW working on the Keokuk Union Depot Yard tracks, and ties strung all over the BNSF Main !
Whike recording that, I happen on to a man and his wife looking over the Depot.
I asked where he was from and if he specifically came here to see the Depot.
Got an interesting response !
He had come from Decatur ILL. His grandparents had eloped from Mt. Sterling ILL. to Keokuk and rode the old Wabash RR to get to Keokuk Union Depot.
He was retracing their steps !
Pretty COOL 😎 !
After that, I head back to the west end of the yard and watch them
push farther west and let the local switching crew get around them, and back to switching Roquette America .
This was done where I couldn't see from effectively, so I drove the long way around to see what was going on .
When I first got to the river, the bridge span was open to rail traffic, but now was closed. I figured that meant they were going nowhere today. So I went home and ate lunch ! Upon return, I found the engines off !
So I headed for Alexandria MO. and waited for those Santa Fe Warbonnet's !
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Негізгі бет 9/9/24Mon.Part1of5; Colorful KJRY Getting its LaHarpe, ILL. Turn Ready, Switching, & Some MOW :
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