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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rresor: [QB] One more addendum: Medora is on the former NP, which runs right through Theodore Roosevelt park. One doesn't expect spectacular scenery in North Dakota, but it's there -- truly spectacular, mountains and rolling prairies, hundred-mile views... I've been fortunate to have a number of head-end rides on freight trains over the years (all legit and work-related). My all-time favorite memory is of standing on the "back porch" of an SD40-2 as we climbed out of the valley of the Little Missouri River in Notch 8, our five units burning through three gallons of diesel every 10 seconds, as our long loaded coal train spooled out around the curves behind us, stretching more than a mile back toward the river crossing. Hoisting 16,000 tons up a 1% grade uses a lot of energy. And yes, the Ron Burns series is wonderful. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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