Guess the gods of train watchers were smiling on me this afternoon. Was wore out from pushing a lime spreader, and had taken a nap. Woke up, startled, and checked the time. Library still open, and off I go. About 16:00 coming into town, ,,,,OH! That's CN power on the depot siding. Wheeled in to take a look.....5400, a TBOX 96x xxx, and 4 bulk lead flats loaded with pulp...Two matched pairs of WC "Meg Alog Hauler"....Just sitting there wasting fuel.
Went to leave and looked in the mirror....Oh, that's why...
CN2629 and 2931 on the main, hauling the usual consist of misc. hoppers with taconite, and followed by one realllly big batch of misc. cars. About the only thing I didn't see were car haulers, and MOW gear. That was one long train.
Guess CN had to do something with what they had in the Gladstone yard this morning. Don't think they had room for a hand car.
And now you know the rest of the story.