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An engineer throws his own switch to line his 45-tonner to the BNSF interchange east of Hudson, Colo., on May 21, 2015. The switcher works for DPC Industries, which handles water treatment chemicals in tank cars. STEVE BARRY PHOTO
series called X Minus One, which ran in the waning days of network radio back in the 1950’s. In the opening of this show, the announcer dramatically tells listeners that they are about to experience adventures “in which you’ll
Sterling Steam and Switchers
Greg Monroe’s Colorado Coal Corridor feature (page 46) features a line that doesn’t get the credit it deserves. When people go to Denver for railfanning, they usually do one of three things — head for the Rockies and the for- mer Denver & Rio Grande Western mainline to Moffatt Tunnel, head south on the busy Joint Line, or drive north and catch the ex- tremely busy Union Pacific mainline around Cheyenne, Wyo. The line heading northeast to Sterling, Colo., gets little love. I have had two encounters with the line to
Sterling some 33 years apart. The first was during the NRHS convention in 1982, based out of Denver. One trip featured Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 8444 (now back to its original num- ber of 844) on a run to Sterling on July 16. To say the steam crew put on a show would be an understatement. Every photo runby had a volcano of smoke coming out of 8444’s stack, including one at Narrows that, to this day, re-
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mains the most spectacular show of smoke I have ever seen at a runby (previous page). I didn’t get back to that line again until
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