LEFT: The crew already has the trio of locomotives in Run 8 as it passes the namesake windmill at Windmill Hollow, just before tackling the 2.5 percent grade near Milepost 15 on September 9, 1996. On this day, the trio stalled on the grade, forcing the crew to double the hill and arrive into Laramie well after dark.
BELOW: On July 1, 1996, Nos. 6798 and 6323 are in charge of 12 empties bound for Northgate, Colo., as it rounds through the lower Albany curves at milepost 38. WYCO’s SD7 No. 6083 is handling traffic on the Encampment Branch out of Saratoga, Wyo.
BOTTOM: The small community of Centennial, Wyo., is briefly interrupted by the passing of one of the last clean-up trains carrying salvaged 133-pound jointed rail from Northgate, Colo., on October 11, 1996.
and headed back toward Laramie. The late afternoon sun provided many mem- orable photos. Even though much of the track consisted of 133-pound jointed relay rail, the extreme curvature of the line and steep grades, required a very slow speed. In fact, I was able to hike into Harrison cut, near the town of Al- bany, and still had plenty of time to hike back to my vehicle and catch the train passing through Centennial. I raced ahead of it to Windmill Hollow
near milepost 15 between Centennial and Laramie, where I wanted to pho- tograph the train with the namesake windmill in the background. As it rolled by my location and tackled the steep 2.5 percent grade, the train stalled on the short hill. The crew was forced to dou- ble the hill and pulled the first section of cars to Miller siding at milepost 14. Brakeman Bob Johnson tied the cars down and the crew retrieved the remain-
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