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The afternoon of 3 September 1991 finds OE manager Paul Taylor driving a hi-rail truck two miles ahead of the weekly westbound freight. The location is at milepost 139, near the old Lawton station site. The headlight in the distance belongs to WYCO locomotive #1608. Wayne Monger photograph. |
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WYCO #1608 is seen here approaching the top of 5 miles of 1% grades at milepost 123.7, three miles east of Crane, on 3 September 1991. The train consists of nine empties for the Burns lumber industry. Wayne Monger photograph. |
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The morning of 12 January 1991 finds the #1608 leading eastbound loads through Crane at milepost 126.6. The temperature is 12 degrees Farenheit. Wayne Monger photograph. |
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The view from the cab of the #1608 as it approaches Hines on 3 September 1991. Ken Meeker photo, courtesy of Wayne Monger. |
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The morning of 12 January 1991 finds the #1608 departing Hines with eleven loads of forest products. The time is 8 A.M. and the temperature is 9 degrees Farenheit. Wayne Monger photo. |
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July 18, 1991, finds the #1608 spotting cars on one of the spurs leading into one of the smaller drying sheds in the Hines sawmill complex. Wayne Monger photo. |
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The #1608 is seen here inside one of the smaller drying sheds in the Hines sawmill on 18 July 1991. Wayne Monger photo. |
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The view looking out the front cab door of the #1608 as it leads an eastbound freight along the upper reaches of the Malheur River Canyon at milepost 89.3, about three miles east of Riverside, on 4 September 1991. Ken Meeker photo, courtesy of Wayne Monger. |
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The morning of 28 January 1994 finds the #6083 departing Vale with five loads of diatomaceous earth for the Union Pacific interchange at Claude. Service to Burns ended a year and a half previously, and the #6083 is in its last days of service in Oregon before returning to Wyoming. Wayne Monger photograph. |
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