by C430
Anybody near or know about the Dakota Southern railroad? I think headquarters is Chamberlin, SD. Mainly looking for recent photos.
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TB Diamond wrote:The ex-UP DDA40X was, at one time at least, used for fuel storage.Not true. I used to live in South Dakota, and met the owner of the DSRC several times. The DDA was purchased for engine and brake parts only, and the fuel storage story is a persistent myth. It is quoted in the Pentrex Best of the Midwest video, so I suspect the video crew mistakenly twisted a true story: one time an inexperienced fuel truck driver showed up and pumped several hundred gallons of diesel into the DDA before he was stopped and directed to the active locomotives.
TB Diamond wrote:tss:You're welcome, TB. You might be interested in my album of photos of the last train between Murdo and Vivian in 2003. A state highway was being widened west Vivian, and since the state owned the tracks, it decided not to re-install the grade crossing, given there was no traffic on that part of the line.
Thanks for putting an end to a long-held bit of misinformation. If I recall correctly, I received it via the old TSL magazine.