Title:
Back In Black - The 80MAC Shuffle
Description:
Once the evening's drama subsided (and the dispatcher presumably went for some Tylenol), the oddball SD80MAC/Top Gon/SD80MAC/SD60I consist went about its business of shuffling back and forth doing seemingly nothing in particular.
Author:
FastFlyingVirginian
Tags:
Conrail, Norfolk, Southern, SD80MAC, Top, Gon, Cresson, PA,
Back In Black - The 80MAC Shuffle
Description:
Once the evening's drama subsided (and the dispatcher presumably went for some Tylenol), the oddball SD80MAC/Top Gon/SD80MAC/SD60I consist went about its business of shuffling back and forth doing seemingly nothing in particular.
Author:
FastFlyingVirginian
Tags:
Conrail, Norfolk, Southern, SD80MAC, Top, Gon, Cresson, PA,
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