Gosh I remember this day...I was about 8 years old. My Dad and I ran 4 blocks when we heard her coming. It was a beautiful sight in my young eyes...I was officially in love with trains from this day forward! Funny thing is, I seem to remember when this "coaling" operation was taking place, we were on the other side of the tracks and everyone thought the locomotive had jumped off the track...most of us thought what was taking placce was them trying to get the loco back on the rails...later we found out what was really going on, but there were a lot of concerned onlookers in the "Greatest Little CIty" for a bit!
Thanks for posting this....really great memory. I'll never forget the sight as she came around the curve into Mendota.
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