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The train continues into downtown Madison along Campus drive. The siding track (known as the "Long John") used to be a convenient place to stash coal loads for UW-Madison's Charter Street heater plant. The plant has been converted to natural gas, and now the siding houses the occasional cut of covered hoppers or cement shorties.
Date: 2/25/2012 Location: Madison, WI Views: 373 Collection Of:   Brian Connolly
Locomotives: WSOR 4010(SD40-2) WSOR 4050(SD40-2)    Author:  Brian Connolly
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