Train crewman Mike (left) is being pressed into duty as a helper engineer while Rodger (right) looks on. Yardmaster Dan (center) supervises as the SP tiger-stripe SD-7 is inserted into the middle of train 200. The helper was added because the front end motive power would not be able to lift the extra long train up the 2.3% grade to Oakhill.
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