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Trains Magazine General Discussion
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I just saw something really out of the ordinary: DM&E #4002, #6074, and DM&E business cars Plum Creek, Silver Lake, and The Pioneer, parked on the BNSF line on the north edge of Sioux Falls, S.D. What’s odd, is that this is 50 miles off the nearest DM&E rails. This is, however the location of corporate offices for Cedar American /DM&E/IC&E.

There are signs, of sorts, on the locomotives covered with masking paper. At first, I thought maybe this was to be the backdrop for some big announcemnet. For example, maybe the signs read “Neener-Neener, we got the loan!”. After some thought, I would be more likely to believe that the train is waiting by the airport, to pick up Rep. Stephanie Hearseth. She’s running for re-election, and is big on ethanol right now. The tracks leading north from where the train is sitting lead to a rock quarry, or an ethanol plant.

I wish I had time to follow the train today.

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Tooooooooo funny!!!

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That is funny, I agree.

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SHHH! [;)] Paper’s covering up the newly added W. [8D]
Wyomin, Dakota, Minn [hold the Mayo] and Eastern.

WDM & E

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Try the DME’s 20th anniversary. Apparently the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad painted two DME Locomotives, a GP40 and an SD40 if I remember right, with a special scheme for the DME’s 20th anniversary. The special logos were tarped over, much like you describe, and transported off the WSOR for the ICE and eventually the DME. Not quite as big a secrecy operation as with the UP heritage units when they were painted, but still somewhat like it. I don’t remember the numbers though to know if those are the same units or not. That would make sense if I’m right (which doesn’t happen all the time![;)]) then that is why they would be near the railroad’s headquarters, probably for some sort of unveiling. Just a guess on my part though, I don’t really know for sure.

Noah