FYI, UP still owns the tracks, but WSOR runs on them now (I believe WSOR crews run the UP rock trains down to Janesville).
Here’s some info on the quarry:
LV used coal sometimes. Also used coal as fill under tracks waaaaay back when, and when money got tight they stripped it all out and resold it. Even used coal in concrete work. LV: Literally the “Route of the Black Diamond”
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