COER 802425 gondola with a load of steel wheels likely for recycling on last position preparing to head uphill out of Connell toward Othello. The branchline FRED (Flapping Red-Orange End of train Device-Flag) flying at the end. For anyone wondering, the two rear crew would climb onto the covered hopper prior to the consist taking off for the uphill run up and out of sight, so they were still physically protecting the end of the train. |