CNA 385762  Contributor's Pick!       
When locomotive power is not readily available just fire up a John Deere and push it through the grade crossing on the Decatur Junction Railway.
Date: 5/5/2008 Location: Cisco, IL Views: 369 Collection Of:   Doug Wolfe
Rolling Stock: CNA 385762 (Covered Hopper) Author:  Doug Wolfe
CNA 385762
Picture Categories: RollingStock This picture is part of album:  Oddball Car Move - Illinois
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Greg Hurt General i have seen similar moves in saint joseph, missouri at a local business they used a front end loader to push the car around. Neat shot!! 5/8/2008 6:22:12 PM
Mark Herren General does the BLE know about this?? 5/8/2008 6:53:31 PM
Andrew Sax General uhm... i've never seen that model engine before. :-P 5/8/2008 7:42:16 PM
Joe Magruder General A lot of smaller grain elevators use tractors and front end loaders to move cars around. 5/8/2008 9:41:45 PM
jeff kiger General nice shot! we have a glass plant here that has tight clearances and they usually use a loader to pull with a chain. 5/8/2008 10:17:55 PM
Jacob Nelson General Use what you got i guess :P 5/9/2008 12:41:32 AM
Joseph Yarbrough General When I show up to pull cars from industries sometimes, they are damaged so bad by practices such as these, that I have no choice but to bad order the car and leave it. 5/9/2008 9:54:24 AM
Alex Vaughn General Very interesting! 5/9/2008 9:59:54 AM
George Redmond General Is that tractor a EMD or GE ha ha, Good shot. 8/5/2008 10:10:31 PM
Matt Hagfors General As Joseph said this practice wrecks alot of cars, and by FRA rules us illeagal. 4/4/2009 8:18:42 PM
Matt Hagfors General at least they are pushing on the pull/lift block. 4/4/2009 8:19:04 PM

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