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Troubled times

By Angela Cotey | February 20, 2019

| Last updated on December 22, 2020

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Rolling through Marengo, Iowa, in May 1979 was this Rock Island freight with GP38-2 No. 4305 leading. This Davenport–Des Moines section of the Omaha main was one of the road’s busiest, but this portion was still train order territory. The railroad’s precarious financial condition is reflected in the depot’s upkeep.
R.B. Olson photo

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