This week we’re able to get down to the branch to check out the action. We had just missed the day turn heading west up the valley, but we were able to catch Alco S2 9106, a well worn unit working Dickinson yard. Later after lunch we caught up with the engine and N5G caboose taking a break at the Hitop mine while the crew is inside the store across the tracks. Nothing like the sound of an Alco engine clanking along the hills and hollows of this branch!