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Rail-fan Pictures In Scarborough

Scarborough holds the west end of Rigby Yard and a siding where the old Cooks Construction cement plant now stands mostly silent. But PanAm freights will often wait here to follow Amtrak westward.

Videos

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MEC 506, 606, & 7627 haul POED through Cooks in Scarborough on February 29^th of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.
MEC 7835 brings EDPO up to Cooks on July 22^nd of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.
MEC 505 running light through Cooks in Scarborough on July 22^nd of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.
Amtrak 698 with engines 90224 & 92 flying west at Cooks in Scarborough on September 26^th of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.

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Blind Baggage	Hobo riding the head end of the baggage car next to the engine, where the door is not normally used; commonly called riding the blinds.

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