During my time as an IMRL engineer in Ottumwa, Iowa, we ran many coal train to the Louisa Mid America Energy Coal Plant in Fruitland Iowa. Fruitland is know for being a facility the unloads coal trains by use of a rotary dumping machine. As each car enters the dumper cradle, the car is literally turned upside down to unload its contents.
Join myself and Conductor Travis Casteel as we operate one of these many routine trips to Fruitland. We move over 16,000 tons of coal in 118 cars, and though we joke and have fun, we are professionals Our banter demonstrates our shared camaraderie!
As a bonus, witness an inserted clip of my trip the day before on IMRL 691 with conductor Renee Rust!
