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Silently Waiting
The Lange County Railroad or(LCRR) was formed in 1959 in the town of Lange the county seat. It started as a way to move goods from one side of the town to the other. The county laid rails through town and purchased rolling stock and ex Union Pacific 0-6-0 number 3478 steam locomotive to work the line. Four years later the rails reached the town of Carson Corner. Here they build and seven track "stub" yard and engine terminal. The first train to reach Carson Corner was powered by 3478. Six years later the line reached Vatenburg were an interchange was made with the Burlington Northern. In 1967 number 3478 was in a tragic accident with a Lange County passenger train they were not able to repair the orginal engine to operational standards so now it resides in a museum in Lange. By 1975 the line reached the golden fields of Murk. The Lange County operated for twenty seven more years until the BNSF bought 80% the LCRR mainline. The LCRR still operates it yards and industrial branch lines. The line uses 4 ex Cheesie and Conrail GP40's 2 ex Conrail SW1200's for motive power. This route is work in progress for Ts2010 and up.