| A new day dawns cold, snowy, and overcast in Essex ... but you'd never know it from the cozy confines of the Izaak Walton Inn. |  |
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The Inn and its environs are laden with freshly fallen snow, so Larry fires up the tractor and blows off the walkways. |
| The first train down the hill today is a ribbonrail carrier, custom cars hauling quarter-mile lengths of solid steel rail. |  |
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Near Shed 12, an eastbound manifest claws its way up Walton Hill. |
| The locomotive consists thunders by. |  |
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Back at Essex, the conductor of the helper crew dismounts to line the siding switch onto Main 2, where it will attach to the eastbound manifest for a shove over Marias Pass. |
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