High and Wide

On Friday night, I was staked out in one of my usual spots waiting for the NS 191 to depart Andrews Yard. All of a sudden,  the crossing gates started going down and the lights began flashing. No horn, though. I bolted out of my car car in time to see this special novement of, I guess it’s some kind of electric generation equipment, gingerly making its way across Catawba, led be a wide vision caboose with two guys standing on its porch acting as lookout,  Definitely not something you see every day. Or every night, for that matter.  Thank you for watching! 

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