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I’ve posted photos before of Old Glory.  She is now on her journey a 22 mile walk from Farmersburg to Bear Run just on the other side of Dugger, Indiana.  A walk such as this doesn’t happen allot.  It’s something to see if you get a chance.

On the way to the coal mine we stopped in Dugger.  They just happened to be replacing the railroad track.  It’s not often when you come across them replacing sections on a railroad track let alone building a new one.  Last year I posted a photo of the new track which is not far from this track.  But with my host issues back at the end of April that is no longer on my blog.  Eliana and I watched them work for awhile.  It was very neat.

About a month or so ago they were getting the dragline ready to stop operation.  And with one wrong move the boom was damaged & it couldn’t be moved.  They were in fear of it causing further damage.  They brought in 3 cranes to hold up the boom.  It sat up until last week.  The guys worked on it to take the boom down.  It is now down and they’ll be doing maintenance and repairs on it for awhile.  Then it will be walked about 20 miles to it’s next digging location.  I can’t wait to see the dragline walk.  The real thing will be awesome compared to the video’s I’ve seen on You Tube.  And of course more photos of it as well.  Near the bottom of the photo is a blur.  If I remember correctly I was trying to dodge birds but I guess I got one in this photo.  And I thought this could use an old look to it.