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Travelling route 80 through Nebraska is about the most tedious thing you could possibly imagine doing. EVER! Endless prarie is dotted with numerous huge grain elevators. We had to make a fuel stop so I jumped off at the town of Chappell, Nebraska. I picked Chappell because I wanted to get a close-up shot of the American flag on the elevator next to the UP line that runs east west across the state. After getting fuel in the Penske truck I decided to explore the railsiding in the area during a torential thunder storm. On the west side of the elevator complex was a Hi-rail truck with 3 powered drive axles coupled to about 10 or 12 ballast hoppers. Just on the other side of the tracks was a GP-9 (?) lettered for the FEC, Farmer's Elevator Co-operative. I know in the shot I got it looks like a model but it's the real Magilla!