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Searchlight sentinels

By Angela Cotey | August 18, 2013

| Last updated on December 21, 2020

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This hot eastbound BNSF Railway “Z train” is seen near Bucklin, Mo., on July 28, 2013. The searchlight signals are a hallmark of the former Santa Fe route. Photo by Russell J. Lyon

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