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Sankey's Double Header saves West End line in snow
The tale follows Sankey the veteran conductor and his pilot Georgie Sinclair as they fight a raging blizzard on the West End. Surviving engineers deploy Sankey’s snow plow ram to breach Blackwood canyon while Sankey sacrifices himself to save Sinclair, ensuring the line stays open.
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Sankey
Pat Francis
Pat Francia
Jimmie Brady
Jimmie
Black Hills
Clark's Crossing
Tom Porter
Porter
Julesburg
Tom
Sioux Country
Sitting Bull
Omaha
Heaven
California
Japan
Australia
West End
McCloud
Catalpas
Neeta Sankey
Neeta
Limited
Georgie Sinclair
Foley
Georgie
Denver
No. 2
Mr. Sinclair
Cal Stewart
Ben Doton
Doton
Stewart
Cameron
Moore
Bat Mullen
Burns
Sylvester Sankey
Sinclair
Miss Sankey
Blackwood Gorge
Ike Sankey
Napoleon
No. 1
Blackwood Canyon
Roundhouse
Iowa
Missouri
Medicine Pole
Cheyenne Hills
Dad Sinclair
Neighbor
San
Key
Kennedy
Sach Deanette
Bluffs
Santiago
Canyon of the Blackwood
Gil
Blackwood
George Sinclair