COLUMBIA — Silhouetted against the falling sun, Marty Paten stood between the tracks in Centralia at the switch where the railroad to Columbia begins curving away from the mainline.
Author tracks history of Columbia-to-Centralia rail line
Monday, April 30, 2012 | 6:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 7:54 a.m. CDT, Monday, April 30, 2012
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