Nostalgia & History > time for a Milwaukee Road break

All photos by Leon Weitgenant, St. Paul, MN 1984.

#1 SD40-2 201 looks sharp in the new Hiawatha scheme.

#2 GP40 2020 looks a bit faded. Those who have an eye for detail may notice the odd number board locations about the 2020's windshields. Apparently the 2020 was in a wreck, and rebuilt by the Milwaukee.

#3 The 205 looks great in the sun, and pretty fresh orange paint.

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#1 The 190 looks good in the sunlight.

#2 The 207, and GP20 972 (a GP9 rebuild) show off their billboard nose lettering.

#3 The 2063, 2027, and others get a bath as an employee looks on. Check out that classic Milwaukee Road switch stand he is standing next to.

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Thank you, alco636 for sharing photos of Milw Road units!

More photos please!

Best Regards,

Hiroshi

You're welcome Hiroshi. Here are some more from my friend Leon Weitgenant.

#1 GP40 2011 looks great in the new Hiawatha scheme.

#2 SDL39 590 is ahead of the 2011.

#3 Caboose 992219 makes up the end of a westbound. The train looks to be south of Winona, MN along the Mississippi River.

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#1 A classic trainorders shot. I believe the location is Grand Crossing, near La Crosse, WI.

#2 GP20 969 leads three other GP20s past the St. Paul Amtrak depot.

#3 Hopper 95587 has a fresh paint job, but it I doubt it will be around much longer after this photo was shot.

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alco636 Wrote:
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> You're welcome Hiroshi. Here are some more from my
> friend Leon Weitgenant.
>
> #1 GP40 2011 looks great in the new Hiawatha
> scheme.
>
> #2 SDL39 590 is ahead of the 2011.
>
> #3 Caboose 992219 makes up the end of a westbound.
> The train looks to be south of Winona, MN along
> the Mississippi River.

Wow! Thank you for posting photos! Great Shots!

Hiroshi

Awesome stuff! Thanks for sharing these with us, Al!

Cheers,
Harry

I know it's a tall order, but do you by chance have a picture of the Milwaukee GP9 321? It was the first engine I ever rode in as an 8 year old and I haven't been able to find a picture. Of course, in 1972, it was an everyday sight on the branch lines in Minnesota.

Sorry to say, but I don't have any images of the 321.

Thanks for looking! I have one picture and I'm sure I will eventually find more. Ironically, I have more pictures of it in its current paint scheme on the DAIR.

Photo 6 is also interesting in the number of joint bars in such a short distance. Lots of rail breaks.

dcfbalcoS1 Wrote:
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> Photo 6 is also interesting in the number of joint
> bars in such a short distance. Lots of rail
> breaks.


Not only lots of joints, but most of those were compromise joints - that section of track was kept together with whatever they had lying around!

-John

alco636 Wrote:
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> #3 Caboose 992219 makes up the end of a westbound.
> The train looks to be south of Winona, MN along
> the Mississippi River.

Al, I think that's farther north, along Lake Pepin between Wabasha and Red Wing.

Great pics - thanks for posting. Can't get enough Milwaukee to feed my habit.

-John

You are correct. Thank you very much!

Al Seever
Phoenix, AZ