Nostalgia & History > Some Milwaukee Road C-liner Photos

Fairbanks Morse built 18 1600 h.p. C-liners for the Milwaukee Road in 1951 as follows:

No. Model # Date. Builder's #
23A CFA16-4 07/51 16L479
23C CFA16-4 07/51 16L480
24A CFA16-4 07/51 16L481
24C CFA16-4 07/51 16L482
25A CFA16-4 07/51 16L483
25C CFA16-4 07/51 16L484
26A CFA16-4 08/51 16L485
26C CFA16-4 08/51 16L486
27A CFA16-4 08/51 16L487
27C CFA16-4 08/51 16L488
28A CFA16-4 09/51 16L489
28C CFA16-4 09/51 16L490

23B CFB16-4 07/51 16L491
24B CFB16-4 07/51 16L492
25B CFB16-4 08/51 16L493
26B CFB16-4 08/51 16L494
27B CFB16-4 09/51 16L495
28B CFB16-4 09/51 16L496


The three photos were taken in Bensenville in 1965 and 1966. They are 24A, 27C, and 23B.


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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/23/14 22:39 by MartyBernard.

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And I found this in the Minnesota Historical Society Online Collection. Looks like a couple of C-liners to me. They would be only a few months old. Here is the caption and data:

Shoveling out switches at the Milwaukee Road Depot.
Subject: Milwaukee Depot, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Creation Photographer: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Dates Creation: 01/22/1952
Notes: Forms part of Minneapolis and St. Paul Newspaper Negative Collection.
ID Number: 104909



Enjoy,
Marty Bernard



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/23/14 22:42 by MartyBernard.

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Great color pictures. They look like they were taken yesterday!

Cool pics Marty, I could be wrong and perhaps my eyes are playing tricks on me but that winter scene appears to show FM Erie builts.

I based that guess off what appears to be the large grilles on the sides at the ends and the three port holes in the B units
fuel tank skirting.

Kris

dcmkris Wrote:
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> Cool pics Marty, I could be wrong and perhaps my
> eyes are playing tricks on me but that winter
> scene appears to show FM Erie builts.
>
> I based that guess off what appears to be the
> large grilles on the sides at the ends and the
> three port holes in the B units
> fuel tank skirting.
>
> Kris

Yes, They are Erie Builts. The trucks make it kinda easy to id these. Ben

Darn it guys, you ruined my story.

Marty