Nostalgia & History > Gildersleeve copy slide classics (vol 29): MILW Juice!

This is pretty rare for a Gildersleeve set list, but actual photographer credit is very sketchy. I’m pretty sure I found all the correct captions. If not, I’ll certainly stand for any corrections...

1. MILW E39 at Cle Elum, WA on November 7, 1964.

2. MILW E45B at Deer Lodge, MT on November 11, 1964.

3. MILW E45B at Penfield, MT on November 11, 1964.
Tom Gildersleeve commercial Ektachrome copy slides from set #128.
Photographer(s) unknown, all images.
Scanned from the late James W. Watson collection.



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Juice switchers need love, too ;^)

4. MILW E81 at Butte, MT on November 11, 1964.

Thanks for looking back!
Lance Garrels
santafe199



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Great photos of this unique bit of railroading! Thanks for sharing.

I became utterly fascinated by the Pacific Extension and electric operations (or at least its vestiges) when I lived in Missoula in the mid-90s. Prior to that, being in Kansas, the Milwaukee was very foreign. I guess we kinda took the same path for a bit.

That 3rd photo looks like the cover of a former Christmas card!

jdtravis Wrote:
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> That 3rd photo looks like the cover of a former
> Christmas card!

yes, very Leanin' Tree!

Wonderful images!  Pic #1 is at Cle Elum WA, not Othello.

mike woodruff
north platte ne

 

swaool Wrote: > ... Pic #1 is at Cle Elum ...

Thanks Mike, got it fixed... :^)

Excellent Butte shot, locale easily identified by the corner of the yard office peeking into the shot.

Out 

Nice pictures!...Looks like brakes are smoking background in pic #1.

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

All of these are nice, and that third shot is outta da park :-)

santafe199 Wrote:
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> Juice switchers need love, too ;^)
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> 4. MILW E81 at Butte, MN on November 11, 1964.
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> Thanks for looking back!
> Lance Garrels
> santafe199

Unless somebody in DC has been playing with the maps again Butte is very much in Montana. i.e. MN = Minnesota,  MT = Montana.

An "A+" set!
Bob

mention the Milw. and most people on here know
 where Butte is.

Nahhhh... Phall isn't smart enough to know it was just a typo...

;^)



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Thanks for all of these.  I've been to all of these places and it's like looking at old friends.

Craig Hanson
Vay, Idaho

hawkinsun Wrote: > … Thanks for all of these…

Absolutely, you bet! So many of the images I am posting nowadays are coming out of collections from deceased friends of mine who I made promises to. It is well worth the hours spent scanning & Photoshopping. If ever the phrase “labor of love” was to apply to this hobby it is right now…



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Speaking of deceased old friends....

Shot #2 *might* be by Charles Heimerdinger Jr., I took a quick trip through his Milwaukee slides and verified that he was present at the same place and same time as all four of these photos, but that was the only one that lines up with one he shot.  All of his other slides he's standing next to or in the immediate vicinity of the photographer of these images.  Charles made at least a couple trips to the Milwaukee in at least the first half of the 1960s, on at least this November 1964 trip he was there with Tom Gildersleeve and Gordon Glattenberg, so these four are almost certainly by one of those three.  

Thanks for posting these!

Edited to add here is Heimerdinger's photo shot at the same time as #3, plus another one of his from around that same time.  

Jeff Moore
Elko, NV   

 



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JDLX Wrote: > ... Shot #2 *might* be by Charles Heimerdinger Jr ...

Thanks for this extra info! When I get a chance, I'll dig into it and see if we can add Charles' name for photo credit...

Lance



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Considering the years I’ve known you, and considering the explanation about your screen name on TO I fully understand your one word response. And you should take that as an over-the-top extreme compliment… 😎😎😎 (no translation needed)…

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