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Nostalgia & History > mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizitDate: 11/04/12 05:12 mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: valmont MILW Little Joe #E77 w/SD40-2's #3036,3032,3009 trailing, this scene should make the location easy for you Milwaukee aficionados
 Date: 11/04/12 05:16 Re: mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: captrr valmont, I'll let the SMEs identify what particular trestle it is between St Paul Pass and Avery. I'll just say, Great Shot! You look at images like this and its small wonder the Milwaukee Road Historical Association is the largest one in the nation. Well done!
Date: 11/04/12 07:42 Re: mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: rob_l Westbound crossing Saltese Trestle, hillside excavation for I-90 in the background. An easy-access shot.
Best regards, Rob L. Date: 11/04/12 07:48 Re: mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: billmeeker And what might be in those reefers first out?
rob_l Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Westbound crossing Saltese Trestle, hillside > excavation for I-90 in the background. An > easy-access shot. > > Best regards, > > Rob L. Date: 11/04/12 07:57 Re: mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: fbe I am with rob l, Saltese, MT, east of St Paul pass.
Easy access except for that last climb from the valley floor to grade level. Posted from Windows Phone OS 7 Date: 11/04/12 07:59 Re: mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: FT And to show how different the same location can look from a different perspective, from ground level. There was/is a quaint little town right below, that you don't
see from above. I recall at one point a car derailed and was hanging right over some houses. At least so I was told. Keith A  Date: 11/04/12 08:15 Re: mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: rehunn Interestingly, the bridge is still there complete with wire supports.
Date: 11/04/12 08:17 Re: mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: valmont FT Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > And to show how different the same location can > look from a different perspective, from ground > level. There was/is a quaint little town right > below, that you don't > see from above. I recall at one point a car > derailed and was hanging right over some houses. > At least so I was told. > > Keith A love that shot Keith! Date: 11/04/12 08:26 Re: Keith Author: fbe Most of the houses in your image are still standing as is the bridge.
The derailment story is correct. It involved several of those new 50' double door paper boxcars the MILW had so much trouble with when they were new. Posted from Windows Phone OS 7 Date: 11/04/12 09:33 Re: Keith Author: patd3985 fbe Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Most of the houses in your image are still > standing as is the bridge. > > The derailment story is correct. It involved > several of those new 50' double door paper boxcars > the MILW had so much trouble with when they were > new. > > Posted from Windows Phone OS 7 What town is it?... Date: 11/04/12 09:37 Re: Keith Author: fbe Saltese, MT just east of the MT/ID border on I-90.
Posted from Windows Phone OS 7 Date: 11/04/12 14:23 Re: mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: rob_l billmeeker Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > And what might be in those reefers first out? > Empties to set out at Othello. Best regards, Rob L. Date: 11/05/12 09:35 Re: mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: ClipX Is this #261 or #263??
Date: 11/05/12 10:28 Re: mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: rob_l ClipX Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Is this #261 or #263?? Very hard to say without seeing more of the train. I will guess this is #263 in the summer of 1973. Best regards, Rob L. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/12 10:35 by rob_l. Date: 11/08/12 05:54 Re: mFile: MILW Little Joe whereizit Author: Gonut1 Reefers are full of air biscuits.
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