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Nostalgia & History > Another Milwaukee Road Pass Train Near SPUD, 1964Date: 10/24/14 15:24 Another Milwaukee Road Pass Train Near SPUD, 1964 Author: MartyBernard These two photos were taken the evening of June 14, 1964. I'm pretty sure I was east of SPUD by a few blocks and the train has pulled out of SPUD. I didn't record the train number/name.
The lead unit is FP7A 98A followed by 2 F7 B-units and E9A 31A. Looks like it was a lovely evening. Marty Bernard Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/24/14 15:34 by MartyBernard.   Date: 10/24/14 16:10 Re: Another Milwaukee Road Pass Train Near SPUD, 1964 Author: LarryDoyle Somehow, the 98A seems to have picked up a replacement steel grille somewhere between photos 1 and 2.
-John Date: 10/24/14 16:28 Re: Another Milwaukee Road Pass Train Near SPUD, 1964 Author: MartyBernard John, I think it's the lighting/reflections. The sun was really low, about to set.
Marty Date: 10/24/14 17:19 Re: Another Milwaukee Road Pass Train Near SPUD, 1964 Author: RodneyZona Milwaukee Road conductors and brakemen on the old Milwaukee Road passenger train were based out of St. Paul, MN and worked between St. Paul and Milwaukee. St. Paul passenger engine crews worked those passenger trains between St. Paul and LaCrosse, WI.
Date: 10/24/14 18:21 Re: Another Milwaukee Road Pass Train Near SPUD, 1964 Author: King_Coal These are really awesome photos Marty. Glad you were around to take them.
Date: 10/24/14 18:53 Re: Another Milwaukee Road Pass Train Near SPUD, 1964 Author: czephyr17 This would have to be train 56, "The Fast Mail", which was due out of St Paul at 8:15 pm for Chicago. As the name would imply, it was mostly baggage cars, but it did carry a coach.
Date: 10/25/14 08:43 Re: Another Milwaukee Road Pass Train Near SPUD, 1964 Author: ntharalson Given the amount of power, I would agree it's the "Fast Mail" #56. While
the Milwaukee would use various combinations of E and F units, the B's were all F's IIRC, usually, there were only three per train. Four is unusual, and given #56's priority, that would be the train that got the power. Nick Tharalson, Marion,IA |