Nostalgia & History > Five MILW Photos from Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin

These are scans of Rick Burn's slides unless noted.

1. This was MILW 31A, an E9A with Train 9, The Hiawatha at Beecher St. in Milwaukee on February 5, 1972 by Walt Dunlap, Rick Burn Collection.

2. MILW F7A 105A at the Hanson Park Station, Chicago, IL.

3. MILW H12-44 708 at 20th St., Milwaukee, WI on March 25, 1972 by Tom Hoffman, Rick Burn Collection.



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4. MILW H12-44 753 at Green Bay, January 1966.

5. MILW S4 857 at Souix City, IA, May 16, 1964 by Walt Dunlap, Rick Burn Collection.


Enjoy,
Marty Bernard



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Nice shots, and I especially like #1.

rev66vette Wrote:
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> Nice shots, and I especially like #1.

i concur on #1

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Are you sure #2 was taken in 1989?

mopacrr Wrote:
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> Are you sure #2 was taken in 1989?

Central Ave Viaduct above, you can see the bus trolley wires hanging still so probably prior to
74-75, if is a 9 year, would be 69 and weekend consist??? Galewood yard would be off to right, engine house on the far side beyond the
viaduct.

Believe it or not there was a little hill here, Narragansett Hill. Runs N-S. One time I was on yard job with an FM
and a pair of GP's had a big transfer for Bensenville and no sand so I hung on the front and made sure the coupler stayed open. We hit them on the move and the FM just throttled up. Proabably got the whole deal moving on it own.
We stayed on until the Mars plant. Today I still play tennis at Jacob Riis park just north of there, and the courts sit at the bottom of the hill. The Brickyard(Was a Milw customer) Shopping Center is at the top and the remains of the Dunning branch is behind the Mall.

Bob Jordan

mopacrr Wrote:
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> Are you sure #2 was taken in 1989?


I assume it's a typo by me. Bob Jorden's estimate seems right.

Marty Bernard

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? 1972 is the Amtrak era.......

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Not way up on this and far from Pass train expert but has the look??? of North Coast Hi, smaller train, Domes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Coast_Hiawatha

From above article
On November 14, 1971, Amtrak formally named this service the North Coast Hiawatha, with a tri-weekly schedule between Chicago and Spokane independent of the Empire Builder.

Bob Jordan

Photos #4 & 5 have taped x's to the frames; safety initiative, attributed to?

Thanks for sharing the photos.

"X" on the frame was reflective tape, IIRC.

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> Photos #4 & 5 have taped x's to the frames; safety
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> Thanks for sharing the photos.


It was a Milwaukee "thing". Gotta love the MILW.

-John