Nostalgia & History > MILW Monday - MILW 568

MILW 568 works while MILW 527 sits in St. Paul, Minnesota on August 24, 1975.
Bob

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Nice!

Interesting beasts.
Something there for Weyerheauser Wednesday as well.

Always like MILW photos. Three builders' products shown in your photo.
ALLEN

Any shot of a Baldwin is rare. That one of a working Baldwin is even better. Not to mention the F-M in the background and the Thrall Door boxcar.

KG

Baldwin six axle shots on the MILW rare because the things seemed to congregate around Minneapolis.
Great picture and a reminder of how interesting things used to be.

Out

callum_out Wrote:
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> Baldwin six axle shots on the MILW rare because
> the things seemed to congregate around
> Minneapolis.


Baldwin sold the Milwaukee four AS-616's as two unit cow and calf sets, in 1951. Each set was to replace one set of triple headed mikados on the Minneapols-St Paul transfers over the "Short Line" hill. They were not successful at this and the B-units were quickly rebuilt as cab units and run as a three-unit set, with one engine left over for other tasks. Their Baldwin pneumatic controls were limited to a maximum of three units. These were long hood forward.

In 1953, Baldwin supplied an additional four units, which differed from the original four by having cabs on all units and having the more universal PG governors, which made them incompatible with the original four units, but gave them two three unit sets for the short line and two engines for reserve and other tasks. These units are distinguished by running short hood forward, different handrail arrangement, and the additional 45 degree number boards the originals did not have.

These 8 engines were the Milwaukees only six axle Baldwins, and spent nearly their entire lives on the Short Line hill. During their last year attempts were made to use them on Lines West, Aberdeen for sure, and perhaps as far west as Harlowton, where crews hated them, and they were retired. Those crews just didn't understand them.

Photo below shows one from the original batch, at 24th Street in South Minneapolis.

-John Stein



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