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Nostalgia & History > RRS(43): MILW (3), ATMX, UCLX, UPDate: 04/25/18 07:07 RRS(43): MILW (3), ATMX, UCLX, UP Author: valmont 1. MILW 993 9/4/92 my shot
2. MILW X416 Miles City, MT 2/16/72 Bruce Black 3. MILW X900271 Savanna, IL 2/11/82 Jim Marcus    Date: 04/25/18 07:08 Re: RRS(43): MILW (3), ATMX, UCLX, UP Author: valmont 4. ATMX 614 Denver 2/4/77 my shot
5. UCLX 16204 Cheyenne 10/28/90 my shot 6. UP 229673 Cheyenne 10/4/92 my shot Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/18 07:10 by valmont.    Date: 04/25/18 07:16 Re: RRS(43): MILW (3), ATMX, UCLX, UP Author: stevelv What was MILW X900271 (photo 3) used for? Transfer caboose? Looks like it was made from a steam engine tender.
Date: 04/25/18 07:44 Re: RRS(43): MILW (3), ATMX, UCLX, UP Author: fbe It is a flanger with a set of blades which drop down between the rails to remove the snow below the tops of the rails. This one only works in a single direction while others had two sets of blades and were bidirectional.
These flangers were recycled from steam engine tenders by the ever resourceful Milwaukee Road. Date: 04/25/18 08:11 Re: RRS(43): MILW (3), ATMX, UCLX, UP Author: fbe ATMX cars were for the Atomic Energy Commission. These were just gondolas with very thick sides and ends. AEC used them to haul barrels of low level nuclear waste such as rags and cans of liquids to storage. The MILW moved the cars regularly to Hanford, WA.
Date: 04/25/18 08:28 Re: RRS(43): MILW (3), ATMX, UCLX, UP Author: ntharalson Milwaukee X416 is in MOW service in this shot. It's one of the former branchline combines homebuilt
by the Milwaukee and a fairly rare car. Thanks for posting. Nick Tharalson, Marion, IA |