Nostalgia & History > Milwaukee Road FMs late in their lives

I was happy indeed to find an H16-44 and an H12-44 at Council Bluffs in 1976. I imagine they had very little time left. Next time I visited Council Bluffs in 1978 there were only MP15ACs.

John



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/25/18 04:23 by Korigaoka1811.

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I was out in Kansas City in 1973 and the Milwaukee Road was using H16-44s in transfer service. I had this shot in the extra pile, but as usual it has become a treasured memory. In 1976 I went to Milwaukee on a tip, and FM the switchers were making their last stand there. I will show them later. Thanks for the memory. I grew up on Fairbanks Morse on the B&O in Baltimore.

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I attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Driving home to Brookfield for the weekend,
I happened upon the engine house of the Wisconsin & Calumet RR.
They were operating some of the Waukesha-Madison original Milwaukee Rd route.
I think it was outside of Genesee, WI. that there were several
Fairbanks Morse engines sitting there. IIRC, it was out on country road,
and it's a shame I never carried a camera back then.
Gosh, it almost seems like a dream now. All those FM switchers sitting there.

Always enjoy photos of F-M units. Thanks for posting these.

KG