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Date: 02/04/20 19:07
A Little Joe at Avery, ID -- Mike Bergman
Author: MartyBernard

Mike Bergman captured Milwaukee Road Little Joe E72 at Avery, ID in July 1973.   3 photos.

Thanks Mike,
Marty Bernard



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/20 19:13 by MartyBernard.



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Date: 02/04/20 19:11
Re: A Little Joe at Avery, ID -- Mike Bergman
Author: John

Great images. Thanks.

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Date: 02/04/20 20:15
Re: A Little Joe at Avery, ID -- Mike Bergman
Author: refarkas

Thanks for posting these electric gems.
Bob

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Date: 02/04/20 22:25
Re: A Little Joe at Avery, ID -- Mike Bergman
Author: misty1

Thanks for posting this Marty. I have been chasing the old MILW over that area for awhile. And of course most of that does not exist anymore. All that is left at Avery is a small museum and a Cafe car. Beautiful country out there.

Ed

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Date: 02/05/20 08:09
Re: A Little Joe at Avery, ID -- Mike Bergman
Author: ntharalson

Interesting photo, Marty, thaks for psoting.  Notice the trailing diesels, SD40-2 and SD45 still have their original
3000 and 4000 series numbers.  Makes this an extra good catch.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

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Date: 02/05/20 09:20
Re: A Little Joe at Avery, ID -- Mike Bergman
Author: fbe

The E72 looks to have one set of roller bearings on the lead drive axle with brass bearings on all the trailing drive axles.

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Date: 02/05/20 09:56
Re: A Little Joe at Avery, ID -- Mike Bergman
Author: LarryDoyle

fbe Wrote:
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> The E72 looks to have one set of roller bearings
> on the lead drive axle with brass bearings on all
> the trailing drive axles.

That's part of the charm of the Milwaukee.  They did that on their boxcabs, too.

-LD

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Date: 02/05/20 11:49
Re: A Little Joe at Avery, ID -- Mike Bergman
Author: SPDRGWfan

Watching the electrics operate through those mountains must have been intoxicating.

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Date: 02/05/20 11:51
Re: A Little Joe at Avery, ID -- Mike Bergman
Author: exhaustED

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> Watching the electrics operate through those
> mountains must have been intoxicating.

Absolutely! Those Joes were enormous...

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Date: 02/05/20 12:50
Re: A Little Joe at Avery, ID -- Mike Bergman
Author: goneon66

i must say, that every image i see of the milwaukee rd, especially w/of harlowton evokes a sad sense of "why" that railroad is not with us today.

that said, i can't see ENOUGH of great images like this one...........

66

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