Nostalgia & History > BB165: MILW ... 2 Joes, SD45, 3 boxcabs up front

Bruce took this on 9/3/73, noted as Newcomb, MT. Appears that pans are down on boxcabs.

 

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Westbound decending the west slope of Pipestone Pass. Has passed the substation at Janney (Jane-e) and is approaching the east siding switch Newcomb. This would have been a fairly easy spot for Bruce to get to. Might be the boxcab set that was struck by lightning, working as a helper on an eb, near Donald several weeks earlier. Rob will probably know for sure.

Allen

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/21 13:27 by bradleymckay.

Great shot - those Joes are massive!!

Wonderful scenic photo.
Bob

A true Bruce Montana classic!  The guy breathed this railroad. 

Link to the modern day view.  The house that is there now would have been a nice location for a railfan to have lived.

'Looks like rail service still reaches Newcomb, just down the hill a bit.  Definitely nostalgic.

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ

bradleymckay Wrote:
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> Westbound decending the west slope of Pipestone
> Pass. Has passed the substation at Janney (Jane-e)
> and is approaching the east siding switch Newcomb.
> This would have been a fairly easy spot for Bruce
> to get to. Might be the boxcab set that was
> struck by lightning, working as a helper on an eb,
> near Donald several weeks earlier. Rob will
> probably know for sure.

Yes, the Butte Helper job had just been abolished and the crippled E45 set was being hauled to Deer Lodge. Did not run as a 3-unit set again.

Best regards,

Rob L.

This location was originally built as a wooden trestle before it was filled in shortly after the line was built. That seemed to be the way the Milwaukee did things as they built west. Build it as a wooden trestle and either fill it in or replace it with a steel trestle shortly after.

exhaustED Wrote:
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> Great shot - those Joes are massive!!

You are exactly right. Unless you see them next to a conventional cab D/E unit you don't realize how long they were. Great pic of my favorite railroad.