Nostalgia & History > A Little Central WI & North of Chicago, IL, January 1975

Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 1/12/75
1. SOO Russel Plow #W261, was tied down.
Along US-10, East of Amherst, Wisconsin, 1/12/75
2 & 3. An e/b SOO train was led by SD40-2 #758, built 3//72, + SD40 #751, built 5//71, later CP #751, rebuilt to GCFX/CITX/OFOX SD40-2 #3076.

Gerry

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Schiller Park, Illinois, January, 1975
4. SOO SD40-2 #780 was built 10//74, later CP #780.
 
Between late December 1973 and early January 1975, I used a Braun SLR camera.  It used Kodak 126 film cartridges, had TTL metering, and 50 mm and 100 mm lenses with screw mount.  I’ve searched with Google but can’t find a Braun model that matches these characteristics.  In early January 1975 I bought a Minolta SRT-102 SLR camera so I could use 35 mm Kodachrome.  The picture above is the last with the Braun camera, and the one below is the first with the Minolta camera.  Please be patient, there was a learning curve.
 
Waukegan, Illinois, 1/19/75
5. C&NW E8A #5031B was built 6//40 as KCS E3A #3, rebuilt 1//52 to KCS E8A #23, to C&NW 4//70, retired 12/31/77, sold to RTA, retired by RTA 3/23/83, sold to Smoky Hill Museum, Salina, Kansas, 6//85.
6. I don’t think EJ&E had passenger service to/from Waukegan, but it had freight service, and I think this was the agent’s office and perhaps the yard office, too.

Gerry

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Rondout, Illinois, 1/19/75
7. I think some MILW MoW employees used this caboose.  I hope they didn’t live in there.
8. An e/b MILW train was led by U30Cs #5653, built 8//74, rebuilt 6//90 to GECX C30-S7 #3003, to MRSL (Brazil) C30-S7R #3504, + #5652, built 8//74, rebuilt 6//90 to GECX C30-S7 #3005, to MRSL (Brazil) C30-S7R #3506.
9. MILW E9A #33C, built 4//56, HEP added in 1969, to IRM, shoved an e/b commuter train.
 
References:
That site that archives railroad pictures
https://www.thedieselshop.us/
https://utahrails.net/index.php
 
Gerry

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