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A Dreary Day in Milwaukee

Here’s some action on the Milwaukee Road in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I believe I was shooting from a spot where East National Avenue ducks under the multi-track main line. In any case, a freight is being over-taken by a Chicago to Milwaukee Amtrak Hiawatha.

The freight, powered by four F-units and a switcher, is on the track that will peel off prior to the passenger station and head westward toward Muskego Yard; the Hiawatha, at this time being covered by French turbos, will continue on and make a big left turn into the covered platform area of the passenger station.

There’s a lot here to feast on if one is a rail enthusiast: the covered wagons (led by an FP7A built in 1950), jointed rail, the new-looking RTG (turbo), a transfer caboose, as well as what is now an historical Milwaukee skyline.

Fall Leaf Special

This excursion train was designed for both leaf-peepers and rail enthusiasts. When the image was made, the train had just successfully negotiated “the loops” west of Old Fort, North Carolina, and is seen crossing Mill Creek as it rolled into that small town.

The lead locomotive is an FP7A that was built in 1950 as CNOTP 6133. As I understand it, the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway was a subsidiary of the Southern Railway.