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THE LOOK OF THE EARLY
DAYS on the Milwaukee at Waukesha, Wisconsin |
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THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE
to run in Wisconsin |
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THE ARRIVAL OF A TRAIN
at Kilbourn, Wisconsin in 1875 |
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THE MILWAUKEE STATION
as it looked in 1887 |
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THE RAW, EMPTY LOOK OF
THE PRAIRIES (North Dakota) in 1910 |
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THE OMAHA FREIGHT AND
TICKET OFFICE (probably in the 1890’s) |
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THE MINNEAPOLIS TICKET
OFFICE gleams |
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the OLYMPIAN is shown
on its first trip (in Deer Lodge, Montana, 1911) |
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TEN-WHEELERS (commonly
used for fast freight) |
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Milwaukee Road system
map showing historical development |
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PRESIDENT WARREN G.
HARDING paused at the Continental Divide in 1923 |
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No. 941, a
Prairie-type K1-as |
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No. 474, an L2b Mikado
built by Baldwin in 1923 |
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THE FAMOUS PIONEER
LIMITED, 1927 |
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THE “NEW” PIONEER
LIMITED club car, 1927 |
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No. 6124 an F3
"Pacific" locomotive |
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No. 6402, an F6
"Baltic” |
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No. 100, an F7, 4-6-4
built for Hiawatha service |
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The original 1935
Hiawatha |
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No. 1602 was one of
the early diesels, 1941 |
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THE OLYMPIAN HIAWATHA |
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ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIESEL,
one of the first streamline diesels for passenger use, 1941 |
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“LITTLE JOE” ELECTRICS
pull freight through Eagle Nest tunnel |
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SD-45, typical of the
huge, versatile, powerful new locomotives |
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The modern retarder
yard at St. Paul, Minnesota |
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GANTRY CRANES at the
huge Piggyback Park at Bensenville, Illinois |
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RECENT ADVANCES: the
use of computers |
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RECENT ADVANCES:
100-ton covered hoppers |
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RECENT ADVANCES: a
modernized suburban commuter fleet |
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10,500 miles of modern
railroad |
