The former L&I 1610 now sports a BN inspired paint scheme as it works on the Northern Lines Railway in the vicinity of St. Cloud MN.
Experimenting with scanning my box of b&w negatives this afternoon, all taken in the mid-70s. I was just a high school kid, pretty much blasting away at anything I saw without regard to composition or lighting. Most of the negatives exhibit scratches and unyielding dust spots, but oh well. Here's some MILW, all taken in northern IL somewhere (perhaps near Bensenville?) on an overcast day.
Hauling wind turbine blades (Hehe, I saw the post about weed whacker blades after this). I wonder if the 1411 is ex Milwaukee Road. Doug
Two special units on train CP 651. #7021-Army Arid Regions #7018-Heritage Block Lettering Unit Both SD70ACU’s Bellevue, IA September 27, 2020 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
EJ&E 924 is a Baldwin DT-6-6-2000, one of 26 purchased by the J. The flared perimeter at the base of the hoods was added to house wider EMD 567 engines, a result of a rebuilding program in the late 1950s that covered most of the fleet. [About 1975, Barrington, IL]
NLR 1411 was originally Great Northern GP7 611 - then BN/BNSF 1411. http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/gn/gn611jpa.jpg
These two units are elevator goats at Bottineau, ND's Border Ag & Energy facility. Anyone know their lineage?
702 looks like an IC Paducah rebuild GP-10 based on the overhanging airduct. Midsouth inherited a bunch when they bought IC branches in Mississippi. We had 8-10 home based in Gulfport for many years before KCS took over.
The 702 was formerly MRIX 702 and originally IC 9128/ICG 8128. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5193665 http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4466703 The 2285 was formerly NPR 2285 and originally GTW/CV 4557. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1824401 http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2272260 http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/gtw/gtw4557ags.jpg
Spanking new EJ&E SD-38-2 666 heads Train No. 6 at Barrington, IL in the mid-70s. This manifest train covered the entire 73 Mile Western Sub from Joliet to Waukegan. At the time, the J ran four trains on this line, 5, 6, 9 and 10. It's owned by CN today.