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   Message 977 of 3,261   
   Nobody to All   
   Re: Ghosts of the Milwaukee Road.....   
   08 Jul 14 11:30:12   
   
   From: jock@soccer.com   
      
   On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 22:40:45 -0700, Glen Labah    
   wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   > Larry Sheldon  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 7/7/2014 6:52 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote:   
   >> > .....getting even with the competition?   
   >> >   
   >> > http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/07/tough-task-pulling-boe   
   ng-fuselages-fro   
   >> > m-montana-river/   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> No connection with current, but that used to be an electric railroad.   
   >   
   >   
   >I don't think that area was ever electrified.  The Milwaukee Raod was   
   >further south, and is now a trail.   
   >   
   >This is the Milwaukee Road:   
   >http://www.fruitfromwashington.com/History/cmsp.htm   
   >Notice the non-Milwaukee Road line heading northwest from Missoula?   
   >That is an ex-Northern Pacific line, and I am fairly certain that is   
   >what line this was.   
      
      
     Well, the Fox News item names Alberton, and the   
   second link Larry provides describes electrification by Milwaukee   
   Road:   
      
      
      
   And first and fourth pics here:   
      
      
      
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