Cool. I got to crew the rotary over Snoqualmie Pass once and it was quite the experience. Did wrecker service too and pulled a hospital train back to Tacoma from that. Now I ride my e bike on the bones of the main line. That's a weird experience for me.
I sickens me how Milwaukee’s management allowed this railroad to deteriorate and get thrown away like it was a worthless piece of junk. Today, a transcontinental route like this would be an essential and busy mainline for the country. Milwaukee should’ve taken up GE’s offer of modernizing the electrification system in Montana, Idaho and, Washington and providing new locomotives. When the electric system was shut down in 1974, the oil crisis was just beginning. The worst possible time to discontinue it. The music in this fits the mood perfectly. RIP Milwaukee Road. Gone but, never forgotten.
I am on my friend's computer. My Grandfather worked as a gang foreman and section foreman for the Milwaukee in Montana during the early 1900s Then my father also was a section foreman, gang foreman and general foreman on the Milwaukee. Myself, brother, and mother also worked on this wonderful railroad. My Grandfather and Father have seen it all for sure. I have many stories.
Growing up i had the Milwaukee R oad run a block from my house, parallel to two tracks of Grand Trunk Western. The very last time i seen them they were running a mixed fright with two Southern Railway engines running south through Harvey Illinois in the 70's. After that train, I've never seen another one use those tracks again .
We now ride our bikes on this line. Done it 3 times highly recommend it. Not a hard ride. They have a shuttle service if you can't make it back up to the top. Scenery is breath taking.
If you can find it, there's a video on YT about "snowdrift at Bleath Gill" on a British railway. Nothing like US conditions, but still tough work . . .
If only the Milwaukee road wasn’t cursed with Bad management. They could have stayed an Electric Power, and they could have helped kickstart Widespread US Railroad Electrification. If only they didn’t skip on maintenance. Then they wouldn’t have had to pay so much money for accidents and derailments. If Only.
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Cool. I got to crew the rotary over Snoqualmie Pass once and it was quite the experience. Did wrecker service too and pulled a hospital train back to Tacoma from that. Now I ride my e bike on the bones of the main line. That's a weird experience for me.
I sickens me how Milwaukee’s management allowed this railroad to deteriorate and get thrown away like it was a worthless piece of junk.
Today, a transcontinental route like this would be an essential and busy mainline for the country.
Milwaukee should’ve taken up GE’s offer of modernizing the electrification system in Montana, Idaho and, Washington and providing new locomotives.
When the electric system was shut down in 1974, the oil crisis was just beginning. The worst possible time to discontinue it.
The music in this fits the mood perfectly.
RIP Milwaukee Road. Gone but, never forgotten.
One can only imagine the stories told if the wrecking crews of the Milwaukee and Rock Island got together to trade stories.
There would have been many to tell, when both railroads were derailing daily at the end!
A good safety record achieved by people who knew what they were doing and did it well . . .
I am on my friend's computer. My Grandfather worked as a gang foreman and section foreman for the Milwaukee in Montana during the early 1900s Then my father also was a section foreman, gang foreman and general foreman on the Milwaukee. Myself, brother, and mother also worked on this wonderful railroad. My Grandfather and Father have seen it all for sure. I have many stories.
Good video. Good railroad. Great shame that it’s gone.
Growing up i had the Milwaukee R oad run a block from my house, parallel to two tracks of Grand Trunk Western.
The very last time i seen them they were running a mixed fright with two Southern Railway engines running south through Harvey Illinois in the 70's. After that train, I've never seen another one use those tracks again .
Loading & unloading those flats by removing a truck… absolutely genius.
We now ride our bikes on this line. Done it 3 times highly recommend it. Not a hard ride. They have a shuttle service if you can't make it back up to the top. Scenery is breath taking.
The workers never let the RR down. Too bad the RR let the workers, customers, and railfans down.
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Thank you so much, we think so too. Not often you get to see the Big Hook tossing cars around!
Meanwhile, someone from OSHA just had a stroke watching this video, lol.
I can't imagine even one OSHA employee ever stepping up to work like that portrayed in this video.
Another very interesting video, difficult work in a demanding environment. But I bet on a lovely Autumn day with no problems it was probably enjoyable
Still that is some dangerous work dragging heavy cars around after a wreck. Especially when it was so common!
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If you can find it, there's a video on YT about "snowdrift at Bleath Gill" on a British railway. Nothing like US conditions, but still tough work . . .
If only the Milwaukee road wasn’t cursed with Bad management. They could have stayed an Electric Power, and they could have helped kickstart Widespread US Railroad Electrification.
If only they didn’t skip on maintenance. Then they wouldn’t have had to pay so much money for accidents and derailments.
If Only.
That background music is quite intrusively loud . . .
That last train, almost every car is RR owned. And the autos move the other direction these days.