Rich and others,
I drove down to Montgomery and spent an hour waiting for her to go through
on Sunday morning with 12 cars in tow. She did look great. We stood where
the Fox River Branch broke off and watched her go under the signal bridge
with a full tower of smoke following. Awesome is just not a word that fully
captures the view you get trackside.
Only one drawback were the idiots that felt it necessary to test their
resolve to stand on the main line until the Northern was less than 100 yards
away before giving way. I don't understand the importance of a smashed coin
over a life, I guess it takes a different mind set.
I only wish that those of you that don't live in the Chicago area could have
seen what a big 4-8-4 looks like going down the old Q main past the stock
yards. I guess if you have the ability to remember a Q Northern doing the
same, you are one step up on me.
If anybody is interested in seeing a shot or two after I get my film
developed, I will gladly send you a shot or two or post it to the files
site.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: rgortowski@a... [mailto:rgortowski@a...]
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 6:40 PM
To: BRHSlist@egroups.com
Subject: [BRHSlist] Milwaukee 261at Oregon, IL
Gang,
I work in Oregon, IL, just east of the bridge over the Rock River. I got to
see 261 come through and they made a stop at the old Oregon depot on the way
back to the Twin Cities. It looked magnificent and had several nice
Milwaukee cars, including a Skytop Obs. Very impressive! It just walked
away effortlessly with its consist as it started back up! It's great to see
large steam under power in a Midwest setting!
Rich
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