Having worked Portage to La Crosse and St Paul-Minneapolis, I can say that
either the train was wyed at La Crescent on the west side of the river, or
was run around in the Milwaukee yard at La Crosse and pulled through the
connection to North La Crosse yard.
Ron Burkhard
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From: <bob5632@y...>
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Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] CB&Q units in Milwaukee
> I believe the photo of the North Coast Ltd in Milwaukee is mine along
> with several others including the front cover of the Milwaukee Road
> publication in question. The train was detoured through Milwaukee
> because of the 1965 floods along the Mississippi. It ran on the
> Milwaukee Road to La Crosse where it rejoined the CB&Q.Bob Bullermann
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