MILW 4,2,3, Milwaukee,WI. AUG 1984
Built for Hiawatha passenger train service in December 1968, the five FP45 "spot" locomotives were classed as 36 EP-6, (3600 Horsepower EMD Passenger 6 Axle). The big cowl locomotives worked the passenger trains until Amtrak took over, then were bumped into freight service for the remainder of their short lived careers. Here, the remaining three FP45's are sitting outside of the shuttered Milwaukee Road diesel house in Milwaukee this fine August 1984 afternoon. The sixteen year old locomotives have been used, abused and neglected all in the name of a run to fail policy to drive another nail in the coffin of The Milwaukee Road. A month after I shot this photo, the 4, 2 and 3 spot were moved to the back shop to meet the scrappers torch.
MILW 4, 2, 3
Milwaukee, WI.
August 1984
MILW 4,2,3, Milwaukee,WI. AUG 1984
Built for Hiawatha passenger train service in December 1968, the five FP45 "spot" locomotives were classed as 36 EP-6, (3600 Horsepower EMD Passenger 6 Axle). The big cowl locomotives worked the passenger trains until Amtrak took over, then were bumped into freight service for the remainder of their short lived careers. Here, the remaining three FP45's are sitting outside of the shuttered Milwaukee Road diesel house in Milwaukee this fine August 1984 afternoon. The sixteen year old locomotives have been used, abused and neglected all in the name of a run to fail policy to drive another nail in the coffin of The Milwaukee Road. A month after I shot this photo, the 4, 2 and 3 spot were moved to the back shop to meet the scrappers torch.
MILW 4, 2, 3
Milwaukee, WI.
August 1984