THE BRILLIANT EMD FP7
Departing Pigs Eye yard at St. Paul, MN on 10-14-1973, this pure Milwaukee Road consist will head west with a long freight train. What catches your eye, is the brilliant EMD FP7 trailing in the locomotive consist, most likely almost worn out after two decades at the head of passenger trains. She was retired in April of 1978. Two GP20’s rebuilt from GP9’s lead two straight GP9’s approach Dayton’s Bluff on this stunning fall day. And for you freight car buffs, the 12626 is a Pullman-Standard 50 foot plug-sliding door box car built in the early 1960’s from the 12500-12999 XL series.
THE BRILLIANT EMD FP7
Departing Pigs Eye yard at St. Paul, MN on 10-14-1973, this pure Milwaukee Road consist will head west with a long freight train. What catches your eye, is the brilliant EMD FP7 trailing in the locomotive consist, most likely almost worn out after two decades at the head of passenger trains. She was retired in April of 1978. Two GP20’s rebuilt from GP9’s lead two straight GP9’s approach Dayton’s Bluff on this stunning fall day. And for you freight car buffs, the 12626 is a Pullman-Standard 50 foot plug-sliding door box car built in the early 1960’s from the 12500-12999 XL series.