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A NEW look and a
NEW style for a NEW Newsletter. Thanks
Todd! Let me try offering something
that I hope can become a ‘NEW’ and regular contribution…Let me share what
I’ve been reading. Maybe the idea
sounds boring, but how often have you (Not you, Todd! I mean you, the reader.) looked
for that one really good reference book or wanted to see some documentation
to make sure that you’ve got it right.
Or maybe you need something to inspire so you can take it to the next
level or maybe you just want a source to help you sound like you just might
know what you’re talking about. At Trainfest
I stopped by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association booth looking for
their annual special release custom finished freight car. Alas, they were sold out before the show
had even begun, but their third special publication caught my eye, The
Milwaukee Road In Milwaukee, by Ed Spitzbarth
and Mike Schaefer. Cover price is
$12.95. You can contact the MRHA at It’s a short piece of only
49 pages, but it is really loaded with great photos, b/w and color. The only real text is the first chapter,
which is a review of the history of the Photographic highlights not
to be missed are the 1950-ish aerials by professional industrial photographer
Robert T. McCoy and a down and dirty, personal, inside-the-shops collection
from hostler Rod Robinson. A personal
note to Dick, on pg. 9 there are color photos of a passenger train at the
Everett Street Depot…It’s very clear that the shade of orange used on
passenger equipment changed over the years. Other information of
interest is how the Milw. Rd. worked with the other
area railroads; operations on various branches like the Beer Line or the Nut
Line; the shops and depots. There is
also a classy centerfold. (Nudge,
nudge. Know what I mean?) OK guys...Minds out of the gutters…It’s a
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