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Published: 2012-05-05 18:02:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 421; Favourites: 13; Downloads: 11
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Taken at Deer Lodge, MT at the Old State Prison Automobile Museum. Any help with identifying these engines would be appreciated.Related content
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Here's a Google-Image search on "milwaukee road little joe". The images include yours. www.google.com/search?newwindo…
In particular, here's a web page to the last one, including a dedication plaque: www.curbsideclassic.com/tracks…
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As ZCochrane said, it is a "Little Joe" electric locomotive operated on the Milwaukee Road.
Here's its Wikipedia entry with tons of information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwauke…
From Pentrex Railroad Videos, here's a $40 3-volume DVD set of the Little Joe operating during the 1970s: pentrex.com/milwdvd.html
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Very cool. Love the "Little Joes"
Thank you for sharing.
Marko
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Thanks, Marko! Yeah, they have a certain grace about them.
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This is a "Little Joe" locomotive, as in "Little Joe Stalin" - they were built by GE for the soviet union in 1946, but due to the starting cold war, could not be delivered, so the Milwaukee Road bought 12 of the 20 that were built, modified to suit american needs. An interesting point is that the driving cab and windows were removed at one end, so that there was more space inside to move components around. The machines went out of service when the Milwaukee Road decided to remove its electrification in the 1970s, mostly because they wanted to sell the copper of the overhead wires. This was a decision that almost everyone considered to be stupid. Since there were no other american railroads electrified with the 3 kV DC system used by the Milwaukee, these machines could not be sold, and most were scrapped.
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Interesting! Thanks again...again!
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