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| Title: |
Milwaukee 557 |
| Description: |
Picking up empty potash cars at Calamine. The only customer in Calamine was a fertilizer dealer that got a few cars a month. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/1979 Upload Date: 5/11/2016 12:40:45 PM |
| Location: |
Calamine, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Kundert |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 557(SD10) |
| Views: |
871 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee 557 |
| Description: |
Switching sand & gravel hoppers at Monroe Ready Mix. In the late 1970's, the Milwaukee started using 55 ton hoppers to haul sand & gravel, replacing the 24' ore cars. The 557 would later be sold to the DM&E. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/1979 Upload Date: 5/11/2016 12:41:59 PM |
| Location: |
Monroe, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Kundert |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 557(SD10) |
| Views: |
1200 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee 557 |
| Description: |
The local pulls into Gratiot and will pick up an empty boxcar. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/1979 Upload Date: 9/1/2017 2:37:57 PM |
| Location: |
Gratiot, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Kundert |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 557(SD10) |
| Views: |
754 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee 557 |
| Description: |
Th local leaves Gratiot after picking up an empty Wabash Boxcar. Gratiot was a busy place in the early 1900's with tracks going to Warren, ILL, Mineral Point, Shullsburg and Janesville! A 1926 employee timetable shows 12 trains scheduled daily!! |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/1979 Upload Date: 9/1/2017 2:39:21 PM |
| Location: |
Gratiot, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Kundert |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 557(SD10) |
| Views: |
882 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee 506 |
| Description: |
SD10 557 was caught on the wrong end of derailment and couldnt return to Janesville. It was shut down and Gratiot and became a 150 ton ice cube. A week after the derailment, the track was repaired and the 506 hauled the 557 back to Janesville to thaw out. Later in the year, the 506 would be leased to and painted for the Wisconsin & Southern |
| Photo Date: |
1/5/1980 Upload Date: 5/17/2016 4:58:55 PM |
| Location: |
Gratiot, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Kundert |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 557(SD10) MILW 506(SD9) |
| Views: |
812 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee 557 |
| Description: |
A caboose hop at Sauk City |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1980 Upload Date: 5/17/2016 9:57:05 AM |
| Location: |
Sauk City, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Kundert |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 557(SD10) |
| Views: |
473 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee 557 |
| Description: |
Owned by the DM&E but still in full Milwaukee paint, four SD10s make good time on the "Spine Line" with a northbound. I had shot the 557 about 9 years earlier in Wisconsin on the Mineral Point branch. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1987 Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:42:52 PM |
| Location: |
Northwood, IA |
| Author: |
Richard Kundert |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 557(SD10) |
| Views: |
312 Comments: 3 |
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