What are the pin mounts for on either side of the nose door? Thanks for sharing this classic shot.
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Mr. Ellis, Thank you for sharing your great photo. It is one of those that is hard to stop looking at. I never saw the Milwaukee Road, but this is a good substitute.
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| Posted by Kibu on April 13, 2015 | |
Lift points. Would allow the railroad to hook there, and a couple other places, then lift the engine up into the air.
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| Posted by on April 13, 2015 | |
Ted...you've captured the moment for me with this image of the west end of the old depot in Milwaukee. The Railway Express building has been sold and repainted behind the E-unit. The turntable pit has been filled in and turned into a parking lot. My Dad's 61 Comet sits to the left parked as he was working as a Carmen at the depot at this time. In one year this part of the Milwaukee Road will be closed for the new depot at Fowler St....and in a year and a half I'll be getting a paycheck from the Milwaukee starting an exciting RR career.....WOW..where HAS the time gone? Thanks for this wonderful Kodachrome into the past....Tom.
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Those are lifting rings. Usually the B end has them too.
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I believe those are lift points for railroads anticipating derailments.
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| Posted by joe on October 6, 2023 | |
The locomotive is going over a three way switch that is paved over in the street. The points are out of the picture to the left.
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