Few years earlier we would ride our bikes to Franklin Park, IL and wait at tower B-12. Very often the Laker would be on the connecting track off the harbor where it would get on SOO trackage right at the tower. Quite a contrast as the UP streamline sections would roar by and then the Laker with heavy weight baggage, RPO and coaches would lumber by.
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Nice shot, the UP ran a pretty classy train.
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How unusual to catch all 5 locos smoking.
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Those Es had a no-nonsense roar to them and the symphony here would have been unforgettable. I recall PRR E units unwinding beyond the restricted curve at Mifflin, PA and filling the river valley night with power for many minutes after a tuscan red fleet of cars smoothly passed, when the tradition was still in its autumn.
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