The Only Surviving Milwaukee Road Bi-Polar

[htc6600]

They were NOT experimental locomotives but they were unusual locomotives. They were designed by GE for the Milwaukee Road for their passenger service in the Cascade mountains. There were only 5 of them made because that's all the Milwaukee Road needed to protect their existing passenger train service. Westinghouse built 5 locomotives at the same time for these same passenger service in the Rockies. The two locomotives did essentially the same thing but went about it in different ways.

[48alfaone]

Well Done, thanks for the info!

[strokedmustang66]

wish u walked around it so we could see more of it

[trainboy94]

I couldn't, it was in between two locomotives

[jasonkane2007]

nice

[Trainbrain1949]

The Illinois Terminal Class B coupled to it is almost as rare. There is one that is operable at the Illinois Railway Museum.

[gaycowboy31]

cool thanks for that info in that Illinois terminal class B I was wondering if thats what that was

[G0IMB]

It'd be nice to have a stretch of track with overhead catenary and a 3kv dc substation feeding it. Pity there's no 3kv dc electrified mainline in the US that could run it on under electric power.

[trainboy32]

what railroad museum is this

[trainboy94]

The Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, MO

[gaycowboy31]

cool thanks I didnt know St Louis Muselm of Transportation had one of these I really need to get there