February 10, 2008 01:33PM
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Oh my, how things (and I) have changed. This photo of me was snapped by the engineer of this train (I believe it might have still been classified as a "mixed") in 1968 in my Dad's hometown in North Dakota. This shortline, the Midland Continental, ran south from Jamestown, North Dakota to Edgeley, where it interchanged with a Milwaukee Road branch. Earlier that day, the crew of the Milwaukee freight let me run their locomotive (also an Alco, an RS-1 or RS-3 if memory serves) while they were switching the weed-choked yard. I was 14. Both the Midland Continental and the Milwaukee branch are long gone.
The Midland Continental did have its "favorite daughter" celebrity. For years, the station agent at the MC station at Millarton, North Dakota was a woman. Her daughter, who grew up in the station, went on to become the famous pop/jazz singer of the 1930's-1970's--Peggy Lee.
By the way, to keep on the narrow-gauge topic, I'd already been a narrow-gauge aficianado and been to narrow gauge country a few times by the time this picture was taken.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/2008 01:38PM by Wade Hall.
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