Passenger Car Department

Our newest arrival, the Milwaukee Road LAKE CITY, arrived today at our campus in Union.  You will have to excuse the poor images, a product of old man shaky hands and having to use the telephoto feature on the camera.  When we heard it was on Olson Road, several walked out in that direction, but I saw no one else taking photos, so these will have to do.

At the Gate

We first saw it still on Olson Road but right at Gate 5.  How could they possibly make that sharp left turn?

Bending the Corner

Halfway around the turn and still moving, I was still quite a ways off.  Yet it was moving forward and we know the car could not bend in the middle.

Museum Drive

In short order the rig was traveling east on Museum Drive, where it sat most of the day.  The delay was due to the large crane being tied up on another job and not on site at Union.  We began to understand how they made the turn.  We counted 50 tires under that rig, and the rear ones could be steered and turned by remote control from a second operator to the rear of the load.

As I left the crane still had not arrived.