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| ID # 23,414 |
C.M.St.P.& P. R.R. Co.
356 Union Station - Chicago, Ill.
QUEEN OF THE RAILS: - This giant electric locomotive, prominent in the "Wheels-A Ro1ling" pageant at the 1949 Chicago Railroad Fair, is owned and operated by the Milwaukee Road on its Chicago, Seattle-Tacoma route in the Cascade mountains in Washington.
The big engine weighs more than a half million pounds. It has 24 driving wheels. Through a process known as regenerative braking it creates electricity when descending grades.
Although a foremost user of Diesel power, the Milwaukee Road is America's longest overhead trolley electrified railroad.
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