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Image: Mid-Continent Railway Museum 7-2016 Milwaukee Road No. 988

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Description: This Alco RSC-2 diesel locomotive was built in 1947 for the Milwaukee Road (= Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad) as a switch engine Numbered as 988. It saw service in Wisconsin and Minnesota until the mid-1970s. From then until the early 1980s, it headed tourist trains and also saw short line use, after which it was retired. This engine is now part of the Mid-Continent Railway Museum collection in the town of North Freedom, Wisconsin.
Title: Mid-Continent Railway Museum 7-2016 Milwaukee Road No. 988
Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8594991@N03/27754610853/
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