| "The Milwaukee Road had two cabooses built to Burlington Northern standards for use on the Columbia coal trains to Portage, Wisconsin. After the Soo Line took over, they were renumbered, patched and could be seen all over the system. Westbound train 228 is pulling down through Bettendorf, Iowa on Sunday, April 7, 1991 with Soo Line 163 bringing up the markers. Davenport Rock Island and North Western SW1200s 108 and 109 sit on one of the adjacent yard tracks, waiting to go back to work on Monday." Photograph by Lance. |