[milwaukee-electric] Re: The "Devil's Teapot"

[Larry Allan]

To all: The pictured in the Washout photo appears to be Work Car.
 I wonder way they (TM) built the ROW directly through this Bog.
Couldn't have went around it to the south or north.

On 9/16/09, Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Don,
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> The photo is from the book, "Along the Right of Way to East Troy" by Charles
> Damaske.
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> I have no idea where he got the photo.
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> K.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don L. Leistikow" <DLeistikow at webtv.net>
> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
> Cc: <emory1522 at wi.rr.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:28 PM
> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: The "Devil's Teapot"
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>> Ken:   That's an interesting photo of an 1100 at the site of the Muskego
>> Washout, better known as the Devil's Tea Pot.
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>> Somewhere, I have an article which contains many of the details along
>> with some photographs, the exception being that this is the first time
>> that I have seen the photo which you posted.
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>> While the car is indistinguishable on my 'webber', I would really
>> appreciate a photographic copy of it.   Reason being that the
>> information that I have says something about a car isolated between the
>> washout and East Troy.  So, that car would back up in one direction or
>> the other to accomodate passengers who, for the duration of the
>> impediment, had to walk around it, to complete a journey in either
>> direction.  The outbound car from Milwaukee would reverse direction of
>> the car at the Muskego wye.
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>> For the record, all Rapid Transit 1100's were single ended with the
>> exception of the 1102, 1103 and 1104, which had controls at both ends,
>> walkover seats and air operated passenger doors.
>>
>> Anyway, I shall look up and copy the article, which also contains the
>> date of the incident.    Will then forward same on to you.
>>
>> Rebuilt MN cars were not ready for service until sometime in 1931.
>>
>> Don L.
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