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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:11/11/1934 - 10/21/2015
Album Info:Four original b&w photos by E.J. Roberts of the famous Milwaukee Road 2-D-D-2 EP-2 class "bi-polar" locomotives and a couple recent photos I took of the sole survivor, E-2, at the Museum of Transportation near St. Louis, MO.
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MILW 2-D-D-2 #10252 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-D-D-2 #10252 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Nice action photo of 1919 GE built 2-D-D-2 electric locomotive pulling the 9 car Olympian into Tacoma, WA. This unit was renumbered in 1939 to E-3, rebuilt by the Milwaukee Shops in 1953 and retired in 1962. Photo credit to E.J. Roberts.
Photo Date:  11/11/1934  Upload Date: 7/5/2016 2:56:00 AM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 10252(2-D-D-2)
Views:  577   Comments: 1
MILW 2-D-D-2 #10253 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-D-D-2 #10253 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Good portrait of the famous GE bi-polar locomotive built in 1919 for the Milwaukee Road mountainous western division. The unit was renumbered to E-4 in 1939, rebuilt by the Milwaukee Road shops in 1953 and scrapped in 1962. E.J. Roberts photo credit.
Photo Date:  7/10/1937  Upload Date: 7/5/2016 2:56:04 AM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 10253(2-D-D-2)
Views:  524   Comments: 0
MILW 2-D-D-2 #E-1 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-D-D-2 #E-1 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Built by GE in 1919 as the first of 5 bi-polar electric locomotives for the Milwaukee Road's western division, it originally carried the number 10250 but was renumbered in 1939. Later the Milwaukee Road shops tried rebuilding the bi-polars but it was not a successful effort. All but one (E-2) were scrapped in 1962. E.J. Roberts photo credit.
Photo Date:  5/16/1940  Upload Date: 7/5/2016 2:56:08 AM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW E1(2-D-D-2)
Views:  702   Comments: 0
MILW 2-D-D-2 #E-1 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-D-D-2 #E-1 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Here is another view of the first of the famous 1919 GE built five bi-polars used by the Milwaukee Road in their western electrification porject. The unit originally carried the number 10250 but was renumbered in 1939. Later it was unsuccesfully rebuilt by the Milwaukee Road shops in 1953. Eventually four of the five were scrapped in 1962. Only E-2 survives at the Museum of Transportation in St Louis, MO. E.J. Roberts photo credit.
Photo Date:  7/20/1940  Upload Date: 7/5/2016 2:56:12 AM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW E1(2-D-D-2)
Views:  499   Comments: 1
MILW 2-D-D-2 #E-2 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-D-D-2 #E-2 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Here is my photo of the only surviving bi-polar unit built by GE in 1919 for the Milwaukee Road. It sits as a static display in the Museum of Transportation in the St Louis, MO, area. One of the most powerful electrics ever built.
Photo Date:  10/21/2015  Upload Date: 7/5/2016 3:23:18 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW E2(2-D-D-2)
Views:  301   Comments: 1
MILW 2-D-D-2 #E-2 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 2-D-D-2 #E-2 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Here is another photo I took of the sole remaining Milwaukee Road bi-polar built by GE in 1919 as it sits in the Museum of Transportation near St. Louis, MO.
Photo Date:  10/21/2015  Upload Date: 7/5/2016 3:23:24 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW E2(2-D-D-2)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
Info Sign on the "Bi-polar" MILW E-2
Title:  Info Sign on the "Bi-polar" MILW E-2
Description:  Nice informational sign at the Museum of Transportation near St Louis, MO, about the term "bi-polar."
Photo Date:  10/21/2015  Upload Date: 7/5/2016 3:23:28 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW E2(2-D-D-2)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
Information Sign on MILW E-2
Title:  Information Sign on MILW E-2
Description:  Nice informational sign at the Museum of Transportation near St. Louis, MO, about the E-2 built by GE in 1919 for the Milwaukee Road electrified western division.
Photo Date:  10/21/2015  Upload Date: 7/5/2016 3:23:32 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW E2(2-D-D-2)
Views:  243   Comments: 0


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