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Tales from the Rails
Photos and stories from Tom Farence's career and trips over the years.
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Apr 5, 2023
MILW 64-C
Back in the mid to late 60’s I fired a lot in the freight pool and hostled engines in Milwaukee... I got pretty familiar to the re-wiring...
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Apr 5, 2023
Train 255
Train 255 stopped over the Menominee River, Engineer Tom Farence Fireman Ron Morales and Brakeman Fred Yerke stand proudly at the front...
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Apr 4, 2023
Panama Limited
In 1968 I took my first wife (Adam's Mom) to New Orleans, LA. for a year late honeymoon... We got off at the Hotel Fountainbleau stop...
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Apr 4, 2023
Harwood Ave.
We’re stopped at Harwood Ave. on the west side of Milwaukee (Wauwatosa) waiting for clearance to come into the yard. We’ve run against...
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