Milwaukee Road #649         
Built by Milwaukee Road Shops as Milwaukee Road #5772 "Granite Falls" a Touralux-Coach for the Olympian Hiawatha in 1947. It was converted to a converted to 40-seat leg-rest coach for general pool service in May 1951 and renumbered #552. It was again rebuilt and renumbered around 1956 to #649. After retirement it was sold into private ownership. At the time of this photo it had been on the property for 3 days and was in the process of being cleaning up.
Date: 7/3/2017 Location: Union, IL   Map Show Union on a rail map Views: 891 Collection Of:   Tim Fennell
Rolling Stock: MLWX 649 (Passenger Car) Author:  Tim Fennell
Milwaukee Road #649
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