Alco RSD5 572 leads the Milwaukee Road’s local freight to Sparta and Viroqua, Wisconsin, out of La Crosse in October 1971. At right is Grand Crossing tower, guardian of a tangle of tracks that includes the Chicago–Twin Cities main lines of MILW and Burlington Northern.
Photo by J. W. Schultz
MILW’s Alco RSD5 #572 road switcher, which was 18 years old when the photo above was taken, is five years away from retirement.
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Note that the former Grand Crossing Tower (built in 1928 to replace the original structure, which was destroyed in a train wreck), now resides at Copeland Park northeast of the Amtrak station in La Crosse, WI. The non-profit “4000 Foundation” provides upkeep to the exhibit.
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