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See old steam train arrive in Janesville and Beloit

By GLEN LOYD Friday, January 4, 2013 - 7:07 p.m.

Glen Loyd lives in Madison and spends many days with family in Rock County. He is a former public information officer for Wisconsin Consumer Protection, publishes a weekly consumer protection blog and is a regular guest on radio consumer protection programs. Glen is a community blogger and is not a part of The Gazette staff. His opinion is not necessarily that of the The Gazette staff or management.

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EMMO46
Jan 6, 2013 at 6:57 p.m.
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Very nice. I'm not quite old enough to remember those days, but the clothing of the people and scenes in this film look as though it's filmed in an Eastern European country.

gpeck
Jan 5, 2013 at 12:57 p.m.
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Very cool, Glen. I alerted two of my bicycle enthusiast friends; my dad, who likes trains; and a friend who retired from the railroad in Milwaukee.
Greg Peck

oldtimer
Jan 5, 2013 at 8:44 a.m.
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On one of the last pictures of the train coming into Janesville you can see the station agent standing on the platform with a long pole with a loop on the end and a msg on the end, the engineer woul put out his arm and scoop up the msg. There were no two way radio in those days. My buddies and I growing up in Milton Jct and we would go to the station and watch the trains come in, at one time there 27 trains in and out of the Jct everyday. It was fun to watch the engineer put his arm out and get the msg and many times they did it it while not stopping, ah memories.

NVgrf
Jan 4, 2013 at 11:33 p.m.
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What awesome footage. I have taken my grandson on the steam train from Williams to the South Rim of the Canyon numerous times. Unbelievable trips!

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