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Re: More of the Milwaukee Road ruins...and critters
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 11-10-2010 - 12:51
ex BN Wrote:
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> Tom Moungovan Wrote:
> > There must be something about the Ghosts of
> the
> > Milwaukee...3 years ago, a close friend & I
> > camped out just up the hill a quarter mile
> from
> > Lombard. While it probably was the best
> > location I've ever experienced, it was totaly
> > quiet with no sounds of highways, railroads
> > or aircraft. Like we had that part of the
> state
> > to ourselves.
>
> Are sure the buzzing rattlesnakes didn't disturb
> the peace near Lombard? I've heard of NP gangs
> being forced to move their outfit cars out of
> Lombard due to the carpet of snakes alongside the
> cars.
Fair enough, that place has a deserved reputation. Last year, my son & I visited Ken
Stevenson who retired off of the NP/BN/MRL and I asked him about that very subject and
got a very affirmative "you bet". However on the 2007 trip with my friend, we did not
see or hear even one. I spent several hours right at the old Milwaukee bridge and my buddy
took a hike up toward Cardinal. It was a warm late summer day.
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> Tom Moungovan Wrote:
> > There must be something about the Ghosts of
> the
> > Milwaukee...3 years ago, a close friend & I
> > camped out just up the hill a quarter mile
> from
> > Lombard. While it probably was the best
> > location I've ever experienced, it was totaly
> > quiet with no sounds of highways, railroads
> > or aircraft. Like we had that part of the
> state
> > to ourselves.
>
> Are sure the buzzing rattlesnakes didn't disturb
> the peace near Lombard? I've heard of NP gangs
> being forced to move their outfit cars out of
> Lombard due to the carpet of snakes alongside the
> cars.
Fair enough, that place has a deserved reputation. Last year, my son & I visited Ken
Stevenson who retired off of the NP/BN/MRL and I asked him about that very subject and
got a very affirmative "you bet". However on the 2007 trip with my friend, we did not
see or hear even one. I spent several hours right at the old Milwaukee bridge and my buddy
took a hike up toward Cardinal. It was a warm late summer day.
