Matt:

Sorry, I have to disagree with a statement early in your statement that when someone mentions Milwaukee Road, electrics come to mind. I lived in Milwaukee and Madison during the Milwaukee Road's final years in the early 1980s. For me, the Milwaukee Road was Chicagoland commuter trains, the hump yard in Milwaukee, SD40-2s, urban trackagage serving breweries, the crossing of the Northwestern on Lake Mendota in Madison and four sd10s pulling a freight into Madison on a freezing February night.

Since then, I rode several excursions behind 261 and last year, rode in a Milwaukee dome car on a Minneapolis - Winona excursion.

In 2003, I explored by car, foot and bicycle the Lines West in Montana and Idaho and was sorry that I was 30 years too late to see the electrics in action.

I really did enjoy your video. Your E2 horn is the nicest single-chime horn I've ever heard.

The video also nicely complements the Tide-Mark 2012 Milwaukee Road calendar I purchased yesterday. I think you would enjoy this calendar, too, as it has four scenes of Milwaukee Road electrics including one of a Little Joe.

Thanks for sharing your creative video with us.