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By Angela Cotey | March 19, 2016

| Last updated on January 4, 2021

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Under the mid-day June sun, Canadian Pacific train 493 departs Milwaukee with a former Soo Line SD60M leading a pair of DM&E SD40-2s. The crew only has 2 hours left to work and the train will be tied down at Tamarack for over 24 hours before continuing west.

Canadian Pacific train No. 493 passes the competition at Wauwatosa, Wis., on June 14, 2014. Photo by Matt Krause

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