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Speaking of Milwaukee...it's hard to think of a Milwaukee Road yard in that city that wasn't curved! The principal yard, Muskego Yard, was an s-curve. The often-photographed Everett Street passenger station's yard had sharp curves at both ends, and all of the following Milwaukee Road yards had curves through the body tracks and/or the lead tracks: Chestnut Street; Walnut Street; Humboldt; Port; Rock; both Bluemound yards; Soldier's Home; Davies; Adams and Reed Street. The hump yard body tracks were straight, but the lead tracks were curved, as were the lead and body tracks of the parallel Air Line arrival yard. <br /> <br />Were they inconvenient, even dangerous to work? Sure. Did we have to "go high" to pass hand signals? Yup, and used fusees rather than hand lamps many times at night. Did we like it? Nope. Were we very, very careful? Definitely. <br />
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