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Nothing near my childhood home. But for ten years (1950 - 1959) my parents took us on family vacations to a cottage on Rock Lake near Lake Mills WI. CNW's Madison - Milwaukee line was located directly behind our cottage. I can still vividly recall the daily three- car passenger train - E unit and heavy weight mail storage car, RPO, and coach. Local freights were powered by Alco RS-2s or 3s with huge mars lights on top of the nose at each end. Occasionally extra trains were operated over the line including some steam powered freights, and a diverted Dakota "400". We used to fish off the huge crossbeams of the CNW trestle near the lake. My parents would warn us to keep our heads down and don't panic if a train ever came. Well, one day a train came, and their advice paid off. Needles to say my CNW experience at Lake Mills WI played a very big role in developing my interest in trains.
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