[AT] Wisconsin old tractors / old trains

[dean at vinsonfarm.net]

Guy, your response to the Baldwin thread reminded me of another connection I've
wondered about:  Did the Milwaukee Road and International Harvester have any
business relationship?  I can imagine huge quantities of raw materials,
component parts, and finished product must have shipped in and out of Harvester
plants via rail, and I would guess the Milwaukee Road could have handled a lot
of it.  I know that's a long way from presuming any kind of systematic business
relationship, but the mental image of a trainload of new Letter Series Farmalls
on a bunch of Milwaukee Road flatcars pulled by a big chuffing 4-8-4 Northern or
some early EMD F-units is just too cool not to daydream about!
 
Dean Vinson
Dayton, Ohio
www.vinsonfarm.net
 

On February 24, 2010 at 10:30 PM fayguyma at execpc.com wrote:
>
> There was no connection between Baldwin Locomotive and Baldwin Harvester
> other than family last name.