[AT] Wisconsin old tractors / old trains

[Cecil Bearden]

Mike:
I am curious as to the fuel consumption for running a 25kw generator. 
The rule of thumb for power units is .08Gal/kwh
Cecil in OKla

Mike Sloane wrote:
> I have some images of various tractors loaded on flat cars that I will 
> post to my albums later today.
> 
> I checked with one of my model railroad groups, and they assured me, as 
> Guy stated, that the two Baldwin companies shared nothing except a 
> common name.
> 
> It is snowing very hard here in NW NJ, and the power went out, so I am 
> running on the 25KW backup generator, hooked up to my Farmall 560D. So 
> far, so good...
> 
> Mike
> 
> dean at vinsonfarm.net wrote:
>> 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.
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