Milwaukee Road X-5000 Dynamometer Car

Images Taken Inside the X-5000
While it was Still in Operation

 Early interior of X-5000 car
Early interior of the Dynamometer Car known as the X-5000.

1953 Dyno Log Book
Actual page from the log book for the Dynamometer car.

Man working in the X-5000
Here's a man working in the X-5000 reading charts.

1974 image of X-5000 interior
May 1974 interior of working X-5000 car.

Close-up of the technology of the time.
Close-up of the charting technology of the day in 1974.

TV enhancement for the X-5000
Someone cleverly rigged up a TV for the crew inside the X-5000.

Inside at the recorder of the X-5000
Inside the X-5000 at the recorder.

Not all glamour - a lot of very boring work
It was not all glamour! There was a lot of tedius work to
do in the Dynamometer car such as counting mile posts.