MILW Little Joe E76 powers up and leads three SD40-2s (3009, 3018, 3000) eastward out of St. Regis, Montana across the namesake St. Regis River on August 9, 1973. Following the river was the Nor... (more)

MILW Little Joe electric E73 catches some ZZZZs in the Deer Lodge roundhouse on Aug. 4, 1973. Ordered and built for Russia, but never delivered because of tensions, the streamlined GE electrics ... (more)

Box cab electric helpers were not always placed mid-train in Milwaukee's eastbound freights climbing the 1.6% continental divide out of Butte up to Pipestone Pass, Montana. On April 10, 1970 E29... (more)

The four SD-40-2s leading Milwaukee's eastbound freight come into view at the loop at Cedric, Montana as the caboose of the 120-some-odd car train sweeps by the camera in August 1973. Box cab el... (more)

A nice orange and black upload on Halloween. I'm sure the scary thing was the mechanical condition these refugees from Lines West were in when they showed up for storage in Minneapolis. This area ... (more)

The Northern Lights shine over the old Milwaukee Road lift bridge in Hastings as a westbound train crosses the river.

Respondek's Port Harbor Railroad boasts some fascinating power nowadays! Former Milwaukee Road GP40 #2064, still gleaming in MILW/SOO bandit paint, heads up a trio of colorful EMDs, including IT p... (more)

This classic Milwaukee Road sky top makes for some interesting architectual style to the central coast. The string of private cars are from The Station To Station art train, as it is gracefully ma... (more)

The shell of a Milwaukee Road Hiawatha tail car grows older in the weeds at a small railroad park in western Minnesota.

DM&IR 193 shuffles cars around to build the next day's passenger trains as 261 and 2719 sit side my side steaming it up on a beautiful but chilled May night.

westbound UP grain train near Bonner Springs

The Milwaukee Roads Red Coulee trestle as it stands today. This is a few miles east across the wheat fields from Great Falls MT. It was a completely quiet and somber place as I imagined the bright... (more)

Still Resourceful Although its time as America’s Resourceful Railroad ended in 1986, this relic of the north continues to be useful for its new owner.

Two Milwaukee Road GP20s take a westbound freight through Hoffman Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the afternoon of March 22, 1986. With not much room in the area between the multiple tracks belo... (more)

The Milwaukee Art Museum hosted a special exhibit in 2003 honoring hometown industrial designer Brooks Stevens. The largest piece exhibited was the Cedar Rapids Skytop Lounge observation car, one ... (more)