Freshly painted MILW SD40-2 #142 storms past the tower at Lake on Milwaukee's south side in October of 1984. There is a fairly steep grade here that can bring a heavy freight to its knees.

Hard to remember when a gallon of gas was below a buck.

As I recall, I didn't feel like going to work on this sunny day in mid-April 1985, so I called in sick. I spent some time on the west side of Genoa, IL waiting for Milwaukee Road train #226 to com... (more)