Making strange bed fellows, a pair of Alco AAR truck equipped GP30s line up with a pair of FM H-16-44s, spliced by an F7B. Although the two FMs were recently repainted, it appears they are retired... (more)

A pair of F7s and a GP35 await their next assignment at Savanna, IL on a snowless January morning in 1976. As with many former Milwaukee Road locations, a visit to Savanna would leave one thinking... (more)

All dressed up and now where to go. FMs 423 and 427 have a fresh coat of paint in January 1976 as they sit in the retirement line at Savanna, Illinois. Built in December 1954 both these units woul... (more)

A Milwaukee Road transfer run in the care of a Fairbanks-Morse H-16-44 rolls off the Chicago River drawbridge and approaches the multiple diamonds at Ash Street in Chicago.

Milwaukee Road FM switcher 731 idles with a pair of F7s at Janesville, WI in September 1972. This unit features the steam locomotive inspired cab roof extension over the end of the cab as well as ... (more)

MILW cow and calf set 695A and B get some support form F7B 69B at the hump at Pigs Eye Yard, St. Paul, MN back in March 1973. It would appear that tonnage was increased to the point where the TR4A... (more)

MILW GP9 301 and caboose 991905 are parked at Sumner near the depot. this equipment worked the valley between Sumner and Black River Jct., south of Seattle on joint UP-MILW trackage. This included... (more)

A Milwaukee Road westbound transcontinental freight has pulled onto Pacific Coast Railway trackage at Black River Junction, south of Seattle. The train is switching cars at its Black River Yard be... (more)

Milwaukee 576, an RSC-2 rebuilt into a low nose RSC-2.5 or 2M, shows off its damage at La Crosse, WI in July 1972. The unit was damaged on its train as it passed by Eau Claire Sand & Gravel after ... (more)

Sequentially numbered Milwaukee Road GP30s 1002 and 1003 sun themselves at Savanna, IL between runs on a snowless early January day in 1976. Unusual for their Alco trucks, the GP30s were in the ec... (more)

Times are tough in fall 1982, and Milwaukee Road was storing some of their locomotives. Here we have 7 GP20Ms parked at Pigs Eye Yard not far from the roundhouse area. These Geeps were rebuilt fro... (more)

A cold, rainy day greets rare SDL39 583 and FM H-16-66 549 parked together at Pigs Eye roundhouse, St. Paul. The SDL39 went to the Soo Line and Wisconsin Central. The FM was retired in April 1976.

Milwaukee Road owned six of these FM "Baby or Junior Trainmasters", and I've spotted two at St. Paul over the years. The 550 is photographed in Pigs Eye yard handling some switching. I h... (more)

With cars continuing to be shoved over the hump on this summer afternoon, onlookers take photos of this Milwaukee Road F-unit and series of freight cars on display during a company open house. No... (more)

MILW 853 and caboose are parked at Rochelle, IL along the BN mainline, east of the CNW diamonds. Milwaukee Road shared track with BN from Rockford to Rochelle, and operated south of Rochelle on a ... (more)