MILW F7A no. 49-C and a B unit get a bit of attention as an employee readies them for their next assignment out of La Crosse. Note the blue MILW company ice reefer.

The long run down 2nd St thru town is about over.

Mason City to Calmer turn having just toped the grade a nice set of MILW SD10s all matching paint looked great.

Milwaukee Road 3030 West passes the big substation at East Portal as it heads toward the long bore that tunnels under the Bitterroots. No. 3030 was later renumbered to 160.

Little Joe E70 is lead helper for Milwaukee Road westbound hot-shot 171 West at Stetson, ID. The road freight that originated in Chicago will soon arrive in Avery, where it will change crews. Also... (more)

An A-B-B-A set of covered wagons is parked near the Bensenville hump in 1976.

Milwaukee Road received some of the earliest EMD SD40-2s after foregoing SD40s in favor of a handful of SD45s. Originally delivered in the 3000 series they were the last engine model delivered wit... (more)

Power from both tenant roads, Milwaukee Road GP40's and Kansas City Southern SD40X's, sit on the Knoche Yad service track at Kansas City, MO in 1980.

MILW 204 starts its' assault on Lake Hill as it approaches Waterford Avenue on Milwaukee's south side in October of 1984. Milwaukee Road passenger trains flew thru here, hence the super elevation ... (more)

Early carbody U30B no. 5604 grinds part of a Portland bound freight to the top of Tacoma hill with a slug set. The power will set off the block of cars, then drop back down the hill for the remain... (more)

MILW 409 sits at Bensenville, IL behind the MILW roundhouse. It is being cannibalized to keep a few remaining FMs alive. Both Milwaukee and C&NW were supporters of the Beloit, WI based Fairbanks M... (more)

A Milwaukee Road freight exits the best trackage it will experience between Tacoma and at least Miles City, MT. Maple Valley trackage was the former Pacific Coast, then BN (through the GN), and MI... (more)

Less than a year before shutting down their Pacific extension, Milwaukee Road crews in the West made a valiant effort to keep things moving. Here a pair of SD10s support a trio of SD40-2s on their... (more)

Milwaukee Road SD40-2 Nos. 205 and 183, painted in Milwaukee’s last paint scheme, lead a hotshot freight westbound through Duplainville, Wisconsin, on September 28, 1985. It was fall in the midw... (more)

MILW 174 roars thru Rondout, IL with an eastbound freight in May of 1985.