Milwaukee Road pulls the Gourmet Express on the weekend of October 1st and 2nd

Light snow is falling as MILW 103C brings a westbound Hiawatha thru Wauwatosa, WI in March of 1970. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

Tacoma Rail's Hill job makes a late appearance on Sunday morning, crossing the Sound Transit Tacoma bridge, where once stood the historic Milwaukee S-Curve wooden trestle. The acknowledgment pres... (more)

A Soo Line grain extra storms westbound through Brookfield, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of April 19, 1987. When built in July 1973, Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 16, was originally numbered 177, b... (more)

MILW 33A is in charge of a Hiawatha as it approaches Duplainville, WI in June of 1969. Bob Ferge image from my collection.

Milwaukee Road EMD GP40 No. 2001 leads Soo Line train 249 westbound out of the yard at La Crosse, Wisconsin, on October 3, 1987. A man in the elevated signal tower on the right still manually cont... (more)

Soo Line train 12, powered by Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 158 and former Kansas City Southern EMD SD40 No. 626, is about to roll over Brookfield Road grade crossing in Brookfield, Wisconsin, on ... (more)

Soo Line train 203, an auto parts train to the Twin cities, is westbound at Duplainville, Wisconsin, led by Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 174, on April 12, 1987.

The engineer for Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha checks things over as the train loads passengers at Minneapolis. At start up, Amtrak chose to make one stop in the Twin Cities and decided on Minneap... (more)

Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 190 leads an eastbound Soo Line freight through Sturtevant, Wisconsin, on a sunny March 21, 1987.

After spring 1973 detours, MILW was back to "normal" with their rebuilt RSC2s providing road service for their 6 day a week freight between Eau Claire and Winona, MN. SDL39s were also be... (more)

A privately owned collection of Milwaukee Road bay window cabooses look more like a caboose cemetery than a display in Prairie Du Chien. The group includes both flat side and horizontal ribbed exa... (more)

After a stop in town, Milwaukee Road "GP20s" 991 - 985 continue southbound on the I&M subdivision at the 250th St overpass in Faribault, Minnesota circa 1973-1974. The track here has si... (more)

A southbound on the Milwaukee Road I&M division, led by Milwaukee Road "GP20s" 991 - 985, arrives in Faribault, Minnesota at the Division Street crossing circa 1973-1974. 991, built as ... (more)

Here is a closeup of the Milwaukee Road wreck crew in action re-railing a train near St. Paul, Minnesota in the early 1970's. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo.