CNW 4154 switches the small yard just south of downtown Milwaukee in January of 1984. Very little business remains here today.

CNW 8046 leads a Sheboygan Coal train across the bridge over the Milwaukee Road (now WSOR/WATCO) in Milwaukee, WI in April of 1993.

C&O 5250 switches the carferry Badger at their dock on Jones Island in Milwaukee, WI in April of 1975. Russ Porter Kodachrome from my collection.

MILW 141 prepares to depart Milwaukee, WI in March of 1985. The huge Milwaukee Solvay Coke plant (now gone) is in the background.

Soo Line 6240 leads an interesting mix of locomotives down Lake Hill in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1987. The train is probably a Lake States train heading for home rails. The siding the northbound ... (more)

The Soo Line only had 5 widecab SD60M's and the last one, 6062, leads a train out of Milwaukee, WI in January of 1991. The billboard on the left is for radio station WOKY, a longtime station that ... (more)

MILW 30A leads what I believe to be the Abe Lincoln out of Milwaukee, WI in December of 1971. Bob Ferge photo from my collection.

CNW 6840 is crossing the KK River near 16th Street on Milwaukee's South Side in February of 1987. This line is still an important part of the UP, but the track and building on the left are long g... (more)

CNW 4071C has just crossed the KK River and is approaching Tower BA with a passenger train for Chicago in January of 1970. This area of Milwaukee is known as Bay View and was extremely busy at one... (more)

Just before Amtrak and the end of passenger service on the CNW, F7 4072A brings a Chicago-Milwaukee train past the Milwaukee Solvay Coke plant in Milwaukee, WI in April of 1971. Bob Ferge photo fr... (more)

55 years ago on January 21st, at approximately 2:50 am, the last North Shore trains reached their destinations of Milwaukee and Chicago for the last time. This ended many years of interurban servi... (more)

MILW 117C leads a quartet of F's up Lake Hill in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1973. Bob Ferge photo from my collection.

A CNW GP30/GP35 combo leads a eastbound freight over the Watertown Plank Road bridge in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1979. Bob Ferge photo from my collection.

CNW caboose #12440 brings up the rear of a work train in the Milwaukee area in July of 1967. Bob Ferge photo from my collection.

Soo Line 6000, their first SD60, is about to depart Milwaukee, WI with a train for Bensenville in December of 1994. This shot on the ex-MILW C&M Subdivision can still be had, but Milwaukee's skyli... (more)