We're in the clear on the Ford Train in the westward siding at Voltz. Voltz was located halfway between Watertown and Richwood,WI.on the Lacrosse Division double track mainline. There were two sid... (more)

Engineer Dick Frette on the Ford Fast at Duplainville,WI..

The Ford train westbound at Elm Grove,WI..

We're stopped between Fall River and Columbus on an eastbound Tacoma/Chicago 264. I don't remember what the problem was but the track between MP 160 and MP 131 on the eastbound was getting pretty ... (more)

Extra 184 West stops for a crew change at Portage passing the stopped Extra 2036 West on two track. The 184 is the Ford train and the 2036 back then was probably train 65.

Milwaukee Road train 213 the FORD TRAIN departs Portage as the flag stop only at the time Empire Builder passes on the westward track. Ford train will run on the eastward track to New Lisbon and w... (more)

Milwaukee Road EXTRA 168 WEST(Ford Train) sits on the westward track at the Hy16 overhead as Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha runs against the current of traffic from Duplainville to Pewaukee around ... (more)

We're on the "2spot" one of the ex-MILW passenger FP45's that were delivered in 1969 and were placed in freight service when Amtrak started in 1971. We've made our pick-up at the Cut-off... (more)

We've got three run thru UP SD's from Omaha today on the Ford Train. Milwaukee Road Fireman Ron Morales grabs my camera to record the event as I stand with pride on his favorite RR's locomotive. I... (more)

The Milwaukee Road called it a "walk and change" you would bring your train into the crew change point and while it kept rolling along very slowly the outbound crew would get on and you ... (more)

We're changing crews on the Ford Train at Popenfus's crossing but instead of getting off I'm getting on relieving East End Pool Engineer George Nicholson. The train is a combo of two trains 65 and... (more)

Milwaukee Road's Ford Train passes the George Webb at Cooney with UP power.

We're in the westward siding on the Ford Fast for westbound Sprint train coming up the hill out of Watertown that will pass us here at Voltz. We could have stayed ahead all the way with three unit... (more)

We're stopped just east of Watertown on the Fast Ford. There were only two times that I remember having MOPAC power once on the beast with covered wagons and this time with an SD. They were nothin... (more)