Thanks to everyone for there help identifying the location of the meet between 4-8-4 #5623 and the CB&Q freight. I do believe the location is Savanna, and also found this picture that I believe w... (more)

Milwaukee Road Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 No. 760 pulls a Rock Island commuter coach out on the main line at the Illinois Railroad Museum in September 1984. Just repainted in fresh Milwaukee colors, N... (more)

MILW 261 slows into Brownton, MN to prepare for a runby.

Milwaukee Road Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 No. 760 is the first locomotive built by FM in August 1944 and is preserved at the Illinois Railroad Museum where it is showing off a new coat of paint in Sep... (more)

MILW 194 charges up Lake Hill in Milwaukee, WI with a Soo Line freight in January of 1987. The leased WP units did not last long due to their poor condition.

A northbound MILW trackage rights train was crossing the Steel Bridge into Portland Union Station.

Milwaukee Road's Beverly station sits abandoned and forlorn in the dusty climate near the east bank of the Columbia River in central Washington. By fall 1979 the railroad had no need for the depot... (more)

The Soo Line acquisition of the Milwaukee Road in 1985 led to a lot of shuffling of equipment. The Soo had a pretty traditional reputation and when they unexpectedly ended up with the Milwaukee it... (more)

Perhaps some of Milwaukee Road's most modern power, a pair of Milwaukee Motor Transport tractors are ready to handle TOFC pickups and deliveries at Kansas City, MO. They are at the Soo Line (X-MIL... (more)

Milwaukee Road H-10-44 #775 switches an industrial area on the east side of Milwaukee with the Hack's Furniture Building in the background. Hack's furniture went out of business in 1984, but this... (more)

MILW F40C no. 48 shoves a rush hour commuter train under CNW's entry to Madison St. station on its way in to Union Station for passenger loading. Soon it will be headed to the suburbs north or wes... (more)

MILW H16-44 nos. 424 and 434 relax in the weeds near the roundhouse at Savanna, IL in January 1976. Their duties are over and they await the scrapper's torch on this snowless winter day.

Here's a look inside an E9 locomotive, a work in progress at the Illinois Railroad Museum back in August 1992. The side panels on F and E units eventually wore out over time, requiring replacement... (more)

Milwaukee Road GP9 283 is at Savanna, IL in January 1976 sharing space with a former passenger FP7A among others. These Geeps helped Milwaukee Road upgrade their mainline diesel fleet when purchas... (more)

Milwaukee Road GP9s 288 and 228 are parked at Savanna, IL in January 1976. This was a transition period away from the use of FM H-16-44s, so presumably the Geeps would become more common here.