SOO 6017 brings a train out of the yard and past Cut-Off tower in November of 1987. The train is on the ex-Milwaukee Road mainline thru it's hometown of Milwaukee, WI.
Freshly painted MILW SD40-2 #142 storms past the tower at Lake on Milwaukee's south side in October of 1984. There is a fairly steep grade here that can bring a heavy freight to its knees.
Amtrak 289 leads train #8, The Empire Builder, out of Milwaukee, WI in November of 1987. The old Milwaukee Solvay Coke facility is behind the train and the last remnants of the CNW mainline betwee... (more)
Soo Line 2403 has left the mainline and is heading for Jones Island in Milwaukee, WI in June of 1993.
Could it be? CNW 6819 leads a westbound freight under Whitnall Avenue in Milwaukee, WI in December of 1986. My dad might have been the salesman for the P&H Harnischfeger overhead crane that is on ... (more)
CNW 4144 waits on the approach to the Milwaukee River bridge as the Laker Myron C. Taylor passes by. Milwaukee, WI July of 1996.
Soo Line 4446 switches Muskego Yard in July of 1993. The track on the right looks like a real roller coaster ride, but the main doesn't look much better!
MILW 171 starts its' assault on Lake Hill on Milwaukee's south side in March of 1985. The location was known as barking dog 2 for a dog that would always be barking if you were nearby.
CNW 4144 is heading to Mitchell yard in Milwaukee, WI with a transfer run from Butler yard in December of 1988. The bridge in the background crosses over the SOO/MILW mainline.
The Soo Line had only a handful of wide-cab SD60M's and I think this is the only time I caught 2 of them back to back. They are departing the Milwaukee Amtrak depot/post office in December of 1993... (more)
An Amtrak Hiawatha is approaching the Milwaukee, WI depot as it passes the Allen Bradley facility in June of 1993.
CNW caboose 11127 is backing down the MILW bridge near Stowell Yard in Milwaukee, WI in February of 1986. The CNW was detouring over the MILW/SOO because of a stuck bridge over the KK River.
WC 731 leads a dogs breakfast of locomotives pulling a coal train past Cut-Off tower in Milwaukee, WI in October of 1988.
BN Desert Storm unit brings a Soo Line (ex-MILW) freight thru the Milwaukee Depot in January of 1995.
MILW Dynamometer Car X5000 rests in the Milwaukee Depot in March of 1987. I believe this went to the Illinois RR Museum.
