CNW 8647 is making a set-out at Mitchell Yard in Milwaukee in this photo taken in January of 1995. This was a very attractive scheme for the CNW.

CWRC 1200 rests under a gantry crane in at the Miller Compressing scrapyard in Milwaukee, WI in December of 1992. The Allen Bradley clock, the largest 4 sided clock in the world at the time, says ... (more)

Oops! Just a minor problem here. The Soo Line (ex-MILW) has derailed a few freight cars near the 6th Street Viaduct in Milwaukee in May of 1989.

MILW 2014 emerges from the fog and Hoarfrost as it crosses the Menomonee River and Plankington Ave. in December of 1983. The Plankington Ave. bridge over the river is under construction and the tr... (more)

Milwaukee had 3 carferry lines at one time, the C&O, GTW, and the Pere Marquette. Here we see the remnants of the GTW apron in March of 1985. CNW's passenger mainline was to the right and Milwauke... (more)

CNW 4386 backs down the connection from the Milwaukee Road/Soo Line to Jones Island in February of 1986. The CNW was detouring on the Milw/Soo a short distance due to a bridge failure on their own... (more)

The merger with the Soo Line is only a few months away as MILW 202 (with some CN power) leads a westbound freight out of Milwaukee in May of 1985.

CNW 4156 is dwarfed by the Continental Grain facility as it does some switching in November of 1994. The tracks on the left were once part of C&NW's passenger mainline to the depot in Milwaukee.

CNW 4194 crosses the Milwaukee River bridge with a short train in November of 1995. This bridge is no longer used and was once the route of the famed "400" fleet.

CNW 4487 switches just south of downtown Milwaukee, WI on a cold but clear day in February of 1985. Once the Route of the 400 passenger trains, the line no longer crosses the river bridge in the b... (more)

THAT'LL DO! The Soo Line (ex-MILW) had a minor derailment in their yard in Milwaukee in May of 1989. Good thing the speeds were slow!

CNW 4331 has derailed near National Avenue in Milwaukee and is waiting to be re-railed. An snowstorm has piled snow perfectly on the engine before the re-railing crew arrives.

In the winter of 1985/86, the CNW KK River bridge in Milwaukee broke/froze so the CNW had to detour over the MILW/SOO to get to the industries north of the river. Here we see 2 Geeps passing thru ... (more)

CNW 4370 switches one of the few remaining industries east of the Milwaukee River near downtown Milwaukee. The crane appears to be a Bucyrus Erie Model 30B, manufactured only a few miles south of ... (more)

"Route of the 400"...Well is was at one time. CNW 4131 is switching a warehouse on Erie Street in Milwaukee's Third Ward in April of 1983. The Milwaukee Depot was a 1/2 mile north of her... (more)