Milwaukee Joe E74 is waiting to head west at Silver Bow, MT. Note the spoked wheels on the lead truck.

Eastbound double Joe with dead box cab in tow pulls through the yard at Haugan

Train 262 is eastbound with Joe E20 on the point. They are approaching Alberton, MT for a crew change.

A pair of Little Joe's E79 and E72 are arriving Deer Lodge with an eastbound freight. This was the only train we saw with exclusive electrics on the train. All other trains had a mix of electric... (more)

E72 has left Deer Lodge heading West and is now approaching Garrison.

Switching the West end of the Deer Lodge Yard

One of the Milwaukee's Baldwin Westinghouse EP3 Class motors leads the Columbian at Butte, MT. THe units were built in 1919 and were retired shortly after the Korean war.

Eastbound double Joe with dead boxcabs in tow crosses the Clark Fork River and BN's former NP Main. The BN station is visible on the right

Eastbound

Eastbund with 2 Joes and a dead boxcab enters the yard while a westbound Joe Diesel combo sits on main waiting to leave

Westbound manifest entering Othello yard. Othello was the eastern limit of the Western electrification to the coast.

Eastbound manifest at Roland.

A westbound manifest is passing through Roland after exiting the summit tunnel

Harlowton, MT, was the Eastern end of the Milwaukee's Montana Electrification. E57B was working the yard on a hot August afternoon in 1971. Today, this is a barren right of way.

Visible in this photo is the end the Milwaukee blinded, first on the two passenger Joe's then later to all of them.