We're stopped at Watertown to do some way work and get water on the units. By this time on the Milwaukee Road the old covered wagons were all water dogs. You could leave Portage with full water ta... (more)

We're holden down the Fireman's seat on Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder looking out over the left front of an SDP40F as Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha meets us on the westward track about three m... (more)

Freshly out-shopped from the Milwaukee Road freight car shop is Pool 1 Caboose 992002. It's been placed on the Watertown Patrol for a shake down run before its put back into the system pool servic... (more)

Milwaukee Road westbound and eastbound freight trains meet in Watertown,WI. as we're deadheading back to Milwaukee on the second unit.

Amtrak's Empire Builder passes our way freight at Voltz siding between Watertown and Richwood.

We're stopped on the hill west of Watertown with a Wyoming coal train as the caboose of an eastbound clears us on the eastward track. In the distance the absolute signals for the entrance to the w... (more)

We're stopped at Pipersville Rd crossing on the east side of Watertown on a Wyoming coal train. These trains were coming off the BN at Council Bluffs and they would go across the Milwaukee Road's ... (more)

We're in the clear for Amtrak on the westward siding at Voltz. Train 247 was the Wisconsin Valley train from Chicago to Wausau. The Valley had Indiana coal on the head end for UW Madison coal in t... (more)

We're stopped in the clear on the eastward siding with the westbound Valley waiting for Amtrak to pass. Amtrak will be running against the current on the eastward main as another headlight can be ... (more)

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)

Westbound Sprint train 211 tears through Watertown past the depot kicking up the dust from Milwaukee's sand and gravel ballast on its journey from Chicago to St.Paul. Note the C&NW diamonds have n... (more)

The Watertown Switcher shoves off the Madison branch onto the eastward main track while the rear end of a westbound Sprint train which still had a caboose passes the train order board at the Water... (more)

We're in the hole(siding)at Voltz for Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha with the Valley(Chicago/Wausau Freight.) The Fireman on #9 hangs out to give a hardy wave for the camera.

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)

We're stopped on the hill westbound between Watertown and the westward absolute signal for Voltz on a Wyoming coal train. This would have been a very unusual place to stop with a loaded coal train... (more)