This Milwaukee Road E unit is northbound and about to cross the C&NW diamonds at Mayfair Tower in 1976.

Milwaukee Road 322 leads a mix of EMD and GE power on a northbound freight from Portland, OR to Tacoma, WA. The train is passing through the junction at Frederickson where the line to Portland and... (more)

Bankrupt Milwaukee Road could not find funds to keep the Pacific extension alive, but still managed to put fresh paint and wash jobs on power in the core system as shown here at St. Paul. GP40 loo... (more)

MILW 807, a passenger GP9, handles switching chores near Chicago Union Station as afternoon rush hour approaches. The Geep is moving a group of commuter bi-level coaches and cab cars toward the st... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 sails across the 107-year-old bridge spanning the Nemadji River with an excursion bound for the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.

Milwaukee Road 261 highballs through Brook Park on a non diesel powered excursion to Duluth.

MILW 97C, a venerable FP7 leads a quartet of vintage EMD power on a transfer run into CNW's Hoffman Avenue Yard adjacent to Milwaukee's Pigs Eye Yard in St. Paul, MN. Behind the train is Dayton Bl... (more)

A steady rain and cool 50-degree temperature made for a damp walk on the Highway 2 bridge to capture Milwaukee Road 261 arriving in Duluth. The positive side is that the weather enhanced the steam... (more)

A steady rain and cool 50-degree temperature made for a damp walk on the Highway 2 bridge to capture Milwaukee Road 261 crossing BNSF's ex-NP Grassy Point Draw linking Duluth and Superior. The pos... (more)

A Milwaukee Road manifest heads north through Greendale, WA on its run from Portland to Tacoma. After the BN merger, Milwaukee gained access to Portland and an important connection with Southern P... (more)

1979 was an interesting period in Milwaukee Road history, both in terms of commuter and freight railroading. Milwaukee was headed into bankruptcy, and by 1982 their commuter service would be take... (more)

Milwaukee Road's local to Eau Claire, WI was shifted to CNW trackage rights in the late 70s from their own line between Eau Claire and Trevino, WI, then CBQ trackage rights to Winona, MN. This tra... (more)

MILW 5056 rests on Jones Island in Milwaukee before being delivered to the Illinois RR Museum. The Laker Arthur Anderson is best known for being the last ship to see or hear from the Edmund Fitzge... (more)

4 cabooses (or is it cabeese?) bring up the rear of a southbound Soo Line train in Kenosha county. I'm not sure if they were being re-assigned or being put into storage.