MILW 204 and mates are ready for action at Pigs Eye Yard, St. Paul, MN in October 1982. By this time they no longer plied the West Coast extension to Tacoma, WA.

Following the Empire Builder, the North Coast Hiawatha rolls into North La Crosse for its station stop. As with the Empire Builder, which came through earlier, this train will receive a windshield... (more)

MILW caboose no. 992128 brings up the rear of a dead freight crossing Mine Creek Trestle on the west side of Snoqualmie Pass. Note the ballasted deck on this bridge. These bridges were built to la... (more)

MILW 164 round the curved Mine Creek Trestle on its climb up Snoqualmie Pass with an eastbound dead freight, using a mix of SD40-2s and SD10s in this formerly electrified area.

MILW 164 rolls a dead freight east on Pacific Coast Ry. (BN) trackage along the Cedar River between Renton and Maple Valley, WA as it heads its dead freight toward the climb up Snoqualmie Pass.

MILW U36C no. 5802 handles a set out and pick up at Milwaukees's yard at Black River Jct. Here the train is using Pacific Coast trackage as a yard lead as it passes by the BN owned tower that prto... (more)

MILW SW1200 no. 630 trundles by new MP15AC as it s crew handles chores in their Seattle yard. Traffic to and from local industries as well as interchange with BN/UP and Puget Sound barge traffic f... (more)

New MP15ACs arrived in Seattle to help Milwaukee Road locomotive reliability during its last few years out West. Nos. 475 and 471 are shown at their Seattle yard in the SODO district south of down... (more)

MILW 164 leads a mix of SD40-2s and SD10s on a dead freight east as the train eases through downtown street running trackage through Renton, WA. The first leg of the trip east used Pacific Coast R... (more)

Two Milwaukee Road F7 A-B-A sets join forces to drag a Portland bound freight out of Tide Flats Yard. The B units are slugs and the two sets were assigned to Tacoma to handle helper service up the... (more)

MILW 164 leads a dead freight east across the Cedar River just east of Renton, WA. This trackage is owned by BN, formerly Pacific Coast Ry. which had been owned by Great Northern.

The Milwaukee Road 118-C (EMD F7A) and the Milwaukee Road 1603 (ALCO HH-660) on display for Diesel Days

A rare Milwaukee road FM CFA 16-4 In the old Paint scheme sits with its mates next to the Bensenville loco shop. This was a great place to photograph power as there was a public road right next ... (more)

A pair of F7s and a GP35 await their next assignment at Savanna, IL on a snowless January morning in 1976. As with many former Milwaukee Road locations, a visit to Savanna would leave one thinking... (more)

All dressed up and now where to go. FMs 423 and 427 have a fresh coat of paint in January 1976 as they sit in the retirement line at Savanna, Illinois. Built in December 1954 both these units woul... (more)