The morning line up on the east end of yard 5.

A westbound Milwaukee Road hotshot rumbles underneath the Chicago and North Western bridge at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, on April 28, 1985.

A Milwaukee Road hotshot heads west past the venerable depot at Brookfield, Wisconsin.

The Surf Line is, for obvious reasons, a popular spot in the private car circles. I would estimate that from mid-Spring right to the end of Summer maybe one in ten Surfliners have at least one pri... (more)

Milwaukee Road 148 in the Hiawatha scheme leads a quartet of SD40-2's into the yard at Kansas City.

Spotted behind the St. Maries River Railroad shop building was this Bettendorf truck frame cast in 8/44 at the Milwaukee Road Shops. Not likely to be used again, so it's a pleasent surprise to fi... (more)

CREW CHANGE. On a cloudy day in 1985 I roamed northeastern Iowa in search of Milw trains and was completely skunked until the last few minutes of daylight. The SOO/MILW merger is still two month... (more)

Dan Viitala photo Milwaukee Road Passenger Trains meet at Rondout

The highlight of the 2001 Milwaukee Road Historical Society convention in Montevideo was an excursion pulled by 261 with 10 perfectly matched MILW painted cars. After the convention was over, the ... (more)

Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 202 was one an order of 30 S-2 Class locomotives delivered from Baldwin In 1937. These locomotives were given road numbers 201 through 230. A second order of 10 Class S-2s wer... (more)

Like many small towns in Iowa (and elsewhere), North English no longer enjoys rail service. Today, where 1005 kicks up the dust in 1977 at the South Main Street crossing and approaches a spot of ... (more)

Unique place. Diamonds sit on bridge over street.

Ahh, the good old days of GP20's and SD10's. A trio of SD10's trail an old GP20 sitting in the backyard at Ottumwa waiting for a call to service.

Milwaukee 261 rises high in the air as the restoration crew removes the driving wheels for overhaul. After the engine was placed back on its lead and trailing trucks it became the world's largest ... (more)