Led by a pair of SD40-2s, an eastbound Milwaukee Road manifest train departs the east end of the IHB's Blue Island Yard. The train will use trackage rights onto the IHB into Hammond where it will... (more)

MILW 24 leads its train out of a forested cut and onto their bridge over the Yakima River west of Easton, WA on its relatively easy climb up the east slope of Snoqualmie Pass.

East meets west at Beverly, WA. Two Milwaukee Road freights meet at the east end of Beverly siding. The eastbound train features Bicentenniel no. 156 mid-consist. A couple of the trailing westboun... (more)

Against a classic Midwestern industrial backdrop, Milwaukee Road SD40-2s 24 and 25 depart the railroad's namesake city with a southbound freight bound for Bensenville Yard outside Chicago.

No. 24 leads a Milwaukee Road transcontinental freight west as it descends toward Kittitas, WA after climbing Boyleston Hill. Note the helpers cut into the train. Milwaukee used radio controlled m... (more)

MILW 24 leads a nicely set up quartet of SD40-2s on a westbound freight as it slows for a meet at Beverly, WA. Catenery poles still stand along the right of way on Milwaukee's mainline, where boxc... (more)

Milwaukee Road SD40-2 no. 24 leads a freight west across the Yakima River near Cabin creek, west of Easton, WA as it starts its rather easy climb up the east side of Snoqualmie Pass en route to Ta... (more)

Extra MILW 24 west is about to get underway after meeting an eastbound train at Beverly, WA. The train will shortly cross the Columbia River, then climb Boyleston hill before descending into Kitti... (more)

MILW extra 24 west slows for a meet at Beverly, WA. The lead unit was common on the point of Milwaukee freights out west as it was a slave master for remote control. It also had an ice breaker ab... (more)

MILW 24 passes the Kittitas depot and substation as it accelerates west out of town with its extra freight. The train has just dropped off manned helpers after a climb up from Beverly, WA on the C... (more)

MILW 24 heads up a quartet of SD40-2s as its westbound extra gets underway at Kittitas, WA after stopping to cut out helpers, viewable in the distance. The grade west of Beverly climbing out of th... (more)

Extra MILW 24 West snakes its way through the Yakima River upper canyon between Thorp and Cle Elum, WA as it heads towards its crossing of Snoqualmie Pass. Tracks in the foreground are BN, formerl... (more)

Milwaukee Extra 24 West tip toes across the Hall Creek trestle on the west slope of Snoqualmie Pass with a quartet of SD40-2s. Hints of electrification remain over the ballast deck bridge, and def... (more)