A Milwaukee freight led by GP9 285 heads west (south) past a string of loaded log cars east of Maytown, WA on April Fool's Day 1979. The train is en route to Portland, OR and will get on BN tracka... (more)

Fog, snow and rain make for a dreary mixture on Snoqualmie Pass as a westbound Milwaukee Road freight descends the pass and crosses Hull Creek trestle. Catenary poles still stand on the bridge ack... (more)

Milwaukee Road train 202 heads east at South Cle Elum past the old substation. This site is being restored to a museum commemorating Milwaukee's role in the history of the area.

MILW 305, a late phase GP9 looks pretty dapper in its original scheme as it waits for its next assignment at Milwaukee Road's Tacoma Tide Flats yard 13 months before the demise of western extensio... (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)

A sextet of MILW F units backs a train from Portland into Tide Flats Yard at Tacoma. The B units are slugs and the double ABA set was commonly used to handle the steep hill on Tacoma's south side.... (more)

Milwaukee Road train 201 headed up by former Bicentennial SD40-2 No. 156 heads into the curve at Sumner, WA as the fog lifts. GP9 no. 301 and its caboose are the Valley Owl local (patrol) that wor... (more)

The Milwaukee Road is ending its operations in the western United States. This is the 2nd to the last train, which is heading east with a collection of the remaining motive power and rolling stock... (more)

Eastbound train seen on the east leg of the wye. The Pacific Extension mainline is seen in the foreground

Milwaukee Road #261 makes good time shuttling 9 gondolas to interchange with the Twin Cities and Western in Buffalo Lake, MN. Once a two track main, the line is now single and sees mostly TC&W t... (more)