Box cabs and the shop switcher sit in Milwaukee Roads's Deer Lodge backshops after a June thunderstorm

After changing crews the Thunderhawk starts to pull on the mainline while a GP 35/30 duo look on at the roundhouse.

Rolling out of a cut past some nice fall color is Milwaukee Roads Channing -Green Bay freight. U23B 5003 is leading the way followed by GP9 310 and GP40 2042. From a railfan standpoint the best un... (more)

Milwaukee Road power at the roundhouse in La Crosse. The group consists of 5701,2007, the geep to the right is 293 and the SW to the left is 861. The buildings were crumbling and the service track... (more)

The 299 was a Lines West loco until the second generation diesels started showing up on the property. Here its one of the many Patrol locos working out of Portage at the time of this photo.

Milwaukee had a handful of GP40's that were none dynamic equipped. How the Milwaukee ran these in the mountains could have been a real problem. If the none dynamic was in the lead you had no contr... (more)

The Milwaukee covered wagons were the work horses of the fleet for many years and most were around along time. The unit above was our lead into Portage on train 255. The power must have turned for... (more)

Coal train power for Columbia power plant waits its call on the engine track next to the RIP. In the yard train 255 and an eastbound do their thing.

The late, great Milwaukee Road 261 roars through Prince, WV with a very long New River Train in 1994.

Milw 152 and Soo 741 head a 60 car train 911 west into a setting sun late in the evening. The train has just crossed the Pine River and in about a mile will be crossing the West branch of the Pine... (more)

Milwaukee 201 leads Soo 779 and train 401 west with 120 cars at River Junction. The 201 has already lost its nose emblem and will probably suffer the indignity of the infamous "bandit" treatment b... (more)

Train 402 is working upgrade past the Station and small yard at Sparta early in the morning. Power on this heavy train is MILW 165, SOO 6607, MILW 18 and they were giving there all on the pull up ... (more)

MILW 555 (SD10) poses in front of the Milwaukee Road depot at Madison. Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our websites at - Railroad: Milwaukee Road
Locomotive: EMD SD10
Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Locomotive #: MILW 555
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1981

Milwaukee Road F-units on a freight train, switching out cars by a farm silo at Mendota, Illinois. Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our websites at - Railroad: Milwaukee Road
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Mendota, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: MILW 78A
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1978

A Fairbanks Morse H10-44 switches near Oscar Mayer in Madison along the Milwaukee Road M&P Line (Madison - Portage Line). Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our we... (more)