Only a couple of days before Milwaukee Road will disappear forever, a Chicago-bound train passes Lake Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on December 28, 1985. The view is from the College Avenue bridg... (more)
MILW 120C and other units are in the deep freeze at Pig's Eye Yard, with ice fog in the air and negative 22 degree F temperatures. This was the beginning of another brutal Midwest winter.
MILW 71A, part of an A-B-A set caught at Pigs Eye Yard, St. Paul, MN was still in its orange and maroon scheme, quite a rarity in 1970. Also unusual was the black pilot as these were normally pain... (more)
MILW 579, one of four rebuilt Alco RSC2-Ms (576-579) waits for its crew at the west end of Milwaukee's small Eau Claire yard. The train will go on duty late afternoon and head down the branch line... (more)