Milwaukee Road 261 arrives in Chanhassen to board passengers for the "Gourmet Express" which will run west on the Twin Cities & Western (ex-Milwaukee) to Sumter.

Milwaukee Road pulls the Gourmet Express on the weekend of October 1st and 2nd

Milwaukee Road pulls the Gourmet Express on the weekend of October 1st and 2nd

Light snow is falling as MILW 103C brings a westbound Hiawatha thru Wauwatosa, WI in March of 1970. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

Milwaukee Road’s freight to Green Bay passes the feed mill at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, in December 1984. Bay window caboose No. 992117 carries the markers on this pleasant winter day.

Milwaukee Road’s Milwaukee to Green Bay road freight rolls northbound through Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, in December 1984. Powered by EMD SD40-2 Nos. 130 and 17, the train is about halfway into it... (more)

A pair of Milwaukee Road EMD GP40s power Soo Line train 243 at Duplainville, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of April 12, 1987. The eastbound train is making a set out on the old Soo Line siding using... (more)

Milwaukee road freight in action

The engineer climbs into Milwaukee Road 32A at St. Paul Union depot to start the night's duties. In reality, this was a night photo shoot at the depot as part of Train Days.

Milwaukee Road 32A returned to Union Depot Train Days in 2022. To date, the operational E9 has made three appearances at Train Days, tied-most with the Hustle Muscle, GN 400. Thank you to al... (more)

Milwaukee Road GP20 at Ash crossing with a transfer job

CMStP&P No. 32A retraces a route it took many times across Minnesota on the Milwaukee Road's main line to the Pacific. This was the "Gourmet Express" excursion from Minneapolis to Bonga... (more)

A Soo Line grain extra storms westbound through Brookfield, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of April 19, 1987. When built in July 1973, Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 16, was originally numbered 177, b... (more)

MILW 33A is in charge of a Hiawatha as it approaches Duplainville, WI in June of 1969. Bob Ferge image from my collection.

Milwaukee Road EMD GP40 No. 2001 leads Soo Line train 249 westbound out of the yard at La Crosse, Wisconsin, on October 3, 1987. A man in the elevated signal tower on the right still manually cont... (more)