MILW's SD7 522 has eight empty 40-ft. box cars in tow at Suffolk, Mont. en route to the elevator at the end of the branch at Winifred. The 90-mile round trip at 10 mph will require most of the c... (more)

MILW's local has arrived at the end of the Winifred, Mont. branch and has placed its 8 empty box cars on the north end of the loaded box cars. SD7 522 runs around them to couple into the loads, s... (more)

Was it any crossties or was it the sod that held the gauge on MILW's Winifred branch near Suffolk when the local with eight 40-ft. box cars tenderly negotiated it at 10 mph? Remnants of old "rai... (more)

Eleven miles from Lewistown, Mont., MILW's local to Winifred actually traversed the siding (elevator track) because the "main line" was out of service. Speed limit was 10 mph.

The Jordan spreader work train is amply supplied with horsepower with two Milwaukee Road GE box cab electrics E50A and E50B while dressing the ballast near Piedmont, Mont. Easy around those pole... (more)

Before the "StPaul" was called the "Milwaukee" and before the "Pacific" was added the photo above was captioned as train #8 stopped at Portage,WI. date on back showed 1898. Photo hung for years in... (more)

Beacon in the night: Duplainville tower on a pleasant, but cool evening in March 1984. Tower operator Tom Kidd has his 8-pack of Diet Pepsi's cooling outside on the railing. He informs us that no ... (more)

The morning line up on the east end of yard 5.

A westbound Milwaukee Road hotshot rumbles underneath the Chicago and North Western bridge at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, on April 28, 1985.

A Milwaukee Road hotshot heads west past the venerable depot at Brookfield, Wisconsin.

The only time I would get to LaCrosse in the early 70's was working in passenger service from Milwaukee to LaCrosse and having my layover in "God's country." LaCrosse,WI. to me back then was the M... (more)

The 594 will work the LaCrosse Yard on this day as the 577 has gone to Sparta for the Viroqua Patrol.

The LaCrosse Yard engine sits on the engine track with a couple of EMD GP30's both ready for service.

The Waukesha Patrol is westbound just west of Waukesha,WI. on its way to Milton Junction. The Waukesha Patrol and the Wauwatosa Patrol went on duty in Milwaukee around 7am the Tosa doing all the m... (more)

Three brand new GE products make their first trip under their own power down to the West Yard to be weighed for "weight on drivers" so the Milwaukee Road engine crews will be payed properly. When ... (more)