CREW CHANGE. On a cloudy day in 1985 I roamed northeastern Iowa in search of Milw trains and was completely skunked until the last few minutes of daylight. The SOO/MILW merger is still two month... (more)

A pair of Milwaukee and MKT SD40-2's have just come down Rutledge Hill and cross the BN diamonds on the way into the Ottumwa yard and quick crew change before heading on to Kansas City.

A westbound Milwaukee Road "dead freight" emerges from Tunnel 18 near Nimrod during the last summer of Milwaukee Road operations on the Pacific Extension.