The Amtrak Borealis train service began on May 21, 2024. It connects St. Paul, MN, to Chicago, IL, via Milwaukee, with 1 train each way each day. I guess the trains don't wye at STP, so they run w... (more)

A Southbound Hiawatha heading through the signals in Sturtevant on the C&M.

The Borealis slowly makes its way out of downtown Milwaukee with Phase VII #82 leading the way.

The outbound Borealis train to Saint Paul splits the signals at "Milwaukee W", led by a P42DC in the Phase VII scheme.

The Veteran's NPCU brings up the rear of Hiawatha #337 as it highballs through Wadsworth, bound for Milwaukee.

Amtrak Dash 8 #500 brings up the rear of Borealis train #1333 as it skirts Pewaukee Lake on a sunny afternoon. The current word is that it would be a good idea to shoot these Amtrak units while yo... (more)

Amtrak 160 leads the west bound borealis train 1333 seen here crossing the Rock River in Watertown on the CPKC Watertown Sub.

Borealis 1333 ducks under the UP Milwaukee Sub with 160 in the lead. Visible on the rear of the train is the first long distance charger appearance on the borealis due to power shortages in Chicag... (more)

AMTK 519 leads 1333 West out of Milwaukee

Amtrak EMD F40PH No. 259 leads train 7, the westbound Empire Builder, as it departs Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 28, 1993. The westbound train is approaching the N. 25th Street overpass on Soo Li... (more)

Amtrak 377 leads the Empire Builder up Lake Hill on Milwaukee's south side in October of 1990. This is the ex-MILW C&M subdivision, now Soo Line in this shot.

The EB Empire Builder rolls through Caledonia behind locomotives in three different color schemes.

Fifty years prior to the other photos I posted today, MILW 35A posed at North La Crosse's station with Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha. The westbound train would stop at Winona and Red Wing, MN befo... (more)

Amtrak 260 leads #8, The Empire Builder, thru Oak Creek, WI. in March of 1993. Lots of non-passenger revenue at this time.

Amtrak #8, the eastbound Empire Builder, has 2 Siemens Chargers, #'s 308 and 310 as it's only power this day as it crosses the Mississippi River and rolls into La Crosse, Wisconsin. Not only that,... (more)