Engineer Bobby Rude and Brakeman T C Lynch are on the headend of train 266 as it departs Portage for Milwaukee........

The Ford train westbound at Elm Grove,WI..

The Milwaukee Hook X17 lifts a track panel under the direction of Becker the Wrecker(hands on panel) and Conductor Nick Glab.

The Switchtender is on the Dispatcher line on the block phone while we wait for westbound traffic at Fall River,WI..

We're stopped at East Rio on a Hospital Train. On the Milwaukee we called the wrecker train carrying all the Bad Order cars back to Milwaukee Shops "Hospital Trains." Our wreck trains went to the ... (more)

We're climbing Rio Hill on a Hospital Train. On the Milwaukee we called the wrecker train carrying all the Bad Order cars back to Milwaukee Shops "Hospital Trains." Our wreck trains went to the fr... (more)

We're ready to go on train 254 but first Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha runs against the current of traffic through Portage Junction.

PNC 1817 testing on the Milwaukee Road with the Dyno car.

Westbound Empire Builder with yours truly at the throttle. Photo by Milwaukee Road Engineer Ron Morales who was firing that trip.

Westbound Empire Builder at Watertown Plank Road.

Milwaukee Road train 254 leans into the curve just west of Hy P a couple miles east of Portage,WI. on its eastbound trip to Milwaukee. One of the west coast slug sets built in West Milwaukee Shops... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder just minutes west of Portage,WI. flies through Silver on its way from Seattle to Chicago.