MILW FM H10-44 switcher sits at the Savanna, IL roundhouse in the company of EMD SW1 no. 875, and rebuilt "GP20" no. 957 along with an F unit a a cool, but snowless January morning in 1... (more)
The Milwaukee Road 118-C (EMD F7A) and the Milwaukee Road 1603 (ALCO HH-660) on display for Diesel Days
Making strange bed fellows, a pair of Alco AAR truck equipped GP30s line up with a pair of FM H-16-44s, spliced by an F7B. Although the two FMs were recently repainted, it appears they are retired... (more)
A rare Milwaukee road FM CFA 16-4 In the old Paint scheme sits with its mates next to the Bensenville loco shop. This was a great place to photograph power as there was a public road right next ... (more)
The westbound Hiawatha excursions rounds into Glencoe.
A pair of F7s and a GP35 await their next assignment at Savanna, IL on a snowless January morning in 1976. As with many former Milwaukee Road locations, a visit to Savanna would leave one thinking... (more)
This sign stood at he entrance to the huge Milwaukee Road shop complex in Milwaukee, WI. It's hard to believe the Milwaukee Road has been gone for over 30 years now, and there is virtually nothing... (more)
All dressed up and now where to go. FMs 423 and 427 have a fresh coat of paint in January 1976 as they sit in the retirement line at Savanna, Illinois. Built in December 1954 both these units woul... (more)
Milwaukee Road may have been on its last legs in 1976, but you wouldn't know it by looking at these MP15AC locos. Nearly new, they really showed off their Milwaukee colors well.
Milwaukee Road 5802 handles some switching duties at their Black River yard after descending Snoqualmie Pass into the Puget Sound region. The train will set out cars for Seattle, and pick up any f... (more)
A train led by set of Yellow F units arrives at the yard in the late afternoon. In those days there was a lot of old power everywhere
Two Milwaukee veterans sit in front of Barn 11 at IRM, adorned with appropriate signage. Neither of these two units see the light of day often, as they are often locked away in one of the newer b... (more)
MILW 118C and METX 308 lead the coach train through the Olsen Road blades.
MILW 118C leads the Coach train back into the East Union depot at the Illinois Railway Museum.
MILW 261 backs into Minneapolis with the Hiawatha excursion