Amtrak 8, the Empire Builder passes by CP 484 and heads through KK Bridge in Milwaukee

Lake Tower was on Milwaukee's south side and governed a small yard, crossovers, and passing siding on the Milwaukee Road. The tower was closed in the mid 1980's and was burned by vandals in 1989 a... (more)

WSOR 516 awaits its fate at the MILW Shops in January of 1985. This somber scene is a sign of things to come as almost all traces of the once expansive shop facility are gone today.

Amtrak 395 brings a northbound Hiawatha past the burned out remains of Lake Tower in Milwaukee, WI in June of 1989. The tower was out-of-service when vandals burned it.

Most freight trains would crawl up Lake Hill in Milwaukee due to the relatively stiff grade south of town on the CP (ex_MILW) line. Not this train! 5, count 'em 5, SD40-2's in the ICE/DME paint sc... (more)

BN Desert Storm unit brings a Soo Line (ex-MILW) freight thru the Milwaukee Depot in January of 1995.

The 35th Street viaduct in Milwaukee, WI makes a fine vantage point to view a portion of the Milwaukee Road's sprawling shop facility. Shot in March of 1985, this scene would change with the Soo L... (more)

The abandoned loading platform only emphasizes just how bent up this gondola is. Photographed on Jones Island in Milwaukee in May of 1983.

Amtrak NPCU 90200 leads Hiawatha 338 east out of brewtown, passing under the old Milwaukee Road cantilever at KK Bridge,

Remember the caboose? There are 2 of them trailing a military train as it heads east thru St. Francis Junction in March of 1987.

MILW Dynamometer Car X5000 rests in the Milwaukee Depot in March of 1987. I believe this went to the Illinois RR Museum.

CNW 8647 is making a set-out at Mitchell Yard in Milwaukee in this photo taken in January of 1995. This was a very attractive scheme for the CNW.

There's a happy ending! MILW sits on a siding in the MILW yard in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1985. The unit would get moved and spend several years on Jones Island in Milwaukee before ultimately go... (more)

CWRC 1200 rests under a gantry crane in at the Miller Compressing scrapyard in Milwaukee, WI in December of 1992. The Allen Bradley clock, the largest 4 sided clock in the world at the time, says ... (more)

Oops! Just a minor problem here. The Soo Line (ex-MILW) has derailed a few freight cars near the 6th Street Viaduct in Milwaukee in May of 1989.