BN Desert Storm unit #1991 is a ways from home rails as it switches out some cars on the Soo Line (ex-MILW) mainline in Milwaukee. The unit still looks good in this shot from 1995.
A pair of CSX leaders get the call on the day's 470 mixed freight manifest.
Here, they work east past a cluster of renovated warehouses near where the Milwaukee Road's Reed Street Yard once sto... (more)
CNW 4370 switches one of the few remaining industries east of the Milwaukee River near downtown Milwaukee. The crane appears to be a Bucyrus Erie Model 30B, manufactured only a few miles south of ... (more)
The Milwaukee Road's shops in Milwaukee were huge, and virtually inaccessible to most. Unless you ventured up to the viaducts that crossed the Menomonee Valley. Here is a shot from the 35th Street... (more)