MILW 5056 again, this time with the Edgar Speer and the Phillip Clarke at Jones Island in March of 1992. This engine sat here for many years before going to IRM. This allowed for photographs with ... (more)

Framed by the depot in Brookfield, Wisconsin, an eastbound Milwaukee Road freight kicks up the snow and is about to thunder over Brookfield Road grade crossing in December 1983.

MILW 5056 spent many years in Milwaukee, WI before finally going to the Illinois RR Museum. Much of the time was spent on Jones Island and I was able to photograph it with several different Great ... (more)

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)

The last one. MILW 357 leads the last train #245 (Milwaukee-Green Bay) across Hwy U near Waldo, WI in January of 1987. Technically a Soo Line train, they have an all MILW consist today on this ori... (more)

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)

MILW 2008 leads a colorful consist thru Oak Creek, WI on the C&M Division in December of 1985.

MILW 153 leads a westbound train thru Wauwatosa, WI in December of 1985. Check out the auto frames on the head end.

Soo Line 2412 crosses the bascule bridge over the Manitowoc River in Manitowoc, WI in July of 1987. The crew was going to retrieve anything valuables from the now abandoned yard that used to serve... (more)

Officer, stop that speeder! Speeder 8149 whizzes past the abandoned A68 tower on the C&M sub in Caledonia, WI in May of 1986.

Having just entered the former Monon Road (presently, in 1983, L&N) mainline from Chicago on trackage rights, a southbound Terre Haute to Louisville manifest tiptoes along J Street while obeying t... (more)

The merger with the Soo Line is only a few months away as MILW 202 (with some CN power) leads a westbound freight out of Milwaukee in May of 1985.

Yes, it is 3 degrees out this early morning as a Milwaukee Road freight led by GP38-2 #352 waits for Amtrak #332 to pass before it departs Milwaukee and continues its journey south to Bensenville.... (more)

The Afternoon Hiawatha. A Roger Puta Photograph

MILW 605 switches the southern most segment of their famous "Beer Line" in Milwaukee.