The Amtrak 40th Anniversary Train rests in downtown Milwaukee with the 406 head out. It was visiting on its national tour the weekend this photo was taken.

The Milwaukee Talgo facility was in full swing when this photo was taken, manufacturing train sets for Oregon and Milwaukee. On the left are diesel engines used to power the on board HEP units th... (more)

Rare for Milwaukee, a pair of CSX Dash-2's guide this manifest into Muskego Yard for some work before turning south on the C&M sub.

The day's 2nd 485 manifest rolls behind the now common NS power as it pulls into The Wash for a pickup at Muskego Yard before heading further west.

The Milwaukee Art Museum hosted a special exhibit in 2003 honoring hometown industrial designer Brooks Stevens. The largest piece exhibited was the Cedar Rapids Skytop Lounge observation car, one ... (more)

Amtrak's Phase III painted NPCU leads a southbound Hiawatha Service train up and out of downtown Milwaukee.

A pair of AC4400's round the curve at Grand Ave as they head east with load of coal.

Loaded cans drag west as 609 emerges from downtown Milwaukee with some vintage power on point.

Amtrak 42 shoves hard on the tail end of it's southbound scoot as the train waddles over the Menomonee River Bridge.

A CP freight gets underway leaving the yard in Milwaukee. My favorite part of this sight are the tracks of the previous crews walking the lengths of their trains in the snow.

The SOO hangs on! Though all the SOO SD60s that roamed throughout the CP system have now gone in for rebuilding and a fresh coat of CP red, a few Geeps that haven't seen the booth or the torch sti... (more)

Behind a trio of SD40-2s; 9,280 feet of manifest and autoracks leave Milwaukee behind and make haste to the west.

The yard job pulls east out of Muskego Yard toward the Wash with a drag of covered hoppers

Variations on a hopper.

The INRD Big MACs make the turn at the Wheelhouse Curve out of the Menomonee River Valley as they head west with the day's 281 manifest