CNW 6885 is crossing the KK River and about to duck under 16th street on Milwaukee's south side in February of 1993.

Soo Line caboose 132 trails a southbound freight at the crest of Lake Hill in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1987. Tucked in ahead of the caboose is Soo Line GP30 720, which was retired in 1985 and may... (more)

Amtrak is only a few days old as MILW 31C leads a Chicago-Milwaukee train past Lake Tower/depot in May of 1971. 31C was used in this service for several years in both MILW and Amtrak paint. Bob Fe... (more)

An eastbound Amtrak train with three F units exits Milwaukee Union Station on March 6th, 1974. This image was shot from the bridge which spans the Menomonee River in downtown. Original Slide. Scot... (more)

In April 1976, Amtrak’s North Coast Hiawatha is seen departing Milwaukee with a pair of SDP40Fs in the lead. Original Slide. Ron Texter Photo. Sam Foster Collection.

The C&O's switch engine captive to Milwaukee rests prior to loading 18 rail cars onto the City of Midland 41 car ferry, which will return across Lake Michigan to Ludington, MI.

A WB CP freight patiently waits in Muskego Yard for mainline traffic to clear before continuing its westward journey to Portage.

An Amtrak Heritage engine and three extra cars bring up the rear of the WB Empire Builder as it passes through the south side of Milwaukee. The extra equipment is enroute to a display at St. Paul... (more)

A pair of FM switchers works the joint MILW/CNW Menominee Belt Line in Milwaukee in June of 1975. My brother and I would spend most of this day riding with the crews. This line still exists, but m... (more)

CNW's St. Francis Tower was a busy place at one time. It controlled the junction between the passenger mainline to downtown Milwaukee and the freight bypass to Butler. It also controlled the junct... (more)

Still with a set of the old Cotton Belt paint job on this job, LBU52 based out of Butler, the GP60 starts to pull away five covered hopper cars to haul out of the yard at Nidera from the Jones Isl... (more)

The G62 job, which works from the Muskego Yard in Milwaukee, works down on Jones Island at the Port of Milwaukee where they're swapping out four box cars as the Federal Asahi is unloading in the l... (more)

After a crew swap at KK, and a bit of nail biting wondering if we would get any sunlight, 281 crawls through the Milwaukee Intermodal Station with BNSF 9748 as a one-unit wonder on a 10K foot trai... (more)

581 crawls on the Cut-Off and rounds the curve at Greves Street with an NS SD70ACC leading the oil. The Milwaukee skyline stands tall behind it

Intermodal train 198 is almost to the top of Lake Hill, climbing out of Milwaukee.