Milwaukee Road's Lake tower on the south side of Milwaukee, was burned by vandals in the summer of 1989. Although the SOO owned the tower at the time, I believe it was closed by the time of the SO... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261, with Amtrak 184 assisting, passes by older BNSF power entering the Willmar yard.

MILW 261 is making one of its very first excursion runs on the Wisconsin Central in September of 1993. It's hard to believe this steam engine has been running for almost 23 years now.

WRRS style wig-wags were popular in the Midwest, and Wisconsin was no exception. These 2, plus one on the other side of the street, guarded a crossing in Plymouth. They were originally MILW/CNW bu... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 on display for a night photo shoot during Train Days at St. Paul Union Depot in downtown St. Paul, MN.

Milwaukee Road 261 pulls away from the platform at St. Paul Union Depot during the Train Days night photo session on April 29.

After the MILW ceased operations on many secondary lines in Wisconsin, several shortlines took over. The Central Wisconsin RR Co. took over the Janesville-Waukesha portion of the line, utilizing a... (more)

The westbound local is running through the weeds on its way towards Crivitz.

Baldwin Yard Switcher at Austin, MN.

Milwaukee Road 261 sits at St. Paul Union Depot for Union Depot Train Days (90th Anniversary of SPUD). She was just getting ready to pull ahead and off Track 1 to allow Amtrak's Westbound Empire B... (more)

MILW train 202 climbs east out of Kittitas, WA over Renslow trestle on its way to Beverly, WA and Othello for a crew change. The bridge which still stands in 2016 spans a valley that interstate 90... (more)

Milwaukee 261 leads excursion from Rock Island to Bureau.

MILW extra 24 west slows for a meet at Beverly, WA. The lead unit was common on the point of Milwaukee freights out west as it was a slave master for remote control. It also had an ice breaker ab... (more)

Repainted MILW #204 is beginning the assault on Lake Hill on the south side of Milwaukee on a beautiful Fall day. This location was commonly known as Barking Dog 2 for the 2 dogs that used to bark... (more)

MILW 641 works what's left of The Milwaukee Road's once thriving Beer Line. There is little evidence of this line today.