Southbound Milwaukee Road freight train climbing the steep grade out of Tacoma, Washington, on August 7, 1978. The train is passing under Interstate Five, whose entrance and exit ramps flank both ... (more)

Yard engine 1903 returning to Faribault from Northfield, Minnesota.

Milwaukee Road "Little Joe" electric motor no. E70 leads a brace of diesels on a westbound freight train past the depot at East Portal, Montana, on July 12, 1973. The train is about to enter St. P... (more)

Two Milwaukee Road SD40-2s lead an eastbound freight train across Peedee Viaduct in Idaho's northern panhandle on July 12, 1979. The bridge is between Plummer and St. Maries, part of the "gap" tha... (more)

Putting away yard switcher 1909 in the single-stall enginehouse at Faribault.

Tom Golden photo.

By the '80s a lot of Milwaukee Road was in grim condition, but there were still bright spots, as illustrated by this shot of SD40-2s sliding around a superelevated curve with a Twin Cities-bound f... (more)

A special run of the 261 runs through Wheeling.

A farmer in Minnesota takes a break to watch the Hiawatha charge past. Part of a Lerro Productions photo charter. Look for MILW #261 to return to service later this year, with excursions to foll... (more)

Freshly painted into Milwaukee colors, this former NSP X-5, Ex-BN 79, Exx-CB&Q 9137 looks right at home in Montevideo.

A GP40 with the classy Hiawatha logo sits in the Bensenville, IL. engine facility just northwest of Chicago. In less than a year the SOO Line will take over the bankrupt Milwaukee Road.

In 1982 the struggling Milwaukee Road still displayed an impressive collection of motive power at their Bensenville engine terminal on the northwest side of Chicago. In three years the bankrupt ra... (more)

Milw 261 leads a BNSF employee special westbound near Glendive. The big 4-8-4 put on quite a show on this clear summer morning.

Stored out back at Shoreham in the fall of 85 along with a few Soo SW's, the last of the Soo F's and a couple of GP30's that would not run again.

Milwaukee Road 101A leads a F7B and E9 along with what I would assume is the Afternoon Hiawatha at New Lisbon. Photo has been in my collection, no photographer listed on slide.