A Soo Line grain extra storms westbound through Brookfield, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of April 19, 1987. When built in July 1973, Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 16, was originally numbered 177, b... (more)

MILW 33A is in charge of a Hiawatha as it approaches Duplainville, WI in June of 1969. Bob Ferge image from my collection.

Milwaukee Road EMD GP40 No. 2001 leads Soo Line train 249 westbound out of the yard at La Crosse, Wisconsin, on October 3, 1987. A man in the elevated signal tower on the right still manually cont... (more)

Soo Line train 12, powered by Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 158 and former Kansas City Southern EMD SD40 No. 626, is about to roll over Brookfield Road grade crossing in Brookfield, Wisconsin, on ... (more)

Soo Line train 203, an auto parts train to the Twin cities, is westbound at Duplainville, Wisconsin, led by Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 174, on April 12, 1987.

MILW 605 works the Beer Line in Milwaukee, WI in February of 1983. Once an important line in the area, almost all traces of the are gone now since Schlitz stopped brewing "The Beer That Made ... (more)

Amtrak train 17, the North Coast Hiawatha races into St. Paul past Milwaukee Road's Pigs Eye Yard hump tower and BN's main and Dayton's Bluff yard lead. E9 MILW 31C, built in April 1956, which wil... (more)

The engineer for Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha checks things over as the train loads passengers at Minneapolis. At start up, Amtrak chose to make one stop in the Twin Cities and decided on Minneap... (more)

Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 190 leads an eastbound Soo Line freight through Sturtevant, Wisconsin, on a sunny March 21, 1987.

Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha switched power at Minneapolis in its early years of operation. In March 1973, BN power was removed here and MILW E9s applied. PC E8s also made appearances. Nearly 2 y... (more)

An eastbound Soo Line intermodal train, still operating like one of Milwaukee Road’s “Sprint” trains, approaches the end of double track at Raymore, Wisconsin, at sunset on September 26, 198... (more)

Milwaukee Road 5056 sits along the Milwaukee, WI harbor awaiting an uncertain future in November 1991. The U25B was built in July 1965, in the later carbody style that featured a split windshield ... (more)

After spring 1973 detours, MILW was back to "normal" with their rebuilt RSC2s providing road service for their 6 day a week freight between Eau Claire and Winona, MN. SDL39s were also be... (more)

MILW 585 and 68C back their train east from their downtown Eau Claire yard onto C&NW's eastbound main track near Eau Claire tower. Once on C&NW, the train will head west to St. Paul Pig's Eye Yard... (more)

MILW 68C waits to go on duty at the boutique sized Eau Claire yard. In May 1973 the Milwaukee was detouring to Eau Claire from St. Paul via C&NW due to flooding and deteriorating track on their br... (more)