Detour! In May of 1986, the Soo Line detoured several trains over CNW's Adams Line due to flooding on their ex-MILW mainline between Milwaukee and the Twin Cities. Several freights and Amtrak's Em... (more)

Milwaukee Road's Bi-Centennial locomotive leads the XL Special as it departs Portage for the West Coast.

We've just changed crews with the C&M brothers at the Cutoff. As they are getting ready to pull towards Chicago on the Thunderhawk I can grab a quick shot of Milwaukee's red/white/blue locomotive.... (more)

Milwaukee Road train 201 headed up by former Bicentennial SD40-2 No. 156 heads into the curve at Sumner, WA as the fog lifts. GP9 no. 301 and its caboose are the Valley Owl local (patrol) that wor... (more)

Inbound Engineer Bill Frommelt and outbound Engineer George Rodenbeck stand on the front porch of the 156 discussing the operation of the Thunderhawk. Normally back then crew changes were made on ... (more)

The 156 has just been re-painted back to orange/black from its Bi-Centennial red/white/blue.

MILW 156, the Milwaukee's Bicentennial SD40-2 reflects on its celebrity status and the future of the West Coast Extension at the Tacoma shops in August 1978. By the following year it would be repa... (more)

Milwaukee Road's contribution to the bicentennial shows off signs of its former red, white, and blue scheme. Tom Bowers photo.

We're on Milwaukee Road 's eastbound Thunderhawk which is the Seattle to Chicago hotshot. I get to relax today as I've got a Fireman and he will do the driving to Milwaukee. The caboose crew has j... (more)

Over ten years after America's 200th birthday, Milwaukee Road's contribution to the bicentennial is still showing its colors, albeit it very faded. Paul Meyer photo.

Milwaukee detour train on the former NP (BN) east of Livingston, MT.

I never was really up to speed on the Milwaukee Road roster and was learning as I went after the Soo bought them up in the mid-80's. This odd looking paint bleeding through SD had me wondering unt... (more)

High water on the Iowa side of the Mississippi has this Milwaukee Road Savanna-KC train on the Illinois side of the river to the Quad Cities with bi-centennial #156 doing the honors. The Nitrin b... (more)

With classification lights illuminated, a Hostler moves MILW Bicentennial unit #156 at the Savanna roundhouse into perfect glint shot position.