Photog Dan Longley.......from my collection....Len Longley boarding loco at 17th Street Milwaukee for trip on the"ROARING 90's" to Chicago......photo taken by Len's son Dan.
An 8HR late train 98 (ROARING 90's) departs Portage already at 60mph about to cross WI.HY P Town of Pacific. The early morning sun was unusual as this train usually departed Portage about Midnight... (more)
CN lease power on Milwaukee Road "Roaring 90's"eastbound pig train changing crews at the Cutoff.
A late running 98 from the Twin Cities slows for the stop to change crews at the Cutoff. CN lease power does the honors while Milwaukee power languishes on the old pig strip lead towards the shops... (more)
What appears to be a combo 98/262 eastbound between Lewiston and Portage,WI..
What appears to be a combo 98/262 eastbound at HY-P Town of Pacific just four miles east of Portage,WI..
We're on the yard lead with a couple of 35's while the Roaring 90's pigs eastbound very late mind you appears on the eastward track. This may have been when the Milwaukee was doubling trains to cu... (more)
The Roaring 90's pig train waits for the Engineer to get his picture when we still changed crews at the Portage round house. Normally 98 stopped at Portage about Midnight but appears we're a few h... (more)
We're stopped by a red order board at Horicon,WI. on a detour trip over the "Old Line" from Portage to Milwaukee. The line to the right goes north to Waupun and Oshkosh,WI.. We'll continue east af... (more)