Milwaukee Road 3030 West approaches the big tunnel under the Bitterroot Mountains. The railroad later renumbered the lead EMD to 160. Apparently this freight was light enough to forego a lead Litt... (more)
Milwaukee Road 3030 West passes the big substation at East Portal as it heads toward the long bore that tunnels under the Bitterroots. No. 3030 was later renumbered to 160.
M-19 Fairmont Speeder, St. Paul Pass Tunnel, East Portal, MO. --- In the winter of 1980 The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) abandoned almost two thousand miles ... (more)
Late in the afternoon, Little Joe E70 holds the main with a dead freight, waiting for an eastbound symbol to emerge from St. Paul tunnel. Meanwhile, five Milwaukee Road MOW employees with a speede... (more)
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)
Box cab set of helpers heads light eastward to Haugan to pick up and assist a westbound over the Bitteroots
The caboose end of an eastbound freight passes the substation at East Portal.
A crew member of E70 West, a Dead Freight, locks one of the cabins at East Portal and prepares to depart for Avery.
A Milwaukee Road westbound dead freight departs East Portal as its brakeman waits to board.