The Soo Line only had 5 widecab SD60M's and the last one, 6062, leads a train out of Milwaukee, WI in January of 1991. The billboard on the left is for radio station WOKY, a longtime station that ... (more)

MILW 30A leads what I believe to be the Abe Lincoln out of Milwaukee, WI in December of 1971. Bob Ferge photo from my collection.

A rare catch in daylight, G61 works east down the elevation from the C&M Sub on their way to work Jones Island.

CNW 6840 is crossing the KK River near 16th Street on Milwaukee's South Side in February of 1987. This line is still an important part of the UP, but the track and building on the left are long g... (more)

This empty UP runthrough coal train gets one of EMD's latest Tier-4 compliant units on the head end as they snake through the concrete canyons of downtown Milwaukee.

Working as a New Year's Day extra, G62X has just cut away from 4 cars to prepare for a reverse move and work at Cargill Salt.

CNW 4071C has just crossed the KK River and is approaching Tower BA with a passenger train for Chicago in January of 1970. This area of Milwaukee is known as Bay View and was extremely busy at one... (more)

CNW's Wiscona, WI tower in December of 1965. The line west went to Butler and the Adams line, north and east went to Green Bay via the Airline and the Shoreline, while south went to Milwaukee and ... (more)

An Amtrak Turboliner crosses over at Lake in Milwaukee, WI with train #326 in November of 1976. Bob Bullermann photo from my collection.

WC 6553 brings a Milwaukee turn thru Grand Avenue on the Soo Line (ex-MILW) in December of 1994.

Are you lost? Companion photo to 645776. MILW caboose 99225 brings up the rear of a coal train thru Belton on the CNW south of Butler Yard in January of 1985. CNW's distinctive semaphore for westb... (more)

Are you lost? MILW 28 and 29 bring a coal train thru Belton on the CNW south of Butler Yard in January of 1985. The CNW line west to Waukesha diverges here.

Just before Amtrak and the end of passenger service on the CNW, F7 4072A brings a Chicago-Milwaukee train past the Milwaukee Solvay Coke plant in Milwaukee, WI in April of 1971. Bob Ferge photo fr... (more)

55 years ago on January 21st, at approximately 2:50 am, the last North Shore trains reached their destinations of Milwaukee and Chicago for the last time. This ended many years of interurban servi... (more)

71 years ago, in January of 1947, Milwaukee, WI had one of their biggest blizzards in history. 19" of snow fell with drifts 4 feet or more high. It shut the city down completely as people act... (more)