3808 leads a northbound local out of Milwaukee with 3 plastic cars.

3808 leaves downtown Milwaukee in the distance as it heads north out of town with a short local. The train is about to duck under the UP.

Darrell Land photo.

182 arrives Milwaukee seen from 35th Street.

406 and 822 stand in the Milwaukee depot as a manifest freight rolls through town.

The sun reflects off of a string of Budd Co. stainless steel cars in the consist of the Amtrak 40th Anniversary Exhibit Train in Milwaukee after a weekend of sunny weather and lots of Amtrak!

While the 822 was the star of the show more times than not, there were a few times the 406 was head out during the Exhibit Train's travels.

There's no mistaking what type of locomotive this nose belongs to. The last few rays of sunshine beam on the iconic F40 nose of NPCU 406 while the train is in town for the 40th Anniversary event.... (more)

A Chicago and North Western freight bound for Green Bay hurtles across 91st Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on a wet, snowy December 3, 1990.

Miller Brewing watches over the old Milwaukee Road as two new CP GEVo's and some elder GE's ease a 282 train through a "code-failed" Grand Ave.

The pair of red and white MAC's leave Milwaukee behind, as they head east.

An eastbound ethanol prepares to enter the Amtrak shed with a nice trio of SOO SD60s.

Rolling out of Milwaukee, a pair of the Indiana Railroad's very attractive SD9043MAC's slide under the vintage, Milwaukee Road cantilever just outside of town.

Brick Canyon- A trio of IC&E SD's snake a loaded ethanol train thru the brick canyons of Milwaukee's historic "Third Ward" District..

Last Ride- This is the last ride I got to take with the big guy himself (my Dad)- Wm Beecher Sr, who has the SOO 771 in fighting form climbing Lake Hill.. A couple months later I would hire out fo... (more)