The catenary poles were still close to the track near Stetson, Idaho as eastbound MILW 21 climbs up to St. Paul Pass and will cross into Montana in the Bitterroot summit tunnel at 4,170-ft. elevat... (more)

No, not a novel car washer but rather an embarrassing remnant of a derailment higher up on the mountainside and empty covered hopper 98326 rolled down into Saint Joe River near Kyle, Idaho. Sinc... (more)

Not only is that a windshield glare but it is temporary cover over a shattered windshield on Little Joe E-71 East at Soudan, Montana on Aug. 9, 1973. The train just left Alberton and it is 105 mi... (more)

Twin Cities Hiawatha passenger train.

One of two, 40' Boxcars sit in a pasture on the East side of town. I'm assuming they are former grain service boxes, but I am not certain.

Milwaukee Road 'Little Joe' class EF-4 2-D+D-2 electric #E70 on display in Deer Lodge, MT. With 5,110 continuous horsepower and a top speed of 68mph, it's easy to imagine a pair of these 3,300 Vol... (more)

Ready to head west towards Crivitz, WI.

ex MILW 81C

The northbound Milwaukee Road freight between Austin and St. Paul is doing some work at a rural grade crossing north of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, in September 1984. Recent trackwork neccessitat... (more)

Agent Orange anyone, I'm sure it wasn't that bad by this date. This Milwaukee defoliant special was stopped on the westbound main near New Lisbon being powered by 647. As I got into position for t... (more)