Detour! In May of 1986, the Soo Line detoured several trains over CNW's Adams Line due to flooding on their ex-MILW mainline between Milwaukee and the Twin Cities. Several freights and Amtrak's Em... (more)

Milwaukee Road train 201 headed up by former Bicentennial SD40-2 No. 156 heads into the curve at Sumner, WA as the fog lifts. GP9 no. 301 and its caboose are the Valley Owl local (patrol) that wor... (more)

MILW 156, the Milwaukee's Bicentennial SD40-2 reflects on its celebrity status and the future of the West Coast Extension at the Tacoma shops in August 1978. By the following year it would be repa... (more)

Milwaukee Road's contribution to the bicentennial shows off signs of its former red, white, and blue scheme. Tom Bowers photo.

Over ten years after America's 200th birthday, Milwaukee Road's contribution to the bicentennial is still showing its colors, albeit it very faded. Paul Meyer photo.

Milwaukee detour train on the former NP (BN) east of Livingston, MT.

I never was really up to speed on the Milwaukee Road roster and was learning as I went after the Soo bought them up in the mid-80's. This odd looking paint bleeding through SD had me wondering unt... (more)

High water on the Iowa side of the Mississippi has this Milwaukee Road Savanna-KC train on the Illinois side of the river to the Quad Cities with bi-centennial #156 doing the honors. The Nitrin b... (more)

With classification lights illuminated, a Hostler moves MILW Bicentennial unit #156 at the Savanna roundhouse into perfect glint shot position.

Milwaukee Road Bicentennial unit. Unit was sold to Mexico and became NdeM 13022, later TFM 1419. Kodak ISO 200 print, Leica M-3, Summicron 50mm f2.