The MILW mainline from the Quad Cities to Savanna on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River was a secondary route by this time in the 1970's and was used when the mainline on the Iowa side of ... (more)
The headman climbs onboard the northbound Milwaukee Road 2027 after lining the switch at Ebner Junction. The MILW ran on the BN from Ebner to Savanna. The BN has laid out ties to extend their ow... (more)
It's springtime 1975, and flooding in Davenport, Iowa forces the Milwaukee Road to re-route trains off it's Kansas City line and on to the Nitrin Line. Here, an eastbound detours on the Nitrin, cr... (more)