Milwaukee road

Looking east from the 35th St viaduct in Milwaukee WI in June 1967. From a Kodachrome slide. Photographer unknown.

Milwaukee Road's "Litte Joes," listed as Class EF-4 and EP-4, were 2-D+D-2 electric locomotives built by General Electric in the late 1940s.

Washington railroads' earliest history began with the Cascade Portage Railway of 1851. Over the years the state has had an interesting mix of operations from main lines to farm branches.

The North Woods Hiawatha was a secondary Milwaukee Road train serving northern Wisconsin. Launched in 1937 it lost its name in 1956.

High quality photograph of Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 # MILW 25 at Bedford, Indiana, USA.

High quality photograph of Milwaukee Road EMD SD9 # MILW 507 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.

High quality photograph of Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 # MILW 164 at Maple Valley, Washington, USA.

Can you think of a 5-year interval, on any railroad, that offered more diverse motive power than 1955 to 1959 on the Union Pacific? I can’t either. Here’s a collection of images illustr…