Christmas day A LONG time ago finds us derailed on 262 a couple of miles west of Fall River,WI......I don’t remember just what took place...

We on the Milwaukee Road called it the “BREAD TRUCK” it was our one and only simulator ever on the CMStP&PRR.......each RF or Traveling...

Photo taken in the early 70’s of the operator at Sturtevant flaging a northbound turbo train for a stop........the OPR. was Rich...

Tosa job dead in the water just west of Pewaukee,WI. as our rebuilt SD has just crapped out on its first run after shopping. As we wait...

Bob Wagner was the Engineer on the M&P line when he hit a sink hole on the way to Madison in the town of Pacific.

Derailment at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1981. Eastbound train burned off a journal, both mains gone. Crowd control seemed to be a problem...

In 1979 I had taken the train (AMTRAK) out to San Luis Obispo, CA. CAL POLY girls and SP’s famous Cuesta Grade north of town... 1979 this...

Grand Island, NE 1979... Ron Morales and I left Milwaukee to go to the UP’s new big yard in North Platte...we never made it... We found a...

When I was the ICE Super I needed a Hy-Rail, but they said it wasn’t in the budget... I went and got an old BN one and fixed it up...

We’re stopped at the top end of the airline yard in Milwaukee... Looks like were on train 262 the Thunderhawk from Seattle to Chicago......

Back in the mid to late 60’s I fired a lot in the freight pool and hostled engines in Milwaukee... I got pretty familiar to the re-wiring...

Train 255 stopped over the Menominee River, Engineer Tom Farence Fireman Ron Morales and Brakeman Fred Yerke stand proudly at the front...

First photo shows trains 69/272 at Portage, WI. 69 arriving from Milwaukee and we’re about to head east on 272... I’m firing for Frank...

In 1968 I took my first wife (Adam's Mom) to New Orleans, LA. for a year late honeymoon... We got off at the Hotel Fountainbleau stop...

We’re stopped at Harwood Ave. on the west side of Milwaukee (Wauwatosa) waiting for clearance to come into the yard. We’ve run against...

Back in the mid 1970’s the Milwaukee Road sent it’s Deer Lodge, MT. steam wrecker derrick to Milwaukee. It landed in Milwaukee’s Davies...

Before the "St. Paul" was called the "Milwaukee" and before the "Pacific" was added, the photo above was captioned as train #8 stopped at...