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If you live in Milwaukee you'll know that this is probably the most photographed building in the city. That being said- i decided to take a picture of it :)
I started shooting slides near the end of 1984, when I was 17 years old. I made it just in time to catch the final year of the Milwaukee Road. I finally now got a scanner to scan some slides. Thanks for some help from Dave Beach, with the scanner tips. I still need to figure it out, but here is one that came out halfway decent.
Here we see WB Milwaukee Road Train #228 At Davis Junction, on its way to Kansas City, on 7-21-1985. I believe I was with Jeff Cwan, Dave Fasules, and Leyton Hemmert.
Help out my daughter, contribute your pictures to the MKE elevate campaign. Come on all you Milwaukee area artists, what do you see around the city that is making Milwaukee healthy or unhealthy. Email your pictures to MKEelevate@milwaukee.gov
The Milwaukee Road was a train from 1925 to 1928 and then changed it name to (CMStP&P) Chicago, Milwaukee, St, Paul, & Pacific Railroad. That rail lasted into 1977 and was absorbed by SOO Line in 1985.
SOO Line is the US subsidy of CN Canadian Pacific Railroad.
Choo- Choo! - This abandoned old car was found in North Iowa.
The Detroit Connecting jumps on CN rails at Milwaukee Junction to interchange its train at East Yard in Hamtramck.
While working the Amtrak Hiawatha service between Milwaukee and Chicago, Lonnie captured this image from a Turboliner, of the Ford Fast holding just south of the Milwaukee depot, as his train crosses over onto the eastbound main.
Lonnie Maves Photo
D.A.Longley Collection
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Here's another Milwaukee Road electric image from my collection, this one shows Boxcab E50A at Butte Yard, in use as a helper set on Pipestone Pass circa 1973.
A couple of these 1915 built boxcabs were preserved for display; this one, Unit E50A+B (originally 10200A+B), the first one built, is at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. Unit E57B, originally 10211B, is now preserved at Harlowton, Montana.
Evda dupe slide in my collection.
Beneath the Milwaukee skyline, Soo Line train 199 curves toward the North 25th Street overpass on a sunny Wisconsin afternoon of September 12, 1987. The train of matched blue UELX covered hoppers is powered by two former Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2s, with lead motor No. 6365 all dressed up in classic (not) Soo Line “bandit” black patch colors.
Here is a look down the ramp at The Milwaukee Road's facility in the Menominee River Valley, as Lonnie framed it up looking under the 35th street viaduct.
Milwaukee Shops
Milwaukee, WI.
March 1980
Lonnie Maves Photo
D.A.Longley Collection
Milwaukee North #2131 takes off for Fox Lake behind the ex-GO #530 (METX #98) passing what will become the Fox Lake double-header later that afternoon with the former AMTK #465 and another ex-GO F59PH. Since picking up its first F59 almost seven years ago, Metra has put these engines to good use.
A trio of Milwaukee Road locomotives, led by EMD SD40-2 No. 146, leads Lakes States (Soo Line) train 18 at Brookfield, Wisconsin, on the morning of June 13, 1987. The train is passing a mishap to the right, and the scene does have a ‘Milwaukee Road ills at the end’ look even though it’s now technically Soo. The boxcar to on its side is likely due to the bad condition of the track in the siding and crossover switch, combined with a little too much speed rolling through it. With the car clear of the track, its back to business and clean up the mess later.
Lake States Transportation Division was set up by the Soo Line to spin off some of its system, much of it former Soo Line main lines and branches, after the Milwaukee Road merger on January 1, 1986. Most of these lines became Wisconsin Central on October 11, 1987.
The trackage going off to the left is the junction switch for the Milwaukee line to Waukesha, Milton Junction and Janesville. By the time of this photograph, portion of this route from Brookfield to Waukesha was out-of-service and red flagged.
Milwaukee E50 and friend moving freight in the yard at Cedar Falls, WA, 5-71. A couple of these 1915 built boxcabs were preserved for display- This one, Unit E50A+B (originally 10200A+B), the first one built, is at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. Unit E57B, originally 10211B, is now preserved at Harlowton, Montana.
Original slide in my collection, photographer unknown.
UP's Marsh Job picks up an empty boxcar at National Warehouse Corp in Milwaukee's Harbor View area. The crew is shoving all the way to the end of the short spur in order to make the hitch as a dip in the spur created difficulties coupling. The car was spotted Monday of that week, having been only the second load in about two months. High water levels and well below freezing temperatures had kept the KK River swing bridge frozen in the open position the previous week, resulting in two switches for the customer this week. The crew would replace the empty with another load of bagged salt/aggregate before returning to Jones Island. Milwaukee, WI
A fine October afternoon in Milwaukee finds Lonnie atop 35th street, to capture The Milwaukee Road running a set of SD40-2's through the wash rack.
MILW 159, 189
Milwaukee, WI.
October 1982
Lonnie Maves photo,
D.A.Longley collection
Photograph 2014, Scan 2026
The houses along Milwaukee Avenue (formerly 22-1/2 Avenue) were the 1880s version of affordable housing; timber frames on quarter lots with no front yard. They were built because in a decade from 1880 to 1890 the population of Minneapolis nearly quadrupled, a lot because of immigration. They were nearly torn down in the 1960s as they had fallen into disrepair, but they were saved and stand as an architectural feat and legacy today.
I have printed this as a 16x20 silver gelatin print, but scanning them is a pain in the neck.
Minolta AF-E Point and Shoot / Kodak Tri-X @EI200 / Harvey's Panthermic 777 developer / Film scan / Epson V700 / SIlverfast / Adobe CS
2014-06-06_10
After arriving at the Cut Off from Waukesha, Lonnie captures an image of the scene from the cab of an SD10 while waiting for permission to yard his train.
Cut Off
Milwaukee, WI.
October 1975
Lonnie Maves photo
D.A.Longley collection
All Rights Reserved
Back in July 1980 while waiting for his outbound to Milwaukee, dad snapped this image of a derailment being cleaned up by some ambitious Milwaukee Road employees.
Bensenville, IL.
July 1980 Lynn Longley Photo
D.A.Longley Collection
Milwaukee Road eastbound "Morning Hiawatha" heads south after backing down from a detour on the C&NW, resulting from a Milwaukee Road wreck at Caledonia. The detour was on C&NW's "New Line" Subdivision, that crossed above the Milwaukee about a mile behind me, and this train had backed down from that route on the "dump track" behind the pilot of the lead unit; now the Hi could resume its normal routing into Chicago. This move was controlled by the operator in Tower A-20 behind me. It appears that the op backed him through the crossover onto the northward main before proceeding south on the usual southward main. Possibly the dispatcher wanted to keep clear signals as far as possible - to Tower A-20 - for a southward commuter train that would follow the Hi down into Duh Big City.
Milwaukee's Art Museum, situated on the shore of Lake Michigan is an architectural marvel. The distinctive structure is shown here with it's wings retracted . The wings, composed of 72 separate fins extend to a 217' wingspan. The newest portion of the building was designed by Santiago Calatrava and was finished in 2001.
As Lonnie is shuffling power around at The Milwaukee Road's diesel house in Milwaukee, he captured this frame of the facility looking west near the Cut Off.
Milwaukee Road Service Area
Milwaukee, WI.
August 1974
Lonnie Maves Photo
D.A.Longley Collection
All Rights Reserved
Milwaukee Road Geeps 953, 308, 312 and 282 occupy the radial tracks of the east roundhouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 23, 1981. I came across this photo while researching rooftop details on Milwaukee Road GP9's, in particular the variations on the phase III GP9 winterization hatches. Jim Lewnard photo
The late spring sun is slowly shedding light on the locomotive terminal at Milwaukee Junction in Detroit on June 5, 1961. Steam has made a return a year after being removed from scheduled passenger service, however, some steam lingered into 1961 in freight service before being completely retired. In a few hours, the 6323 would pull a passenger excursion special out of Brush Street west out of Detroit to the joy of many fans and passengers. The locomotive would sit for many years and was eventually sold to the Illinois Railway Museum in 1981, where it still resides today. Photographer unknown.
Built in March 1966 by the Electro Motive Division of General Motors, The Milwaukee Road's 3000 horsepower GP40, 190, was in charge of the hottest trains on the massive system. In the late sixties, the 190 was renumbered to MILW 2010, where it would remain until getting SOO markings in 1986. On May 14, 2012, still working for the CP/SOO in a diminished capacity, the SOO 2010 works the G64 "Watertown Patrol" and showing it's neglect by the owner. The original number that EMD applied to the locomotive in La Grange IL. is more visible than it's re-numbering. Last year, after being deemed no longer needed by the locomotives third owner, the Canadian Pacific, the once proud steed was reduced to scrap iron and recycled.
Below is a link to a piece of this locomotive.
The sun poked out from behind the clouds for a few shots, as the ELS 1221 trodded through the grass southbound to Green Bay. There's still a few nods to the former owner of this railroad poking out of the weeds here and there, if you know where to look.
A boxcar is spotted at National Warehouse in Milwaukee's Harbor View area. National Warehouse started receiving aggregate salt in boxcars again earlier this year after previously having ended rail service in late 2015. It's hard to believe a classic brick building of this character receives boxcars in 2019 amidst the growing gentrification of the area. Hopefully I'll get a chance to watch them work this sometime soon... Milwaukee, WI
Panorama of the Milwaukee skyline from across the frozen harbor. Captured at South Shore Park in Milwaukee, WI USA.
Running as sole power on the morning run from St.Maries to Plummer, STMA 101 struggles to keep a reasonable speed as they cross the former Milwaukee Road trestle at Peedee.