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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
Milwaukee Road C&E South Line switcher downtown sorting out cars for Wallace Press, 5/7/86. Today the tracks are long gone and new condos and streets have filled in most of the old railroad right-of-way.
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.
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
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
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
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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
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On an overcast day in Milwaukee, Lonnie captures this image from his SD40-2 while waiting for the lineup in front of The Milwaukee Road's yard office. To the right, the Soo Line job from Fond Du Lac can be seen in the clear waiting for their outbound train to be built.
Muskego Yard
Milwaukee, WI.
May 1981
Lonnie Maves photo
D.A.Longley collection
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.
Milwaukee River, Milwaukee WI
There's a lot to see here - the Hoan Bridge, the yellow truck passing by, the Pierhead Light, the Breakwater, the walkway, the red railing, water, sky, trees, etc. It's a busy shot....
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Wisconsin & Southern train T4R, rolls westbound toward Milton just east of Palmyra with quite a mixed consist of power, including WAMX 1594, which started it's career as Milwaukee Road 496. The Milwaukee built Harley Davidson Soft-tail's rider, thought it was pretty neat that the trailing locomotive once called The Milwaukee Road it's home for nearly a decade.
WSOR T4R
WAMX 4188
HLCX 6313
WAMX 4172
3893
1594
Palmyra, WI.
Summer 2017
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
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 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.
Panorama of the Milwaukee skyline from across the frozen harbor. Captured at South Shore Park in Milwaukee, WI USA.
Milwaukee Road F7 83C basks in the sun at Bensenville in February 1978. She's part of an ABA Slug set.
This is Milwaukee Art Museum's Quadracci Pavilion. It was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and was completed in 2001. The museum's exhibits are housed in another building, which is adjacent to the pavilion. This pavilion has all the other functions including the main entrance and a spacious hall with a lake view.
Last year I revisited the museum for the first time in nine years. It was overcast that morning. I am not quite happy with the exterior photographs I shot that day. So, I upload this picture that I took in 2009. I think this piece of architecture would look most striking under blue sky. I didn't see blue sky that day but it still looks fine under the pastel coloured sky. For those who don't know this museum, this photograph might look unbalanced. I shot the roof portion of the pavilion and the passageway that is connected to the exhibition hall.
Milwaukee Art Museum. The roof of the Quadracci Pavilion. Architect Santiago Calatrava, 2001. In Explore.
The Milwaukee Pierhead Light is an active lighthouse located in the Milwaukee harbor, just south of downtown. This aid to navigation is a 'sister' of the Kenosha North Pier Light. The station was established in 1872. It is west of the Milwaukee Breakwater Light, and is near the outflow of the Milwaukee River—not far east of where that river converged with the Kinnickinnic River—into the Milwaukee Harbor and Lake Michigan. This light has a round steel tower with a round gallery and a ten-sided lantern. In 1926, the original 4th Order Fresnel lens was transferred to the Milwaukee Breakwater Light, and that lens is now displayed at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The Fifth Order Fresnel lens—installed in 1926—was removed in 2005. The tower is newly painted circa 2007. The 5th Order lens is said to be on display also at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum. According to one source: "The original lantern room had helical bar windows and is believed to [be] the one presently on the Breakwater Light." This is corroborated by the report that the Breakwater Light has a "round cast iron lantern room [that] features helical astragal" in the lantern. A Submarine cable runs from this light to the Milwaukee Breakwater Light, upon which a lighted danger warning is displayed. The light was recently painted, circa 2007. From 1872 until 1926, the light had its own keepers. Thereafter, this light, like all of the lights in the harbor, was serviced by the resident Lighthouse keepers who were stationed at the neighboring North Point Light Station until it was automated. The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in September 2012.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Pierhead_Light
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and use of electronic navigational systems.