Milwaukee Road on the Mississippi - Railroad Model Craftsman
Railroad Model Craftsman Extra Board Train 281, an empty unit coal train, pauses at the La Crosse depot for a crew change. The Milwaukee Road and Burlington Northern alternated coal trains and pooled U30Cs and wide-vision cabooses to run these trains between the Powder River basin in Wyoming and a power plant near Portage, Wis. Milwaukee Road on the Mississippi by Al Lesky/photos by Dan Munson Long a Midwestern fan favorite stretching from its namesake city across the prairies to the Pacific, The Milwaukee Road faded into the history books when it was acquired by Soo Line in 1986. I started w...
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