Milwaukee Road “Sprint” train No. 209 heads west at Duplainville, Wisconsin, on a snowless February 1984 afternoon. The standard Sprint train locomotive consist of two GP40s hustles the train past milepost 102 (from Chicago) and raises some dust along the way.

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An unusual power set leads a Chicago and North Western train leaving Butler Yard, Wisconsin, on a dreary May 15, 1985. Executive F7 No. 403 is leading two SD40s, one each of C&NW and Conrail, on this Chicago-bound freight.

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In February 1984, a Chicago & North Western freight enters Butler Yard after a trip across the Adams Line in Wisconsin. Powering the train is a pair of EMD SD40-2s, with C&NW No. 6815 leading Conrail No. 6398.

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A Chicago and North Western coal train heads west at Pewaukee, Wisconsin in a January 22, 1995 snowstorm. This train is on the Soo Line (former Milwaukee Road) main line. Because of the slick conditions, he was doubling Brookfield Hill, believe it or not . . . and this is the first section.

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Milwaukee Road’s freight to Green Bay passes the feed mill at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, in December 1984. Bay window caboose No. 992117 carries the markers on this pleasant winter day.

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