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New Photos: 2005 |
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Hopping a freight train and finding yourself set out on a sidetrack in the middle of nowhere is really a problem. |
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Here's two old friends sharing some revelry after a late night/early morning breakfast. |
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Section crews are the "unglamorous" heroes of the "high iron," ,but without them, nothing would turn a wheel. |
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The "nut's and bolts" of railroading used to the "loose car" business. |
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"The Gap" between Othello and Avery was never electrified. Here we see a SD9 leading "hot" freight 263 through the gap. In all likelihood, it will continue to the coast without the use of election traction. |
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Steam makes a triumphant return to the river division. The Great Circus Parade is always an exciting event and on the Milwaukee Road. |
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This sure-footed really has confidence in himself -- not hanging on to the handrails. Don't try this on your locomotives at home, kiddies! |
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Milwaukee is a "sausage kind of town" and Usingers and their sausage elves represent some of the finest. |
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When used as a verb, as in "Wabashing a freight car," it means to handle roughly. We caught a patrol in the act, with a Wabash car no less! |
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Do you think the crew in the Milwaukee bayside caboose would love to join the men down by the river? |
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Oh I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener, that is what I'd truly like to be. For if I were... |
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The life of a hobo is not for everyone. Simple times around the campfire are good times. |
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Handcars like these are becoming things of the past. I am sure these men would prefer to be riding in a motorized "speedy." |
