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Milwaukee Road GP9 205
Title:  Milwaukee Road GP9 205
Description:  Milwaukee Road GP9 205 with engine doors open at Portage WI June 1967. Unknown Photographer Photo.
Photo Date:  6/6/1967  Upload Date: 3/27/2022 2:01:05 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 205(GP9)
Views:  806   Comments: 0
Waiting for a Hiawatha
Title:  Waiting for a Hiawatha
Description:  Date Unknown, Milw Road
Photo Date:  5/9/1968  Upload Date: 5/13/2010 10:06:41 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Mike Cunningham
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  1373   Comments: 0
MILW 8
Title:  MILW 8
Description:  MILW 8
Photo Date:  11/10/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 9:42:27 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer collection
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW 8(SD45)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
Duluth Missabe and Iron Range SD19 188
Title:  Duluth Missabe and Iron Range SD19 188
Description:  Duluth Missabe and Iron Range SD18 188 and SD9 165 are seen on lease to the Milwaukee Road at Portage WI October 1977. Jim McKee Photo.
Photo Date:  10/28/1977  Upload Date: 12/19/2021 12:58:49 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim McKee
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DMIR 188(SD18)
Views:  721   Comments: 0
MILW 5651
Title:  MILW 5651
Description:  from a negative,
Photo Date:  8/8/1978  Upload Date: 1/25/2014 10:18:59 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Daniel Schroeder
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 5651(U30C)
Views:  1542   Comments: 0
MILW 5651
Title:  MILW 5651
Description:  from a negative, power heading to the Columbia plant to pick up empty coal train.
Photo Date:  8/8/1978  Upload Date: 1/25/2014 10:37:12 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Daniel Schroeder
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 5651(U30C)
Views:  1431   Comments: 1
AMTK 1172
Title:  AMTK 1172
Description:  Baggageman Walter "Rollie" Day peers out from the Silver Treasure on the Empire Builder. Day later went into engine service, and was killed Octiober 9, 1986 when the Empire Builder derailed outside of Columbus, WI.
Photo Date:  3/13/1982  Upload Date: 4/20/2014 12:24:48 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Station
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Views:  1972   Comments: 3
Taking a Spin on an Out-of-the-way Turntable.
Title:  Taking a Spin on an Out-of-the-way Turntable.
Description:  MILW479-840624 Portage, WI MP15AC
Photo Date:  6/24/1984  Upload Date: 5/1/2007 3:42:19 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 479(MP15AC)
Views:  1362   Comments: 1
Crew change on the Milwaukee.
Title:  Crew change on the Milwaukee.
Description:  It's sunset at Portage as an eastbound manifest's head-end crewman checks the time.
Photo Date:  6/25/1984  Upload Date: 4/4/2012 7:54:01 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim Vivian
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  MILW 195(SD40-2) MILW 200(SD40-2)
Views:  1378   Comments: 2
WSOR 6507
Title:  WSOR 6507
Description:  WSOR 6507, formerly of the Upper Merion & Plymouth
Photo Date:  5/16/1985  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 7:49:43 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  846   Comments: 0
MILW 365
Title:  MILW 365
Description:  MILW 365 arrives with a local.
Photo Date:  5/17/1985  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 7:51:38 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 365(GP38-2)
Views:  1121   Comments: 2
Portage, Wisconsin
Title:  Portage, Wisconsin
Description:  Portage, Wisconsin, statiod signage
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:30:36 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Station,Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  302   Comments: 0
MILW 475
Title:  MILW 475
Description:  MILW 475 runs light past the depot on a hot day
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:21:40 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives:  MILW 475(MP15AC)
Views:  647   Comments: 1
MILW 980362
Title:  MILW 980362
Description:  MILW 980362
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:37:50 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  467   Comments: 0
Portage, Wisconsin
Title:  Portage, Wisconsin
Description:  Portage, Wisconsin, looking east in the early afternoon
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:34:48 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  352   Comments: 0
MILW 363
Title:  MILW 363
Description:  MILW 363, seen parked
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:21:57 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  MILW 363(GP38-2) MILW 350(GP38-2)
Views:  911   Comments: 1
MILW snowplow
Title:  MILW snowplow
Description:  MILW snowplow, no road number spotted
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:38:14 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  341   Comments: 1
MILW 363
Title:  MILW 363
Description:  MILW 363 Builder's Plate
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:36:26 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW 363(GP38-2)
Views:  712   Comments: 0
Portage roundhouse
Title:  Portage roundhouse
Description:  Portage roundhouse, ready track, & depot, in the distance
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:31:03 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  329   Comments: 1
MILW 2004
Title:  MILW 2004
Description:  MILW 2004 arrives!from the east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:22:15 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  MILW 2004(GP40)
Views:  786   Comments: 1
MILW 2004
Title:  MILW 2004
Description:  MILW 2004 arrives from the east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:22:29 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  MILW 2004(GP40)
Views:  746   Comments: 0
MILW 2004
Title:  MILW 2004
Description:  MILW 2004 arrives from the east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/18/1985 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  MILW 2004(GP40)
Views:  697   Comments: 1
MILW 2004
Title:  MILW 2004
Description:  MILW 2004 errives from the east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:22:58 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  MILW 2004(GP40) MILW 2039(GP40)
Views:  855   Comments: 1
MILW 2004
Title:  MILW 2004
Description:  MILW 2004 arrives from the east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:23:17 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  MILW 2004(GP40) MILW 2039(GP40)
Views:  696   Comments: 1
MILW 2004
Title:  MILW 2004
Description:  MILW 2004 arrives from the east in the afternoon
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:24:10 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW 2004(GP40) MILW 2039(GP40)
Views:  891   Comments: 1
Portage, Wisconsin depot
Title:  Portage, Wisconsin depot
Description:  MILW 2004 arrives from the east in the early afternoon past the depot
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 8:31:28 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  391   Comments: 0
MILW X416
Title:  MILW X416
Description:  MILW X416, one of those nifty combines.
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 7:47:17 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  467   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road 363
Title:  Milwaukee Road 363
Description:  Milwaukee Road 363 and MP15 497 lay over at Portage in summer of 1985
Photo Date:  8/10/1985  Upload Date: 1/4/2025 1:05:17 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 363(GP38-2) MILW 497(MP15AC)
Views:  594   Comments: 0
AMTK 266
Title:  AMTK 266
Description:  Leading #7 The Empire Builder
Photo Date:  4/19/1987  Upload Date: 8/23/2012 9:28:51 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 266(F40PHR) AMTK 268(F40PHR)
Views:  1292   Comments: 0
CNW 8004
Title:  CNW 8004
Description:  Power off #280 (coal train for Columbia)
Photo Date:  4/19/1987  Upload Date: 8/23/2012 9:28:52 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 8004(SD60) CNW 8043(SD60) CNW 7019(SD50)
Views:  1462   Comments: 0
BN 5366
Title:  BN 5366
Description:  Power off a Columbia coal train laying over at Portage.
Photo Date:  8/9/1987  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 4:07:37 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 5366(U30C)
Views:  678   Comments: 0
MILW 144
Title:  MILW 144
Description:  MILW 144, SOO 772, MILW 172 on train 203 (Ford FAST) with fresh crew departing Portage.
Photo Date:  8/9/1987  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 4:13:23 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 144(SD40-2)
Views:  962   Comments: 0
MILW 980238
Title:  MILW 980238
Description:  Near the depot in the yard.
Photo Date:  8/9/1987  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 4:13:48 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  1022   Comments: 0
SOO 1000
Title:  SOO 1000
Description:  SOO 1000 (ex-MILW) business car on rear of train 203 (Ford FAST) at Portage.
Photo Date:  8/9/1987  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 4:15:51 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  949   Comments: 0
SOO 4405
Title:  SOO 4405
Description:  ex-MILW roundhouse and turntable
Photo Date:  8/9/1987  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 4:16:54 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 4405(GP38-2)
Views:  974   Comments: 0
SOO 46
Title:  SOO 46
Description:  SOO 46, 1000 (ex-MILW) business car on rear of train 203 (Ford FAST) at Portage.
Photo Date:  8/9/1987  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 4:14:41 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  682   Comments: 0
SOO 6382
Title:  SOO 6382
Description:  Power off a Columbia coal train laying over at Portage.
Photo Date:  8/9/1987  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 4:17:12 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 6382(SD40-2)
Views:  943   Comments: 0
SOO 6362
Title:  SOO 6362
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/11/1987  Upload Date: 2/11/2006 11:51:34 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Joe Kubus
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6362(SD40-2)
Views:  1349   Comments: 0
Amtrak 8
Title:  Amtrak 8
Description:  After completing the station work at Portage, the train continues it's journey to Chicago.
Photo Date:  10/20/1989  Upload Date: 12/20/2012 10:10:35 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 329(F40PHR) AMTK 257(F40PHR)
Views:  1557   Comments: 0
The Milwaukee Road
Title:  The Milwaukee Road
Description:  The closed tower at Portage Jct. with the bridge over the Portage Canal. Taken from the rear of Amtrak #7.
Photo Date:  8/27/1990  Upload Date: 1/8/2013 8:25:22 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  377   Comments: 0
SOO 6025
Title:  SOO 6025
Description:  Train #223 sits at the west end of the yard waiting to depart. Taken from the rear of Amtrak #7.
Photo Date:  8/27/1990  Upload Date: 1/8/2013 8:29:40 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6025(SD60) SOO 6031(SD60) SOO 2045(GP40)
Views:  1386   Comments: 0
BN 9204
Title:  BN 9204
Description:  BN 8204 became BNSF 9204 then BNSF 8104. It was sold to Norfolk Southern as NS 6811, becoming PRLX 6811 after retirement from the NS roster. BN 9277 remained with BNSF as 9277, then 8177 before being renumbered to BNSF 177 and finally BNSF1454, which it carries on today's BNSF roster.'
Photo Date:  9/30/1992  Upload Date: 11/24/2023 9:41:52 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Scott Janz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9204(SD60M) BN 9277(SD60M)
Views:  668   Comments: 0
Refueling
Title:  Refueling
Description:  This unit was the trailer on a BN coal for the Columbia II power plant.
Photo Date:  6/1/1995  Upload Date: 1/13/2015 9:52:56 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim Vivian
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  EMDX 8302(SD60)
Views:  1202   Comments: 2
EMDX 9003
Title:  EMDX 9003
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1995  Upload Date: 1/13/2015 9:54:30 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim Vivian
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  EMDX 9003(SD60)
Views:  1002   Comments: 0
CP 9582 is on display for crew training
Title:  CP 9582 is on display for crew training
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/1995  Upload Date: 3/9/2008 1:08:56 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Bill Pasewaldt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9582(AC44CW)
Views:  1177   Comments: 0
CP 5408
Title:  CP 5408
Description:  Making its usual late-morning arrival in Portage, train 561 pauses for a crew change behind CP 5408 and HLCX 6211.
Photo Date:  1/28/1998  Upload Date: 7/25/2005 8:53:57 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Josh Slusser
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5408(SD40)
Views:  1428   Comments: 0
CP 5495
Title:  CP 5495
Description:  CP 5495 and GSCX 7371 arrive in Portage with train 580 on a cloudy late-winter day.
Photo Date:  2/28/1998  Upload Date: 7/25/2005 9:22:06 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Josh Slusser
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5495(SD40M-2)
Views:  1595   Comments: 0
SOO 6058
Title:  SOO 6058
Description:  SOO 6058 and CP 5749 ease Crowsnest coal train 875 out of Portage on a CTC Board "Day in North America".
Photo Date:  8/29/1998  Upload Date: 7/25/2005 10:49:01 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Josh Slusser
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6058(SD60M)
Views:  2005   Comments: 0
SOO 6049
Title:  SOO 6049
Description:  SOO 6049 leads five other units and a second section of train 428 in to the siding at Portage. Trailing are SOO 6020, CP 5708 and three retired SD40's, CP 5551, CP 5522 and CP 5502, on their way to their new owner, Helm Leasing.
Photo Date:  8/15/1999  Upload Date: 7/25/2005 10:46:28 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Josh Slusser
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6049(SD60)
Views:  1552   Comments: 1
CP 5580
Title:  CP 5580
Description:  A result of congestion due to the Conrail split, a detouring CP train symboled GZW pauses at Portage behind CP 5580, SOO 6030 and CP 5512.
Photo Date:  10/8/1999  Upload Date: 7/25/2005 9:22:34 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Josh Slusser
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5580(SD40-2)
Views:  1379   Comments: 1


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