Best Milwaukee Road
The Milwaukee Road Class A consisted of streamlined 4-4-2 Atlantic type steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1935. They were specifically designed to haul the railroad's premier Hiawatha express passenger trains at high speeds. Distinguished by their shrouded styling...
The Milwaukee Road class EF-4 and EP-4 electric locomotives, nicknamed "Little Joes," were 12-wheel freight and passenger locomotives built by General Electric in 1948 for export to the Soviet Union. The Cold War-era embargo prevented delivery, and GE sold the twelve locomotives to American railroad...
The Milwaukee Road EP-2 Bipolar is a class of five electric passenger locomotives built by General Electric in 1919. They are distinguished by their use of large bipolar traction motors mounted directly to the axles, which eliminated the need for connecting rods, jackshafts, and reduction gearing. O...
The Milwaukee Road S-2 was a class of 4-8-4 Northern-type steam locomotives operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Constructed for mainline service, these locomotives hauled both passenger and freight trains across the railroad's system. They were among the last new steam...
The Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon is an annual 26.2-mile road race held in Wisconsin, typically taking place in early autumn. Established in 1981, the point-to-point course begins in the village of Grafton and follows a predominantly southbound route toward downtown Milwaukee. The route concludes nea...
