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The Milwaukee Road S3 Class was a class of 10 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company in 1944 and operated by the Milwaukee Road until the mid 1950s. The locomotives saw service in pulling freight and passenger trains throughout the Milwaukee Road.
The Milwaukee F7s are accepted as the fastest steam locomotives by a different measure—scheduled speed between stations. In 1939, shortly after they were introduced into passenger service, the Twin Cities Hiawatha schedule was modified such that the engines would need to run the 78.3 mi (126.0 km) between Portage and Sparta, Wisconsin in 58 ...
The Milwaukee Road classes F6 and F6-a comprised twenty-two steam locomotives of the 4-6-4 configuration, commonly nicknamed “Hudson” but known as “Baltic” on the Milwaukee Road. The fourteen class F6 locomotives were not delivered from their builder, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , until 1929–1930.
The Milwaukee Road's new EP-3s, unlike the trouble-free New Haven boxcabs of similar design, immediately started experiencing broken axles and frame members, cracked wheels and spokes, and deformed suspension springs. It was an embarrassment for Westinghouse, which had designed the locomotives far too lightly and rigidly.
Milwaukee Road class A No. 1 pauses near Milwaukee in 1951. Designed for a 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 hour schedule between Chicago and St. Paul, the class proved capable of handling nine cars on a 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 hour schedule. The only change during their service life was the addition of a Mars Light beneath the winged emblem on the nose in 1947.
The Milwaukee Road's class ES-1 comprised a single electric switcher locomotive built in 1915. It was designed to run on the unique 1,500 V DC electrification in the yard at Great Falls, Montana. It was originally numbered #10000 and was numbered E85 in March 1939. It was retired in November 1939.
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Milwaukee Road 261 is a S3 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Schenectady, New York, in July 1944 for the Milwaukee Road (MILW). It was used for heavy mainline freight and passenger work until being retired by the MILW in 1956.