Milwaukee Road Tribute Mitchell-Rapid City South Dakota Line

[railroadjay1]

This would be ideal rail expansion for coal! the grade is there

[bluedoris88]

yes, its a great vid with great sounds, you did very well old boy.  jeff . London

[JimboRailfan]

Great video. This line possibly could have been used for coal from a Powder River Basin expansion, even. Too bad the MILW abandoned this and many others (like the one thing that was keeping them afloat, the Pacific extension), with their idiotic management of the late '70s/early '80s. Too bad...the line ends at Kadoka now, but I've heard recently the Dakota Southern railway plans to reopen the mainline in almost its entirety between Mitchell and Kadoka, so that's some good news.

[OldLadyUU]

This is interesting, I love trains. Thanks for posting this!

[WC7495]

Neat slideshow. Any other places I could look to find photos of these guys crossing through the badlands?

[nabramson]

Who did that great Kick-ass soundtrack ??? Great vid !!!

I worked for NYCTA & I always loved Trains !!

[ELWOOD960]

That was a great video I love the Milwaukee Road Thanks for a great job.

Charlie/MN

[Gravida12]

In the shadow of the Pacific extension, this route was, as a couple other posters say, an "unremarked" line that is "not seen that often." My mom was born and raised in one of the small communities along this route, and she has talked of taking the train, in the 40s and 50s, and how kids in town would go to the depot to watch the coming and goings of townspeople. Thanks for a great job!!

[TRAINMANCW]

this is a nice tribute for milwaukee road i like the video AWESOME

[wil0099]

Thank you for the pics. Man you can see the poor up keep of the track. Those poor guys out there were thrown to the wolves when the Milwaukee pulled stakes.

[WeldinMike27]

Some great pictures of stuff not seen that often.

[blink182buddy09]

532, she is at the WHITEWATER VALLEY RAILROAD, still running

[notalott]

So sad, the MILW is a perfect case of throwing away a good thing. If you read up on it, you'll see they were doing fine until the lack of maintenance caught up with them.. Sadly, the lack of maintenance was to save money and look better for a merger partner.. It completely backfired and sank 'em..

[railstoruin]

Wonderful video. I love these photographs. It's all as timeless as a dream. What's the music in the background? I kinda like it. Thanks!

[UPNSP]

@railstoruin Insturmental version of Martina McBride's 1994 hit Independence Day.

[vicodumb]

GREAT slideshow of an unremarked line. Thank you for posting. Music works well also.

[JDeereGP]

Like seeing the old rail lines, especially up here in the midwest.. Thanks for showing..

[5808581]

Man the ROW is in BAD SHAPE, shows what deferred maintenance will do for you.