Former MILW and now Amtrak depot at Lacrosse, WI, is a stop on the Empire Builder. The facility also serves as a bus depot and the freight end is the home to commercial business. 10/26/05 photo.

  Ex-Milwaukee Road depot at Rockwell City, IA, is now a museum.  04/15/06 photo.

  Former Milwaukee Road depot at Austin, MN.  Typical of mid-50's architecture, it's now home to the local Minnesota Drivers License Bureau.  2/22/05 photo.

Ex-Milwaukee Road depot at Winona, MN, 9/28/00, has a unique style and character. It was built in 1899. Amtrak's Empire Builder make two stops here each day and it is also used by CP Rail crews.

The former Milwaukee Road depot in Rushford, MN, saw its last train in 1978. Built in 1867, the structure now serves as a museum and rest stop on the Root River Bike Trail system in SE Minnesota. The 2nd story of depots like this was often the home of the station agent.  1/03/04 photo.

Red Wing, MN's, Ex-Milwaukee Road depot also has a unique style and elegance. Built in 1905, it houses the Chamber of Commerce and also is the Empire Builder stop. The setting sun highlights the brick/stone architecture!

  Ex-Milwaukee Road depot at Grafton, IA, is now  a museum.  05/04/06 photo.

  This is the former Milwauke Road depot at Newport, WA, 8/20/08. The foreground tracks are Pend Oreille Valley Railroad's and the depot  houses a contruction company.

  This is the Escanaba & Lake Superior (ELS) depot at Ontonagon, MI, 7/30/09. It was built in 1896 by the Milwaukee Road (MILW). ELS's only customer in Ontonagon, Smurfit-Stone Container, closed operations in Sept. '09 and ELS subsequently filed to abandon the line.