The Varsity was a passenger train operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad over a 140-mile route between Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin.
The Varsity, crossing Lake Monona on August 6, 1967.
Power for the 2014 Varsity included this E8 locomotive
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), better known as the Milwaukee Road, was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until 1986.
Twin Cities Hiawatha postcard from 1935
Milwaukee Road 261 is a preserved Milwaukee Road steam locomotive that operates excursion trains.
A Milwaukee Road steeplecab electric switcher.
An EF-1 boxcab hauls the Olympian through Montana Canyon in 1925.