milwaukee-road-hostlerhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/milwaukee-road-hostler/Milwaukee Road hostler | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20180706.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2024-05-142024-07-0945737
A hostler at the Milwaukee Road’s engine terminal near 35th Street in Milwaukee uses a water crane to top off the tender of a steam locomotive. The Fairbanks-Morse diesel on the next track hints that steam is on borrowed time in this April 1951 photo.
Linn H. Westcott photo