Milwaukee Road’s Racine & Southwestern Division linked the railroad’s hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin with the Mississippi River at Savanna, Illinois.  Hired on in 1971, Jerry Pyfer shares stories of Midwestern railroading combined with his colorful photography.  Set in the 1970s as railroads saw dramatic changes in equipment, operations and fortunes, this colorfully illustrated hard-bound volume documents this period in thies railroad's life.   Climb aboard with Jerry as he covers the entire division in its final decade.