7032 leading an oil train in nearing golden hour light right in the town of Reeseville, WI.

Four formidable flares
Eighty cylinders worth of nice-looking EMD SD45s drum past with a southbound Wisconsin Central freight just north of Duplainville, Wisconsin, on a cold, wintery J... (more)

The sun is setting as CNW 4110 (built as CRIP 1233) switches the north side of Jones Island in Milwaukee, WI. in January of 1996. UP ownership is less than a year old so CNW locomotives are still ... (more)

Rainbow colors of early WC
The first days of Wisconsin Central where a scramble of getting trains over the railroad and enough power to do so. On November 7, 1987, almost a month after ... (more)

Shoving on the pellets
A Wisconsin Central “all-rail” taconite ore train has almost made it over the top of Bryon Hill as a manned pusher set out of North Fond du Lac leans into the ... (more)

With a pair of SD45s churning their collective 40 cylinders, a Wisconsin Central “all-rail” taconite ore load slowly climbs to the top of Byron Hill at Byron, Wisconsin, on March 23, 1996. WC ... (more)

On a warm sunny evening, BNSFs Office Car Special rockets along the Mississippi River with a long train for Dilworth. There, BNSF personnel would board for Havre, MT.

GB&W Alco RS11 309 rests by the sand tower at the roads Norwood yard In Green Bay in October 1981. At some point this unit was chopnosed by the road or perhaps someone else. Photo taken with pe... (more)

BN 2174 soaks up some late evening sun as it waits to depart La Crosse, WI. on a beautiful Fall day in October of 1986. A pretty ride along the Mississippi River lies ahead for the crew.

A pair of UPY GP15-1s lead a local South through the BNSF yard in Superior.

BNSF's Office Car Special races up the Mississippi River on its way to Dilworth.

CNW 6836 leads a westbound freight under the Tripoli Ave. bridge in St. Francis, WI. in December of 1991. This bridge and the Norwich bridge just south of here were well known for their steep appr... (more)

WSOR 1501 arrives in Plymouth, WI. in June of 2009, shot with one of my last rolls of Provia slide film. This area of town was known as Cheesville for the many cheese factories in the area. The Kr... (more)

"I need a push!" Soo Line 2405 leads Lake States train #12 at Shops Yard in Fond Du Lac, WI in August of 1987. The train will depart as soon as the helpers are added to the rear to help ... (more)

KCS 4827 arrives into Portage with Westbound CPKC 249.