Priority Z-train from Chicago, IL - St. Paul, MN nears a crew change at North La Crosse.

Empty crude oil train slows for a stop at the BNSF North La Crosse yard.

Loaded coal train to Columbia Power Plant near Portage, WI heads east through La Crosse.

CNW 8510 soaks up some late evening lights as it brings a grain train thru Oak Creek, WI. in September of 1991.

Cowl along the Mississippi: Led by EMD SD60F No. 5528, Canadian National train 385 cruises along the Mississippi River on Burlington Northern’s (actually early BNSF by this time) double track ma... (more)

Amtrak EMD F40PH No. 259 leads train 7, the westbound Empire Builder, as it departs Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 28, 1993. The westbound train is approaching the N. 25th Street overpass on Soo Li... (more)

WSOR 4490 cruises thru Burnett, WI in October of 1990. The train is crossing the abandoned C&NW line from Fond Du Lac to Clyman Jct.

With plenty of freight to move, and a scramble to acquire used locomotives to fill its roster, early Wisconsin Central was a colorful railroad. Three weeks after its startup, WC train 42 approache... (more)

Empty unit coal train slowly makes its way towards the crew change at Noth La Crosse.

Nice pair at Byron
Soaking up some of the last sunlight of the day, Soo Line train 11 and its pair of GP30s throw exhaust into the sky while topping the grade at Byron, Wisconsin, on Ju... (more)

WICT 106 leads a NRHS passenger excursion across E. 5th Ave in Brodhead, WI. in October of 1989. This Wisconsin Chapter trip cost $35 and made the society a whopping $200.

Golfers enjoying their morning round are distracted by the BNSF grain train.

The BNSF Town Job shoves back towards Grand Crossing and the BNSF North La Crosse Yard.

BNSF Town Job passes Gundersen Lutheran Medical Complex on its way to work the City Brewery.

A CN manifest train is seen crossing the Saint Louis River from Minnesota into Wisconsin at Oliver. The bridge is double-deck with the railroad on top and Highway 2 on the bottom.