Manifest train from Proviso Yard, IL, to South St. Paul, MN, passes the vacant depot at Oxford.
UP coal loads are cresting the hill at Oxford but the horses are more interested in the guy with the camera.
Detouring on the Adams line, MITDM heads south past the C&NW station in Oxford on a moonlit night.
Uncle Pete can sure throw a good party.....720 and 648 throttle up to track speed, after switching the CO-OP in Oxford, NS style.
B&LE power could be found on ore trains over the CNW Wisconsin Division in the '70s. 839 and 823 assist the 836 with 144 cars, 92 are ore empties on this westbound move.
The MBUVP pulls it's train through the Wisconsin countryside lit by a late evening sun.
Surprise in Butler Yard that morning; we chased it all the way to Adams.
