An eastbound Wisconsin and Southern passenger train waits patiently at the Crawford diamond just east of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on May 19, 1996. A westbound Burlington Northern freight led b... (more)

Trains a bit late for last light but the back lighting off the river works.

A westbound Burlington Northern autorack train rumbles over the Wisconsin River Bridge east of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on July 30, 1995. On the point is EMD SD40-2 No. 7931, followed by a for... (more)

Running around its train in the bottoms of old Prairie du Chien along the Mississippi. The sand is for the oil industries.

Where shiny stainless-steel Zephyrs once traveled through on the busy route between Chicago and the Twin Cities, Burlington Northern Expediter (BN’s monicker for new 2-person crew intermodal train... (more)

BNSF leased a bunch of MRL power in the late 90's to help out power shortages. Many units work the northern corridor on the BNSF. Here a southbound freight train is about to Crawford, on the south... (more)

CN had a haulage agreement with BN in the 90's to move CN's Canadian traffic to the US via Superior, St. Paul, to Chicago. Here one of those trains blast thru the snow as they past thru Prairie en... (more)

WSOR 4030 "30 Years serving customers and communities"

BNSF 4433 moves Eastbound as it Passes under the Overpass Entering Prairie du Chien, WI

A colorful assortment of power leads the daily Northtown - Galesburg merchandise train east towards Prairie du Chien.

A nice collection of power rolls across the Wisconsin River Bridge.

The suicide train. After taking this photo, I was walking off the bridge when two police cars surrounded me. Apparently someone in a passing vehicle was concerned that I was going to attempt sui... (more)

BNSF 646, 729, 8253, 8235, 8212, 8269, 8272, 8203, 8265, 8264, 8242, 8204 head west on B-CHISEA.

The very last rays of the sun just illuminate the river valleys where the Wisconsin River flows into the Mississippi River. The exhaust from the 4 lead units fills the air as they pull their stack... (more)