CN local L55581 goes to work at Stone Lake, WI. On this day is made a run up to Hayward Jct., about half a mile north of this photo. The local interchanges cars there with Wisconsin Great Northern... (more)

CN SD75i 5743 leads a pair of GE Dash 8-40Cs on an eastbound stack train headed through Stanberry, WI, just west of Hayward. The tiny hamlet features a passing siding on its north side, and a junc... (more)

CN 3200 looks like new on the point of a southbound oil train at Stanberry, WI. The unit and two other like new Tier 4s rolled through town at track speed, about 50 mph. CN 3200 was built in April... (more)

CN 2902 and mate roll a trainload of empty lumber center beam flats north at Stanberry, WI on the second day of spring. Heavy winter snows lasted into April in some areas of Wisconsin.

CN 2269 leads a northbound loaded sand train through Stanberry, WI. After a winter that saw three to four feet of snowfall in February, its nice to see some exposed ballast along the tracks.

CN 2230 moves a lengthy stack train south at Stanberry, WI on the first full day of spring. The train is making good time headed for a meet at the next siding south with two northbounds.

Canadian National's L555 local sits at the South end of the siding at Stanberry, Wisconsin as a high priority stack train blasts South bound for Stevens Point and eventually Chicago. The action ta... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad SD40-2 6006 works the CN interchange at Hayward Junction, Wisconsin. Steve Smedley photo

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad SD40-2 6006 shoves two loads of SmartBoard to the CN Superior Subdivision interchange at Hayward Junction, prior to making its second trip back up the Hayward Bra... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad SD40-2 6006 backs its train down the Hayward Branch to serve Johnson Timber and Lousiana Pacific Plant at the end of the line in Hayward, Wisconsin. Steve Smedle... (more)

WGN's former Algoma Central (WC) SD40-2 looks sharp in fresh snow and under code blue sky conditions. Here a crew member flags a crossing as the big road unit returns to its train after spotting a... (more)

Nothing like a foot of wet snow in May to cover everything. Q110 blasts south at 50 MPH.

A brilliant display of northern lights in Northwestern Wisconsin.

CN's 346 manifest taking siding southbound to meet northbound 343 at Stanberry, midst the Wisconsin fall colors. 9:30AM

CN 5515 leads M348-12 southbound at Stanberry, WI.