A low autumn sun just barely lights up a southbound Chicago & North Western freight, powered by a pair of Alco C628s, departing Butler Yard in Wisconsin on October 25, 1985.

Changing of the guard......CNW 8521 and UP 9294 (both GE C40-8's) rest at the Butler, WI engine house in October of 1995. The UP acquisition is only a few months old at this time so there is still... (more)

FRV 2401 holds the main while awaiting a crew change at CNW's Butler, WI yard in August of 1991. Only a handful of units were painted in FRV colors as this unremarked shortline, which operated the... (more)

A Chicago & North Western freight arrives at the yard in Butler, Wisconsin, amid a winter flurry on February 20, 1986. C&NW EMD SD40-2 No. 6860 leads a SD45 still in Cascade green BN colors and a ... (more)

A pair of Chicago & North Western EMD GP7s takes a break from switching chores at Butler in a Wisconsin snowstorm on January 10, 1993, as C&NW’s Proviso to Itasca freight finishes up making a pi... (more)

WC 6534 works the south end of CNW's Butler, WI yard in September of 1993.

A westbound Chicago & North Western freight departs Butler Yard in Wisconsin in July 1984. Powering the train is C&NW EMD SD40-2 No. 6824, Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 No. 3756 and a C&NW EMD GP7.

A front end loader clears some snow while a pair of EMD GP7s takes a break from switching chores at Chicago & North Western’s yard at Butler in a Wisconsin snowstorm on January 10, 1993. In the ... (more)

Chicago & North Western’s Proviso to Itasca freight makes a pick up at Butler Yard in a Wisconsin snowstorm on January 10, 1993. After merging into the Union Pacific, the long-standing C&NW yard... (more)

A worker at Chicago & North Western’s Butler Yard locomotive facility uses a high pressure air line to clear the switches of snow on a cold February 21, 1993.

The crew of FRV 1701 has completed its' run from Green Bay to CNW's Butler (Milwaukee) yard and is ready to head to the yard office after tying down their train. This train used the ex CNW Airline... (more)

CNW 5512 shares space with BN 7265 at the engine facility in Butler (Milwaukee), WI in January of 1984. Unfortunately, this UP facility has recently closed.

In February 1984, a Chicago & North Western freight enters Butler Yard after a trip across the Adams Line in Wisconsin. Powering the train is a pair of EMD SD40-2s, with C&NW No. 6815 leading Conr... (more)

UP 1478 meets a pulldown job at Butler Yard in Butler, WI.

A westbound Chicago & North Western coal train changes crews at Butler, Wisconsin, late in the afternoon of April 20, 1985. This is the first time I saw locomotives from all three of southeastern ... (more)