Fresh from the paint shop, CNW 4248 leads a short freight out of the yard in Appleton, WI in August of 1984.

Crewmen exchange greetings as a loaded ore train meets an empty one heading back to the mine at Brampton, MI in May of 1986.

Order up! Orders are hung and awaiting a freight on a foggy day in October of 1984. How appropriate that Halloween is only a few days away. There is a caboose on the approaching train judging from... (more)

CNW 4130 switches the south end of Fond Du Lac yard under the watchful eyes of C&NW's distinctive semaphores. The interchange track with the Soo Line could use some work.

CNW big hook #6359 is on display during Butler RR days in June of 1983.

CNW 911 and mate have a good roll on their train as it appears to sail through a sea of corn at Rusk, WI, a few miles east of Menomonie. The train has left Altoona yard and is headed for East Minn... (more)

After spending a few days in Green Bay, my friends and I planned to move north to Escanaba to catch Chicago & North Western’s ex-N&W C628’s in ore service. While we were still in Green Bay, on... (more)

The throat of the Chicago & North Western yard in Green Bay, Wisconsin is quite in demand as four crews wait their turn to use it. Each crew has a single locomotive, three GP7’s and a C628 in a... (more)

Thirty-five year old Chicago & North Western rebuilt GP7 4207, a refugee from the Rock Island, works the yard in Green Bay, Wisconsin. That gondola/plow has quite a landscaping project growing in ... (more)

CNW 6711 and 6725 await their next assignment at the CNW engine facility in Escanaba. They would soon move to new facilities at the old P&H building just west of here.

Hold at Bill? It's hard to imagine that the coal line was single track north of Bill in 1991, but that's the case as CNW 8528 waits for a loaded BN coal train before heading to the mines. An enorm... (more)

Travelling north, this Chicago & North Western manifest passes Broadway tower in Green Bay, Wisconsin. After clearing a grade crossing of the street with the same name, the train will be in C&NWâ... (more)

A trio of SD40-2's take an empty ore train across the Escanaba River in May of 1988. The Interurban actually crossed under the bridge at this point. Unfortunately, this bridge has recently been re... (more)

WARNING! The scanner is alive with warnings from a storm that would spawn 6 tornadoes and dump 4-8" of rain in the area. We would eventually take refuge in a concrete farm tunnel under the Hi... (more)

CNW 4331 has derailed near National Avenue in Milwaukee and is waiting to be re-railed. An snowstorm has piled snow perfectly on the engine before the re-railing crew arrives.