Armour yellow provides a bit of color to the brown-ness that covers southern Wisconsin as a coal load heads west for the Weston plant.
Three Geeps race on in fighting form with an odd Sunday run of the Janesville-Horicon freight.
An odd Sunday run of the Janesville - Horicon train came as a surprise, and the appearance of the sun did too! Here both come together in Hartford as the train bombs through on the relatively new ... (more)
Bound for Memphis, TN, M336 rolls through Fond Du Lac with a load of covered hoppers
Geeps on Byron: Struggling up Byron Hill, south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, a Soo Line freight approaches the top on March 22, 1987. This was in the colorful Lake States era on this portion of the ... (more)
Helpers on Byron Hill: Yes, Wisconsin had a helper district. In Soo Line days, trains southbound (and somtimes northbound too) had to contend with Byron Hill, and frequently used helpers. Here, a ... (more)
A frac sand train from Cameron, Wisconsin has just arrived into the Wisconsin Northern's Norma yard outside of Chippewa Falls and is ready to be handed off to the Union Pacific. The silhouette of ... (more)
A MOW track gang works on replacing ties on Union Pacific's Chippewa Falls Sub. This sub ends at Wisconsin Northern's yard in Norma, Wisconsin.
BC Rail and Southern Pacific power leads an Altoona, WI to Mason City, IA train through the rolling hills of western Wisconsin.
A pair of UP SD60Ms pass the old CNW depot at Merrillan where the GB&W crosses.
I believe this is an ex-GB&W unit. Check out the loudspeaker. No horn visible.
A rare site in general, a YN2 SD40-2; even rarer leading a CN freight through Wisconsin! Here, the 8878 rumbles south through the woods with a decent sized train and an all CSXT consist.
Westboud local out of Altoona heads for cutoff at Yukon.
A very late westbound roadrailer heads west across the Red Cedar River bridge.
A trio of 90MACs bring The St Paul - Adams way freight into Altoona.