Looking more like a convertible with its top off, 1501 is undergoing mechanical work prior to being placed back in service.

MILW 579, one of four rebuilt Alco RSC2-Ms (576-579) waits for its crew at the west end of Milwaukee's small Eau Claire yard. The train will go on duty late afternoon and head down the branch line... (more)

Soo 353 and 720 near the roundhouse in Stevens Point. This slide is from my collection and has no photographer listed...possibly Joe Stauber. An RS-1 along with a GP30 makes for an odd look. The 3... (more)

As controversy continues over the dangers of silica sand mining and transportation, Prairie du Chien - Janesville train T30 handles a unit trainload of the stuff through Spring Green.

With the temperature near zero and the windchill uncomfortably below that, Wisconsin & Southern Madison -Prairie du Chien train T7 passes through the Shorewood Hills neighborhood on Madison's west... (more)

Looking more like N&W than C&NW with their long hoods facing outward, CNW 894, an SD40, and 2 of CNW's 7 U30Cs await their next assignment at the Altoona, WI engine facility on a crisp January 197... (more)

Following a crew change, a trio of Dash-9's notch up to pull off the siding in North Duplainville. You can't help but feel like there's a steam engine hiding under the hood of the 3rd unit with a ... (more)

A westbound UP freight travels along the Altoona Sub a few miles east of Wyeville. This train is working the Altoona Sub between Adams and Altoona and the 1st train meet will be at Millston siding... (more)

The Taylor Local works back east as they are couple miles outside of Whitehall with 4 cars of bridge material. This local worked out of Taylor to Arcadia this morning, and is on the way back to Ta... (more)

Traffic jams are common at Rocky Run if Stevens Point get packed full of trains. Here a Q116 and L520 tuck away in the siding to meet the L501 local and a Q197. Rocky Run hasn't been in service fo... (more)

The south signals at Rocky Run gleam a red beam out into the night air as heavy snow comes down. Rocky Run is the 1st siding north of Stevens Point on the Superior Sub.

The Milwaukee Road at the time of this photo was three years from the closing of Lines West and eight years from the end. The Milwaukee was experiencing one of the most devastating winters in the ... (more)

A crew from Hulcher lifts up a derailed SD40-2 in Superior.

BN 6244 tries to stay ahead of a spring thunder storm as it hurries an eastbound freight along the Mississippi River at Alma, WI. The train was a daily freight operating between Dayton Bluff Yard,... (more)