It's a frigid day as the SOO 1003 gets a highball into the town of Hartford for the Christmas parade

With now common NS power, this 484 manifest sneaks an ICE unit between the two ponies and begins crawl out The Wash to head south on the C&M sub

A pair of decent looking GE units, especially for CP, lead this manifest east through Duplainville toward a stop at Muskego Yard in Milwaukee.

A former Rock Island SD40 leads a former Burlington Northern SD40 south with empty Weston coal hoppers in tow on a ferry move south on former Milwaukee Road rails.

With fresh snow blanketing the ground, a trio of GE power makes its way toward the diamond leading this southbound manifest through Duplainville

A former Oakway SD60 rides point on 346 this afternoon with an eclectic lash of CN, BCOL, and NS power.

A local job heads south out of CN's Stevens Point yard with a GTW unit riding point today.

A tattered SD75 leads this regional manifest south through Fond du Lac

The last hour of sunlight brings a golden hue over the Missabe Sub as this northbound ore empty heads west through the tiny town of Munger.

A pair of CSX leaders get the call on the day's 470 mixed freight manifest. Here, they work east past a cluster of renovated warehouses near where the Milwaukee Road's Reed Street Yard once sto... (more)

A pair of ECOs yank a pair of Milwaukee Road ballast cars west over the stick rail of the WSOR's Waterloo Sub before making a stop at the Michels pit.

A local job runs long hood forward through the Milwaukee Intermodal station and west toward Cut Off before diving back into Muskego Yard with a return load of 6 empty box cars.

Another quality intermodal train, led by a CN thunder cab, makes the charge north through Duplainville.

Loaded cans drag west as 609 emerges from downtown Milwaukee with some vintage power on point.

The morning light warms Byron Hill as this iconic climb sees yet another southbound CN manifest crest its peak.