Midwesterners on the Moffat
After I moved from Wisconsin to Colorado in 1997, this is the first train I photographed! An eastbound Union Pacific freight drops downgrade encircling the m... (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.

Class unit 6701 and two other Chicago & North Western C628’s arrive at Escanaba, Michigan with a train of ore from the north.

A trio of Chicago & North Western C628’s are parked in the ore yard at Escanaba, Michigan.

CNW 4402 prepares to switch some cars near the south side of Milwaukee in December of 1999. Once part of the passenger mainline that served the Lakefront Depot, this area south of downtown was onc... (more)

Four Chicago & North Western C628’s wait for their next call in the yard at Escanaba, Michigan. The first two are in Zito Yellow, while the others are in traditional Stagecoach Yellow.

Two Chicago & North Western C628’s stand with a string of ore jennies in Escanaba, MI. Another pair of the groundbreaking Alcos are on an adjacent track in the distance.

A uniquely Chicago & North Western C628/GP7 combination has dropped its train from Green Bay on a yard track in Escanaba, Michigan, and now awaits a call to return south.

CNW 6819 leads a freight across a small bridge on FRVR tracks near Marblehead, WI in March of 1992. Although much of this line, CNW's former Airline, has been torn up, this section between Fond Du... (more)

Chicago & North Western "Pioneer Coach." The latest piece of railroad equipment to emerge from the shops of David Kloke is this replica of a Welch & Launder day coach, built in 18... (more)

CNW 6703 leads a loaded ore train across the Goose Lake causeway near Marquette, MI in May of 1986. These ex-N&W C628's were always a favorite of mine.

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)

A former C&NW GE leads two U.P. GE units on westbound empties headed back to the Powder River Basin.

CNW 8501 is about to duck under the Hwy 59 overpass bear Bill, WY in May of 1991. There are now 4 tracks at this location to handle all the coal traffic.

Blasting past bountiful springtime dandelions blooming near the Cartwright Avenue grade crossing, Chicago & North Western GE C44-9W No. 8681 leads an eastbound freight through Ashton, Illinois, on... (more)