WC 6553 takes a slight detour around a de-railed Soo Line boxcar as it departs Fond Du Lac, WI in September of 1993.

CNW 4279 leads an unusual consist on ESGBA thru Stephenson, MI in October of 1988. Seems like yesterday but it was almost 30 years ago, wow......

Smell that paint! Hard to believe it's been over 20 years since brand new UP AC4400CW 6661 was photographed in Laporte, IN in September of 1997. The train is on Conrail tracks and will soon be del... (more)

Are you lost? Companion photo to 645776. MILW caboose 99225 brings up the rear of a coal train thru Belton on the CNW south of Butler Yard in January of 1985. CNW's distinctive semaphore for westb... (more)

Are you lost? MILW 28 and 29 bring a coal train thru Belton on the CNW south of Butler Yard in January of 1985. The CNW line west to Waukesha diverges here.

Just before Amtrak and the end of passenger service on the CNW, F7 4072A brings a Chicago-Milwaukee train past the Milwaukee Solvay Coke plant in Milwaukee, WI in April of 1971. Bob Ferge photo fr... (more)

CNW 6840 leads a colorful consist that is in the hole at siding Kay on CNW's New Line. The grain train is waiting for a westbound in March of 1987.

WSOR 3804 leads train HM across Hwy 167 in Richfield, WI in May of 2008. I was still shooting Fujichrome slides at this time.

55 years ago on January 21st, at approximately 2:50 am, the last North Shore trains reached their destinations of Milwaukee and Chicago for the last time. This ended many years of interurban servi... (more)

IC 2024 hits the diamond in Sullivan, IL in June of 1993. Arriving at the diamond just before a NRHS fantrip with UP 3985, the long grain train took almost 15 minutes to cross the diamond, causing... (more)

Sometimes you have to play the hand you are dealt. The weather is horrible, but when you are chasing a rare locomotive, it sometimes doesn't matter. WC's rare SDL39 #590 (ex-MILW) leads a short tr... (more)

MILW 126A creeps past the unique smashboards in Plymouth, WI in April of 1974. The boards guard the crossing of the MILW and the CNW. Chuck Porter photo from my collection.

CNW 401 leads a business train thru Oak Creek, WI in June of 1991. The train is on CNW's Old Line, which was the original passenger mainline between Chicago and Milwaukee. This was one of the clas... (more)

71 years ago, in January of 1947, Milwaukee, WI had one of their biggest blizzards in history. 19" of snow fell with drifts 4 feet or more high. It shut the city down completely as people act... (more)

CNW's Marshfield depot in October of 1973. Bob Ferge photo from my collection.