December in Wisconsin
The skies are leaden and scenery umber, with many shades between, fading to the horizon. A skiff of snow over harvested fields brightens the scene, but chilly wind... (more)

Soo Line train 203, an auto parts train to the Twin cities, is westbound at Duplainville, Wisconsin, led by Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 174, on April 12, 1987.

On its very first run, brand new Chicago & North Western GE C44-9W No. 8603 is paired up with vintage C&NW GP7 No. 4323 switching a train of coal empties on the spur into Sheboygan Power Plant at ... (more)

MILW 605 works the Beer Line in Milwaukee, WI in February of 1983. Once an important line in the area, almost all traces of the are gone now since Schlitz stopped brewing "The Beer That Made ... (more)

Wig wag quartet
Wisconsin Central’s ANPRA train heads southbound out of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on July 20, 1996. The Proviso-bound train is traveling on WC’s Fox Valley & Western, ... (more)

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Budd-built streamliner crosses the Fox River at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on September 30, 1993. This classy Zephyr from the Illino... (more)

A low angle on Wisconsin Central train 50 curving through Rugby, Wisconsin, on a sunny April 14, 1997—powered by a pair of EMD cowls—F45 No. 6656 and FP45 No. 6652.

Canadian Pacific train 580 passes the abandoned elevated signal tower at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on the morning of May 12, 1996. The tower at one time controlled nearby grade crossing signals and g... (more)

Beneath the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, skyline, Soo Line train 199 curves toward the North 25th Street overpass on the afternoon of September 12, 1987. The train is led by two former Milwaukee Road EMD... (more)

For several years in the early 1990’s, Amtrak would borrow some equipment from Chicago’s Metra to sub for Amtrak trains on the Chicago to Milwaukee “Hiawatha” corridor on Thanksgiving week... (more)

AMTK 408 gets a refill of fuel and water at its La Crosse, WI stop with train 18, the North Coast Hiawatha. Soon it will be on its way to Milwaukee and Chicago, having originated in Seattle, WA. N... (more)

An Escanaba & Lake Superior passenger extra passes the depot at Stiles Junction, Wisconsin, on August 29, 1987. The train is operating from Crivitz to Green Bay on the former Milwaukee Road line f... (more)

In June 1984, Golden Arrow Lines operated excursions on the Central Wisconsin Railroad Company route between Waukesha and Whitewater, Wisconsin. Passing the Nite Cap Inn at Palmyra is one of the e... (more)

Not long after departing East Winona, Green Bay & Western train 2 rambles through Wisconsin farm country at Marshland on the morning of December 5, 1992. The eastbound train is powered by a quarte... (more)

Not a bad neighborhood—but it’s sure noisy at times
Taking up residence behind the background of a Union Switch and Signal Company searchlight signal on the Soo Line’s westbound m... (more)