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)

After making its station stop at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Amtrak’s Empire Builder departs on June 28, 1993. The westbound train is approaching the N. 25th Street overpass on Soo Line’s former Mil... (more)

Soo Line train 12 uses the connection track at Duplainville, Wisconsin, as it heads toward Milwaukee on August 1, 1987. Powering the train is a pair of Soo EMD GP9s, a GP35 and a former Milwaukee ... (more)

Burlington Northern train 143 marches westbound over the Wisconsin River Bridge near Prairie du Chien at Crawford, Wisconsin, on the warm morning of July 30, 1995.

Two cowls and an AC
Wisconsin Central train 45 descends Byron Hill at Hamilton, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 11, 1996. Powering the westbound train that is nearing the crew chang... (more)

Canadian National train 348, led by EMD SD50F “cowl” No. 5444, grinds up Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the morning of July 31, 2005.

Soo Line train 11, powered by EMD GP30 Nos. 716 and 703, slowly moves west toward Duplainville, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of July 26, 1987. As the train approaches the Springdale Road grade cros... (more)