CN 3850 and a second Tier 4 mate round the curve south of Superior, WI in the town of Bennett at County Hwy L with a long manifest freight headed for Chicago. This trackage was formerly C&NW/WC, o... (more)

CN SD60 5424 and mate lead a manifest freight south from Superior, WI at Gordon, WI on the former Wisconsin Central main. This segment is X-C&NW, and will switch over to X-SOO in less than a quart... (more)

With heavier snow starting to descend, Wisconsin & Southern’s fan favorite road train crawls to a halt just north of Waukesha, WI due to a cold shutdown issue with one of the trailing motors.

After spring 1973 detours, MILW was back to "normal" with their rebuilt RSC2s providing road service for their 6 day a week freight between Eau Claire and Winona, MN. SDL39s were also be... (more)

MILW 585 and 68C back their train east from their downtown Eau Claire yard onto C&NW's eastbound main track near Eau Claire tower. Once on C&NW, the train will head west to St. Paul Pig's Eye Yard... (more)

MILW 68C waits to go on duty at the boutique sized Eau Claire yard. In May 1973 the Milwaukee was detouring to Eau Claire from St. Paul via C&NW due to flooding and deteriorating track on their br... (more)

I was fortunate enough to hitch a short ride with the Milwaukee Road crew in F7A 68C while they started putting their train together in Eau Claire. This fireman side view shows the east end of the... (more)

WAMX 3894 leads a WSOR grain train West through Hartford.

An eastbound Burlington Northern intermodal train rolls along the bank of the Mississippi River through Victory, Wisconsin, late in the afternoon of October 12, 1991. Behind EMD GP50 No. 3127 and ... (more)

One reason it's hard to find a train on the old route of the 400 is that UP runs land barges. This eastbound Altoona to Adams manifest took more than 5 minutes to cross hwy M at this location just... (more)

Happy New Years! It would appear that CN might have won after all. Here we see CN 3833 leading a trio of KCS power through North La Crosse, WI on CP. Did CN maybe skip the KCS and buy CP?

A privately owned collection of Milwaukee Road bay window cabooses look more like a caboose cemetery than a display in Prairie Du Chien. The group includes both flat side and horizontal ribbed exa... (more)

HLCX 1042 makes its first Fox Valley & Lake Superior Rail System trip down to Kimberly under the ID of AP201. HLCX 1042 was rebuilt from a CNW unit returning to home country under a new paint sche... (more)

CP's local makes its way down the Milwaukee Road's old branch line to Racine to switch the Johnson Wax complex.

WAMX 3890 leads WSOR T4 South past the historic depot in Whitewater.