These were trying times in the 1980s. The railroads were beginning to recover from the 1970s. Train crews were getting smaller, cabooses were gone, Conrail was turning away loose car traffic in fa... (more)
The brand new yard is being built for the Superior Silica sand plant located at Poskin, Wisconsin. Now Canadian National, this line used to be operated by the Soo Line railroad and then by the Wis... (more)
Ballast train from Dresser, WI eases down the new siding towards River Junction Yard. The crew would roll through the yard until told at the last minute they had a pick-up which they were less th... (more)
Forty years ago, in 1973, the last train rumbled across this line. Today, this is a place for the intrepid explorer to enjoy solitude while pondering the vestiges of a lost way of rural life. It... (more)
September 11th, 1996 - The day that the Southern Pacific was officially merged with the Union Pacific. And on that day, Southern Pacific GP40-2 7677 was found in the SP's yard in City of Industry... (more)