Holiday Lights?- No, just colorful Alco/MLW class-lights. Shot from within the cab's brow- the need for these lights have gone the way of most other interesting locomotive features, in today's les... (more)

Break In The Storm - A break in a late afternoon storm, that has adjacent O'hare airport shut down, produces this convenient surprise.

Where They At? - The level of concern is apparent in Operator Ray Kucaba 's stance. A tardy Union Pacific light engine move has his plant tied up in the heat of the weekday afternoon Chicago rus... (more)

Saturation- A cold November rain falls on a 3rd shift that's just getting started. Night's like these is good to be the Engineer. By dawn, this crews Switchmen will be wet to the core.

Riding With Dad - Dad was an Engineer with the Milw/SOO/CP... I shot this in late winter 92'. This was one of the last trips taken with dad. It wasn't a couple months later, that I graduated from ... (more)

Test Car- The annual tour of the CN test car, pauses for a meet with a CN northbound in the new Super Siding at Ackerville. WSOR's ML job, goes about its business, working its way back into Milwau... (more)

Ecco Extra- Spring rain stops long enough to get a reflection shot off of a favorite local establishment's heavyweight coaches. Engineer Matt Heeren, cautiously eases down to the CN Home Signal at... (more)

Summer Splendor- Last rays of a lovely summer day, radiate thru the clouds and front windows of one of GE's finest.. All thats left to do is is sit, and take it all in... This train is going nowhe... (more)

Owning the golden hour - We owned the golden hour this day. 486 blasts east uphill out of Portage and into Wyocena on CP's Watertown Sub.

Morning Duck Under- The suns just coming up on this CN local, but in essence it's acting like its setting.. In seconds the sun will be gone above a thick blanket of clouds, not to be seen until an... (more)

Adams Line Splendor- Fall color has hit central Wisconsin. MVPPR slides into view, shot off one of the many rustic wooden bridges in Green Lake County. Not long on trains, the old CNW Adam's line ... (more)

White brow - IC 1030 sports its unique white number boards, while shooting the gap at Rugby jct.

Back For The Attack

Anniversary Duo- WC's 10th anniversary and the state of Wisconsin's Susquentennial (100 year anniversary) prompted them to paint this GP40 into what became known as the WC "map" unit. A couple we... (more)

Tundra- Braving the elements, this BCOL Dash-8 is no stranger to cold and snow, Its just another winter night for this beast.