CNW 876 emerges from the fog near Blodgett, IL on CNW's New Line in March of 1985.

On August 10, 1985, Streamline Excursions, Inc. sponsored the "Return of the 400," a round trip passenger excursion between Amtrak's St. Paul-Minneapolis Midway Station to Eau Claire, Wi... (more)

Leasers…add Life!

Paraphrasing the familiar mid-‘70’s Coca-Cola advertising slogan from the billboard in the photo, one of the ways that the drab monotony of the ex-PC power... (more)

A westbound Chicago & North Western coal train changes crews at Butler, Wisconsin, late in the afternoon of April 20, 1985. This is the first time I saw locomotives from all three of southeastern ... (more)

CNW 4144 rocks and rolls at 10 mph as it approaches Plymouth, WI in July of 1985. The train is bringing 2 empty cars for loading at Kraft Cheese. This line would be abandoned soon after this shot ... (more)

CNW 4279 has a wreck train in tow as it heads north thru Oak Creek, WI on CNW's Old Line in April of 1986. Check out the bent Trailer Train car and the partial truck trailer still attached!

Casting a beautiful mirror image in a perfectly calm Goose Lake in October of 1988, CNW 6898 leads a loaded ore train to its final destination of Escanaba, MI.

While still working for CNW I had the chance to visit hometown, Eau Claire, WI and managed to capture train 472 heading east toward Altoona as it went under the old highway 53 bridge on Eau Claire... (more)

The CNW had a pretty good derailment on their Shoreline Division in Mequon, WI in March of 1985. As the derailment happened right along the Interstate, getting a photo was pretty much a quick stop... (more)

A trio of CNW SD40-2's, led by 6897, brings an empty ore train across the causeway at Goose Lake in Michigan in June of 1988. The SD40-2's replaced the Alco C628's and were quickly replaced by SD5... (more)

CNW train 406 rumbles southward into Haugen, WI on its way from Spooner to Altoona. Here it is crossing Bear Creek at the southeast end of Bear Lake. A Conrail SD40-2 adds a little unusual color t... (more)

A pair of CNW EMDs leads a pair of CSX EMDs on a severely delayed "Night Crawler," the nightly transfer between CNW's Proviso Yard and CSX's Barr Yard in Riverdale. Tom Golden photo.

CNW 6720 is about to duck under Hwy M35 with a lod of iron-ore for Escanaba. Photo taken in August of 1984

The abandoned loading platform only emphasizes just how bent up this gondola is. Photographed on Jones Island in Milwaukee in May of 1983.

Empty hoppers roll west thru downtown Omaha on the Union Pacific mainline.