CNW 6905 is about to duck under Hwy 13/151 near Bertram, IA, just east of Cedar Rapids, on a nice Fall day in October of 1989.

CSXT 3452 leads an ethanol train thru Caledonia, WI on CP's C&M Sub on June 14th, 2020.

CP 8076 leads an eastbound freight thru Franksville, WI on CP's C&M Sub on May 13th, 2020. Line poles, once commonplace, are an increasingly rare find, especially on a busy double track mainline. ... (more)

A pair of CN GP9RM's splits the signals as they depart Byron, WI for the Quad Graphics plant just south of here in October of 2012. These units were quite a sight to see in an era of new GE's and ... (more)

CP's car ferry Trailer Princess departs Nanaimo, B.C. in August of 1972. Originally built as a LST for WW II, it was converted to a car ferry for the CP and is still in use as a logging ship/platf... (more)

GT 6202 (ex-DT&I 202) brightens a gloomy day as it brings a transfer thru Blue Island, IL in November of 1990. Hard to believe this was 31 years ago.....

Amtrak is only a few days old as MILW 31C leads a Chicago-Milwaukee train past Lake Tower/depot in May of 1971. 31C was used in this service for several years in both MILW and Amtrak paint. Bob Fe... (more)

Soo Line 2228A leads a freight thru Granville, WI in February of 1980. You don't realize just how nice an EMD F-unit looked until you see one without the headlight in the nose! Bob Ferge image fro... (more)

UP 9160 leads an eastbound freight thru the Feather River Canyon in May of 1994.

CN's railroad ferry, the SS Lansdowne crosses the Detroit River in June of 1965. The unique side wheeler is carrying a load of brand new Massey Ferguson combines. It is amazing how many railroad f... (more)

CSXT 5764 hammers the crossing at Fostoria, OH in June of 1993. This unit would later be painted in a vintage ACL/SCL paint scheme.

What one would think is 2 ore trains meeting in the UP of Michigan, is actually a meet at Rock siding on CNW's Adams Line in southern Wisconsin. These seasonal ore trains would run from Duluth/Sup... (more)

Reading heritage unit 1067 leads CP 384 through Franksville, WI. on CP's C&M Sub on August 20, 2021. Heritage units NS 4002 and CP 6644 trail, making for quite a lash-up. 1067 left the Twin Cities... (more)

WICT 616 has picked up a string of coal cars and is about to depart Waukesha, WI for the slow trip to Madison on a nice Winter day in January of 1989. This section of ex-MILW track along Hwy 164 (... (more)

CNW GP40 5500 leads train PRGBA across the Manitowoc River in Manitowoc, WI in August of 1988. The train is on CNW's Shoreline, which is a bike trail today a few miles north of here. The bridge is... (more)