Where it all began.... This sign in front of the carferry terminal in Kewaunee, WI says it all. GB&W Alco's used to load and unload carferries here. Little remains today as this area is all houses... (more)

Richter Vinegar Corp. #20 sits in the CNW yard near the malting plant in Manitowoc, WI in November of 1964. Richter's facility was in Manitowoc. This car is now at the Green Bay RR museum. John In... (more)

CNW 6721 leads train ESGBA across the Menominee River between Menominee, MI and Marinette, WI in May of 1986. I miss those big ole Alco's.....

CP 6704 switches one of the Detroit-Windsor railroad ferries in Windsor, ON in October of 1962. Little is left of railroads in this area today. John Ingles Kodachrome from my collection.

UP's E-units didn't make a lot of trips to Wisconsin, so you did what you could to shoot them when they did make an appearance, even if it was after the sun had set. Here they are westbound at Oak... (more)

CNW Days! Everything is CNW in this shot, from the locomotives to the water tower. Proviso Yard, 11/94.

Ann Arbor carferry No.7 underwent a major re-fit in Superior, WI over the winter of 1964/65. The boat would re-emerge as the Viking. One of the major modifications was to repower the boat with fo... (more)

In August of 1964, John Ingles was aboard a car ferry (probably Ann Arbor No. 7 or the Arthur Atkinson) about to dock at the Soo Line facility in Manitowoc, WI. A maroon Soo Line Alco can be seen ... (more)

That is a strange caboose! Amtrak Heritage unit #161 trails Amtrak #7, the Empire Builder, thru Franksville, WI on June 2, 2021. The unit is heading to the Twin Cities for some weekend festivities... (more)

A pair of FM switchers works the joint MILW/CNW Menominee Belt Line in Milwaukee in June of 1975. My brother and I would spend most of this day riding with the crews. This line still exists, but m... (more)

CNW's St. Francis Tower was a busy place at one time. It controlled the junction between the passenger mainline to downtown Milwaukee and the freight bypass to Butler. It also controlled the junct... (more)

UP 9476 brings a CNW freight into Clinton, IA in September of 1993 under the watchful eye of the iconic "Mr. Peanut".

Soo Line 746 hammers the WC crossing at Duplainville, WI in November of 1992.

WSOR 4050 departs Janesville, WI with train T004 on October 10, 2014. There is a lot more traffic now compared to the WICT test train shots from this line that I posted recently.

WICT 901 passes some billboards near the Hwy 120 overpass just east of Zenda, WI. This test train will terminate at Fox Lake, IL after a 10 mph jaunt from Janesville. I think the billboards are st... (more)