Finally after a summer of not catching the elusive local west out of Chippewa Falls, my son Rob and I lucked into it while shooting a few fall color photos near Wheeler, WI. We got ahead of the ea... (more)

SOO 1003 makes its Janesville departure as it heads for Chicago.

CNW 8055 crosses Middle Fork Creek near Ingram, WI in November of 1990. This seasonal ore train to Escanaba, MI is operating on WC (ex-SOO) line trackage. This eastbound will meet the west bound h... (more)

UP 4014 leads the tour train south across Grassy Point.

UP 4014 crosses a trestle in Boylston, WI.

UP 4014 crosses the Nemadji River trestle south of Boyleston and the village of Superior with its Great Race Across the Midwest steam special. The former Soo Line bridge is now owned by BNSF with ... (more)

CN 3880, a new CN GE ES44AC sporting the new 'CN 100' scheme, leads a southbound over the Oshkosh, WI bridge.

A hunter's quiet retreat is interrupted by the rumble of a passing Soo Line mixed train over the St. Croix River, luckily, the engineer was a friend of the hunter and they exchanged waves. In r... (more)

For me chasing trains is like fishing, waiting around for ages and then making a catch. I don't throw it back though!!

Soo Line 6028 crosses Florida Street as it departs Milwaukee, WI in December of 1995. The train is on the former Milwaukee Road C&M subdivision.

CNW 6869 crosses Crawford Creek near Ambridge, WI in September of 1993.

BNSF 4269 leads a Z train across the St. Croix River leaving Minnesota for some fast running along the Mississippi River on Wisconsin's west coast on its way to Chicago.

Three SD45s whisk Wisconsin Central train No. 44 southbound across Pebble Brook north of Vernon, Wisconsin, on a sunny July 1, 1995.

CNW 6843 crosses the small arched bridge over Kowald Road near Ingle, WI in January of 1989. Chasing a train on CNW's Adams Line was always a bit of a challenge as the line ran diagonally thru thi... (more)

CNW 6916 brings an ore train over the ancient bridge crossing the Escanaba River (and E&LS) in Escanaba, MI in June of 1988. The SD40-2's replaced the Alco 628's and were quickly replaced by SD50/... (more)