CNW 152 and 1634 sit at the Altoona engine facility waiting to be sanded and refueled. CNW 152's 3 digit number reveals its original CSTM&O (CMO) ownership. The unit was built for the "Omaha&... (more)

CNW 1281 sits at the roundhouse in Altoona, WI waiting to have some servicing done. This rare SW600 and its sister, CNW 1280, were the only two ever purchased by a class 1 railroad, basically an S... (more)

UP 1977 and SD40-2 & SD60 mates handle heavy switching at Altoona as they put together G3, an Altoona to Rochelle, IL freight. The two SD40-2s are about as good as it gets for decent looking UP po... (more)

CNW 889 slows to leave the eastbound main at the Altoona depot and will park its train in a siding to the right of the switch engine which is waiting on the eastbound main to complete switching an... (more)

CNW 889 tops the grade up from the Eau Claire River as it arrives in Altoona with an eastbound freight. The track going left from the switch serves the TOFC ramp. The train will be switched and ch... (more)

CNW 7015 crosses the Eau Claire River in Altoona, WI. in February of 1990.

LTS72 departs Altoona with 20 empties destined for Hi-Crush's Valley sand plant.

The other Altoona.....CNW 6926 arrives at the yard in Altoona, WI. in March of 1990. We would spend the rest of the day chasing the outbound train that is ready to depart.

NS 4060 leads a quartet of NS power on the Union Pacific at Altoona, WI. The crew is doubling over some tracks to complete assembly of their Altoona to Adams, WI bound train. Once assembled and ai... (more)

LTS82 returns to Altoona after working industries on the Chippewa Falls Sub and interchanging with the Wisconsin Northern at Norma. The Eau Claire River bridge was constructed in 1898, and housed ... (more)

UP 1938 & 1820, SD40-2s, lead local L83 across the Eau Claire River bridge between Eau Claire & Altoona as the train approaches Altoona Yard to tie up. This local operates Monday, Wednesday & Frid... (more)

EMD siblings line up at Altoona. SD40-2 no. 6821 is from the second order of SD40-2s that CNW made and was received in February 1974, just as I went to work for C&NW. It survived the UP merger reb... (more)

A UP trio of road power sits near a wye at Altoona Yard awaiting their next assignment while a pair of SD40-2s handles switching at the east end of the yard. That's a far cry from the days when C&... (more)

LTS82 is almost back home to Altoona as they traverse the 1898 built Eau Claire River Bridge.

CNW 932 was one of seven U30Cs acquired by C&NW in between multiple orders of SD45s in early 1968. This I believe was the only one painted in the scheme shown. This variation was tried from the la... (more)