Milwaukee Road had a small fleet of RSC-2 locomotives designed with A-1-A 3 axle trucks which housed 2 traction motors each. This permitted use on light weight branch lines including the line betw... (more)

CNW 1280, SW600 and SW1 1278, SW1 are parked near the CNW station and freight house at Eau Claire Yard just east of the Putnam St. crossing. This was their regular home in between switching assign... (more)

MILW 971 arrives on the interchange/drill track at Eau Claire Tower with cars to be switched into Uniroyal Tire Co. in the background. A westbound CNW freight is about to clear the MILW/SOO diamon... (more)

UP 1819 leads local L13 past Sacred Heart Catholic Church, an Eau Claire landmark. The train operates as a turn out of Altoona, WI to Chippewa Falls interchanging traffic with Wisconsin Northern a... (more)

Job 82 shoves back to Altoona and over the Chippewa River after working EC Grow and Menards on the west side of Eau Claire.

MILW 579 enjoys some winter sun before crews put it to work on a turn to Winona, MN. Milwaukee's Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls branch generated a lot of traffic and rated 6 day a week service in the l... (more)

After spring 1973 detours, MILW was back to "normal" with their rebuilt RSC2s providing road service for their 6 day a week freight between Eau Claire and Winona, MN. SDL39s were also be... (more)

MILW 585 and 68C back their train east from their downtown Eau Claire yard onto C&NW's eastbound main track near Eau Claire tower. Once on C&NW, the train will head west to St. Paul Pig's Eye Yard... (more)

MILW 68C waits to go on duty at the boutique sized Eau Claire yard. In May 1973 the Milwaukee was detouring to Eau Claire from St. Paul via C&NW due to flooding and deteriorating track on their br... (more)

I was fortunate enough to hitch a short ride with the Milwaukee Road crew in F7A 68C while they started putting their train together in Eau Claire. This fireman side view shows the east end of the... (more)

One of the very few UP SD60Ms in service leads LTS82 back to Altoona after interchanging with the Wisconsin Northern at Norma.

LTS82 delivers 18 empty scrap gondolas to Alter Metal Recycling in Eau Claire.

LTS82B crosses the Chippewa River with a trio of SD40Ns for power.

CNW 936 was the final U30C purchased by C&NW. Here it moves west near Eau Claire tower where it will divert to the main track to Spooner and Superior with a Twin Ports bound freight. The GEs spent... (more)

LTS82 is back up to speed after successfully climbing the hill out of Chippewa Falls. In another mile or so they will stop and work Alter Scrap.