Columbia coal power rest on the service track at Portage
CP Holiday Train highballs Portage for the North Pole.
Colorful SOO power lays over at the Portage yard.
CP 2816 casts a spell on crew and onlookers during a service stop.
Built in 1926, this flatcar is still in service supporting the Car Dept. on the CP.
The westbound Empire Builder splits two coal trains at track speed as it nears Portage, Wisconsin. Scanned from slide, taken when I was 16.
CP business train west with a fresh crew at Portage Yard highballs west.
For 200 years nearly all goods flowing in and out of the upper Mississippi region passed across this strip of wetland connecting the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers near Portage. Today, the CP moves the... (more)
An eastbound ADM covered hopper train departs Portage.
This eastbound manifest is tied down on the siding waiting for a new crew.
An empty hopper train begins it's reload cycle at twilight, the first few miles into its journey to Wyoming.
A crew on a passing train was overheard to say, "You look like the old days!" as a pair of SOO bandits depart this old Milwaukee Road crew base westbound.
Additional yard power is being fueled by a local dealer.
One of the new ex-GP40X rebuilds shows off in the morning sun.
