After waiting for a Southbound, Y501 has crossed the CN and continues the Eastbound trek towards Milwaukee.

There are three trains within this one frame! Starting at the top, we have a southbound Wisconsin & Southern freight that has just completed work in the Ackerville yard and is preparing for depart... (more)

CN Empty ballast train O491 pulls up to Ackerville siding awaiting a fresh crew to take north to Stevens Point with a pair of Iron Range SD40s.

A pair of Wisconsin & Southern trains swap power in the small yard in Ackerville, WI along Canadian National's former Wisconsin Central main line. This view is from the Route 164 overpass which sp... (more)

A quartet of Wisconsin Central EMD 20-cylinder locomotives power train 51 at Ackerville, Wisconsin, on April 16, 1997. On the lead is WC’s only FP45, No. 6652, followed by F45 No. 6656, SD45 No.... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 45 works out of Ackerville, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 11, 1996. Powering the westbound train is a pair of EMD F45 “cowls”, Nos. 6650 and 6653, along with a ne... (more)

IC 1012 leads this Northbound passed Ackerville Wisconsin. Its always nice to see some classic EMD power leading a road train in 2022

Two BC Rail GE's, the leader being a Dash 9 and the trailer being a C40-8M, slowly roll north in Ackerville, Wisconsin. In charge of Q119, the veteran GE's will soon meet a southbound.

On a sunny afternoon, southbound train Q198 rolls through Ackerville, WI. Bringing up the rear as the DPU is CN ET44AC #3115, the British Columbia Railway heritage unit. Q198 runs from Fairview Ya... (more)

WAMX 3893 switches the small interchange yard in Ackerville, WI on November 7, 2020. A northbound CN freight awaits a new crew on the adjacent track.

A pair of WSOR geeps switch out the CN interchange in Ackerville.

WC GP40 no. 3012 leads two SD45s on a southbound freight between Ackerville and Rugby Jct., WI on its way to Chicago from Fond du Lac, WI. It was delayed a bit by a meet at Marsh, north of here, ... (more)

WSOR 101 leads a business train thru Ackerville on May 11, 2009. The WSOR freight working the yard was icing on the cake! This is one of the last rolls of Provia slide film I shot.

I was expecting to go north to simply catch local power, the Byron hill helper set, and common power; the last thing everyone expected was a BC Rail C40-8M to lead north. Here it is rolling past ... (more)

Winter is my favorite time of year to visit the WSOR up north. Blue skies, fresh snow, cold temperatures and plenty of SD40's...you can't go wrong. Shortly after exiting home rails at Slinger and ... (more)