The ballast train approaches the north-south mainline and will continue at a slow pace until the train is safely past the residences and bar. The north-south main is the center track, while the fo... (more)

The ballast train progresses over the crossing as the conductor has climbed back on board. Th interchange is CTC controlled so switches are handled by dispatchers.

With the highway flagged and the gates lowered, CN 2835 creeps across old Hwy 10 keeping the speed under 10 mph. Point Brewing is local favorite brewed in neighboring Stevens Point, location of th... (more)

The train paused for the conductor to jump off and flag old Hwy 10. Note the gates had not yet lowered. Chet and Irenes bar has no doubt witnessed 1000s of trains at this location over the years.

CN 2835 and its crew got underway at Junction City, WI, diverging from the mainline on a tight curve between residences and a tavern. Not much clearance for those satellite dishes.

Junction City, WI is a small hamlet in the middle of the state where old US 10 parallels CN's Chicago-Duluth mainline and crosses CN's line from northern Wisconsin to New Lisbon, WI. The former wa... (more)

Two CN 70M-2s lead a southbound manifest into the small town of Junction City, WI, just north of Stevens Point.

Westbound WC train 5 approaching Junction City

What's on tap??? Point of course! WC 4010 heads north at Junction City in March of 1993. Stevens Point, home of Point Beer, is only a few miles east of here, hence the Point Beer sign.

Southbound WC train 12 near Junction City

A CNW coal train operating in conjunction with Wisconsin Central stops short of the diamond crossing the Wisconsin Central mainline. The train is on the former Milwaukee Road line from Necedah, WI... (more)

CNW's Duluth-Chicago service moved off their own rails to a combination of former Soo/Milw trackage after they sold a portion of their line to Wisconsin Central. At Junction City the ITPRA exits t... (more)

One of the former EMD SD70ACe demos is in charge of CN train M345 at Junction City Wis.

L070 waits in the clear as T05 heads west behind two SD45s and a GP30.

The former ATSF 811 is doing a job it's quite familiar with; pulling hot stack trains. Although the paint and scenery are a bit different, I'm sure this unit feels right at home at the point of Q1... (more)