A pair of UP SD40-2s are more than ample for the local west from Altoona, WI to Hudson and back. Led by UP 1932, built as UP 3206 in April 1973, and rebuilt as an SD40N, the power left cars at Nor... (more)

Job 82 comes into Knapp on the return trip to Altoona.

UP 1878 and 1766 bracket LTS82 as it heads down Knapp Hill.

UP 7280 heads a westbound train up Knapp hill just west of Knapp, WI. The train is down to about 20 mph with heavy sand loads supported by 3 GEs on the point and 2 more on the back as DPUs. Part o... (more)

UP's freight from Altoona, WI to South St. Paul climbs the Knapp hill grade just west of Knapp, WI. This stretch of track uses fills and cuts and replaces the "Omaha's) original right of way ... (more)

An eastbound UP freight between South St. Paul and Altoona piled up approximately 30 cars at the bottom of Knapp hill around 4 pm, Sunday, January 12. they took out the 190th St. crossing, a block... (more)

UP 7878 lead a heavy freight west up Knapp Hill between Knapp and Wilson, WI on its mainline to the Twin Cities from Altoona, WI. Trouble with signals slowed the train, so it is making quite a gri... (more)

UP 1989 leads loaded coke train ORPIK down Knapp Hill.

UP 4014 leads the Big Boy tour train down Knapp Hill.

UP 8090 heads west with sand loads near Knapp, WI on CNW's former Twin Cities mainline from Chicago. This train would have originated in Chippewa Falls or Altoona with sand cars from one or more o... (more)

UP 8090 rolls by signal 56.8 with a sand train headed for the Twin Cities, near Knapp, WI on the old C&NW Twin Cities main.

CNW 6805 splits the semaphores near Knapp, WI in March of 1990. I wish I could have cut the pole down!

NS 9923 leads 3 70 series EMDs on the head end of Phosphate train OXLRV through the small town of Knapp on a sunny winter afternoon.

CNW 972 splits the semaphores on a curve east of Knapp, WI as its train heads west from Altoona, WI to East Minneapolis, MN. This formerly double track mainline was single tracked with the ending ... (more)

Milwaukee Road's local to Eau Claire, WI was shifted to CNW trackage rights in the late 70s from their own line between Eau Claire and Trevino, WI, then CBQ trackage rights to Winona, MN. This tra... (more)