CNW 6858 is ready to depart the Oak Creek Power Plant with an empty coal train in March of 1989. Chessie power was common at this time and the CNW unit on the point was required for signals on the... (more)

SOO 4402 and CP 3015 are seen here at Puetz Road taking an Eastbound train down the CP C&M Sub.

FRVR 2401 is about to cross Oakwood Road in Oak Creek, WI on fine March day in 1990. The train is on CNW's New Line heading for Proviso. Although seldom photographed south of Milwaukee, the FRV tr... (more)

CNW 6834 leads a colorful consist thru Oak Creek, WI in November of 1991. The freshly painted unit is on the ex-passenger mainline, commonly known as the "Old Line". The herald on the no... (more)

Not what it appears to be. What appears to be a CNW train led by GP30 #820, is actually a Fox River Valley train heading south on CNW's New Line in Oak Creek ,WI. Crews have not yet had time to re... (more)

CNW 401 leads a business train thru Oak Creek, WI in June of 1991. The train is on CNW's Old Line, which was the original passenger mainline between Chicago and Milwaukee. This was one of the clas... (more)

CNW caboose 10367 trails a southbound freight on CNW's New Line in Oak Creek, WI in July of 1987. The train has just passed under HWY 100, also know as Ryan Road. The pole line just visible in the... (more)

CNW's Oak Creek, WI depot is unused and in disrepair in September of 1986. Located on CNW's Old Line (the Milwaukee-Chicago passenger mainline), this was a busy location at one time with several l... (more)

Amtrak 399 leads a Baby Builder past Puetz Road in Oak Creek, WI in January of 1993. I think this train originated in the Twin Cities due to issues further west.

We are aboard CNW 4479 as it heads to switch the fertilizer plant in Carrolville, WI in January of 1991. Once a busy industrial area, this is all that left to switch at this time. Lake Michigan is... (more)

Several beat up flatcars and trailers are part of a hospital train of wrecked cars heading to CNW's Butler Yard in April of 1986.

CNW 5515 brings a freight past the CNW depot in Oak Creek, WI in February of 1991. The train is on CNW's Old Line, which was the passenger mainline between Chicago and Milwaukee.

Buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride! Amtrak Empire Builder #8 is taking the siding at Lake to pass a Soo Line freight on the mainline in November of 1997. I'm not sure why the dispatcher did ... (more)

The little engine that could, or old meets new. CNW GP7 4287 leads a UP C40-8 thru Oak Creek, WI in March of 1992. Notable in this unusual consist are the auto frames coming from A.O. Smith.

Mopac caboose 10358 brings up the rear of a CNW coal train in Oak Creek, WI in January of 1987.