WSOR 4050 was stopped just east of Janesville, WI in October of 2010 so that the crew can inspect a problem with one of the units.

CP 2297 blasts thru Sturtevant, WI with a local Patrol (their term for wayfreight) on July 27, 2017.

FRVR 4159 works LC Siding in Combined Locks, WI in December of 1992.

Big MAC Going Solo. KCS 3910 is all by itself on a 126 car CPKC 247 this afternoon, as it slowly makes its way west out of Milwaukee. You really can't beat the Southern Belle paint scheme a... (more)

FRVR 4508 departs the yard at North Fond du Lac, WI in January of 1993. Ahead lies a trip down the ex-CNW Airline to Milwaukee (Butler). A portion of this line from Fond du Lac to Eden is still in... (more)

FRVR 2401 is about to duck under Ryan Road in Oak Creek, WI on fine March day in 1990. The train is on CNW's New Line heading from Butler to Proviso Yard. Photos of FRV trains north of Milwaukee o... (more)

Spent the weekend in October fall colors. Traffic on Saturday was a little slow, but trains came in bunches on Sunday morning. I was surprised to see some of the older Dash 9s running around, incl... (more)

As more MACs got delivered, the BNSF used them on longer ore trains that ran out of Minnesota's Iron Range. Here a trio of MACs roll down the Aurora Sub with ore bound for Granite City. The train ... (more)

A Grand Forks to Kansas City manifest train rolls south along the Mississippi River near Victory on the BNSF Aurora Sub. The train is working towards Galesburg and then west on the Transcon to KC.... (more)

As slow as this Q train was going, I wouldn't be surprised if the date "22" was the January date out of Seattle! A 1x1 South Seattle to Chicago intermodal is doing all it can to save fue... (more)

Many people enjoyed a warmer October weekend along the upper Mississippi. Hunters, fishermen, and tourists were out in full force on or along the river. Hunters, fishermen, and tourists were out i... (more)

An icon along the Aurora Sub at Genoa is this Tobacco Pool Building. Many great shots have been published over the years from this location. The railroad has sure changed over the years, and even ... (more)

BNSF 7695 leads a unit train up the St. Croix Sub into Bay City, WI back in March. Apparently this unit had just turned 20 years old when I took this photo, hard to believe it's been that long.

Not the CNW? Fox River Valley 4508 skirts the shore of Lake Winnebago as it leads a freight thru Oshkosh, WI in January of 1993. The classic CNW semaphore was used as the approach to the Fox River... (more)

CNW 4133 works the warehouse just east of the Summerfest grounds in Milwaukee's Third Ward in August of 1984. This was once the "Route of the 400" when CNW's Lakefront depot was still in... (more)