Winter weather has finally arrived in earnest in Wisconsin. Snow and wind started to impact central and southern Wisconsin yesterday. The added difficulty of railroading in the snow has delayed th... (more)

CN 5469 and 5419 lead a roughly 9 hour late L506 out of Somerset. Getting this train in decent light is an extremely rare occurrence. The last time I shot them westbound on a sunny afternoon was J... (more)

In an extremely rare mid day appearance, L517 heads west behind a very clean recently reactivated BC Rail C40-8M. With a washout around Stanley WI, L516/L517's schedules were thrown completely out... (more)

CN L517 is finally about to cross into Minnesota as this sunny but cold day draws to a close.

Running nearly nine hours behind it's normal schedule, CN L517 rolls across Western Wisconsin on this cold clear day.

A late-running 517 crosses Wisconsin Highway 128.

A late-running 517 comes down the hill west of Somerset approaching the St. Croix High Bridge.

Shooting trains on this bridge is tough, given they only run two trains a day across here. On top of that, the eastbound is almost always at night. Luckily the schedule was thrown off recently a... (more)

Cold and wintry conditions have pushed schedules back and late morning finds train 517 approaching the St. Croix High Bridge and Minnesota.

The only eastbound train across the St. Croix High Bridge normally crosses this structure at night. Cold and wintry conditions have pushed schedules back far enough to allow this rare late-morning... (more)

Eastbound Soo Line freight train crossing the St. Croix River at Somerset, Wisconsin, in October 1974. The photographer, Wallace W. Abbey worked for the Soo from 1959 to 1970 and designed its red ... (more)

A late-running 517 train for the twin cities slices through the fresh snow in western Wisconsin. 20 inches of fresh snow has slowed down operations on the CN Minneapolis Sub. Normally a nocturnal ... (more)

Whoosh! A pair of SD75Is crash through the fresh snow at a rural crossing in western Wisconsin. 20 inches of fresh snow has slowed down operations on the CN Minneapolis Sub. Normally a nocturnal r... (more)

20 inches of fresh snow has slowed down operations on the CN Minneapolis Sub. Normally a nocturnal run, the weather has bumped the 517 back to a rare afternoon trip. A pair of icy SD75Is slow appr... (more)

The view looking forward from my Engineers seat as we crossed the St. Croix River bridge on the CN's Minneapolis Sub. This bridge is 180 feet high.