The MALMCS is a relatively new train that has started running between Altoona, WI and Mason City, IA to handle hydraulic fracturing sand from northwestern Wisconsin in less than unit train quantit... (more)

The Triple Crown train from Chicago to Minneapolis typically passes through western Wisconsin in the cover of Darkness, but is running late this day as it crosses the Chippewa River on the north s... (more)

During the summer months this train typically makes the run from Altoona to the Twin Cities in daylight, but shorter days this time of year make this a nocturnal run. The train is a few minutes o... (more)

A hint of steam rises from the Chippewa River as a trio of SD9043MACs lead the Proviso to South Saint Paul train west just before sunrise.

The Valley Park, MN to Proviso, IL train clacks along the jointed rail of Yukon siding in Eau Claire. The rear DPU of an Altoona, WI to Mason City, IA sand train is barely visible on the main tra... (more)

The daily South Saint Paul to Proviso freight rolls across the Chippewa River bridge on a cool fall morning.

101 loads of frac sand off the Wisconsin Northern pass the former Uniroyal Tire factory on Galloway Street in Eau Claire.

A UP employee appreciation special crosses bridge crosses the Madison Street bridge in Eau Claire. The train ran from the Yard in Altoona to Chippewa Falls and back.

A loaded unit sand train accelerates west out of Eau Claire.

The rear DPU on a loaded unit sand train waits to head west by the Cascade Tissue Paper Plant in Eau Claire.

A very thick early morning fog engulfs everything in sight in a blanket of white. The red flashing and ringing crossing lights were the only indication that this Triple Crown Roadrailer train was ... (more)

A low pressure front along with a thunderstorm are riding the heels of a late Triple Crown Roadrailertrain led by a pair of Norfolk Southern locomotives head across the Chippewa River in Eau Clair... (more)

Union Pacific Olympic Unit 2002 leads a matched train of yellow locomotives and box cars across the Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WI.

The Union Pacific local job headed up the Chippewa Falls Sub a couple days after a blizzard dropped 21 inches of snow on the area. LLPX 2205 moves along as it busts through snow banks at the Eddy ... (more)

A South St. Paul bound train rumbles across jointed rail as it heads west into the sunset. The storm clouds in the distance just dumped nearly a half inch of rain 45 minutes prior to this photo.