WICT 106 leads a Wisconsin Chapter NRHS trip up Juda Hill in October of 1988 for a photo run-by. This train is on ex-MILW tracks. Tickets were either $30 or $35 for the all day excursion.

It may be a dreary day in February of 1988, but you tend to ignore that when CNW 6000 is your prey. It's the one and only SD-CAT on the roster, a SD45 rebuilt with a Caterpillar prime mover. CNW 6... (more)

CNW 954 enjoys the company of a GP7 and former Southern Ry. SD24 at Altoona, WI as it gets a servicing stop at the engine facility. the sand tower and fueling are behind the unit, and the roundhou... (more)

Soo Line 754 brings a freight thru Allenton, WI in August of 1984. Hard to believe this was almost 33 years ago! This line became Lake States, then Wisconsin Central, and is now an important part ... (more)

Soo Line EMD SD40 No. 744 leads train No. 498 through Brookfield, Wisconsin, on a snowy January 25, 1990.

It’s nearing the end of the blue hour on December 3, 1990, when an eastbound Soo Line freight thunders through Brookfield, Wisconsin, in the middle of a snowstorm. Soon, greater darkness will en... (more)

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)

Where's the train? The tracks are still in but the C&O no longer serves the carferry in Milwaukee, WI. The lower level now hold autos, not freight cars. There were 3 car ferries that carried RR fr... (more)

WC/ATSF 5399 leads 6 units, 5 of them still lettered and painted for the ATSF, into CNW's Butler yard in December of 1994.

It looks like the CNW but it's actually the FRVR. CNW 5529 leads a FRVR train past the wig-wags on Hwy NN near West Bend, WI in January of 1989.

WC 3021 crosses Fond Du Lac Drive as it departs Rugby Jct., WI in May of 1997.

SOO 4447 switches Jones Island in Milwaukee, WI in April of 1997. In the foreground is the cement boat J.A.W. Iglehart. Built in 1936 as the ocean going tanker Pan-Amoco, it was rebuilt in 1965 as... (more)

Amtrak 356 crosses over at the crest of Lake Hill with a southbound Hiawatha in December of 1994. A freight waits in the background while another is in the siding.