UP manifest is greeted by the cut-out girls from Petticoat Junction at SBD. Unlike in the TV show, Engineer Charlie Pratt will not be making any unscheduled stops with the Cannonball to go fishin... (more)

Word is the UP is retiring many SD40-2s, get em while you can..

Crossing Buffalo Lake on a pleasant summer's eve..

MPRSS heads through Rusk, WI a small town east of Menominee.

MPRSS pulling out of Altoona Yard.

MPRSS just west of Eau Claire with a CNW patched SD40-2.

UP's Proviso-St. Paul manifest rolls under the old CNW coaling tower at Clyman Jct. with a set out. Milepost 276 is the distance from the Twin Cities. Train will make set out, re-couple to their... (more)

Freshly-patched UP 2960, ex-CNW 6811, splits the signals at Pilgrim Road.

The Altoona Sub follows Highway 12 close as seen here as MPRSS rolls through the farm fields just west of Eau Claire.

MPRSS pulls out of Altoona Yard and prepares to double up their train.

The sign reads "Petticoat Junction" under the cut-out sillhouettes of the girls at the water tank in the back yard of a neighbor next to the UP. This line is a haven for spartan cabs, but usually... (more)

Eastbound from Altoona to Adams, 8:48 AM.

MPRSS heads just west of Elk Mound with freight for St. Paul.

UP's manifest Proviso to South St. Paul has WC power on the point on this fine summer evening. Train is in the hole at Clyman to meet one, before heading west.

UP manifest heads west across County Rd. E and a pair of wig wags. The block signals replaced semaphores back in the '80's. Wigwags & tri-light block signals were replaced by gates/flashers & ho... (more)