Northbound train around the wye, and today has extra loco, switcher WC/CN 1571

Daily patrol shuffling fertilizer hoppers. Different this day is SW engine being ferried to Stevens Point for service.

Waiting for eastbounds before heading to Ladysmith.

Father-in-law worked most of his life in and outside of this building.

Pulling empty coal hoppers and boxcars from one of five paper mills in the area.

Everyday switching job at the paper mill, sorting boxcars of baled pulp and tankers of clay.

Fifth little CN geep seen in central Wisconsin. Use varies from yard switching to mainline trains, leading WC SD-45's!

Historic display of the Bancroft depot, which was moved to Plover Historic Village

Oily malfunction of WC 1560, dead in tow.

Yard switcher running west past the Amtrak Depot.

Westbound picks up cars from the yard. And for a half hour the tail of their train blocked the BNSF at Grand Crossing!

Pulling 87 empty ballast hoppers to the gravel pit at Mathy, near Mosinee. CN bridge sign recently said Wisconsin Central

Daily way freight slows to 10 mph for safety while crossing the 50 mph highway. This is flat sand country, picture taken from camera on top of long pole.

Switcher run to fetch paper and pulp cars from the east storage yard. Many years ago, this was a series of truss bridges. Replaced with girders to gain clearance for double-stack container cars.... (more)