A four month old Amtrak Empire Builder still shows its BN heritage as it slows to a stop on Milwaukee Road's mainline at Winona, MN. The former NP F9A looks a little forlorn without any identifica... (more)

Milwaukee Road no. 912 looks to be in pretty good shape at Winona, MN in August 1972. It was apparently assigned here at the time to handle local switching duties in town. It's parked along the ma... (more)

A couple of Geeps layover in the yard on a Sunday afternoon.

Train 475 rolls thru downtown Winona.

Service Island: UP's Winona operation is interesting because they only own about a mile of track in this area, making it an island from the rest of their system. All their car are either de... (more)

Soo Line on Wall St: After delivering cars to Bay State Milling, G77 runs light back up Wall St, though the neighborhood on the south side of Winona. Next, they will head to the old CK sidi... (more)

Shoving Hard: G77 shoves hard on 30 or so grain loads for Bay State Milling, traction motor blowers kicking up dust along Front St. Residential on one side, industrial on the other, Front S... (more)

CP local is heading back to yards in Winona after switching industries along Mississippi River.

Wall Street: Street running operations are always interesting, even more so when they're in a residential area, and not industrial. Winona, MN is one of the more overlooked operations in th... (more)

Red, White, and SOO: On a beautiful Fourth of July morning, SOO 4410 and sister SOO 4411 highball Winona already short on time. Getting two SOO units on a train is becoming super rare. It l... (more)

This front (long hood) view of CNW Alco RS-3 167 was taken at Winona, MN in March 1973. The unit wears CNW's 1960s color scheme and the nose view shows off Alco's rounded hood, somewhat reminiscen... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder slows to a stop at Winona, MN after making a quick run up from La Crosse, WI on Milwaukee Road's route of the Hiawathas. This train was typical of the look that lingered th... (more)

A sunny March day finds former Omaha Road RS-3, CNW 167, idling between chores on industrial trackage along the Mississippi River in Winona, MN. The CNW and highway bridges over the river are visi... (more)

Companion photo to 600657 at CK Tower in Winona, MN. A SOO and a MILW caboose cross the CNW in July of 1987.

CNW's CK Tower in Winona, MN in July of 1987. This tower guarded the CNW/MILW crossing and was taken out of service in 1989. It was torn down soon thereafter.