It’s almost sunset on April 13, 1997, as Canadian National train 349 detours on Chicago & North Western’s Adams line, passing under the venerable coaling tower at Clyman Junction, Wisconsin, o... (more)

December in Wisconsin
The skies are leaden and scenery umber, with many shades between, fading to the horizon. A skiff of snow over harvested fields brightens the scene, but chilly wind... (more)

On September 28, 2021, Columbia Basin Railroad’s Connell turn approaches Bruce, Washington, powered by a pair of EMD SD9s. The day before, we chased St. Maries River Railroad’s GP9s on their t... (more)

Soo Line train 203, an auto parts train to the Twin cities, is westbound at Duplainville, Wisconsin, led by Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 174, on April 12, 1987.

On its very first run, brand new Chicago & North Western GE C44-9W No. 8603 is paired up with vintage C&NW GP7 No. 4323 switching a train of coal empties on the spur into Sheboygan Power Plant at ... (more)

Doing the Crater curl
On the morning of July 31, 1996, a Southern Pacific coal train climbs through the Crater Loops at Crater, Colorado, on the former Rio Grande Craig Branch. Five Gen... (more)

Wig wag quartet
Wisconsin Central’s ANPRA train heads southbound out of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on July 20, 1996. The Proviso-bound train is traveling on WC’s Fox Valley & Western, ... (more)

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Budd-built streamliner crosses the Fox River at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on September 30, 1993. This classy Zephyr from the Illino... (more)

Shoving up the hill
A quartet of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s work their guts out, pushing hard on a heavy unit coal train climbing the big horseshoe curve below Belmont on Nebraska�... (more)

A low angle on Wisconsin Central train 50 curving through Rugby, Wisconsin, on a sunny April 14, 1997—powered by a pair of EMD cowls—F45 No. 6656 and FP45 No. 6652.

Canadian Pacific train 580 passes the abandoned elevated signal tower at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on the morning of May 12, 1996. The tower at one time controlled nearby grade crossing signals and g... (more)

From inside a long-abandoned ranch building at Austin, Montana, is a view on a BNSF grain train slogging upgrade on Mullan Pass, assisted by a foursome of Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe manned help... (more)

On September 17, 1994, a Burlington Northern local is about to depart Rochelle, Illinois. Leading the train is BN EMD GP9 No. 1977, a former Spokane, Portland & Seattle locomotive built by EMD in ... (more)

Beneath the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, skyline, Soo Line train 199 curves toward the North 25th Street overpass on the afternoon of September 12, 1987. The train is led by two former Milwaukee Road EMD... (more)

For several years in the early 1990’s, Amtrak would borrow some equipment from Chicago’s Metra to sub for Amtrak trains on the Chicago to Milwaukee “Hiawatha” corridor on Thanksgiving week... (more)