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The sumac has turned red but other foliage along the Mississippi River has just begun it's fall colors show as MILW 261 heads downriver on this cool October morning. Trip is run with Amtrak units... (more)

"Hey wait, where's the rest of the train?" The trainset has been re-positioned at the Zephyr pit then dropped off, and the railfan throngs have gone home. The cold wind off the lake rakes throug... (more)

"The night the music died." The haze seen in the air enveloping Houlihan's Curve turned to fog overnight for miles around, contributing to the crash of the helicopter Steve Ray Vaughn was riding ... (more)

The Great Circus Train highballs Whitewater for Milwaukee, taking a circuitous route via Waukesha, Horicon, and the Milwaukee sub, connecting finally with the "beer line".

UP woos former CNW employees with this employee special.

Celebrating 150 years of steamboats and steam trains on the upper Mississippi, the Grand Excursion is in full swing at Red Wing. MILW 261 arrives at the depot and poses next to CP 2816, all whist... (more)

This is one of those rare March days in Wisconsin where a T-shirt suffices riding out an industry spot.

Lewis & Clark Explorer train does a photo runby for the NHRS. RDC's are x-BC. one is a rare x-GN. Line is former SP&S "A" line to Astoria, OR. from Portland.

Operator Terry Shearer has Amtrak #392 in the picture to deal with. In 2008 Terry works as a RTC at Homewood, IL.

Westbound along US 30...

The turn for Janesville leaves the state capital of Wisconsin passing Monona Bay, the beginnings of winter evident in my first snow shots of the season.

The eastbound Chief rushes through Toluca as seen from the slag pile.

A MOW work window has this nocturnal train in the afternoon sun with the last 2 CNW's. This historic stretch of track pre-dates the CNW, and was the first RR to use telegraph to dispatch trains.

A pair of WSOR goslings meander through the Isthmus. The engines are approaching the chosen site of the new Madison passenger rail terminal before the Talgos were torpedoed.