Nothing quite like an Alco powered train on the Green Bay & Western in winter. I made two visits to photograph the GB&W both times everyone was extremely friendly and I had a great time.

Westbound GBW at Oneida, WI in the summer of '75.

Alcos! Once upon a time they were nearly everywhere and traveling railfans could write ahead and recieve a release easily and professionally. GB&W offered one for a full week! When shown to the... (more)

GB&W 314,316,313 are passing by the furniture plant at Arcaidia very early on an October morning with 61 cars.

GB&W 323,321,322 work the sand load out at Taylor on a mainly cloudy morning. The 323 was probably the GB&W's most reliable unit and was popular with the operating and mechanical crews.

During the longer summer days, GB&W train 1 could be followed west out of Green Bay into Central Wisconsin with good sun. In this shot we have 321, leading RS27's 310 and 317 along with 107 cars w... (more)

On occasion in the 70's and 80's GB&W would operate an Extra if freight became to heavy for either/or trains 1 and 2 to handle. This is a extra west out of Green Bay with 65 cars on a very humid M... (more)

Normally departing Winona early in the morning, GB&W train 2 could be counted on for a good chase across Western Wisconsin, at least into Merrillan and often all the way to Wisconsin Rapids. On th... (more)

1976 GB&W Excursion Train. Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our websites at - www.trainsite.8m.com/rrslides.h... (more)

Alco locomotives of Nekoosa Papers and GB&W, switching Nekoosa Papers, a stone's throw away from the Milwaukee Road depot. Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our w... (more)

GB&W 312,319 are about ready to depart from Winona with 9 cars. The GB&W in later years received most of its west end business from BN at East Winona and this train will be considerably larger aft... (more)

GB&W 301 drifts over 12th avenue at the west end of the small yard that was home to the GB&W Alco fleet. The 301 looks like it bested another GM product of the highway variety in this photo as wha... (more)

GB&W 314,320,322 power 87 cars of train number 2 near Independence on a mainly cloudy May morning.

GB&W 317 is getting ready to depart Wisconsin Rapids with the Plover job at 11AM on a bright late August morning. The caboose is parked near the yard office and in the distance you can see the Wis... (more)

GB&W RS3m, classified as an RS20 by the GB&W, rests in the Norwood Yard in Green Bay. 308 was eventually sold to the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern after her days on the GB&W were over.