CNW Also C-425 no. 4258 shares space in North Green Bay's roundhouse with CNW Geep no. 4140. By 1986 Green Bay had replaced the "Alco Line" as the center of Alco locomotives on the railr... (more)

The Milwaukee skyline makes a fine backdrop as Soo 6601 departs with a westbound freight in March of 1993. Much has changed in 30 years, from the number of tracks, to I-94, and to the skyline itse... (more)

EMD siblings line up at Altoona. SD40-2 no. 6821 is from the second order of SD40-2s that CNW made and was received in February 1974, just as I went to work for C&NW. It survived the UP merger reb... (more)

Something I'd never thought I'd see happen in 2023... A Santa Fe GP50 leads the Galesburg, IL to Northtown Yard manifest west on the St. Croix Sub. I thought the power would get pulled long before... (more)

The CN climbs out of the Lake Winnebago basin south of Fond du Lac on Bryon Hill. Trains climb from 820 feet to around 1,060 feet in 6 miles. With 20,000 tons of iron ore bound for the Gulf, this ... (more)

The CN climbs out of the Lake Winnebago basin south of Fond du Lac on Bryon Hill. Trains climb from 820 feet to around 1,060 feet in 6 miles. With 20,000 tons of iron ore bound for the Gulf, this ... (more)

A southbound 198 has just climbed out of Fond du Lac. The train now passes thru Valley, which is the south end of the double track on Byron Hill. The train is alittle smaller now with only 6700 fe... (more)

The CN has alot of locals in the Stevens Point/Wisconsin Rapids area and many have sets of SD60's assigned to them. The Wisconsin Rapids to Wausau turn job was high on my list of things to do. Thi... (more)

Point Beer, a Wisconsin classic. This sign has changed alittle bit over the years, but it dates back to the MILW days. Here the Wisconsin Rapids job heads south on the Valley Sub heading back to R... (more)

With 8300 feet of train out of Memphis, this stacker works north on the Superior Sub. The train just left Stevens Point 13 miles ago and has just passed thru Junction City. The train is scheduled ... (more)

With 9800 feet of Canadian containers bound for Chicago, Detroit, and Memphis, this Q116 rolls thru the Wisconsin countryside on the Superior Sub. The train is working out of Pokegama to the next ... (more)

A 16,000 tons Symington to Kirk Yard freight passes the junction with the Minneapolis Sub at Owen. This area has been completely reconfigured from the Soo Line days, and now days train can come an... (more)

A 118 car loaded oil train bound for Rogers Lake, LA, rolls south on the CN Superior Sub near Atwood. The train is working towards the next crew change point at Stevens Point still 54 miles ahead.... (more)

Looking like a Zephyr streaking through northern Illinois on the C&I, or maybe across Iowa farmland on the Q main line, is Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Bu... (more)

Duck your head! Soo Line 6038 leads a coal train across the CNW bridge on 5 Mile Road in Caledonia, WI in June of 1990. This bridge on CNW's New Line has a 12 foot clearance and has stopped many a... (more)