The sun rises over UP 1995 as the crew goes about making a set out at Altoona. Temps were well below zero with the windchill.
WN 1501 brings up the rear on this northbound. As is the usual practice, one unit on each end for switching purposes.
A snoot nosed tunnel motor pokes its head out of the trees as Conductor Doney throws me a wave.
Doesn't look like CN has anymore plans for WC 300 as it sits at the west end of Ladysmith. The line is abandon from here to Cameron. Wisconsin Northern picks up the line from Cameron to Barron.
L598 (Prentice-Wausau) departs Prentice with 17 loads and 8 empties. Next stop Bradley and Tomahawk to pick up the rest of their train.
Typical December day in north central Wisconsin as L598 makes its way south to Wausau.
LLPX 2227 slows for a stop at Fall Creek to pick up hoppers. SOO 2719 is in tow on its way to Adams.
The wheels squeal on SOO 2719 as it makes its first move in over two years. UP wyed this unit in order to get it ready to head east and then finally north to Itasca.
IC 6070 and CN 4712 pull 75 cars out of Wausau Yard bound for Fond Du Lac, WI.
A408 crosses the Knowlton bridge on its way south to Shops Yard in Fond Du Lac.
WC 7532 is in charge of A408 today followed by a CN SD40-2W and a GTW SD40-3.
Three ex. CNW SD40-2's haul a manifest to the Twin Cities seen here just west of Elk Mound.
MPRDM crosses the Chippewa River in downtown Eau Claire. The siding here has been storing a baretable train for the past couple months.
MSSPR with a colorful consist heads east at Fall Creek.
One of the longest trains WN has ever handled, just under half a mile long. Twenty-eight empty tank cars where in storage and are now heading back to UP.
