Having completed its station stop in Columbus, the Empire Builder gets up to speed heading into the setting sun.

MILW 261 makes a quick service stop at the Columbus depot.

CP doesn't run that many EMD Macs through this territory so it is a treat when you get one, seen here passing the Columbus Amtrak station.

The 261 Excurstion rolls along a curve on its way to the Dells.

MILW 261 takes a break at Columbus for a little routine maintence before heading west again.

Rounding the curve as she approaches the station.

MILW 261 cruises over home rails into Columbus as seen from the Vita Plus grain elevator. I think the lady watching from on the balcony across the tracks adds something to this picture.

Assist. Conductor listens for a highball after the Empire Builder's Columbus stop.

Amtrak's Empire Builder gets a roll out of it's station stop at Columbus, WI. Since a triple spot is SOP at Columbus, I had time to get out of town a mile in position for this shot after picking ... (more)

A westbound Ford auto train races the sunset as it heads for the Twin Cities

CP 9511 is in charge of a unit molten sulfter empty filled out with enough manifest to make it a slow trip across Wisconsin. Amtrak 7 is hot on it's tail coming into it's Columbus station stop.

CP's 2003 holiday train makes a stop in Columbus on a cold, snowy, & icy Wisconsin night.