This SD40N pair has escaped normal yard duties in nearby Altoona for the day to handle a local to Menomonie and Hudson. The train is seen crossing the Chippewa River as dense morning fog begins t... (more)

A C&NW freight featuring a block of wood chip loads behind the power, rolls east through Eau Claire just minutes away from arriving at Altoona Yard. this stretch of track, part of UP's mainline be... (more)

MILW 943 appears to have an exclusive parking spot in downtown Eau Claire. The unit spent the weekend here, about a block east of their depot and small yard.

I never tire of seeing SD45s, having grown up with these C&NW behemoths. These were probably my favorite as the flares really stuck out with no dynamic brakes. Later that would cause an earlier th... (more)

The Cornell local, a turn from Altoona to Cornell, WI has just left the mainline at Yukon Jct. in Eau Claire and is headed north to Chippewa Falls, where it will get onto the Cornell branch for a ... (more)

The Soo Line local that operated between Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire, WI was handling some switching chores at local industries in Eau Claire. It also served the large Uniroyal plant in the back... (more)

A C&NW local rolls west past the C&NW passenger station at Eau Claire, WI. The railroad still used the station at this time for the freight agent, but in several years it would be torn down. At th... (more)

CNW 6805 leads train ALSSA as it splits the semaphores west of Eau Claire, WI in March of 1990.

CNW 6805 leads train ALSSA across the Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WI in March of 1990.

This bridge sees a lot of frac sand traffic being exported from Wisconsin, but the loaded sand cars on this local are actually bringing sand into the area. These cars of high grade silica sand ar... (more)

A loaded frac sand train off the Wisconsin Northern heads west through Yukon Siding in Eau Claire. The train will pass a local which is holding the main just west of here before the local can head... (more)

A rather short Proviso, IL to Valley Park, MN train heads west across the Chippewa River after swapping out blocks of cars at the yard in Altoona, WI a few miles west of here.

An eastbound freight led by SD50 CNW 7010 rolls by Eau Claire Tower and the Uniroyal tire plant in Eau Claire. The tower will soon be out of service, Uniroyal will close, and CNW will join UP by 1... (more)

A C&NW eastbound freight pops out of the trees and crosses the Chippewa River as it enters Eau Claire, WI. The train is from the Twin Cities and will stop in Altoona, just east of Eau Claire to ch... (more)

SOO GP7 381 rolls across the Eau Claire River as below zero temperatures create icy steam on the water and frost the trees. The railroad had a stub end yard to the left of the bridge, then used Mi... (more)