Santa Fe boxcars climb the 1.5% eastward out of Belen to Mountainair, seen here about to enter Abo. Velvia 50 scanned

Tuesdays must be recycle day in Stoughton. Its nice that the old Milwaukee Road depot was recycled and is used by the local Chamber of Commerce.

Here's the Santa Fe Southern at the Lamy depot, still used today by Amtrak. I swear the ghosts of R. Oppenheimer and other Manhattan Project engineers still linger here as they surely must've pas... (more)

In 1993 the upper Mississippi River is at flood stage forcing many detours such as this SOO #228 symbol detouring north on the BN to LaCrosse. This was the first of 2 major Mississippi flooding e... (more)

Displaying the new unified "North American" scheme, GTW-lettered 6421 & 6418 wait for a turn to get on the single track at Schoolcraft.

Sorry to see these EMD motors once mavens on the mainline now relegated to rock train duty. Still, they make a nice sight across Monona Bay, nearing the site of the old MX Tower. Loco designati... (more)

Never thought I'd see the day when I'd get excited over a SD40-2 led train but when I got the tip that the UP wayfreight out of Butler had one leading I skipped out for an intercept. Glad I did, ... (more)

This is a ballast train on the WSOR, the rainbow consist courtesy of Uncle Pete.

China steam comes to the heart of America.

CR works the former Erie main next to the fabled Marion "Lionel Lines" tower. Tower was closed, but saved and moved later on. Conrail, like the Erie, became a fallen flag.

A grain train from Dubuque has some cars of ballast to set out. If memory serves me correct, this pair of locos later went to work on the hump at St. Paul.

The north end of the ex-GM&O yard, with it's old lamp structure still standing, sees the UP working the one scheduled freight over this mostly-Amtrak route.

A pair of new SOO SD60's on an eastbound wait for their Conductor to walk back to the headend after a meet. These would be among the last to be painted in the SOO white/red scheme before the swit... (more)

WSOR passenger extra rumbles past the old mill pond leaving Mazomanie, known to locals as "Mazo".

WSOR's covered wagon fleet included this F unit, since sold. Here it sits in the late afternoon chill of a February day waiting for the call to work.