WGNS 1386 at Trego, WI.

Where do you think this is?… Colorado or Utah? Nope.… Kansas? Nope.… But if you guessed Wisconsin, you’d be right on target. This is one of those infamous Wisconsin Central ore/coal moves ... (more)

Birds'-Eye View Laona & Northern 2-6-2 4 rumbles through the Northwoods as it heads for Camp Five.

Rolling Over the Rat The "Four Spot" rumbles over the Rat River bridge between Camp Five and Laona during a rare autumn run. This 1916 Vulcan 2-6-2 has been operating on the Laon... (more)

Fall has come to the Wisconsin Northwoods. Laona & Northern 4 has been operating over these same tracks for nearly 100 years.

Fall in the Northwoods Laona & Northern 4 steams back to Laona after dropping passengers at Camp 5.

T4H blows through town with 2 red and silver WSOR units in the lead.

CNW 6721 brings train ESGBA across the Peshtigo River in Peshtigo, WI. in May of 1986. Peshtigo was the site of the worst wildfire in US history in October of 1871. The fire claimed more than 1200... (more)

Soo Line train 17 crests Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 6, 1987. Leading the train is Soo Line EMD SD39 No. 6241 with nose lettering for short-lived Lake Stat... (more)

Outrunning the storm - a Hiawatha Service train departs Sturtevant for Chicago as threatening skies approach. About 5 minutes later, severe thunderstorms struck.

Byron Helpers return north to Fond Du Lac after shoving a train up the hill.

WC day one
On October 11, 1987, the first Wisconsin Central freight train to climb Byron Hill out of Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac, approaches the top of the grade at Byron, Wisconsin... (more)

Light snow is falling as MILW 103C brings a westbound Hiawatha thru Wauwatosa, WI in March of 1970. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

An eastbound Wisconsin & Southern passenger train passes the wye at Mazomanie, Wisconsin, while traveling the former Milwaukee Road line from Prairie du Chien to Madison on May 19, 1996.

GBW 313 switches some cars at Taylor, WI on a hot and hazy day in May of 1992. GBW's Alco's always put on a good show.