Burlington Northern train 143 marches westbound over the Wisconsin River Bridge near Prairie du Chien at Crawford, Wisconsin, on the warm morning of July 30, 1995.

Two cowls and an AC
Wisconsin Central train 45 descends Byron Hill at Hamilton, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 11, 1996. Powering the westbound train that is nearing the crew chang... (more)

Canadian National train 348, led by EMD SD50F “cowl” No. 5444, grinds up Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the morning of July 31, 2005.

Soo Line train 11, powered by EMD GP30 Nos. 716 and 703, slowly moves west toward Duplainville, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of July 26, 1987. As the train approaches the Springdale Road grade cros... (more)

A Chicago & North Western extra west out of Butler Yard passes the wigwags protecting Townline Road grade crossing west of North Lake, Wisconsin, on January 24, 1993.

Before Canadian National had its own route between Duluth/Superior and Chicago, it relied on trackage rights over Burlington Northern, until merging Wisconsin Central into the family in 2001 to ac... (more)

Some sort of issues on Canadian Pacific’s main line in Ontario brought CP detours from Canada to Wisconsin Central and Soo Line trackage in June 1992. On June 25, 1992, CP train 505 is southboun... (more)

A southbound Wisconsin Central coal train passes by the Don Bechler and Sons dairy farm just south of Van Dyne, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of April 14, 1997.

Unfortunately no helpers today, but M336 originated in Neenah rather than Fond Du Lac and had 156 cars on the drawhead.

On January 24, 1996, Wisconsin Central train 46 diverges onto the connection track between WC and Soo Line at Duplainville, Wisconsin. Today’s train is led by former Santa Fe EMD F45 “cowl” ... (more)

Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2 No. 190 leads an eastbound Soo Line freight through Sturtevant, Wisconsin, on a sunny March 21, 1987.

As dusk approaches, CNW 4142 takes the switch at Clyman Jct. on CNW's Adams Line and begins the trek back to Jefferson Jct. with a large cut of grain hoppers. Business on this Wisconsin branch lin... (more)

BN SD9 6103 and SD7 6010 take a rest between assignments at BN's former Great Northern Belknap St. Yard. This yard became BN's main regular freight yard in the Twin Ports after the merger in 1970 ... (more)

Not quite the GTW of my youth, but a pair of Trunk 38's pulling 13 loads of paper for Quad Graphics in Lomira, WI sure did sound like old times.

A third section of the Cicero-South Seattle priority intermodal splits the bluffs and backwaters of the Mississippi River as it flies west.