CNW 883 leads train 406 through nice fall color on its trip south from Spooner, WI to Altoona at Sarona. This was part of the mainline from Superior to Eau Claire and on to Chicago and is now aban... (more)

CNW 6810 leads a trio of SD40-2s into Altoona Yard, Altoona, WI with train 406. This version features a block of potash loads on the front. Units 6801-6815, the first order of SD40-2s, had white o... (more)

CNW Alco C628 no. 6720 and mate arrive in Altoona Yard for a crew change and some switching with train 406 from Itasca (Superior), WI. The big Alcos came from Norfolk & Western and were the heavie... (more)

CNW SD40 883 leads a trio of power including a former Southern SD24 and torpedo-tube equipped GP35 on train 406 at Yukon Jct. as the train arrives in Eau Claire from Spooner, WI on its way to the ... (more)

CNW 883 leads an SD45 and CR SD40-2 south on train 406 out of Spooner towards Altoona, WI. It's a beautiful fall day and the SD40 represents one of the early CNW orders which did not have the trad... (more)

CNW SD45s 945 and 952 and a GP30 arrive in Eau Claire, WI from Spooner at Yukon, the junction with the Twin Cities-Chicago mainline. The distinctive flared radiators stood out more on CNW with the... (more)

CNW train 406 rumbles southward into Haugen, WI on its way from Spooner to Altoona. Here it is crossing Bear Creek at the southeast end of Bear Lake. A Conrail SD40-2 adds a little unusual color t... (more)

SD40 CNW 883, SD45 CNW 955 and CR SD40-2 6509 have the Duluth/Superior-Chicago train 406 in tow south of Spooner, WI near Sarona. The train is about to go under the old Hwy. 53 overpass as it head... (more)

The MOW crews cleaned the switches, engine 6812 got train 415 into the "hole", and now CNW train 406, the CN-DWP connecting train from Duluth-Superior to Chicago headed up by CNW 6809, r... (more)