A face only a mother could love. The Central Wisconsin Railroad started with a fleet of ancient ex-MILW FM switchers on the ex-MILW line west of Waukesha. Few of the FM fleet ever turned a revenue... (more)

The Kohler plant switcher (Kohler #1?) sorts some cars to be interchanged with the C&NW at Kohler, WI. in September of 1989. This elusive GE 80 tonner still operates today, getting cars from the U... (more)

ATSF 2841 rolls thru Burns Harbor, IN on a blustery Winter day in December of 1993. Foreign power was common on this segment of the Conrail mainline.

CNW 6905 rolls thru Watkins, IA in May of 1987. Watkins still has a Post Office, but it has moved to a more modern building not visible trackside.

FRVR 4151 leads a 5 unit consist thru Van Dyne, WI. in February of 1990. 2 CNW units trail after being used on the CNW owned track north of Green Bay. The FRVR units will likely be removed once th... (more)

CNW 4487 leads a local out of Appleton, WI in August of 1984. This area generated an amazing amount of business when all the paper mills were still open.

Changing of the guard......CNW 8521 and UP 9294 (both GE C40-8's) rest at the Butler, WI engine house in October of 1995. The UP acquisition is only a few months old at this time so there is still... (more)

WSOR 2002 (ex-ATSF 2015) cruises past the Wisconsin Central (ex-Soo Line) depot in Waukesha, WI in March of 1993. The WAMX/WSOR trains running on trackage rights over the CN today are much larger ... (more)

MILW 354 heads west from Sturtevant, WI. in May of 1985. The train is heading to a warehouse on a remnant of the old Southwestern Division. The short fuel tank on this GP38-2 is really apparent in... (more)

Alco Heaven! Two CNW ore trains meet in Little Lake, MI. in May of 1986. 6706 leads a empty train heading to Empire mine while the crew of the loaded train is enjoying beans at a local restaurant.... (more)

Almost home...... Proviso Yard is only a few miles away as CNW 5071 leads 3 UP units thru Elmhurst, IL in October of 1990. This version of CNW yellow looked OK when new, but quickly faded to a pal... (more)

FRVR 4502 leads a northbound freight across Morris Street in Fond du Lac, WI in July of 1989. Wig-Wags were plentiful on what was once C&NW's Air Line. Although a potion of this line still exists ... (more)

ATSF 5370 leads a southbound TOFC train near Castle Rock, CO in June of 1989.

Halloween is only a few days away so what could be better than a ghost-like image of one of CNW's unique semaphores controlling the junction at St. Francis WI. in October of 1984? The approaching ... (more)

FRV 2401 holds the main while awaiting a crew change at CNW's Butler, WI yard in August of 1991. Only a handful of units were painted in FRV colors as this unremarked shortline, which operated the... (more)