UP Y549 (ex-C&NW 4404) is back on home rails as it switches the scrapyard in Racine, WI. in April of 2014. The S.C. Johnson Research Tower, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, looms in the background.... (more)
FRVR 4504 departs Fond Du Lac, WI. with a southbound freight in July of 1989. This portion of the ex-CNW Airline was still a thru route in FRVR days, but has since been cut back to Eden, WI.
CNW 6805 leads train ALSSA thru Roberts, WI on a beautiful day in March of 1990.
ATSF 127 leads a westbound freight thru Kansas City in March of 1996.
FRVR 4508 approaches the yard in Fond Du Lac, WI in January of 1993. Overshadowed by its' more glamorous neighbor, the Wisconsin Central, the FRVR was a favorite of mine and other C&NW fans.
GMTX 2138 (ex-RI) switches a cut of repaired hoppers in Racine, WI. in February of 2014. The cars were repaired at he Cudahy car shops. The train is on UP's Kenosha Sub, formerly CNW's Old Line th... (more)
CNW 4138 leads short a freight past one of their unique semaphores at St. Francis, WI in September of 1986.
CNW 6867 leads a freight across Pike Creek near Somers, WI in January of 1989. The train is on CNW's New Line.
CCP 7904 tows a grain train thru Council Bluffs, IA in May of 1987.
CNW 7012 glides thru Elmhurst, IL in October of 1990. Proviso Yard is only a few miles away. CNW's safety yellow (also unaffectionately known as Zito yellow) looked good when new but faded badly a... (more)
CSXT "SpongeBob Squarecab" 4384 brings an oil train past Klema Feeds in Franksville, WI in June of 2016.
EMD sure got it right when it came to that bulldog nose.... CNW 411 poses for camera during Diesel Days at the Illinois RR Museum in July of 2009.
WC 6619 leads an empty ore train across the Escanaba River at Wells, MI in May of 1997. The weather is damp and dreary but the scene can't be repeated today as the WC is gone, the ancient bridge h... (more)
Oakway Leasing 9021 approaches Palmer Lake, CO in June of 1989.
WSOR 2001 leads train HM (Horicon-Milwaukee) thru Slinger , WI. in October of 2003.