A semaphore left over from C&NW days displays a caution aspect for the CN (ex-IC) grade crossing a half mile ahead.
After making a pick-up from the CN, BSNF 1486 leads a manifest south to Galesburg.
Freshly-patched UP 2960, ex-CNW 6811, splits the signals at Pilgrim Road.
This swing bridge connected the C&NW Milwaukee depot (now razed) to tracks to Chicago and Madison. In the background, the Hoan highway bridge soars over the Port of Milwaukee.
CNW 8575 splits the coal tower while leading stacks and a few boxcars to Global III intermodal facility at Rochelle, IL.
WSOR 1202 leads a weed spraying detail southbound towards Madison at Okee.
Milwaukee 261 starts to pull forward into the Milwaukee depot to pick up its Chicago-bound passengers.
TPW 4053 leads a short EB unit train of covered hoppers just east of Crescent City.
UP 3053, an ex-C&NW unit on home rails, leads 48 Herzog ballast hoppers southbound across the Wisconsin River bridge at Merrimac bound for MOW work near Hudson, WI.
WSOR 2056 & 2053 tip-toe the Reedsburg turn northbound at 10 mph on the ex-CNW Wisconsin River bridge at Merrimac, WI.
WSOR 2056 splits functioning wig-wags in Dane, WI on the ex-C&NW. The right wig-wag just happened to be at the bottom of its arc.
Metra units rest and recharge for another day's work tomorrow.
St. Lawrence & Hudson units are a rare sight in Milwaukee. There are only eight engines still painted in this scheme.
Two CNW engines accompany the UP leader eastbound west of Rochelle.
