The Prairie turn throttles up leaving a slow order just west of Madison.

A west turn rocks past the old elevator nearing Iowa City.

This manifest is on the way to Galesburg on the backside of BN's "Iron Triangle", the consist a typical one for this era. Denrock was where a crossing of CB&Q branchlines were once located in it... (more)

This hi-plains drifter once the property of the C&S, is working along the Mississippi. She's pulling manifest, probably old #143, Superior-Galesburg. The low headlight mount gives her past away.

Auto traffic on Madison's north-side zips past WSOR's Prairie job getting a roll out of the yard at Madison with around 30 cars. WSOR 4003 was delivered new to the Rock Island Railroad, one of fi... (more)

Winding through the Wisconsin countryside with better than 7000 feet of train, CP's #487 train has a DM&E leader, a common sight on this symbol.

281 follows on the heels of the Empire Builder. Today pacman #3015 assists the GE.

The Empire Builder blasts through Fall River minutes after a station stop in Columbus, 4 miles back.

The Empire Builder loads passengers at their station stop in Columbus. The head end of #7 stretches past the Vita Mix lot which incorporates the first Columbus depot, c. 1863, into their facility... (more)

"Sweetheart, that's what you call a one-hit wonder."

Cutting through the backyards of tiny Morrisonville, the CP local returns to Portage from Madison, 32 miles over the M&P sub. Operations recently have been altered such that daylight views of thi... (more)

The "Lips" rolls over a swollen Turtle Creek, just out of the Janesville terminal. On this day, they are scheduled to work Clinton, WI., and then take a connection to an hour's worth of 10mph ru... (more)

The Empire Builder gets back to speed after a stop in Columbus. Today's train has the Caritas on the tail end.

The Prairie turn nears the first of three crossings of the Wisconsin River it will encounter in it's trip west to Prairie du Chein.

WSOR 4009, ex Milwaukee #199, takes ex Milwaukee trackage to Prairie du Chein with a healthy cut of cars.