Snow is coming down pretty good at Butler Yard’s locomotive facility on a cold December night in 1983. EMD MP15DC switcher No. 1312 is surrounded by a group of more commonplace GP7s.
Chicago and North Western’s entry into Powder River Basin in the early 1980’s left the railroad needing more motive power. It picked up 63 former Pennsylvania EMD SD45s just off lease from Con... (more)
After bringing in a southbound coal train into Butler Yard, Chicago & North Western power waits out a Wisconsin snowstorm on January 4, 1986. Two Alco C628s and a pair of EMD SD40-2s make up the l... (more)
Butler Yard in Wisconsin is busy in August of 1991 as FRVR 2401 and a colorful consist do some switching before heading north to reach their home rails and the destination of Green Bay.