Amtrak #349 leads train #8, The Empire Builder, past the Pleasant Prairie power plant in August of 1989. The power plant closed this year and will likely be torn down, eradicating this view in the... (more)

LMX 8571 leads a train along the Mississippi River near Genoa, WI on a hazy day in July of 1996.

Amtrak 90368 leads Hiawatha #338 past a colorful stack train in Franksville, WI on August 5, 2018

CN 8831 is southbound thru Wheatland, WI on July 6, 2018.

CN 2998 departs Burlington with a stack train on July 6, 2018.

IC 3107 backs east down the Nestle Spur after picking up some cars on the west end of the spur on July 6, 2018. A brakeman rides the rear to protect several crossings. It's hard to imagine that pa... (more)

UP 5054 leaves the ore yard in Escanaba, MI on a gloomy, rainy day in December of 1996, with an empty train bound for the Empire Mine. UP ownership here was short lived and quickly gave way to the... (more)

DMIR 303 crosses I-35 as it brings an empty ore train from Duluth to Proctor, MN in May of 1992.

CP 5658 passes MP 290 on the River Sub near Dakota, MN in October of 1992.

Fore! BN 2932 splits the public golf course below Grandad Bluff in two as it departs La Crosse, WI in October of 1991.

CNW caboose 10936 brings up the rear of a freight at Clyman Junction, WI in January of 1975. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

BN 8169 brings a train thru Prairie Du Chien, WI in May of 1985.

FRVR 4304 leads a freight out of Fond Du Lac, WI in July of 1989. FRVR trains on the ex-CNW Air Line were often ignored in favor of the Wisconsin Central that was right next door.

DLW 3604 (and crew) switches the yard in Buffalo, NY in June of 1993.

Hubbard Woods is a depot on what is today's Metra UP North Line out of Chicago. The railroad itself is built below grade here so it is difficult to get a picture of the depot with a train, unless ... (more)