CNW 6721 brings train ESGBA across the Peshtigo River in Peshtigo, WI. in May of 1986. Peshtigo was the site of the worst wildfire in US history in October of 1871. The fire claimed more than 1200... (more)

Soo Line train 17 crests Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 6, 1987. Leading the train is Soo Line EMD SD39 No. 6241 with nose lettering for short-lived Lake Stat... (more)

Outrunning the storm - a Hiawatha Service train departs Sturtevant for Chicago as threatening skies approach. About 5 minutes later, severe thunderstorms struck.

Byron Helpers return north to Fond Du Lac after shoving a train up the hill.

WC day one
On October 11, 1987, the first Wisconsin Central freight train to climb Byron Hill out of Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac, approaches the top of the grade at Byron, Wisconsin... (more)

Light snow is falling as MILW 103C brings a westbound Hiawatha thru Wauwatosa, WI in March of 1970. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

An eastbound Wisconsin & Southern passenger train passes the wye at Mazomanie, Wisconsin, while traveling the former Milwaukee Road line from Prairie du Chien to Madison on May 19, 1996.

GBW 313 switches some cars at Taylor, WI on a hot and hazy day in May of 1992. GBW's Alco's always put on a good show.

A trio of new Southern Pacific GE C44-9Ws is almost finished climbing Byron Hill with a heavy taconite ore train as it meets a northbound Wisconsin Central freight in the siding at Byron, Wisconsi... (more)

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Budd-built streamliner trainset runs north past houses and driveways on Division Street in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on September 3... (more)

On a cold and windy November afternoon, SOO 1003 lets out some steam as it thunders into Rubicon around a sweeping curve on the Wisconsin & Southern’s Milwaukee Subdivision.

Soo Line EMD GP7 No. 376 sits in the north siding off the westbound main line at Brookfield, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of May 7, 1991, as the westbound Amtrak Empire Builder flies by the vintage... (more)

Early sales of EMD SD70Ms from the 70 Series was slow at first, with a lot of floor space at the builder devoted to erecting A.C. traction SD70MACs. One exception was a small order of 25 SD70Ms fo... (more)

An extra east Wisconsin Central train, led by former Milwaukee Road SDL39 No. 585, is climbing Byron Hill between Fond du Lac and Hamilton, Wisconsin, on the morning of February 2, 1992. The 2,300... (more)

A pair of classic CNW GP7's, led by 4378, roll thru St. Francis, WI in March of 1986. The train is heading to the Florida St. TOFC ramp near downtown Milwaukee. The TOFC business is long gone, as ... (more)