Alco Heaven! Two CNW ore trains meet in Little Lake, MI. in May of 1986. 6706 leads a empty train heading to Empire mine while the crew of the loaded train is enjoying beans at a local restaurant.... (more)

Almost home...... Proviso Yard is only a few miles away as CNW 5071 leads 3 UP units thru Elmhurst, IL in October of 1990. This version of CNW yellow looked OK when new, but quickly faded to a pal... (more)

FRVR 4502 leads a northbound freight across Morris Street in Fond du Lac, WI in July of 1989. Wig-Wags were plentiful on what was once C&NW's Air Line. Although a potion of this line still exists ... (more)

ATSF 5370 leads a southbound TOFC train near Castle Rock, CO in June of 1989.

Halloween is only a few days away so what could be better than a ghost-like image of one of CNW's unique semaphores controlling the junction at St. Francis WI. in October of 1984? The approaching ... (more)

FRV 2401 holds the main while awaiting a crew change at CNW's Butler, WI yard in August of 1991. Only a handful of units were painted in FRV colors as this unremarked shortline, which operated the... (more)

How sweet it is! WC 4012 switches the Galloway West plant in Fond Du Lac, WI in July of 1992. This plant produced sweetened condensed milk. Milk Specialties runs the plant today, but he siding is ... (more)

CR 5088 is eastbound thru Burns Harbor, IN with an empty coil steel train in September of 1995.

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)

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

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 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)

My how you have changed..... Soo Line caboose #78 trails a northbound (timetable west) freight as it starts to descend Bryon Hill near Fond Du Lac, WI. in July of 1985. The Soo Line became the WC ... (more)

CNW's Wyoming Centennial unit 8542 leads an empty coal train as it meets a loaded train led by BN 5065 near Bill, WY in May of 1991. It's amazing how much traffic moved on this line considering it... (more)

WSOR 101 approaches Germantown, WI with a business train in October of 2008.