Union Pacific’s shiny A-B-A set of EMD E9s power a passenger special into Grimsby, Illinois, on April 26, 1993, just after completion of a complete rebuild at Paducah, Kentucky.

A Wisconsin & Southern passenger train passes a field of dandelions at Blue River, Wisconsin, on May 19, 1996. The special is running from Prairie du Chien east to Madison on this former Milwaukee... (more)

From 1987 to 1990, Wisconsin & Southern operated a luxury dinner train called “Scenic Rail Dining” from North Milwaukee to Horicon, Wisconsin. On May 9, 1987, WSOR EMD E9 No. 10C leads a test ... (more)

A Wisconsin & Southern inspection train heads south through Waukesha, Wisconsin, in July 29, 1997. The classy train is using Wisconsin Central trackage rights to travel from Rugby Junction to Gran... (more)

AMTK 408 gets a refill of fuel and water at its La Crosse, WI stop with train 18, the North Coast Hiawatha. Soon it will be on its way to Milwaukee and Chicago, having originated in Seattle, WA. N... (more)

Amtrak E9s 405, 451, and 406 await their next run at BN's Harrison St. shops in July 1973. The units were acquired from Milwaukee Road and assigned to the North Coast Hiawatha. They were MILW 30A,... (more)

Amtrak train 17, the North Coast Hiawatha races into St. Paul past Milwaukee Road's Pigs Eye Yard hump tower and BN's main and Dayton's Bluff yard lead. E9 MILW 31C, built in April 1956, which wil... (more)

By July 1973, Amtrak was repainting passenger units acquired from the member railroads. Here we have an A-B-A set of recently painted E9s acquired from Milwaukee Road. Amtrak used the BN Harrison ... (more)

The engineer for Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha checks things over as the train loads passengers at Minneapolis. At start up, Amtrak chose to make one stop in the Twin Cities and decided on Minneap... (more)

After arriving at UP's Argo Yard, Seattle, the quartet of E units that will head the Old Timers' Special east, have cut off their train and are being positioned at the diesel facility for their ov... (more)

A chartered passenger train called the “Bill Gates Special,” utilizing Wisconsin & Southern, BNSF and privately-owned equipment, rolls through Crescent, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s former R... (more)

Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha switched power at Minneapolis in its early years of operation. In March 1973, BN power was removed here and MILW E9s applied. PC E8s also made appearances. Nearly 2 y... (more)

A chartered passenger train dubbed the “Bill Gates Special” utilizing Wisconsin & Southern, BNSF and privately-owned equipment, pops out of the Moffat Tunnel on Union Pacific’s former Rio Gr... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum's DRGW 5771 (F9A) still looks like it could lead the Rio Grande Zephyr through the Moffat Tunnel Sub.