CN 1501 track evaluation car made from an RDC-1 slows to a stop in front of the former Soo Line depot (now a museum) at Colfax, WI. holding briefly in the siding, it will continue east to Chippewa... (more)
The local on the Minneapolis Sub has reached Colfax on a bitterly cold but sunny morning. This stretch of weather was light on snow here but the temperature is stubbornly below zero. They are brin... (more)
L574 zooms over County Road N east of Colfax. This local runs west from CF Yard (Chippewa Falls) serving customers as far west as needed before returning. There are quite a few of these old piling... (more)
CN operated its former RDC-1 Test Track Evaluations Systems car between the Twin Cities and Chippewa Falls, WI on Friday morning, November 10, 2023. Here it is crossing County Hwy. N east of Colfa... (more)
CN's local operating as a turn from Chippewa Falls to Cylon, WI rolls past CN Test Track Evaluation Systems car no. 1501 at Colfax, WI. CN 5452 had stopped and spotted a car of lumber while the te... (more)
L516 creeps down the main at Colfax, as they prepare to meet their counterpart at the east end of the siding. The former Soo Line depot is now home to the Colfax Railroad Museum.
Soo Line GP30 703 seems to be crying out for help at the small museum at Colfax, WI. The museum has a variety of interesting equipment and could use the support of any rail enthusiasts to help get... (more)
Finally after a summer of not catching the elusive local west out of Chippewa Falls, my son Rob and I lucked into it while shooting a few fall color photos near Wheeler, WI. We got ahead of the ea... (more)
CN 5663 working the local turn west from Chippewa Falls, WI has separated from its train and rolls west on the siding at Colfax to pick up empty lumber cars at the lumber mill on the left. The tra... (more)
CN 5663 has uncoupled from its local and heads past the railroad museum at Colfax, WI to pick up an empty lumber cars. Former SOO GP30 no. 703, a bit worse for wear, likely handled this local on o... (more)
CN 5663 reminds one of the days when CN Geeps were set up to run long hood first. The local operating west out of Chippewa Falls started the day with some lingering snowfall. The train will stop a... (more)
The hulk of Soo Line GP30 703 rests behind a little Davenport switcher, the "Chipmunk Express," at the Colfax Railroad Museum.
