UP 1819 leads local L13 past Sacred Heart Catholic Church, an Eau Claire landmark. The train operates as a turn out of Altoona, WI to Chippewa Falls interchanging traffic with Wisconsin Northern a... (more)

Job 82 shoves back to Altoona and over the Chippewa River after working EC Grow and Menards on the west side of Eau Claire.

MILW 579 enjoys some winter sun before crews put it to work on a turn to Winona, MN. Milwaukee's Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls branch generated a lot of traffic and rated 6 day a week service in the l... (more)

After spring 1973 detours, MILW was back to "normal" with their rebuilt RSC2s providing road service for their 6 day a week freight between Eau Claire and Winona, MN. SDL39s were also be... (more)

MILW 585 and 68C back their train east from their downtown Eau Claire yard onto C&NW's eastbound main track near Eau Claire tower. Once on C&NW, the train will head west to St. Paul Pig's Eye Yard... (more)

MILW 68C waits to go on duty at the boutique sized Eau Claire yard. In May 1973 the Milwaukee was detouring to Eau Claire from St. Paul via C&NW due to flooding and deteriorating track on their br... (more)

I was fortunate enough to hitch a short ride with the Milwaukee Road crew in F7A 68C while they started putting their train together in Eau Claire. This fireman side view shows the east end of the... (more)

One of the very few UP SD60Ms in service leads LTS82 back to Altoona after interchanging with the Wisconsin Northern at Norma.

LTS82 delivers 18 empty scrap gondolas to Alter Metal Recycling in Eau Claire.

LTS82B crosses the Chippewa River with a trio of SD40Ns for power.

CNW 936 was the final U30C purchased by C&NW. Here it moves west near Eau Claire tower where it will divert to the main track to Spooner and Superior with a Twin Ports bound freight. The GEs spent... (more)

LTS82 is back up to speed after successfully climbing the hill out of Chippewa Falls. In another mile or so they will stop and work Alter Scrap.

LTS81 rolls west towards Menards and the Co-op with a trio of SD40Ns for power.

Job 82 spots a couple of box cars for Central Storage & Warehouse in Banbury Place.

UP SD40-2 no. 1990 leads the weekday morning switch job west across the Chippewa River at Eau Claire, WI. The job originates in Altoona and runs to Eau Claire's westside to serve Menards headquart... (more)