The end of an era. LS&I 2401 heads into Empire Mine to get a cut of ore cars in September of 1988. Alas, the mine closed in 2016 and other than a small stockpile of pellets, the trains will no lon... (more)
E&LS 102 looks like a lab experiment gone bad as it sits in the dead line in Escanaba (Wells) in September of 1988.
ATSF 2755 passes under a classic set of Santa Fe signals in Galesburg, IL in October of 1985.
BN 199 has a cut of coal cars in tow as it passes the Queen of the lakes, the Edward Ryerson, under the DM&IR ore docks in October of 1993.
Looking more like Maine than Wisconsin, WSOR 2001 emerges from a forest of colorful trees at Slinger, WI in October of 2003.
Soo Line 703 is spending the night on the turntable at the Soo Line roundhouse in Marquette, MI in June of 1987.
Drumheads were once part of many passenger trains, and like the great trains they adorned, most have disappeared, never to be seen again. The Green Bay RR museum has a nice selection of drumheads ... (more)
OK, bear with me.... UP 6111 leads a CNW ore train over the Flambeau River in Ladysmith in November of 1990. The train is on WC (ex-Soo Line) trackage. This is one of the unusual Twin Ports to Esc... (more)
The sun is about to set as UP 8992 backs into a forest of trees at St. Francis, WI on October 22, 2016. In this fairly unusual move, the engines are on the wye track, likely so they can get the co... (more)
Brand new CNW C40-8 8509 departs Bill with empties for the coal fields in May of 1991.
Fort Howard Paper 63-146 switches the plant in Green Bay in June of 1983. This unit has been saved at the Green Bay RR museum.
Ohio River Companies rare Alco S6 switches the Kenova coal facility in October of 1995.
CC&P 8134 and friends await their next assignment at the CC&P engine facility in Cedar Rapids in October of 1989.
CNW 8006 leads an ore train on LS&I tracks at Eagle Mills Jct. in July of 1990.
BN 2976 leads a northbound freight past the site of the old passenger depot in a shot taken from Grandad Bluff in Lacrosse, WI in October of 1991.
