A light snow is falling as CNW 4287 creeps thru the streets of Sheboygan Falls at a walking pace. This line was ripped up, then reinstalled last year. Unfortunately, this part of the line has yet ... (more)

Where 'ya going? A hobo rides a MILW covered hopper in the Twin Cities in May of 1986. Once common, security issues have pretty much eliminated this activity.

SP 8549 meets Oakway 9000 in the KC Bottoms in March of 1995.

Soo Line's West Yard in Marquette, Michigan has seen better days as it is overgrown with weeds and trees. Once a thriving DSS&A ore facility, decades of idle time have taken its toll. Amazingly, t... (more)

Conrail 1933 races thru Ogden Dunes with the Track Geometry Train in July of 1997.

3 Soo Line passenger cars sit out side the railroad shops in Escanaba, MI in May of 1986. This is the same location that the ex--D&H Baldwin Sharks are kept, and like them, the passenger cars are ... (more)

CNW 4156 is dwarfed by the Continental Grain facility as it does some switching in November of 1994. The tracks on the left were once part of C&NW's passenger mainline to the depot in Milwaukee.

Soo Line 4420 rides the turntable at Marquette, MI in May of 1986

One of the neat things about work trains in the 1980's was the variety of old freight cars you could see with them, such as this Soo Line outside braced wood boxcar at Shops yard in 1983

The C&NW (UP) bridge over the Milwaukee River sits in the open position, waiting to close for train that will never come. Once double tracked it hosted many trains, including the famed "400&q... (more)

The Milwaukee Road had 2 extended vision cabooses and 1 of them rests in the yard in Green Bay, WI.

Soo Line 2403 is crossing the C&NW at Jones Island with the Milwaukee skyline looming in the background. After pulling forward across the crossing, they will back their train into the yard and sta... (more)

GBW 305 crosses the C&NW mainline as it switches the yard in Green Bay, WI in Sep of 1988.

WC 590 shows off its unique lines as it bring a load of limestone into Manitowoc in September of 1989. The "whitewall" wheels are from the quarry where the limestone, destined for a brea... (more)

A somewhat rare photo as the UP was not in the UP of Michigan for very long. Here, UP 5029 brings an ore train into the yard in Escanaba in November of 1996.