Wisconsin Central made SW1500(RS) switch engines an important component of their locomotive fleet after their Oct. 11, 1987 start up. Some came from SP origin, some from NS. Here the 1561 and 1556... (more)

*No Drone Required* The wide breadth of the adjacent Mississippi River makes BNSF's H NTWGAL9 06A look rather small as the 82-car train of mixed freight from Minneapolis-Northtown coasts downgr... (more)

The rapids turn heads west on the Lakes Sub with 4 SD40-2s for power.

In the last 5 years the CN has spent tons of money in the Iron Range/Superior area to help improve capacity. The CN has done a couple double track projects on the grades getting in and out of Poke... (more)

In the last 5 years the CN has spent tons of money in the Iron Range/Superior area to help improve capacity. The CN has done a couple double track projects on the grades getting in and out of Poke... (more)

A M356 train has just departed Pokegama Yard near Superior, WI, for the next leg of the trip to Stevens Point. The train is ducking under the BNSF Lakes Sub at Saunders. Saunders is where alot of ... (more)

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)

Just when you think winter is getting easier to handle, a Wisconsin blizzard will show up and set you straight. That was the case in February 1992 as SOO 6012 met a snowplow's work at Duplainville... (more)

A pair of KCS GEVo's lead CN train G887 past a cemetery near Theresa, WI. G887 has a train of 102 empty grain cars for several grain elevators in northeastern Wisconsin

The CN local operating west from Chippewa Falls as a turn returns east after switching a lumber operation at Colfax and an ethanol plant near Boyceville. Fall colors came a bit early this season, ... (more)

BNSF 7221 hustles a Q train east along Lake Pepin's shoreline at Pepin, WI through fall colors and drift wood along its embankment.

BLE 910 handles local chores on a piece of the former Green Bay & Western at Amherst Junction, WI. The short train is waiting near the junction switch with the CN mainline for traffic to clear so ... (more)

A northbound CN freight rolls through Atwood, WI with a surprise on the rear, albeit backwards. NP 390, a former North Coast Limited observation car named the Rainier Club, was heading north with ... (more)

A CN local holds in the siding while a lengthy manifest rolls north on the mainline at Atwood, WI. Note the red flag in lieu of a FRED on the local. The northbound freight had a bigger surprise on... (more)

About a half hour after shooting the UP local going east, the daily westbound manifest showed up at E. Boundary Rd. near Woodville. Although impressively powered, the railroad certainly has fallen... (more)