CN 3829 and mate haul manifest westward as they slow to enter the siding at Amherst, WI for a meet. They will get tucked in as the eastbound train rolls down the main, making for a quick meet. The... (more)

CN 5720 and three more CN units lead a trio of BNSF GEs as their seven unit consist rolls north through Oshkosh, WI crossing the Fox River draw bridge. Behind the bridge lies Lake Winnebago, Wisco... (more)

CN Tier 4 no. 3060 gets some help from two UP EMDs as it reaches the top of Byron Hill south of Fond Du Lac, WI with a lengthy southbound manifest freight in typical Wisconsin November weather.

Santa Fe H-12-44TS no. 542 is at Corwith Yard shortly before retirement. This was one of three units (541-543) that were purchased to handle passenger switching, thus equipped with a high short ho... (more)

Santa Fe 2900, a dynamic brake equipped GP9, handles some industrial switching at McCook, IL wearing its dress blue color scheme.

Santa Fe 8502, a U33C, was delivered in the dress blue scheme in June 1969. Less than five years later it shows off its blue/yellow warbonnet scheme at Corwith Yard in Chicago. A little research ... (more)

A four month old Amtrak Empire Builder still shows its BN heritage as it slows to a stop on Milwaukee Road's mainline at Winona, MN. The former NP F9A looks a little forlorn without any identifica... (more)

Soo Line 1003 makes its back up move from the Wisonsin Auto Museum where it is kept, in Hartford, WI, to a location about a mile west to pick up Santa. Santa arrived on time at 1130 am in downtown... (more)

Here comes Santa Claus. Restored Soo Line Mikado no. 1003 made a short excursion in Hartford, WI as assist Santa in his arrival to festivities in the community on November 9. The train backed a mi... (more)

Santa Fe FM 557 handles switching of former Santa Fe power for Amtrak at Archer Avenue Yard south of downtown Chicago. Amtrak acquired a number of Santa Fe F unit relics to help them take over San... (more)

ATSF 999399 brings up the rear of a westbound Santa Fe freight train as the train passes by Joliet Tower. The tower is across the tracks from Joliet Union Station which served Amtrak, Illinois Cen... (more)

In September 1972, a visit (my first) to Santa Fe's Corwith Yard in southwest Chicago netted a heard of zebras in the form of both black and silver and black and white Illinois Northern Alco S4s i... (more)

Amtrak 535 awaits departure on a grimy winter evening at King St. Station in Seattle, WA. The North Coast Hiawatha has an evening departure for Everett, Wenatchee and Spokane in Washington, then o... (more)

Following the Empire Builder, the North Coast Hiawatha rolls into North La Crosse for its station stop. As with the Empire Builder, which came through earlier, this train will receive a windshield... (more)

The Empire Builder led by a BN E8 and two former GN F7Bs slows to a station stop at North La Crosse a year into Amtrak. In addition to handling passengers and baggage, a hostler will wash the fac... (more)