POTUS! George Bush is on board this special campaign train as it rolls thru southern Wisconsin just prior to election day. An escort train led this train by 10 minutes and helicopters were everywh... (more)

Santa Fe 855 leads a double stack train past the Stronghurst Depot in September of 1993.

A trio of C&NW Geeps brings the transfer run from Jones Island past St. Francis Tower. The tower used to govern the junction of the passenger line and the freight by-pass in Milwaukee. Today, the ... (more)

CWRR 1207, nee WIWR 1207, nee CWRR 783, nee MILW 783, sits in the Miller Compressing scrapyard in Milwaukee, awaiting her fate in August of 1985.

Rock on! WC is heading to Manitowoc, WI with numerous loads of limestone to be used in a breakwall in Lake Michigan. Only gravity was used to secure these loads as the speed on this line was extre... (more)

Chicago Central 1749 leads some Alco wanna-be's on a coal train thru Wall Lake, IA in August of 1994.

CNW 8042 and mate suffered a derailment in St. Francis in June of 1992. At least they stopped short of the signal! Good thing that sprung rail didn't cause any more damage.

GBW 322 has a healthy boat train in tow as it approaches the yard in Kewaunee. Soon they will be switching the carferry and then they will start their journey back to Green Bay.

Fore! BN 8014 leads a piggyback train thru the golf course at the base of Grandad Bluff. I understand this viewpoint is now accessible again after being fenced off for quite a while.

What's on tap??? Point of course! WC 4010 heads north at Junction City in March of 1993. Stevens Point, home of Point Beer, is only a few miles east of here, hence the Point Beer sign.

CNW 6703 crosses the Escanaba River and the E&LS on an ancient bridge near its final destination of Escanaba. The bridge was once a scenic highlight of this line but has been recently replaced. An... (more)

Planes and trains. CGW transfer caboose 10523T awaits its next assignment as a plane gets ready to land at O'Hare airport.

The Milwaukee Road used to cross the DSS&A at a little known junction in the UP of Michigan named Sidnaw. Only the E&LS crosses here in 2000, but the signals remain in place, hoping for one last t... (more)

Skyline drive is great place to get an overview of the action in Duluth. Here the DMIR is switching the dock while a BN coal train unloads in Superior. I will remember this trip from watching the ... (more)

ATSF 7443 leads a freight past a farm in the scenic Matfield Green area of Kansas.