Wisconsin Central train 46 heads southbound through rolling Wisconsin farmland at Theresa on the morning of July 20, 1996. That’s Wisconsin state highway 28 rising over the hill above the pair o... (more)

BNSF’s Chewelah Turn follows the snowy edge of a frozen Loon Lake at Loon Lake, Washington, on the morning of February 4, 2022. Powering the train is 5 unit set of EMD GP60-series locomotives, w... (more)

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Budd-built streamliner trainset curves over the top of Byron Hill at Byron, Wisconsin, on September 30, 1993. This classy Zep... (more)

A northbound Fox River Valley Railroad freight passes a Wisconsin dairy farm south of Eden on August 30, 1992. The train is powered by the road’s pair of EMD SD24s bracketing an EMD SD35, along ... (more)

While a westbound Wisconsin Central freight, led by WC EMD FP45 No. 6652, sits on the connection track to the old Green Bay & Western (acquired by WC in August 1993) at Amherst Junction, an extra ... (more)

A pair of Chicago & North Western EMD GP7s takes a break from switching chores at Butler in a Wisconsin snowstorm on January 10, 1993, as C&NW’s Proviso to Itasca freight finishes up making a pi... (more)

Early Wisconsin Central locomotive consists were kaleidoscopic, as seen on train 42 switching cars at Vernon, south of Waukesha, Wisconsin, on October 31, 1987. Soo Line GP9 No. 2410 leads former ... (more)

In 1997, Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry sent there historic Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Pioneer Zephyr, built by Budd in 1934, to Northern Rail Car Industries at North Milwaukee, Wisc... (more)

In 1997, Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry sent their historic Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Pioneer Zephyr, built by Budd in 1934, to Northern Rail Car Industries at North Milwaukee, Wisc... (more)

A pair of 20-cylinder EMD SD45 locomotives haul Wisconsin Central train 49 out of Duplainville, Wisconsin, passing a blooming apple tree on the nice spring day of May 13, 1993.

While a couple tries to catch something from their fishing boat on the Clark Fork, an eastbound BNSF coal empties thunders by over Bridge 57 just west of Trout Creek, Montana, on the afternoon of ... (more)

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range’s Steelton Switch, powered by three EMD SDs with SD18 No. 188 on the point, is returning from interchanging cars with the Soo Line at their Stinson Yard and passes r... (more)

A climb up a tall bluff called Trempealeau Mountain just north of Trempealeau, Wisconsin, yields this vista of the Upper Mississippi River valley and part of Burlington Northern’s long causeway ... (more)

From 1987 to 1990, Wisconsin & Southern operated a luxury dinner train called “Scenic Rail Dining” from North Milwaukee to Horicon, Wisconsin. On May 9, 1987, WSOR EMD E9 No. 10C leads a test ... (more)

Two Wisconsin Central trains do a power swap at the south end of Byron Siding on the morning of March 23, 1996. WC No. 6651 is a former Santa Fe EMD F45 and features a paint scheme unique to WC’... (more)