Amtrak 399 leads a Baby Builder past Puetz Road in Oak Creek, WI in January of 1993. I think this train originated in the Twin Cities due to issues further west.

We are aboard CNW 4479 as it heads to switch the fertilizer plant in Carrolville, WI in January of 1991. Once a busy industrial area, this is all that left to switch at this time. Lake Michigan is... (more)

Several beat up flatcars and trailers are part of a hospital train of wrecked cars heading to CNW's Butler Yard in April of 1986.

CNW 5515 brings a freight past the CNW depot in Oak Creek, WI in February of 1991. The train is on CNW's Old Line, which was the passenger mainline between Chicago and Milwaukee.

Buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride! Amtrak Empire Builder #8 is taking the siding at Lake to pass a Soo Line freight on the mainline in November of 1997. I'm not sure why the dispatcher did ... (more)

The little engine that could, or old meets new. CNW GP7 4287 leads a UP C40-8 thru Oak Creek, WI in March of 1992. Notable in this unusual consist are the auto frames coming from A.O. Smith.

Mopac caboose 10358 brings up the rear of a CNW coal train in Oak Creek, WI in January of 1987.

1 of 2 built, Amtrak #450 dashes thru the snow with a Hiawatha in Oak Creek, WI in January of 1991.

Amtrak 297 leads train #7, The Empire Builder, across a new bridge being built at Drexel Avenue in Oak Creek, WI in July of 1987. Once a 2 lane, at grade crossing, the bridge is over a new 4 lane ... (more)

Candy Apple Red! SOO 4403, the first unit to be painted Candy Apple Red, and still w/o nose stripes, leads an eclectic passenger train northbound thru Oak Creek, WI in August of 1989. The consist ... (more)

One of two made! Amtrak F69PH-AC #451 leads a southbound Hiawatha thru Oak Creek, WI in September of 1992. For some reason, I have numerous shots of these units, even though they were quite rare.

One never knew what to expect from Amtrak on the Thanksgiving holiday between Milwaukee and Chicago. Here a Metra E8 leads MILW commuter cars thru Oak Creek in November of 1991. 518 was ex-CNW 503... (more)

CNW 4279 has a wreck train in tow as it heads north thru Oak Creek, WI on CNW's Old Line in April of 1986. Check out the bent Trailer Train car and the partial truck trailer still attached!

MILW 2008 leads a colorful consist thru Oak Creek, WI on the C&M Division in December of 1985.

Spring flowers give way to ICE showers as a Canadian Pacific oil train heads south to Chicago.