Green Bay & Western RS11 309 switches Norwood Yard in Green Bay, Wisconsin on a pleasant August afternoon. As a devotee of notched noses, I could never get comfortable with the sight of a feathere... (more)

Where it all began.... This sign in front of the carferry terminal in Kewaunee, WI says it all. GB&W Alco's used to load and unload carferries here. Little remains today as this area is all houses... (more)

Green Bay & Western RS11 309 switches at Norwood Yard in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The GB&W applied unusual chop noses to several units, including this RS11 and several ex-Long Island C420’s. They a... (more)

Anyone who visited the Green Bay & Western in its last decades undoubtedly encountered the less-than-classic office at Green Bay’s Norwood Yard. Here an RS11 switching the yard passes the struct... (more)

Green Bay and Western RS3M 305 switching Norwood Yard in Green Bay WI August 1974. The 305 was built in May 1951 and rebuilt in June 1973 with a 2000HP engine and a chopped nose. The 305 was sold ... (more)

Green Bay and Western C430 315 resting outside the shop at Norwood Yard in Green Bay June 1978. The 315 was built in February 1968 and served the GBW until suffering a broken crankshaft in 1986. T... (more)

GBW 2407 puts on a show for the long line of photographers during IRM's Diesel Day Weekend

An overview of GBW Norwood Yard in December 1980. RS11 309 is spotted at the sand tower getting topped off with sand. The Strid Grain elevator was built and owned by the GBW and leased to Strid Gr... (more)

Green Bay and Western C424 312 "Homer E. McGee" at Wisconsin Rapids October 1982. Built in July 1964 and named after Homer McGee, former president of the GBW from 1934-1962. This was the... (more)

RS11 #309 and RS27 #310 lead GBW train #4 as it arrives in Kewaunee, Wisconsin with cars for the ferry to the Ann Arbor on a foggy August 19, 1979 morning. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

An all-Alco road to the end, the GB&W purchased one C430 in 1968, the pinnacle of Alco 4-axle road locomotive design. Here #315 rides the turntable in Green Bay. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

Green Bay & Western RS11 309 switches the yard in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Alco displays the name H. Weldon McGee in honor of the road’s president from 1962-78.

GBW 312, the Homer E. McGee, leads a boat train across the Fox River in Green Bay, WI in October of 1986. The train is returning to Green Bay after picking up cars at the ferry dock in Kewaunee. T... (more)

GBW 322 is on point today for a boat train heading to Kewaunee, WI in October of 1988. This was always a fun chase as the sun was good in both directions and there was the added bonus of watching ... (more)

When people think of ALCo diesels, they probably think of something like this: With the Illinois Railway Museum's coach train underway, GB&W 2407, commonly nicknamed the "alligator", ... (more)