Now known as Banbury Place, Uniroyal once produced tires here. With the plant closing, trains no longer serve the area and one of the buildings is used as an appartment complex. The old Eau Clai... (more)
The Butler-Valley Park manifest crosses the Chippewa River in late evening light.
Sunday night brought heavy rain to the Eau Claire area causing a storm drain to plug up. Water then gushed over the hill and took out part of UP's Chippewa Falls branch line just north of Yukon J... (more)
ZCHEM cuts through the morning fog while crossing the Chippewa River in Eau Claire.
Odd to see, this is MNPSS (North Platte-South St. Paul) detouring on the Altoona Sub crossing the Chippewa River.
The wheels squeal on SOO 2719 as it makes its first move in over two years. UP wyed this unit in order to get it ready to head east and then finally north to Itasca.
MPRDM crosses the Chippewa River in downtown Eau Claire. The siding here has been storing a baretable train for the past couple months.
LTS-70 takes the wye at Yukon Jct. located at MP 87 on the Altoona Sub. This intersection once contolled by a tower is now handled by the dispatcher using CTC.
LLPX 2253 scuttles past, reminding me yet again that this is no longer C&NW territory.
YAA60-04 grabs four empties from Menards and shoves down the main to get the rest of their train.
The first considerable amount of snowfall for the Chippewa Valley as 60 takes 27 cars loaded with lumber to Menards.
This short UP local has power at both ends of the train. This will help with some of the work it has to complete today.
MPRSS just west of Eau Claire with a CNW patched SD40-2.
