Railroad ferries were once commonplace on the Great Lakes. Here we see Ann Arbor's "City of Green Bay" entering the Elberta/Frankfort, MI harbor with a load of freight cars. A colorful y... (more)

Let's take a pole..... In a case of who's railroad is it, UP 5284 leads a NS unit through Mt. Pleasant, WI on CP's C&M Subdivision on 5/9/22. Pole lines have become increasingly rare these days, b... (more)

MILW 33A is in charge of a Hiawatha as it approaches Duplainville, WI in June of 1969. Bob Ferge image from my collection.

WC 3024 parks its' train on the siding at Marengo, WI in September of 2009. The next day, they will swap cars with the local to Ashland, WI and then resume their journey east to the mine at White ... (more)

WC 3024 is ready for the crew to board on CN's White Pine line at North Bessemer, MI in September of 2009. The Fox Valley and Lake Superior recently acquired this line but it has been out of servi... (more)

WSOR 1501 arrives in Plymouth , WI in June of 2009. This ex-MILW line has seen numerous upgrades since this photo was taken. It's also one of the last rolls of Provia slide film I shot before chan... (more)

NS 8101 leads a colorful consist thru Franksville, WI on UP's Milwaukee Sub on April Fools Day, 2022.

A pair of WC SD45's, led by 6553, charge across US Hwy 41 in Fond du Lac, WI as they get ready to climb Byron Hill. Helpers are still used here by the CN to get the trains over the hill.

GBW 315 leads train #1 out of Green Bay, WI in September of 1977. Fran Wiener Kodachrome from my collection.

MILW 605 works the Beer Line in Milwaukee, WI in February of 1983. Once an important line in the area, almost all traces of the are gone now since Schlitz stopped brewing "The Beer That Made ... (more)

WPY 100 poses with its' train in Skagway, AK in August of 1991. Charles Porter image from my collection.

As dusk approaches, CNW 4142 takes the switch at Clyman Jct. on CNW's Adams Line and begins the trek back to Jefferson Jct. with a large cut of grain hoppers. Business on this Wisconsin branch lin... (more)

Amtrak Turboliner #63 stops at Joliet, IL in April of 1974. Artist/photographer Russ Porter is on the left also recording the action. Bob Bullermann Kodachrome from my collection.

CNW 4370 switches one of the few remaining industries east of the Milwaukee River in the 3rd Ward near downtown Milwaukee. The crane is a Bucyrus Erie Model 30B, manufactured only a few miles sout... (more)

Milwaukee's 3rd Ward was once a beehive of railroad activity on the CNW. Only a few customers are left in this shot from March of 1983 as CNW 4131 negotiates some rough track between buildings. Al... (more)