Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad 6006 a, former Algoma Central SD40-2, was repainted in preparation of its first service on the Hayward Branch as part of a switching agreement with CN. Steve Sm... (more)

The conductor cuts in the air on six pulpwood loads to be spotted by Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad 6006 at the Louisiana Pacific plant at the end of the CN's Hayward branch. The former Algoma ... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad 6006 begins to pull a set of storage tank cars. The former Algoma Central SD40-2, was repainted in preparation of its first service on the Hayward Branch as part ... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad has repainted its former Algoma Central SD40-2, in preparation of its first service on the Hayward Branch as part of a switching agreement with CN. Steve Smedley... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad has repainted its former Algoma Central SD40-2, shown moving storage tank cars in preparation of its first service on the Hayward Branch as part of a switching ag... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Northbound 115 train forwards an empty ethanol train towards Peoria and interchange to the Iowa Interstate Railroad, as it speeds through a fall scene at Carlock, Illinois on Tu... (more)

Face to face with a GP15-1, the engineer of Union Pacific Railroad's Troy Grove Job, LPJ04, has just stopped his set of four locomotives at the end of new track laid in response to the fracking sa... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe SD45-2 1581 leads a train of empty grain hoppers away from unloading in Superior, Wisconsin on a code blue Sunday. Steve Smedley photo

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad's former Chicago & NorthWestern F7 423 poses for photos as it nears the Mackay Creek bridge east of Earl, Wisconsin. Steve Smedley photo

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad's former Chicago & NorthWestern F7 switches out cars used on the overnight Bed & Breakfast train, a very popular addition to this Northwoods classic operation. ... (more)

The Hoosier Southern Railroad comes out of the flood wall at Tell City, Indiana and begins to run along Main Street, passing a red redneck Chevy. Steve Smedley photo

Norfolk Southern engineer Richard Coddington begins to work power on train D32 on an unseasonably cool Saturday afternoon, with a former Milwaukee Road SD40-2 in trail. Steve Smedley photo

The crew of Norfolk Southern train D46 strolls through Carlock, Illinois aboard a former Milwaukee Road SD40-2. Steve Smedley photo

Wreck crews from Hulcher wave to Amtrak train 311, ''The Loop'', as it rolls slowly past derailed South Local at the elevator track lead in McLean, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo

Canadian National's Clinton Local shoves into the south end of the Illinois & Midland Railroad's Shops Yard in Springfield, as a Sunday morning easy rider heads out on the open road, Sunday, Au... (more)