An eastbound WC train bears down on the crossing at Van Dyne protected by this classic wig-wag crossing signal. The former Soo track this train is on parallels an ex-C&NW line through here that wa... (more)

With a complete shop, the Wisconsin & Southern has never been afraid to put old power back in service. For example this crusty ex-SP GP20 runs solo over Wisconsin Central trackage rights at Waukes... (more)

The daily train from Wausau to Stevens Point approaches Junction City where it will turn from the ex-Milwaukee Road Valley Sub to the ex-SOO Superior Sub. The GP35 is a former Soo Line unit.

Two AC F9s and a WC SDL39 hustle a train east towards Sault Sainte Marie on the old Soo Line across Upper Michigan. With less winter passenger service on the Algoma Central the Fs would often cros... (more)

CN's White Pine Sub train lays over at North Bessemer, MI on its way back west with nine cars.

A southbound SORE train waits out a meet amidst a late winter snow squall on the siding at Little Lake, MI. The loaded train of ore pellets is bound from Empire Mine near Negaunee to the Lake Mich... (more)

With 70 cars in tow, all for interchange to other railroads in the Twin Cities, CN 2575 is greeted with sun and snow at New Richmond.

The conductor on the Hayward local keeps an eye out for traffic and uses an air whistle warning as the reverse move is made out to Hayward Jct. and the CN/WC mainline.

Today's 517 is on it's way to Minneapolis over the old Wisconsin Central just west of New Richmond. With the temperature just edging about the freezing point conditions today for railroading and r... (more)

The evening shadows are long as 4210 east passes the signboard for Zeke on the LTV Mining Railroad. There is no side track here but this is where the most precipitous part of the decent into the L... (more)

Not long after the UP takeover, this westbound Adams line train passes under an old wood overpass at Rock siding west of Ashippun, WI. Apart from the lighter rail on the siding this scene retains ... (more)

An SD28 leads a train of rock tailings up the hill away from Lake Superior to an inland dump site on the North Shore Mining Company Railroad. The paint on this unit is original to first owner, Res... (more)

Last year LS&I was leasing 3 SD60s from Helm. Here two of them bring freight to the mines south of Negaunee on a fine spring day.

The local returns from White Pine with one boxcar of copper and three log loads picked up at Bergland. The train is on the old Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic mainline approaching the Ontonagon-Gog... (more)

A relief crew is in charge of CN local 517 to New Brighton, MN as it kicks up the snow at New Richmond, WI. An unusual treat is the pair of EJ&E units brightening up a stormy day.