A trio of GP30s has the "Chief" in tow under the dropping semaphore, headed past 5-points in downtown Janesville. Of the 59 cars behind the power are 19 TOFC and 14 racks. The roofline of the str... (more)

Mike Nelson captured this manifest made-up in the yard and about to leave south Janesville on the Harvard sub.

483's train is made up and inspected before departing South Janesville for the Twin Cities. Today's power is #837 with sisters 810 & 823, pulling 27 cars, loads that included motor-carrier brand ... (more)

CNW train #593 approaches the Harvard sub off the old Afton Line at 5-points in downtown Janesville, with 5 motors and 75 cars. The Afton Line was the CNW passenger cut-off to Beloit, which rejoi... (more)

As seen from the CNW mainline perspective and looking north, #599 pulls up to the CNW main. Later, a #483 train will forward those freshly minted GM pickups seen on the left to the Twin Cities.

CNW shoves a hot GM parts train into the GM plant at Janesville, now on the CNW side of the plant (location change pending) in happier days. Both CNW and MILW served this now-closed plant, 2009 u... (more)

Because of a derailment elsewhere on their system, CNW ran a dedicated GM parts train via the Milwaukee "J" line to Janesville from Proviso, instead of their own Harvard sub. The train is seen he... (more)

Over the top of knee-high corn, a second section of #576 is seen leaving the yard. The train is headed east on the Harvard sub, a colorful ATSF box tucked in behind the power.

ICE Local heading back to South Beloit, Illinois.

Tonnage moves past the old order board at the J'ville depot, including a rack of fresh Chevy vans from the nearby GM plant. Perhaps they inspired recording artist Sammy Johns 6 years later to sin... (more)

There's plenty of muscle here and it has the grime to prove it. Soon it will be put to use climbing up the hill out of the Rock River valley headed west on a fine Spring morning, as seen from the... (more)

CNW train #483, just underway out of the South Janesville yard westbound for the Twin Cities, reveals this high cube Cotton Belt/SP boxcar behind a pair of open tri-levels chocked full of Chevy No... (more)

A pair of Milwaukee Road trains meet in the morning light on the Milwaukee trackage that ran alongside the CNW at the depot in Janesville. F7A's 79A and 76C with a freight heads west out of the 5... (more)

Hustle Muscle pulls muscle cars. CNW train #483 was a Janesville-Twin Cities manifest, seen here from the top floor of the old CNW depot with what appear to be Chevy Novas fresh from the Janesvil... (more)