CNW 1674 prepares to enter N. Fond du Lac yard in February of 1974. Fran Weiner image from my collection.

CNW's CK Tower in Winona, MN in July of 1987. This tower guarded the CNW/MILW (SOO) crossing and was taken out of service in 1989. It was torn down soon thereafter.

CNW SD40 880 (and a MP15) have made a set-out just north of St. Francis tower and will head down the Old Line to pick up some empty hoppers at the Oak Creek power plant in December of 1985. This s... (more)

LTV/Erie Mining 4212 is in charge of a loaded ore train as it approaches Cramer Tunnel in September of 1987. 4212 would be wrecked almost a decade later in a runaway wreck at Taconite Harbor. I re... (more)

CNW 6703 brings a loaded ore train thru Little Lake, MI as an empty ore train waits in the siding to depart for Empire Mine in May of 1986. Seeing 6 of the big Alco's at once was an impressive sig... (more)

A crewman is flagging Broadway Street in Sheboygan Falls, WI so CNW can 4287 can continue its' journey west on a gloomy December day in 1986. Much of this line was removed, including the iconic wi... (more)

LTV/Erie 4210 is leading a loaded ore train under the former DM&IR Wales Branch, west of Murphy City, in September of 1987. The trailing Alco's were somewhat unusual in what was typically an all E... (more)

GBW 322 is on point today for a boat train heading to Kewaunee, WI in October of 1988. This was always a fun chase as the sun was good in both directions and there was the added bonus of watching ... (more)

CNW caboose 10366 brings up the rear of a westbound train at the interlocking at St. Francis in May of 1985. The train came off the Old Line, the ex passenger mainline thru SE Wisconsin. St. Franc... (more)

BN 5598 is eastbound with a loaded coal train along Hwy 2 near Alliance, NE on a foggy morning in May of 1991.

FRVR 2401 is about to cross Oakwood Road in Oak Creek, WI on fine March day in 1990. The train is on CNW's New Line heading for Proviso. Although seldom photographed south of Milwaukee, the FRV tr... (more)

CNW 6889 brings an ore train thru Bayview (the Milwaukee, WI area one, not the famous Canadian one), in January of 1990. This seasonal ore train was loaded in the iron ore range of Minnesota and ... (more)

CNW 6916 leads a loaded ore train thru Brampton, MI on a beautiful day in June of 1988, bound for Escanaba. The SD40-2's replaced the Alco's and were quickly replaced by a pair of SD50/60's.

This sign stood at he entrance to the huge Milwaukee Road shop complex in Milwaukee, WI. It's hard to believe the Milwaukee Road has been gone for over 30 years now, and there is virtually nothing... (more)

CNW 8055 crosses Middle Fork Creek near Ingram, WI in November of 1990. This seasonal ore train to Escanaba, MI is operating on WC (ex-SOO) line trackage. This eastbound will meet the west bound h... (more)