WC 6505 is about to duck under Hwy F as it crests Byron Hill in August of 1992. This scene, located south of Fond Du Lac , WI has changed dramatically since this slide was taken. CN has replaced t... (more)

CNW 4195 switches the Water Street Terminal in Milwaukee, WI in October of 1984. Coupling cars could be a challenge on the tight curve here.

Brake shoes smoking in the late evening light, LS&I 2300 leads a colorful consist into the ore yard at the dock in Marquette in June of 1988. U23C's were fairly rare here, with only 53 being produ... (more)

MILW 152 climbs Lake Hill on Milwaukee's south side in April of 1985. The grade here is deceptive as freights would often be on their knees at the crest. The Milwaukee Road has less than a year le... (more)

Builders photo of the cab interior of EJ&E Baldwin #100. This is a companion photo to #689849. This is another photo that was attached to a letter to the C&NW to entice them into considering the b... (more)

Route of the "400" and tiger stripes? Builders photo of EJ&E #100, known as the Golden Goose. This photo was attached to a July, 1946 letter to C&NW's Chief Mechanical Engineer. It toute... (more)

A northbound passenger train on CNW's Airline hammers the crossing at Wiscona on Milwaukee's north side in April of 1966. Photographer Bob Ferge has climbed the signal to record the event while n... (more)

The tower that time forgot. This tower guarded the crossing of the CNW mainline to the Twin Ports and Soo Line's Blueberry branch line just south of Rice Lake, WI. The WC took over the Soo Line in... (more)

Soo Line 6028 crosses Florida Street as it departs Milwaukee, WI in December of 1995. The train is on the former Milwaukee Road C&M subdivision.

CNW 6869 crosses Crawford Creek near Ambridge, WI in September of 1993.

Like Sands thru the hourglass..... One of the more desolate locations on CNW's ore line north of Escanaba, MI was a place called Sands. Not much more than a station sign, it was often bypassed for... (more)

There are a few ice fishermen out as WICT 616 brings a short train past Storrs Lake near Milton, WI on a crystal clear day in January of 1989. Business really picked up on this ex-MILW line when t... (more)

CNW 8014 has cut off its ore train and is running around to tie on to the opposite end in November of 1990. It will then back the train thru town and across the WC (ex-Soo Line) diamond. They will... (more)

An abandoned signal watches a Wisconsin Central freight pass thru Oshkosh, WI in January of 1992. The signal, located on 4th and Michigan, used to guard the crossing of the Soo Line and the Milwau... (more)

Soo Line 724 (and 703) is spending the night at the Soo Line roundhouse in Marquette, MI in June of 1987. Lit by Mark Simonson the old fashioned way, with multiple flashbulbs.