CNW 6805 leads train ALSSA as it splits the semaphores west of Eau Claire, WI in March of 1990.

CNW 6805 leads train ALSSA across the Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WI in March of 1990.

CNW 4287 crosses the Sheboygan River in Sheboygan, WI in December of 1986. The train is heading to Sheboygan Falls on a line that sees little use these days.

The last day..... Companion photo to 640628. CNW 5028A leads the Peninsula 400 out of CNW's Lakefront Depot on May 15th, 1966. CNW operations would move to the nearby Milwaukee Road depot the nex... (more)

The last day..... CNW 5028A leads what appears to be the Peninsula 400 out of CNW's Lakefront Depot on May 15th, 1966. CNW operations would move to the nearby Milwaukee Road depot the next day. It... (more)

One of CNW's more unusual pieces of equipment was this Mercedes Benz Unimog equipped for Hi-Rail service. Far more common in Europe, this one may have been sold under license as a Case MB4/94. It ... (more)

Both ferries are in as GBW 309 goes about it's chores switching the boat train in Kewaunee, WI in May of 1973. Russ Porter original from my collection.

CN 2289 leads an oil train thru Mount Pleasant, WI on October 20, 2017. The train is on UP's Milwaukee Sub, the ex-CNW New Line. While CN power is common in SE Wisconsin, it is relatively uncommon... (more)

LTV (ex-Erie Mining) 4210 slowly brings its train around the return loop at Taconite Harbor as it continues unloading at the ore dock in May of 1997.

The LS&I yard and engine facilities in Presque Isle looking west from the ore dock in August of 1964. The engine facilities would be torn down and moved to Eagle Mills in 1976-77. Credit Bob Ferge... (more)

CNW 6857 leads a southbound freight on CNW's New Line across Grange Avenue in Cudahy, WI in February of 1993. In the background, Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers of the 128th Air Refueling Wing await t... (more)

The ferry Incan Superior enters Duluth, MN, bound for its dock in Superior, WI in September of 1983. One of the more unusual and unremarked ferries on the Great Lakes, the ferry carried mostly pap... (more)

GBW 320 has finished swapping cars with the carferry in Kewaunee and is on the return trip to Green Bay as it hustles thru Luxemburg, WI in October of 1988. Luxemburg is the current end of the lin... (more)

CP Alco 4093 spends the night at the CP engine facility in Sault Ste. Marie, ON in October of 1972. Russ Porter slide from my collection.

Amtrak #8, The Empire Builder, stops at the Minot, ND Amtrak depot in May of 1990. A similar view can still be had nearly 27 years later.