UP 1977-1613-6378-4056 bring LTS83 into Yukon, with 67 cars interchanged from the Wisconsin Northern at Norma. These SD40Ns are usually confined to the yard, but are being used by LTS83 because th... (more)

The UP local that makes the turn from Altoona to Chippewa Falls and back heads its train through Eau Claire approaching Yukon Junction where it will leave the Twin Cities main and head north on th... (more)

The Altoona assigned remote control power makes a rare appearance on the road with LTS83.

The Big Boy crossing the 474.3 ft UP Eau Claire River Bridge as it completes its trip from St. Paul, Minnesota to Altoona, Wisconsin.

UP 7631 heads past the former Uniroyal tire plant at the site of Eau Claire tower with a train load of sand from the Wisconsin Northern connection in Chippewa Falls, WI. It operates as a local tur... (more)

UP 1989 crosses the Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WI with an eastbound coke train as it approaches the Altoona, WI crew change.

Got access to the rooftop of Cascade Tissue in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to photograph the Union Pacific Big Boy steam special run to Altoona. Wanted to create an image from the similar vantage point ... (more)

UP Big Boy 4014 leads the tour train east across the Chippewa River.

UP 7604 leads a westbound freight for South St. Paul out of Eau Claire, crossing the Chippewa River near the local paper mill.

UP 4014 rolls its train across the Chippewa River at Eau Claire, WI, a few miles from its destination of Altoona for display. Coincidently, the train is about an hour ahead of the eastbound Twin C... (more)

UP "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 4014 crosses the Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WI. The train is closing in on the day's destination of Altoona. It was a fun week of chasing around Minnesota and Wis... (more)

All was not well with CNW in 1971. Ben Heineman was still running the show, but would soon dump the railroad on its employees. Fortunately, the railroad blossomed under that change and made it unt... (more)

UP 1967 leads the weekday local turn from Altoona to Menomonie, WI east under Jeffers Road bridge at the west end of Eau Claire after a day's work handling chores on the Twin Cities mainline. Heav... (more)

Three SD45s and an SD40 have ample power to keep CNW train 483 on its schedule. Just out of Altoona, the train is rolling west through Eau Claire along the Uniroyal tire plant just east of the for... (more)

BNSF train H-BRCNTW9 (UP symbol FHBRCN) heads west through Eau Claire on the UP's Altoona Sub. Flooding on the BNSF mainline in Wisconsin has prompted the BNSF to detour a few of these trains over... (more)