CNW action on a Thanksgiving weekend includes a meet as #483's cabin greets #576's head-end, waiting in the hole. The conditions appear better suited for deer hunting than railroading.

The Nelsons, taking a cue from a couple other railfans, pulled up their pant cuffs and waded out into Turtle Creek to capture this Nickel Plate special, eastbound on the CNW. Behind the engine ar... (more)

Eastbound about 3 miles out of Wyeville, an Officer's Special breaks the quiet of a Saturday morning on Highway 21, reliving the glory days of the 400 fleet if only for a few seconds.

CNW and MILW could get cooperate when necessary. A combined MILW-CNW taconite operation on the route of the Hiawathas occurred, the empties return to the iron range on this May day, the operator ... (more)

Milwaukee Road's Afternoon Hiawatha exits the tunnel westbound. To compare this view to other eras, click on "Tunnel City" (above) for other shots in the railpictures.net archive. Engine 100C we... (more)

CNW's bicentennial unit #1776 leads the Dodgeville turn out of Madison. With 1 load and 18 empties, the train is nearing MX tower and shortly will diverge onto the "ridge runner" line, today a bi... (more)

Led by a borrowed MOPAC screaming eagle, 70 loads of "pink lady" ballast from the Rock Springs quarry near Reedsburg, WI., grind up the ruling grade on the CNW Madison sub approaching Dane. There... (more)

Seen from the bluffs above the placid Mississippi backwaters on a July morning, a CGW eastbound will soon crossover and duck into Winston Tunnel onto home rails. With 4 loads and 142 empties, thi... (more)

A Baby Trainmaster gets ready to pull 1 load and 8 empties up CNW's original Wisconsin trackage, between Janesville and Fond du Lac. 32 miles of the path today is known as the Wild Goose Trail, s... (more)

With 2 loads and 37 empties, CNW's Madison-South Janesville wayfreight splits the blades crossing County Rd. T, at the halfway point between the two south-central Wisconsin cities. Both engines a... (more)

GT's "City of Milwaukee" with fresh CB&Q boxes seen at the slip in Milwaukee. To see the companion view of the power, click Railroad: Grand Trunk Railway
Locomotive: n/a
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Locomotive #: n/a
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: June 11, 1968

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)