CNW 6721 brings train ESGBA across the Peshtigo River in Peshtigo, WI. in May of 1986. Peshtigo was the site of the worst wildfire in US history in October of 1871. The fire claimed more than 1200... (more)
Soo Line train 17 crests Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 6, 1987. Leading the train is Soo Line EMD SD39 No. 6241 with nose lettering for short-lived Lake Stat... (more)
Outrunning the storm - a Hiawatha Service train departs Sturtevant for Chicago as threatening skies approach. About 5 minutes later, severe thunderstorms struck.
WC day one On October 11, 1987, the first Wisconsin Central freight train to climb Byron Hill out of Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac, approaches the top of the grade at Byron, Wisconsin... (more)