Amtrak train 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, approaches the only active railroad tunnel in Wisconsin at appropriately-named Tunnel City on September 27, 1987.

Amtrak P42 205 departs Wisconsin Dells with the Westbound Empire Builder.

A pair of Milwaukee Road EMD GP40s power Soo Line train 243 at Duplainville, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of April 12, 1987. The eastbound train is making a set out on the old Soo Line siding using... (more)

Chicago & Northern Western’s freight from Janesville is eastbound at Clinton, Wisconsin, passing the abandoned 1912 depot on the morning of August 12, 1995. This station at Clinton Junction stoo... (more)

A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s power a westbound BN stack train past the entrance to the Stonefield Historic Site at Cassville, Wisconsin, on May 24, 1992. In an idyllic setting along t... (more)

The sun is setting on a cold December 7, 1996, as Wisconsin Central train 47 rolls through Brookfield, Wisconsin and is past its venerable depot. WC train 46/47 was a North Fond du Lac to Milwauke... (more)

WSOR 101 approaches Germantown, WI with a business train in October of 2008.

On a bright April 23, 1989 afternoon, northbound Fox River Valley Railroad PRGBA (Proviso Yard in Chicago to Green Bay) freight rolls past the stately barn of Luxerin Farms at Marblehead, just sou... (more)

Two sets of Soo Line power rest outside the roundhouse at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on August 30, 1987. In a couple of months, the route through here will become part of the new regional Wisconsin... (more)

Wisconsin & Calumet EMD GP9 No. 270 and its diminutive train approaches the Illinois state line as it slowly curves through Clarno, Wisconsin, on February 17, 1985. This little-used line from Madi... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 47 lets ’er rip departing Duplainville, Wisconsin, late on the afternoon of April 6, 1989. For what seemed like years (it was a few), WC power was dominated by “Green W... (more)

CP 2316 switches Stinson Yard in Superior.

Southbound Soo Line train 18 divides Allenton, Wisconsin, on the afternoon August 23, 1987. The train is led by Soo GP9 No. 2402, built by EMD in December 1954. This main line through Allenton bet... (more)

Late in the day on July 31, 2005, a westbound Union Pacific freight heads into the setting sun west of North Lake, Wisconsin, on the former Chicago & North Western Adams Line.

The crossing guard protects a rural farm crossing outside of Avalon, Wisconsin as SOO Line 1003 thunders towards Janesville with a short freight.