Freshly painted MILW SD40-2 #142 storms past the tower at Lake on Milwaukee's south side in October of 1984. There is a fairly steep grade here that can bring a heavy freight to its knees.

CNW 7005 backs thru the WC (ex-Soo) crossing at Cameron, WI with an empty ore train in November of 1990. This train originated in Escanaba and took the south leg of the wye at Cameron. It then bac... (more)

CNW's Eden Turn, powered by a pair of Geeps, switches the yard in Fond Du Lac, WI in March of 1988. The train, led by CNW 4467, will soon head south back to Butler.

CNW 6885 is about to pass under 27th Street in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1993. The train is passing Mitchell Yard on CNW's freight bypass from Butler to St. Francis. Much of this line between Mitc... (more)

CNW's Lake Geneva, WI depot is looking rather poorly in the image from July of 1985. It was once part of a line that went all the way to Williams Bay. Commuter service to Lake Geneva ended in 1975... (more)

WC 3004 brings a Green Bay bound freight past the depot at Black Creek, WI in December of 1992. The train is on the ex- Green Bay and Western at this point.

CP 2297 blasts thru Sturtevant, WI with a local Patrol (their term for wayfreight) on July 27, 2017.

Amtrak is breaking in their Siemens SC-44 Chargers on Amtrak's Haiwatha's between Milwaukee and Chicago as seen on train #338. Unfortunately, they are not yet leading.

Amtrak is breaking in their Siemens SC-44 Chargers on Amtrak's Haiwatha's between Milwaukee and Chicago as seen on train #334. Unfortunately, they are not yet leading.

SP 8004 leads a freight past the Lawrence, KS depot in June of 1989.

UP 3392 crosses Rock Creek in the Feather River Canyon in May of 1994.

UP 3392 brings a train thru Pulga, CA in the Feather River Canyon in May of 1994.

Amtrak 289 leads train #8, The Empire Builder, out of Milwaukee, WI in November of 1987. The old Milwaukee Solvay Coke facility is behind the train and the last remnants of the CNW mainline betwee... (more)

A pair of CN GP9RM's depart Byron, WI for the Quad Graphics plant just south of here in October of 2012. These units were quite a sight to see in an era of new GE's and EMD'S.

CNW 4479 switches some car at the Ladish Drop Forge facility in Cudahy, WI in January of 1991. This is on CNW's Old Line, the former passenger main between Chicago and Milwaukee.