It may look like the Soo Line, but it is actually Lake States RR, the short lived subsidiary before purchase by the Wisconsin Central. Soo 709 leads a northbound near Van Dyne, WI in April of 1987... (more)

One of Soo Line's rare SD60M's crosses 1st Street in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1991 as it starts its' journey south on the old Milwaukee Road C&M subdivision.

CNW 6890 brings the first cut of steaming taconite pellets thru Empire Junction in Negaunee, MI in October of 1988. The ore came from the Empire Mine, which is now closed.

BNSF leads an ethanol train across Adams Road in Franksville, WI on June 27th, 2022. The train is on CP's C&M subdivision.

CNW 8025 brings a potash train past Airport (named for Mitchell Field) on Milwaukee's south side on a crisp February day in 1991. The train is on CNW's New Line.

Doing what Alco's do best, CNW 6710 smokes it up as it departs Brampton, MI in May of 1986 after meeting an empty ore train heading north. Not much ore traffic remains on this line since Empire mi... (more)

CNW 6888 leads a Falcon across the swollen Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, IA in August of 1993. Once a gauntlet bridge, it is single track in this photo. A bottleneck for traffic for many years, the... (more)

Roaring thru Rondout....... Soo Line 6025 leads a freight thru Rondout, IL in September of 1991.

Not your typical passenger engine... WC 587, a rare ex-MILW EMD SDL39 leads a WGRF passenger special past the ex-Soo Line Shops Yard facility on April 8th, 1989. The weather was quite varied this ... (more)

Railroad ferries were once commonplace on the Great Lakes. Here we see Ann Arbor's "City of Green Bay" entering the Elberta/Frankfort, MI harbor with a load of freight cars. A colorful y... (more)

Let's take a pole..... In a case of who's railroad is it, UP 5284 leads a NS unit through Mt. Pleasant, WI on CP's C&M Subdivision on 5/9/22. Pole lines have become increasingly rare these days, b... (more)

MILW 33A is in charge of a Hiawatha as it approaches Duplainville, WI in June of 1969. Bob Ferge image from my collection.

WC 3024 parks its' train on the siding at Marengo, WI in September of 2009. The next day, they will swap cars with the local to Ashland, WI and then resume their journey east to the mine at White ... (more)

WC 3024 is ready for the crew to board on CN's White Pine line at North Bessemer, MI in September of 2009. The Fox Valley and Lake Superior recently acquired this line but it has been out of servi... (more)

WSOR 1501 arrives in Plymouth , WI in June of 2009. This ex-MILW line has seen numerous upgrades since this photo was taken. It's also one of the last rolls of Provia slide film I shot before chan... (more)