Two Wisconsin Central trains do a power swap at the south end of Byron Siding on the morning of March 23, 1996. WC No. 6651 is a former Santa Fe EMD F45 and features a paint scheme unique to WC’... (more)

BUGX 4135 sits in St Marys railroad yard getting repairs

While being operated by Iowa Pacific Holdings, Amtrak's "Hoosier State", train P851, eases off the wye at Canal Street in downtown Chicago.

Day One for the 301: The westbound Empire Builder ascends Stevens Pass en route to Seattle on a cold and wet Spring morning. Pulling the train are two of Amtrak's newest: Siemens Mobility b... (more)

It’s springtime in Wisconsin and its finally starting to green up—a little, anyway—on April 16, 1997. Wisconsin Central has a quartet of EMD 20-cylinder locomotives rumbling on the front of ... (more)

AMTK 301 has the honors for the first time as it leads the trip to the west coast on a balmy March morning. The Empire Builder had to wait for CP to get a derailment in Wisconsin cleaned up ye... (more)

The spring thaw has arrived in SE North Dakota as a tardy Empire Builder heads from Fargo to Grand Forks. CP had a derailment in Wisconsin yesterday, so there was a healthy delay out of Chicag... (more)

A low angle on Wisconsin Central train 50 curving through Rugby, Wisconsin, on a sunny April 14, 1997—powered by a pair of EMD cowls—F45 No. 6656 and FP45 No. 6652.

Two cowls and an AC
Wisconsin Central train 45 descends Byron Hill at Hamilton, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 11, 1996. Powering the westbound train that is nearing the crew chang... (more)

On January 24, 1996, Wisconsin Central train 46 diverges onto the connection track between WC and Soo Line at Duplainville, Wisconsin. Today’s train is led by former Santa Fe EMD F45 “cowl” ... (more)

The Pepsi can schemed P42 shoves the City of New Orleans over the Pennsy lift bridge, shortly after crossing 21st Street. The train is completing the last leg of the journey to Chicago Union Stati... (more)

For the first time ever, an ALC-42 led a revenue train into Chicago. Despite multiple delays as well as striking a pickup truck in Washington state, ALC-42 #302 was fit enough to drag the train in... (more)

AMTK 302 followed by two 50th anniversary units and a phase 5 P42 lead the eastbound Empire Builder through St. Paul Midway, running over 9 hours late.

AMTK 302 followed by two 50th anniversary units and a phase 5 P42 lead the eastbound Empire Builder through Fridley, running over 9 hours late.

Amtrak's ALC-42 #302 (the first ALC-42 to lead an Amtrak revenue train) and P42DC #161 (the 50th Anniversary Phase I heritage unit) lead the westbound Empire Builder into Everett, WA on February 1... (more)