CNW class U30C no. 930 revs up for a move into a freight consist for a train heading west out of Altoona on a crisp January day in 1978. CNW had 7 big U boats and was not fond of them. One was wre... (more)

CNW 1237, a 1945 Baldwin VO-660 rebuilt by EMD in 1958 and classified as a VO-660M, tends to switching chores in Altoona, Wis. on a cool January afternoon. The unit has been repainted in the early... (more)

CNW train 408 headed up by class SD40-2 No. 6801 holds at Altoona Jct., the end of double track through the Eau Claire-Altoona, Wis. terminal area. After meeting a westbound freight, 408 will cont... (more)

UP 4521 with about 85 cars in tow passes by the Altoona depot as an American and Union Pacific flag fly in the calm winds.

A chilly CNW switch crew moves a TOFC load that just arrived in town to the piggyback ramp. Altoona handled a fair amount of piggyback traffic in the early 1970s, using a circus style facility req... (more)

The latest local power sets for frac sand traffic in Altoona, Wisconsin includes SD60Ms and a SD40-2. A few of these units sit and idle outside the depot as lightning and severe thunderstorms pass... (more)

UP 7876 passes by the local switching set in Altoona. The crew will change in the east end along with a sticky handbrake detected about 16-25 cars back.

GMTX 2103 rolls by me after putting together a local on the east end. Now it heads west for Menards about 10 miles to the west at MP 79

A nice set of power including two patched Espee's lead by a pristine dash 9 with wings and low, black numberboards, is ready to depart Altoona with MALMCS.

Union Pacific MOW workers start on early on a cold morning as they continue to rebuild the Altoona yard.

Track gang crews repair rail and do track work in the Union Pacific yard in Altoona, Wisconsin.

Union Pacific 1495's head light cuts through the blizzard like conditions in Altoona, Wisconsin. The yard job can also be seen working.

Looking more like N&W than C&NW with their long hoods facing outward, CNW 894, an SD40, and 2 of CNW's 7 U30Cs await their next assignment at the Altoona, WI engine facility on a crisp January 197... (more)

Unused codeline poles and wires reflect in a mud puddle from the recent rains as a Union Pacific freight pulls along the ex-CNW depot in Altoona, Wisconsin where a crew change will soon be made. T... (more)