Canadian Pacific train 390 with rebuilt ex-Soo Line SD60 #6238 leading and Norfolk Southern Virginian heritage SD70ACe #1069 trailing is pulling hard on more than 13,000 tons of freight as it rolls eastward into Ixonia, Wisconsin on Saturday morning May 3rd, 2014. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

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Running on its regular routing over the Canadian Pacific, westbound Amtrak train number 7 the “Empire Builder” is just out of Watertown and approaching Richwood, Wisconsin early in the evening of May 28th, 2014.

A pair of P42DC locomotives is the power today including lead unit #189 lettered for the Heartland Flyers “Big Game Train”. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

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NS Heritage power does not make appearances on the lines of eastern Wisconsin very often, so when it does it’s a big deal for area rail photographers. - Norfolk Southern EMD SD70ACe #1070 is leading northbound Canadian National train 341 at the south end of Ackerville on the afternoon of June 20th, 2014 – And I have to say that this Wabash paint scheme is definitely one of my favorites. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

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Early in the morning of August 16th, 2005 in a shot taken before the CN built the long siding at Ackerville – Wisconsin & Southern train HJ with a pair of SD40-2s is utilizing trackage rights on the CN to reach their southern division at Waukesha. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

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After crossing over the Mississippi and Black Rivers from Minnesota into Wisconsin - eastbound Canadian Pacific train 800, a 71 car loaded coke train, is just getting back under way following a brief stop to pickup a trainmaster at La Crosse – these Indiana Railroad EMD SD90/43MAC locomotives were formerly CEFX units, and the #9025 leader carries a special paint scheme commemorating the INRDs 25 year silver anniversary. -- October 24th, 2014 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

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