A northbound Fox River Valley freight passes over the Fond du Lac River at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on March 25, 1990. The train has FRV’s two SD24s and the lone SD35 for power.
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A short Soo Line transfer freight approaches the Grassy Point Drawbridge at Superior, Wisconsin, on October 19, 1985. Either the conductor is really cold, or the dampers on the stove aren’t working quite right, as the caboose trails a nice plume of smoke.
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Milwaukee Road’s hot westbound Ford train passes through Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 28, 1985. This view is from the 16th Street viaduct, and Mt. Vernon Avenue parallels the tracks here.
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One of the few (maybe the only) times a former LS&I Alco RSD-15 “Alligator” led a Fox River Valley train. The freight is entering Butler Yard on the C&NW on a cold February 24, 1990. Trailing the former Santa Fe/LS&I/GB&W Alco are two former BN SD24s, Nos. 2401 and 2402. I lived in Butler at the time, making getting trains like this a bit easier.
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Wisconsin Central prepares its newly purchased Santa Fe SD45s with some truck work, among other things, at the shops at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on October 8, 1994. I used to wander inside those shops with a camera a lot, and no one ever said anything or told me to leave. The WC was a great railroad! The former Soo Line facility there was simply known as “Shops.”
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