Trains & Railroads

All my train and railroad photos will be in this gallery. The Railroad Collection

Exactly what you think a shortline railroad is can be seen here as Wisconsin Northern leased GMTX 134 slowly rocks down the tracks across farm fields and through the woods near Eagleton, Wisconsin.

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Exactly what you think a shortline railroad is can be seen here as Wisconsin Northern leased GMTX 134 slowly rocks down the tracks across farm fields and through the woods near Eagleton, Wisconsin.

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$Southern Pacific 144 leads a frac sand train south down the Wisconsin Northern near New Auburn, Wisconsin.$
$A frac sand train rolls south on the Wiscon Northern through Bloomer, Wisconsin past a lumber company.$
$A Wisconsin Northern frac sand train rolls past a small pasture with a couple of horses just south of New Auburn, Wisconsin.$
$A Wisconsin Northern frac sand train rolls across farm fields as it heads south to the Union Pacific interchange at Chippewa Falls.$
$The conductor jumps aboard the Wisconsin Northern switcher in the Norma yard just outside Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The towering white building is the new frac sand plant.$
$High side gondolas full of frac sand approach the Wisconsin Northern's Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin yard as they pass some grain storage bins in Tilden.$
$A frac sand train from Cameron, Wisconsin has just arrived into the Wisconsin Northern's Norma yard outside of Chippewa Falls and is ready to be handed off to the Union Pacific.$
$A loaded frac sand train from Cameron, Wisconsin heads down the Wisconsin Northern near New Auburn. The low side hoppers allow for the headlamp from the DPU to be seen over top of the sand.$