Under Midnight Skies Portfolio

Tonights NS Triple Crown is led by BNSF power as it streaks past the "400" Club in Altoona, WI.

Union Pacific crew checks their train as a Coach America crew van waits at the Altoona yard office.

Red signal lights protect the crossing at Rondout as it rains through the night.

The gates come to life as an Union Pacific train blows the crossing as it makes it's way back to Altoona, WI.

The local job is done as an Union Pacific conductor walks across the tracks to the Altoona depot as an incoming freight pulls into the yard.

Union Pacific MPRSS glides west out of Altoona yard, cutting through the falling snow on their way to Saint Paul, MN.

With severe weather warnings out, Union Pacific MPRSS doesn't waste time flying through a crossing in Elk Mound, WI as they race west to Staint Paul.

An Union Pacific freight train thunders west over the Chippewa River under threatening skies in Eau Claire, WI.

The Union Pacific local heads North on the Chippewa Falls Sub to interchange cars with the Wisconsin Northern just south of Norma. Looks like business is slow at the Dam Bar in Chippewa Falls as the pair of GP38-2 streak by in the night.

The Union Pacific local job headed up the Chippewa Falls Sub a couple days after a blizzard dropped 21 inches of snow on the area. LLPX 2205 moves along as it busts through snow banks Chippewa Falls as the red crossing lights flash back and forth.

The Union Pacific local heads north from Eau Claire, Wisconsin through the woods and up the Chippewa Falls Sub with cars for Alter Metal Recycling and the Wisconsin Northern.

The Union Pacific local heads north from Eau Claire, Wisconsin through the woods and up the Chippewa Falls Sub with cars for Alter Metal Recycling and the Wisconsin Northern.

The Union Pacific local job crosses over the Madison Street Bridge near downtown Eau Claire after leaving the Altoona yard on their way north to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

Metra 611, one of only two remaining Metra EMD F40C passenger locomotives, flies across the diamond at Rondout Tower with passengers going from Chicago to Fox Lake, WI.

One of the last Metra passenger trains of the night heads back into Chicago Union Station under ex-PRR signal bridge lit up in front of a Chicago skyline.

Metra 611, one of only two remaining Metra EMD F40C passenger locomotives, flies across the diamond at Rondout Tower with passengers going from Chicago to Fox Lake, WI.

Union Pacific MPRSS takes freight west on the Altoona Subdivision past the spot where the old Eau Claire Tower once stood for the interchange at Uniroyal Tire Plant between Chicago and Northwestern, Soo Line, and the Milwaukee Road.

After lining the switch for a reverse move, the conductor grabs a Transport America crew cab back to the Union Pacific yard office in Altoona, Wisconsin.

After lining the switch for a reverse move, the conductor grabs a Transport America crew cab back to the Union Pacific yard office in Altoona, Wisconsin.

The Operation Lifesaver train arrived into Altoona, Wisconsin in a thunderstorm the night before it was scheduled to take three trips to Chippewa Falls for presentations. The crew can be seen working in the rain aligning the switch to put the passenger train onto the east pass with Union Pacific Boyscout Unit 2010 taking up the rear.

Red, White, and Blue...and Yellow. Fireworks get shot into the sky from Lake Altoona over Union Pacific's yard in Altoona, Wisconsin where a GP40-2 and a GP60 rest.

The Canadian Pacific's Holiday train arrived into La Crosse, Wisconsin with a large crowd on hand to watch the live music of Melanie Doane. The train is put on to help fight hunger with local food pantries on hand to collect from the food drive. Once the live music is done, they shut the boxcar door and they will be off to the next stop up the Mississippi River at Winona, Minnesota.

Some very intense severe weather passes directly over the Union Pacific yard in Altoona, Wisconsin.

A train sits and idles during a small snow storm near the Altoona depot which is right across the street from the "400" Club.

A train sits and idles during a small snow storm near the Altoona depot which is right across the street from the "400" Club.