A pair of classic CNW GP7's, led by 4378, roll thru St. Francis, WI in March of 1986. The train is heading to the Florida St. TOFC ramp near downtown Milwaukee. The TOFC business is long gone, as ... (more)

CNW RS-1 1068 waits for a rail train to pass before continuing with its work in January of 1974. Both trains are on CNW's New Line in St. Francis. The Island Job has a group of piggyback cars that... (more)

CNW 8540 is about to duck under one of the "suicide" bridges in St. Francis in January of 1995. The train has a "PR" look to it as it starts the journey to Proviso on CNW's New... (more)

CNW 957 leads train EMPRT thru the junction at St. Francis, WI in June of 1985. St. Francis tower can be seen in the background, and the train is diverging onto the "Old Line", the ex-pa... (more)

FRVR 2500 leads a train eastbound (compass south) on the C&NW's New Line main from Milwaukee to Chicago. A SD35 and two SD24's make up the consist in a scene that has changed dramatically over the... (more)

CNW 884 brings a train thru St. Francis, WI on CNW's New Line in September of 1985. The background for this shot is dramatically different today as it is dominated by the Lake Park Freeway.

The UP's Jones Island switch job slowly approaches Clement Avenue as it passes through the St. Francis tower area on the return trip to Butler. The CNW use to send switch runs all over the south ... (more)

CNW caboose 11176 brings up the rear of a westbound freight as it heads to the junction at St. Francis, in August of 1984. The bridge in the background is for the former TMER&L interurban bridge t... (more)

CNW 6859 leads a coal train on the "New Line" in St. Francis, WI in December of 1992. Today, this scene is dominated by the 4 lane Lake Park Freeway to the right of the locomotives.

The sun is about to set and UP 8992 is about to disappear into the trees as it backs around the north end of the wye at St. Francis, WI in October of 2016. This fairly unusual move was to get the ... (more)

CNW 6801 leads a colorful MILW-SOO consist on a coal train at St. Francis, WI in May of1987.

Home sweet home. FRVR 2402 is heading to Butler Yard as it passes thru St. Francis, WI in April of 1993. I grew up less than a block from this location.

CNW 4368 ducks under the signal bridge at St. Francis, WI in August of 1984. The train is returning from downtown Milwaukee and Jones Island and is on CNW's old passenger mainline. This scene look... (more)

The crewman of FRVR 2402 gives CNW 8511 a wave as the loaded coal train heads to the junction at St. Francis in April of 1993. It would seem unusual that they would put the coal train ahead of the... (more)

Reverse Superelevation? CNW 8042 is leaning the wrong way after suffering a derailment in St. Francis, WI in June of 1992.