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Photograph

Picking Up Steam

Date: 07 07 1984
Description: Steam locomotive No. 1385 moves along the tracks as part of the Butler Railroad Days.
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Locomotives

Date: 02 02 1988
Description: Two Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotives near the Consolidated Papers pulpmill at Wisconsin Rapids. Snow is on the ground, and heavy smoke is coming out ...
Photograph

Amtrak Celebration

Date: 10 30 1989
Description: Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson, a member of the Amtrak governing board, joins an unidentified Amtrak official as the train breaks a ceremonial banner...
Photograph

Soo Line Tracks

Date: 08 1988
Description: "For nostalgia, a steam locomotive made a run on the Soo Line tracks."
Photograph

Soo Line Tracks

Date: 08 1988
Description: "The engineer waves as the steam locomotive bears down the track."
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1981
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing. This drawing appeared in the Capitol Times on April 21, 1981 with Sid's caption: "a sportswriter with an automatic ...

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