ALMA, Wis. –The trains don’t stop in Alma anymore. Nor in the heyday of steam did the Burlington’s pre-Zephyr crack Black Hawk passenger train that roared through on its Chicago-St. Paul runs.
Trackside humor. Along the historic Burlington mainline through Alma, a garage owner has applied a likeness of a seemingly unstoppable steam locomotive with the overnight Black Hawk in tow. But relax. Hey, this isn’t the 1920a anymore. Image: Steve Lunde