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WC freight and passenger action on the former Algoma Central.
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Photo ID: 388062

The Ex ACR GP7's stayed close to home for the most part in the first few months after the WC merger. A few wandered into Upper Michigan but that was about as far as they managed to get in the firs... (more)

Railroad: Wisconsin Central
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Hawk Junction, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: WC 1507
Train ID: WC 6
Photo Date: May 18, 1995


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Added: Jan 28, 2012

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Photo ID: 388061

The WC/Ex ACR lines in Upper Michigan and Ontario remained a time machine for most of the 90's. Power was an awesome combination of just about everything EMD ever made in the 50's through the 70's... (more)

Railroad: Algoma Central Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP9
Location: Wabos, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: AC 1751
Train ID: WC XAL011
Photo Date: February 15, 1996


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: Jan 28, 2012

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Photo ID: 387782

AC 1756 leads 1750,1754,1755,1751 and 25 cars of train 4 south of Heyden. The light was fading fast on this late running canyon tour and I was trying for a different location when my world was sud... (more)

Railroad: Algoma Central Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Heyden, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: AC 1756
Train ID: WC 4
Photo Date: September 21, 1997


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: Jan 24, 2012

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Photo ID: 387524

A very short train 10 heads south near Bellevue. Normally a pair of units were not enough power south of Hawk Junction on the former ACR, due to the grades, curves and fairly heavy trains, but on ... (more)

Railroad: Wisconsin Central
Locomotive: EMD GP38-2
Location: Bellevue, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: WC 2005
Train ID: WC 10
Photo Date: April 15, 1995


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: Jan 22, 2012

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Photo ID: 387522

Before the Ex VIA FP9's were made ready for passenger train service the WC continued to power the Ex ACR Canyon and Hearst trains with hood units. In this shot from the summer on 1995, 2001 and 20... (more)

Railroad: Wisconsin Central
Locomotive: EMD GP38-2
Location: Achigan, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: WC 2001
Train ID: WC 4
Photo Date: August 12, 1995


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: Jan 22, 2012

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Photo ID: 387518

FP9's 1755,1754,1750 have the northbound Agawa Canyon train in tow at Heyden. By this late in the season the light normally wasn't much good for photos before Heyden with train 3's early morning d... (more)

Railroad: Algoma Central Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP9
Location: Heyden, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: AC 1755
Train ID: WC 3
Photo Date: September 13, 1997


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: Jan 22, 2012

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Photo ID: 376934

A decent array of power leads the daily US-Canada northbound freight arrives in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario with a long heavy drag consisting mainly of ore loads destined for the blast furnaces at E... (more)

Railroad: Wisconsin Central
Locomotive: EMD GP40
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: WC 3004
Train ID: CN L551
Photo Date: March 14, 2010


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By: Tim Gobeil

Added: Oct 04, 2011

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Photo ID: 364271

Train 4 lead by 1756,1751,1754,1755,1753 hustles south with 25 cars as it passes a colorful group of hardwood that the area is famous for.

Railroad: Algoma Central Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Northland, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: ACRI 1756
Train ID: WC 4
Photo Date: September 26, 1997


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: May 25, 2011

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Photo ID: 364104

On a hazy humid July afternoon WC train 4 with AC 1756, 1754, 1752 rolls past the boarded up Frater station. The 1756 looks about a dirty as any of the F's I ever seen in Canyon service.

Railroad: Algoma Central Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Frater, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: ACRI 1756
Train ID: WC 4
Photo Date: July 11, 1996


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: May 23, 2011

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Photo ID: 364098

AC 1756,1751,1754,1755,1753 head upgrade with 25 cars near the north end of Bellevue Trestle. The long train was giving the F's a good workout on this sunny fall afternoon.

Railroad: Algoma Central Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Bellevue, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: ACRI 1756
Train ID: WC 4
Photo Date: September 26, 1997


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: May 23, 2011

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Photo ID: 363962

The ACR had a pair of SW9's numbered 140-141. The 141 was more of the problem child of the pair and was gone before the WC takeover. The two SW's never ventured far from Steelton. The 140 was renu... (more)

Railroad: Wisconsin Central
Locomotive: EMD SW9
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: WC 900
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 20, 1995


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: May 21, 2011

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Photo ID: 363585

The canyon tour, WC train 4 heads south with 1756, 1751, 1752 a couple miles south of Bellevue. The end of the F's wasn't far off at this point as WC was already toying with the idea that it was c... (more)

Railroad: Algoma Central Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Bellevue, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: ACRI 1756
Train ID: WC 4
Photo Date: June 19, 2000


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: May 16, 2011

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Photo ID: 363421

When the WC first bought the ex VIA F's for Agawa Canyon service they tended to stay in passenger service, even during the peak fall color season when the tour train could run up to 30 cars. Durin... (more)

Railroad: Algoma Central Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP9
Location: Searchmont, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: ACRI 1751
Train ID: WC 4
Photo Date: September 18, 1996


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: May 15, 2011

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Photo ID: 363406

AC 1752,1754 make their way north with the Hearst train. Trains 1&2 normally were assigned one F during the warmer months but this train is a little longer with an extra coach due to a tour group ... (more)

Railroad: Algoma Central Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP9
Location: Searchmont, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: ACRI 1752
Train ID: WC 1
Photo Date: July 05, 1997


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: May 15, 2011

Views: 3,230
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Photo ID: 363404

AC F's 1753,1754 tackle Northland Hill south of Searchmont with a short extra that had been called out of Hawk Junction to do local work and collect a few ore loads that had been set out the previ... (more)

Railroad: Algoma Central Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP9
Location: Searchmont, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: ACRI 1753
Train ID: WC X-10
Photo Date: July 19, 1996


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By: Chuck Schwesinger

Added: May 15, 2011

Views: 2,991
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Favorited: 10
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