DM&IR SD's always seemed to be roaming the WC after all the ore moves started in the 90's. They were fine units and were well maintained. The Hi-nosed SD's added a little variety to the WC's roste... (more)

CNW 6705 was one C628 that saw very limited use after its purchase from N&W in 1973. It did last long enough to get full CNW paint but I started shooting Escanaba in late 1975 and I never seen it ... (more)

Train 1 bound for Hearst has just rolled over Bellevue trestle and is making its way north with 1753 leading 1752 and the normal 4 car train. The trees are just starting to get some fall color on ... (more)

Soo 747, MNS 41 and Soo 550 wander through some April snow at Gilchrist on a short train 909. Ahead lay meets with trains 910 at Swift and 912 at Isabella plus pick-ups at Gulliver, Manistique and... (more)

The WC often turned to the LS&I for a few spare U-boats in the mid-90's during the winter months to help with heavy traffic. LS&I 3052, WC 6621 and WC 1504 head east with 114 cars on train 35.

The WC was blessed with some slow running street trackage getting through Oshkosh, it was a left over from the former Soo main that became a major bottleneck as business boomed. The street trackag... (more)

WC 3027, AC 1762, WC 6630 roll through the forest about 5 miles east of Trout Lake. By the late 90's the riot of color was about gone off the WC and most units were looking good.

Freshly painted 6718 leads 6709 and 56 cars of the Escanaba-Green Bay freight east near Daggett.

The end for Mongrel 1505 came when the roundhouse burned at Iron Mountain on June 12th, 1976. Here the unit is seen at Adams headed for scrap. Photo is in my collection with no photographer inform... (more)

Reading 6301 at Elizabethport with a couple CNJ units in the background. Slide is in my collection and was either purchased or traded for years ago. No photographer listed on slide.

Soo 212B and 502C get to work on making a pick up at Trout Lake on a westbound extra during the fall of 1979. New GP38-2's had been making inroads on the Soo F-unit fleet for a few years already a... (more)

The bright red nose of Soo 4407 brings some color to a dreary spring day at Negaunee. This 15 car westbound had struggled up Marquette hill on the wet rail and then had been held at this signal fo... (more)

The pair of ex FRV SD24's that came to the WC often found themselves working in Upper Michigan. Late on a humid July evening the 2401 is has been swapped out with the 2402 for use on the Newberry ... (more)

Soo train 911 rolls west with 733 leading leased CR 6523 and 85 cars on an early spring morning. The 733 was one of only four GP40's on the Soo's roster before a large group were added with the pu... (more)

I spent a lot of time on trains back in the 70's and 80's, Soo crews in Upper Michigan were a friendly group and a long way from the headquarters in the Twin Cities, so they put up with me pester... (more)