After waiting for an eastbound OCS to clear in the short Caffey siding the WC 6559, 6502, 726 along with a couple of LS&I RSD12's (1801&1803) that had been sold to a RR in TN blast off westbound ... (more)

Leased Soo 757 and 754 power WC train 35 departing Trout Lake with 72 cars during the summer of 94. Soo SD's sure hadn't been uncommon in Upper Michigan 10 years before this photo, but by this dat... (more)

The ore loads from Wawa lean into a curve just north of Perry. Getting a shot with the whole train in sight on the former ACR was always a challenge due to the numerous curves. This job is powered... (more)

Ore loads roll toward Escanaba powered by UP 6258 and 3942. The UP wasn't long in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, but it left some pretty cool images of modern power pulling ore cars that had loo... (more)

With a head end fill of wrapped lumber in front of the normal COFC/TOFC, train 406 flies east near Larchwood. A single SD40-2 was definitely not normal winter power for 406, so no doubt this job h... (more)

After waiting for a eastbound IM that had been stopped by a hot wheel alarm the UP 3722 along with BN 5362, 5916 blow smoke as they start working back up to track speed with a heavy coal load nea... (more)

CP train 407 cruises past Benny on a chilly winter afternoon. CP 5651, GATX 7371 and CP 5511 are the power and they have a good roll on the mix of TOFC/COFC and manifest traffic.

UP train PRITA at South Range has nearly completed its Chicago to Superior trip as it leans into the curve and starts downhill toward Itasca yard. Power on this nice August afternoon was UP 2976, ... (more)

A couple of CN cowls 5428, 5443 along with 5291 power train 341 near Saunders.

GB&W train 2 making it's morning run across western Wisconsin being lead by RS-27 318, and C424's 311, 312 along with 117 cars. Sights like this made the GB&W the place to be for Alco fans in the ... (more)

AC 1753 leads WC 6590, 6619 and a mix of 68 loads of Ladysmith and Tilden ore east near Dafter. The AC F's while common between Sault Ste. Marie and Gladstone seldom lead trains in freight service... (more)

The WC's lone SD35 worked Upper Michigan quite often in the mid 90's. After it was rebuilt it found a job in the Wausau area and I don't think I ever seen it again. It did end up as being one of t... (more)

A power short WC leased a large anount of the LS&I U-boat fleet during the winter/early spring of 1996. Most of the units tended to stay in Upper Michigan working the ore trains that were running ... (more)

The ore loads from Wawa drop down off the Michipicotin Branch into Hawk Junction yard. WC 6541, 6002, 6499, 6560 and 6519 are leading 42 loads on a hot August afternoon. After a crew change the tr... (more)

WC train 35 with 1504 and 6603 leading 62 cars rolls along about 8 miles out of its Sault Ste. Marie destination on a warm spring evening in Upper Michigan.