WC 6650, AC 1753, AC 1752 have train ESSOA rolling east near Gould City. This train hauled the ore from Ladysmith in gons and also a cut of Tilden ore for Algoma Steel.

West bound WC train to Marquette

WC SDL39 590 & 587, GP30 711 & SW1200 1231 sit behind the depot at Trout Lake.

A recently painted GP30 leads a pair of Ex BN SD's, 6543, 6504 as they head up train 34 a mile or so east of Kinross.

WC train 35 with 8939,6543,589,712 arrives at Trout Lake with 37 cars. Power for the Marquette local in the form of a pair of SDL39's waits in the distance for 35 to make a set out and then clear ... (more)

WC 831, 6539 work west near Trout Lake with 42 cars on train 34. The 831 was aquired in the GBW/FRV merger while the trailing ex BN SD was aquired by WC at start up. Train 34 tended to be a late a... (more)

According to info found on the 'net, this GP30 wound up at a railroad museum in Colfax, Wisconsin. Most of WC's ex-SOO GP30's met the torch after their retirement.

Frisco #1522 slows to a crawl as it crests the ruling grade at Byron Hill on its first public excursion in 1988.

After the WC bought the GBW/FRV the pair of SD24's from FRV found a home in Upper Michigan. Normally they prowled the ex DSS&A lines where they seemed well suited to muscling trains of pulpwood/fo... (more)

WC 589, 6581 pass through a small sunny spot east of Trout Lake. Fall photography in Michigan's Upper Peninsula can be quite a challenge with lots of lake effect clouds popping up in a relatively ... (more)

WC 6553,588 rumble through the yard at Trout Lake on a bright winter morning. Train OTIAC has 35 loads of Taconite bound for Sault Ste. Marie, ON.

Late in the WC era the Munising branch became home mainly to GP40's. Most of the older power that had been used was moved away from this remote location. This shot has 3000 leading 27 cars as it b... (more)

A late afternoon train 35 has arrived at Trout Lake during a Mid December snow shower. A little work will be done in the yard and then the 713,3011 and 585 will be off eastbound with a short train... (more)

After waiting out a meet with a westbound, WC 5956, 5334 have a train of Auburn natural ore bound for interchange to the EJ&E on the move. This was one of a number of trainloads of raw ore moved b... (more)

One of the largest shippers on the WC in Upper Michigan was the Mead Paper mill located in North Escanaba. It was served a couple times a day by the Gladstone yard jobs. Here a freshly painted WC ... (more)