On Valentine's Day 2001 WC operated a plow extra north along the Superior Subdivision to Superior. Not much snow as the extra neared the Twin Ports but they had obviously encountered some driftin... (more)

An ex ACR SD40-2 leads train 4 south of Searchmont. WC 6004,3014 have 16 cars in tow as they head for Sault Ste. Marie. Note the two premium service domes up front. The next passenger train of the... (more)

We had received a phone call the previous evening from a friend who worked for the WC informing us that a pair of F's would be working train 2 the following afternoon and that it probably would b... (more)

By 1995 the WC had assembled quite a group of experienced craftsmen at North Fond du Lac Diesel. Always on the look out for ways to upgrade the power on the system, WC had bought three ex CSX GP40... (more)

The WC only had about 2 months as an independent company when I shot this late evening westbound east of Engadine. The paint and cleanliness on most WC power at that time had become a thing of the... (more)

WC was on borrowed time when I shot this westbound empty ore train with a head end fill of logs and a few cars of paper west of Gilchrist. The WC's charismatic Ex President Ed Burkhardt had been u... (more)

WC 2500,2005,1753,6550 arive at Trout Lake with train GBSOA. The ex Southern SD35 that came to the WC via the FRV merger was a common sight in Upper Michigan before it was rebuilt and repainted in... (more)

In a scene that is classic WC the 2252 leads 584 and 4002, along with 62 cars past the small town of Kinross.

After exchanging train crews on the SP at Jackson St. this EJ&E crew will forward this empty ore train to the WC at Leighton IL. Today the WC and EJ&E are folded into CN's camp.

It's late August of 2002 and the CN influence is starting to really show up on the WC as the 6555 leads IC 6256 east at Rugby Junction. Most of the WC's classic 4 axle fleet is gone along with mos... (more)

The former and future NP #3617 sits cold on a warm summer night, as it has for the last 4 months as it awaits shipment, wishing it could pull the Marathon Train in the morning.

Of all the miles operated by the Wisconsin Central 10 years ago, in all but a couple isolated spots this scene would be no more than a mirage of times past. Here on the White Pine Sub however, the... (more)

With thirteen cars of copper from the refinery at White Pine and 5 carloads of used RR ties, a pair of GP40s starts the trip west to Marengo Junction in Wisconsin. The Powderhorn Ski Area towers o... (more)

WC 3027 switches a siding on the ex-GTW main at 63rd Street.

By the summer of 2001 train GBSOA was usually a late afternoon eastbound which severely limited the amount of available photo locations. During the long summer days the line into Sault Ste. Marie ... (more)