WC 6677 and 6537 make quick work of a short 18 car train 35 east of Trout Lake. Out of the first group of SD45's the WC purchased the 6677 was the only one in WC paint at the start. It came in thi... (more)

In over 30 years of rail fanning I have never seen an EMD make this much smoke. The WC 814 was assigned to the north end switch crew at Shops yard and as the afternoon progressed the clouds just k... (more)

On a cold bright Feb. afternoon WC train LO-41 works the yard at Trout Lake. The WC was struggling through its first winter and power assignments were somewhat scrambled up. The two ex Soo GP30's ... (more)

WC 7527,6578 start the decent of Byron Hill with train UPGBA.

In the Northern Ontario bush country WC 6633,6638,6614 power train 11 north with 51 cars. The 6633 has quite the color scheme going with its mainly BN paint along with what appears to be trucks of... (more)

Not long after the WC bought the Ex CNW ore lines from UP one of the WC's classy F45's was assigned to ore service out of Escanaba. The 6653 and 6522 depart Little Lake with a cold weather shorten... (more)

A few miles out of South Itasca WC 6597,7637 thunder uphill with potash loads off DWP.

WC obtained trackage rights into Green Bay over the GB&W from former Soo trackage at Black Creek. This allowed WC to quit using the Ex Milw. Road line into Green Bay as it was in rough shape and w... (more)

A couple days before Christmas 1995 a set of all ex ACR units lead a late running 121 car train 34 at Nahma. 6004,6006,2001 are having a slow run from Sault Ste. Marie to Gladstone with this monst... (more)

WC 7551 bore special lettering on its flank reading "Customer Minded Employees" as it pulled a cut of iron ore pellets out of the Empire Mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. WC took over the old C&... (more)

SORE2 brings a trainload of limestone across Goose Lake on the way to the Empire Mine. A beautiful September day is in evidence as the broom is used to prop open the cab door and let the air in. T... (more)

WC 6656,6523,6512 wander along with a 55 car ore load that originated at Tilden Mine. The pellets were bound for Geneva Steel in Utah. That's the shore of Lake Superior in the background and the t... (more)

Early WC action has Ex BN SD45's 6554,6532 crossing the Pine east of Rudyard with 47 cars in tow. The Ex BN SD45's were the backbone of the motive power fleet during WC's early years. They were re... (more)

After the WC bought up the GB&W most of the Alcos were quickly stored with no thought that they would ever see service on WC. The winter of 1993-94 was one of the worst of the 90's and coupled wit... (more)

WC 5956,5334 pass through the greenery near the top of Byron Hill with a trainload of Auburn natural ore bound for interchange to the EJ&E. This was one of a number of trainloads of raw ore moved ... (more)