The White Pine job has returned with half dozen CN box cars as it rounds the turn into Bergland. With the White Pine Coppery Refinery permanently closed, these trains no longer run.

WC 6522 is running down an almost snow free Division Street in Oshkosh, WI in January of 1992. Note the Griswold signal guarding the crossing. You would never know this line existed if you were to... (more)

A weathered WC GP40 on the White Pine local and four CN box cars rest at North Bessemer MI for the next days crew.

After Canadian National merged the Wisconsin Central in 2001, with the sale approved on September 7, 2001, some of WC’s locomotives soon found themselves gathering in storage lines. On November ... (more)

WC 6654 brings a cut of ore jennies thru Empire Junction in June of 1997. Once home to CNW FM's and Alco's, regular runs to the Empire Mine have ceased as the mine has closed. Only a limited stock... (more)

I christen thee.....A bottle of champagne breaks on the coupler of WC #1 as it is dedicated to the late Francis J. Wiener in November of 1990. Fran was an avid fan of the Soo Line and later the WC... (more)

WC 3021 is in the siding at Rugby Jct. as a pair of horses seems oblivious to their presence. You'd think this was Kentucky, not Wisconsin!

WC 590 shows off its unique lines as it bring a load of limestone into Manitowoc in September of 1989. The "whitewall" wheels are from the quarry where the limestone, destined for a brea... (more)

In a scene that looks vastly different today, WC F45 6654 crests Byron Hill with a southbound freight. This line is now CN and double tracked. Helpers however, are still sometimes used p the hill.

A southbound passenger extra with a rare SDL39 hits the former Milwaukee Road diamonds at Duplainville as the headlight of a WC freight waits in the background for a signal to return to home rail... (more)

Thanks for the 1/2 million views! WC 6359 teams up with an Algoma Central F-unit to switch the yard in Sault Ste. Marie in June of 1997. The International bridge looms in the background.

WC 585 is about to depart Canada for the USA as it crosses the Saint Mary's River in May of 1988. The International Bridge is in the background. That bridge is quite busy on Friday evenings as Can... (more)

Rock on! WC is heading to Manitowoc, WI with numerous loads of limestone to be used in a breakwall in Lake Michigan. Only gravity was used to secure these loads as the speed on this line was extre... (more)

What's on tap??? Point of course! WC 4010 heads north at Junction City in March of 1993. Stevens Point, home of Point Beer, is only a few miles east of here, hence the Point Beer sign.

WC6598 SD45 leads a eastbound at Malta. Wisconsin Central units were common on the Southern Pacific in the mid-90s because of the huge ore contract the two railroads shared for Geneva Steel.