Bare metal
Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6554 is sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WC’s classy maroon and gold paint scheme at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, Wi... (more)

Noting the number of shots I've uploaded and knowing that I had thousands of slides, I thought a "3000" was a piece of cake. My favorite would have been Clinchfield 3000 but that shot i... (more)

A quartet of Wisconsin Central EMD 20-cylinder locomotives power train 51 at Ackerville, Wisconsin, on April 16, 1997. On the lead is WC’s only FP45, No. 6652, followed by F45 No. 6656, SD45 No.... (more)

A pair of SD45's on the daily morning train stands ready to depart.

How sweet it is! WC 4012 switches the Galloway West plant in Fond Du Lac, WI in July of 1992. This plant produced sweetened condensed milk. Milk Specialties runs the plant today, but he siding is ... (more)

WC day one
On October 11, 1987, the first Wisconsin Central freight train to climb Byron Hill out of Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac, approaches the top of the grade at Byron, Wisconsin... (more)

A trio of new Southern Pacific GE C44-9Ws is almost finished climbing Byron Hill with a heavy taconite ore train as it meets a northbound Wisconsin Central freight in the siding at Byron, Wisconsi... (more)

The sun is setting on a cold December 7, 1996, as Wisconsin Central train 47 rolls through Brookfield, Wisconsin and is past its venerable depot. WC train 46/47 was a North Fond du Lac to Milwauke... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 47 lets ’er rip departing Duplainville, Wisconsin, late on the afternoon of April 6, 1989. For what seemed like years (it was a few), WC power was dominated by “Green W... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 47 out of Milwaukee approaches Springdale Road grade crossing near Duplainville, Wisconsin, on a sunny June 6, 1991, in a Kodachrome telesmash wedgie of a trio of fairly fr... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 47 approaches Sussex, Wisconsin, as it passes a field of Tiger Lilies growing along the tracks near milepost 105 on July 6, 1991. Leading the train is former Texas & Pacifi... (more)

At the end of a cold December 7, 1996, day, Wisconsin Central train 47 diverges onto the connection track at Duplainville, Wisconsin, for the trip back home to North Fond du Lac. Train Nos. 46 and... (more)

Not your typical passenger engine... WC 587, a rare ex-MILW EMD SDL39 leads a WGRF passenger special past the ex-Soo Line Shops Yard facility on April 8th, 1989. The weather was quite varied this ... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 45 works out of Ackerville, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 11, 1996. Powering the westbound train is a pair of EMD F45 “cowls”, Nos. 6650 and 6653, along with a ne... (more)

Bound for interchange to the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway in Illinois, a southbound Wisconsin Central taconite ore train rumbles by the old Soo Line depot at Lomira, Wisconsin, on March 23, 199... (more)