Theresa sunset
Five minutes before sunset on April 5, 1996, Wisconsin Central F45 No. 6653, along with a trio of SD45s, crosses the Rock River as it rolls train 49 through the marshland... (more)

Crossing a bridge over Highway 45, a Wisconsin Central local switches at Valley, on the south side of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of April 14, 1997. WC EMD GP7 No. 1508 is a former Al... (more)

WC 3024 parks its' train on the siding at Marengo, WI in September of 2009. The next day, they will swap cars with the local to Ashland, WI and then resume their journey east to the mine at White ... (more)

Wisconsin Central EMD GP40 No. 3006 is in the railroad’s locomotive shop at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on September 26, 1992. On the left is Southern Pacific GP9r No. 3373 await... (more)

A Wisconsin Central freight, powered by a pair of CSX EMD locomotives and a Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW, passes milepost 105 between Duplainville and Sussex, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of July 1... (more)

A Canadian National unit rock train, pulled by Wisconsin Central No. 6004, heads south out of Sussex, Wisconsin, on the morning of August 2, 2005. WC EMD SD40-2 No. 6004 is former Algoma Central R... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 51 thunders over the crossing with Wisconsin & Southern at Slinger, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of April 14, 1997. The structure on the right advertises locally-famous Stor... (more)

A southbound Wisconsin Central freight treads as lightly as it can through the front yards of homes lining Division Street in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on November 18, 1989. Two children head down the s... (more)

Wisconsin Central’s first day
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... (more)

Looking straight down on the dynamic brake fans of Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6593 at the locomotive facility at Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on April 5, 1996.

Wisconsin Central train 46 heads southbound through rolling Wisconsin farmland at Theresa on the morning of July 20, 1996. That’s Wisconsin state highway 28 rising over the hill above the pair o... (more)

While a westbound Wisconsin Central freight, led by WC EMD FP45 No. 6652, sits on the connection track to the old Green Bay & Western (acquired by WC in August 1993) at Amherst Junction, an extra ... (more)

A pair of WC SD45's, led by 6553, charge across US Hwy 41 in Fond du Lac, WI as they get ready to climb Byron Hill. Helpers are still used here by the CN to get the trains over the hill.

A pair of 20-cylinder EMD SD45 locomotives haul Wisconsin Central train 49 out of Duplainville, Wisconsin, passing a blooming apple tree on the nice spring day of May 13, 1993.

Two Wisconsin Central trains do a power swap at the south end of Byron Siding on the morning of March 23, 1996. WC No. 6651 is a former Santa Fe EMD F45 and features a paint scheme unique to WC’... (more)