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)

An extra east Wisconsin Central train, led by former Milwaukee Road SDL39 No. 585, is climbing Byron Hill between Fond du Lac and Hamilton, Wisconsin, on the morning of February 2, 1992. The 2,300... (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)

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)

WC 3024 is ready for the crew to board on CN's White Pine line at North Bessemer, MI in September of 2009. The Fox Valley and Lake Superior recently acquired this line but it has been out of servi... (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)