Labor problems on the Soo/CSX sent CPR Montreal-Chicago traffic back onto its former route through Upper Michigan for a few days in April 1991. This westbound is getting ready to depart Soo Yard w... (more)

The Wisconsin and Southern’s Paint Facility in Horicon, Wisconsin, has just finished painting the first Wisconsin Central EMD F45 No. 6650. A contest was run internally on the railroad to come u... (more)

The WC was blessed with some slow running street trackage getting through Oshkosh, it was a left over from the former Soo main that became a major bottleneck as business boomed. The street trackag... (more)

WC 3027, AC 1762, WC 6630 roll through the forest about 5 miles east of Trout Lake. By the late 90's the riot of color was about gone off the WC and most units were looking good.

WC 3018 kicks cars at Joliet's East End on this cool morning.

The pair of ex FRV SD24's that came to the WC often found themselves working in Upper Michigan. Late on a humid July evening the 2401 is has been swapped out with the 2402 for use on the Newberry ... (more)

WC 3005, AC 1754, WC 3014,3023,6595 roll SOGBA through Gilchrist with an overpowered 37 car train as spring nears in Upper Michigan. This was the normal location for the AC F's for the few years t... (more)

WC 6625 and 2553 kick up the snow as they race west at Rudyard with a head-end fill of paper loads and kaolin tanks along with the Tilden empties.

WC 6006, AC 1761,1756 and WC 3027 start for Gladstone with train SOGBA. The ex ACR units ran around in their original paint scheme quite awhile after the WC bought their owner.

After arriving at Escanaba short on time this ore train tied up with the power still on. The 6653 and 6522 only have about 60 cars in tow on this cold February afternoon. The most common power on ... (more)

WC 2002,6602 and train OACTI with 61 cars swing around the connection onto the Ex DSS&A main at Trout Lake to clear for a meet with eastbound GBSOA late on a Sept. evening.

The WC was kind of a disappointment to me at first, with patched SDL's, GP30's, GP35's and Ex BN "Green Weenie" SD45's, but once they managed to get their act together I felt it turned into one of... (more)

Heavy traffic and cold conditions found the WC running an Extra train 35 about an hour behind the regular job on this February day. WC 584, 2401 lead 47 cars of mainly empty pulpwood gons east nea... (more)

Wisconsin Central Operation Life Saver 7525 is ready to head back south for Frankfort, Indiana at Marion, Indiana.

Before the WC had an F45 numbered 6655 they had this ex BN/Frisco SD45 that was also numbered 6655. The WC chose it for a special lettering scheme that had "Our first anniversary" on the long hood... (more)