The WC's lone SD35 worked Upper Michigan quite often in the mid 90's. After it was rebuilt it found a job in the Wausau area and I don't think I ever seen it again. It did end up as being one of t... (more)

The ore loads from Wawa drop down off the Michipicotin Branch into Hawk Junction yard. WC 6541, 6002, 6499, 6560 and 6519 are leading 42 loads on a hot August afternoon. After a crew change the tr... (more)

WC train 35 with 1504 and 6603 leading 62 cars rolls along about 8 miles out of its Sault Ste. Marie destination on a warm spring evening in Upper Michigan.

Quite a bit of pool power ran into North Fond du Lac during the WC/CN era. Normally the pool power seemed to consist of modern six axle units. In this case the NSFDA is passing Byron with WC 7519 ... (more)

WC 2003, AC 1753, WC 6586 head 71 cars west near Caffey. Spring is in the air but it will be weeks before things start to green up in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

After the WC bought the FRV/GBW they inherited a rather diverse group of units in the takeover. The ex GBW Alcos were parked ASAP and the FRV GP7/9/30/35's along with the pair of SD24's and single... (more)

WC 6005,6575 roll south with train 4 near Odena. The WC often used freight units on the Snow Train as the F's were normally used on trains 1&2 to/from Hearst and also often became tied up in freig... (more)

Before Byron Hill was double tracked it was quite a bottleneck from East Valley at the bottom to West Byron at the top. Over the years it was just dealt with by first the Soo then WC. When traffic... (more)

With a wave from engineer Gary Drow, the WC 6636 leads ACRI 1755, 1753 and 49 cars through some marshland west of Fibre. The 6636 was part of the last group of used SD45's that WC purchased and as... (more)

A Minoreca load is on the home stretch heading for the dumper at Escanaba as it passes through Wilson just after sunrise on a bitter January morning. The frost covered power consists of WC 6573, 6... (more)

Holding down on one of the yard leads to Markham Yard, the engineer aboard WC 2001 has a chat with a fellow yard crew member before backing his consist up into the yard shops

A westbound Minoreca train threads through Powers with WC 6587, 6592, LS&I 3002 powering 83 empties. A CNW crew has brought the train over from Escanaba and will be getting a taxi ride home from H... (more)

WC 6633, 2252,6597,6507,6655 rolls south through the Northern Ontario bush south of Perry. The Wawa mine was only a few days from permanent closure and by this time a separate ore load was seldom ... (more)

A short ore load rounds a sharp curve north of Heyden, This train only had 21 cars which was about half the normal size at the time. ACR veteran 1505 leads ATSF 5972 and WC 6560.