Highlight- Strong golden hour sun, highlight's an SD45's builders plate in contrast to the dark front of aging WC SD45, 6510. Both shown- put to bed, while waiting on a nocturnal departure from th... (more)
Power River Coal trains bound for Wisconsin, would be interchange to the WC in Chicago for the trip north on the Chicago Sub. In 1997 a pair of CNW Dash 8's, with a WC45, slam over the WSOR at Sli... (more)
Cityscape- The queen herself.. WC's only FP45 leads train T045 on the B&OCT's Altenhiem Sub near Springfield Avenue. The "New" and old Sears tower can be seen over the tops of the trees, in this w... (more)
Morning Lineup- Another cold night in Chicago has claimed the last of the nights southbound's. Lined up side by side, waiting on Re-crews and track space. Engineer Gary Foley, looks ready to roll,... (more)
Mt Burkhardt- The WC main spanning the CNW E/W main, was a high spot in the area. Always a pain to pull heavy trains over the seperated crossing, the location became known as Mt Burkhardt, as Burk... (more)
Anniversary Duo- WC's 10th anniversary and the state of Wisconsin's Susquentennial (100 year anniversary) prompted them to paint this GP40 into what became known as the WC "map" unit. A couple we... (more)
Time Out- Snow falls lightly on WC's train 44, stopped in line trying to get to CSX's Barr Yard, in a very urban part of Chicago's west side. This scene has changed greatly in the past few years. ... (more)
A decent array of power leads the daily US-Canada northbound freight arrives in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario with a long heavy drag consisting mainly of ore loads destined for the blast furnaces at E... (more)
The last train through downtown Oshkosh on the ex- Soo Line route pushes the previous days' snowfall out of the way.
One of WC's workhorse SD45's leads a former Algoma Central SD40-2 and two private cars. The dome car formerly belonged to the Green Bay & Western.
Who's railroad is this? A pair of WC SD45s lead a Union Pacific train on BNSF rails as they approach Superior.
WC 6650,590 round the big curve west of Dafter with 61 loads of pellets headed for Sault Ste. Marie.
WC 6593 leads a pair of GP40's west through an extremely heavy snow squall just west of Trout Lake. The CN merger had happened a couple months before but solid WC consists in old WC territory were... (more)
A spotless 3027 heads east with 1762, 6630 and 47 cars.
WC 3026, 7510 depart west out of the Gilchrist pass after meeting a eastbound on the evening of March 11, 2001.