Wisconsin Central train No. 50 curves through Rugby, Wisconsin, on April 14, 1997, with F45 No. 6656 in the lead.

Long December nights
The glow of city lights in the Milwaukee area reflect off low clouds as Wisconsin Central GP30 No. 711 sits at the west (north) end of Duplainville siding on the sn... (more)

On the original old Soo Line across Upper Michigan to Sault Ste. Marie, Wisconsin Central's eastbound WCO-35 has two not-yet-repainted SD45's and three SDL39's at Manistique, Mich. on Sept. 18, 19... (more)

Behind two of its ubiquitous SD45's of a roster of 93 of them, Wisconsin Central 6605 South blasts through Allenton, Wis.

An ex Santa Fe F45 heads up a loaded all rail taconite train on it's way South out of Superior

Wisconsin Central train No. 2 trundles through Van Dyne, Wisconsin, on the pretty afternoon of November 6, 1994. The train is powered by a pair of SD45s, Nos. 6587 and 6677.

Storming out of Duplainville, Wisconsin, after making a pick up, Wisconsin Central train No. 47 hurries by near sunset on August 5, 1995. WC No. 2557 is a former Chicago and North Western locomoti... (more)

A loaded ore train from the Minorca taconite plant in Minnesota heads for Escanaba behind a pair of WC SD45s.

WC 7511 and 2061 pass through a Chilly Trout Lake on an sunny early January afternoon with the Tilden empties.

WC 7513 heads west at Ishpeming with rock loads in the spring of 2002. Notice the signals have been deactivated and turned away from the track on this once busy section of joint LS&I/WC/CNW line.

A pair of WC SD45s move a train of red (natural) iron ore south towards Chicago. The ore was headed for the Gary Works via the EJ&E.

When the WC first started operations only two trains a day made the Gladstone-Sault Ste. Marie trip and they were often fairly short. Service started with trains 11 and 12 in a hold over from the ... (more)

6543 scoots east with a short 6 car train. If you look close you can see a couple of logs ready to unload off the first car. Over the years I became pretty vigilant about looking the first few car... (more)

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)