A dusty 3014 with a faded out nose leads AC 1752 and Ex FRV 2401 east on a bright spring morning. The two ex FRV SD24's frequented Upper Michigan

SD45 6627 pilots an A-B-A F set and train SOGBA around the wye onto the EX DSS&A line to clear the main for a meet with its eastbound counterpart at Trout Lake.Power in this consist was 6627,AC 1... (more)

WC 3023,AC 1752,WC 6652 head west out of some storm clouds just west of Trout Lake. With the snow on 3023's plow it appears snow was falling somewhere on the run out from Sault Ste. Marie.

WC 6639, AC 1762, WC 1702 are westbound with train SOGBA. The odd lash up was common on the eastern end of the WC, as the Ex Via Rail F's were often pressed into freight service. The 6639 was one ... (more)

WC 7518,6506,6632 roll through the rough wasteland east of the AOD plant at Siderite. Not much will grow in this region, although there were forest fires burning in the area on the day I shot this... (more)

WC 6655,6507,6597,6004,2252 amble north with train 11 at Limer. The amount of power on the train reflects the rugged nature of the former ACR line north of Sault Ste. Marie and the fact that on th... (more)

Late in the evening WC 3021, 6622, 586 arrive at Trout Lake with the all rail ore empties from Algoma Steel to Tilden Mine. The four cars of logs first out on the train were picked up at Kinross. ... (more)

In what was surely a blast from the past, even in 1998, WC 6654 leads AC 1756,1762,1761,1754 on the 65 cars of train GBSOA departing for Sault Ste. Marie. That is an A-A-B-B-A set of EMD F's for t... (more)

WC 6502,6004,6522 work the west end of the yard at the Algoma Ore Division (AOD) near Wawa. The smelter is just out of sight on the right of the photo. WC inherited this ore operation when they bo... (more)

An eastbound WC train bears down on the crossing at Van Dyne protected by this classic wig-wag crossing signal. The former Soo track this train is on parallels an ex-C&NW line through here that wa... (more)

WC 6586,6550,6630 are in full dynamics as they struggle to keep 90 loads of Minorca ore from gaining to much speed as they drop downgrade into the Menominee River valley near Kremlin.

The daily train from Wausau to Stevens Point approaches Junction City where it will turn from the ex-Milwaukee Road Valley Sub to the ex-SOO Superior Sub. The GP35 is a former Soo Line unit.

SD35Q 2500, a former Southern Railway unit rebuilt by WC with a Q-Tron electronics system, heads up the turn job to Manitowoc based out of Neenah. Here the job is on its return trip and is seen c... (more)

SD35Q 2500, a former Southern Railway unit rebuilt by WC with a Q-Tron electronics system, heads up the turn job to Manitowoc based out of Neenah. Here the job is just begining its return trip an... (more)

Looking like a consist from the late 60's or 70's, WC 3018,AC 1761 power the 55 cars of train GBSOA east.