Shining in the afternoon sun
A Wisconsin Central trackmobile has tugged newly-painted boxcar No. 47675 out onto the transfer table between shop buildings at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin,... (more)

AC 1753 is parked at the Shops Yard engine facilities at Wisconsin Central's North Fond Du Lac yards. The unit began life in January 1957 as CN 6514, a GMD built FP9A. It came back under CN owners... (more)

WC 3012 leads a pair of SD45s on a southbound freight at Theresa Station and is about to cross the Rock River which flows out of Theresa Marsh. The train is operating between North Fond Du Lac and... (more)

Wisconsin Central was a friendly railroad to be around with a camera. I frequently wandered around the engine facility, as well as locomotive and car shop at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin—or “S... (more)

WC 1236 & 1231 are paired up for heavy yard switching at Wisconsin Central's North Fond Du Lac Yard. This yard was the largest on the WC and classified trains coming from throughout their system f... (more)

A diminutive Wisconsin Central shop switcher waits for the next move, which is likely moving WC EMD SD45 No. 6554, after it is thoroughly sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WCâ... (more)

Inside Wisconsin Central’s car shop at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, is a Soo Line boxcar that is being prepped for WC paint, along with freshly-painted EMD SD45 No. 6532 getting some finishing ... (more)

Bare metal
Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6554 is sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WC’s classy maroon and gold paint scheme at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, Wi... (more)

Noting the number of shots I've uploaded and knowing that I had thousands of slides, I thought a "3000" was a piece of cake. My favorite would have been Clinchfield 3000 but that shot i... (more)

A quartet of Wisconsin Central EMD 20-cylinder locomotives power train 51 at Ackerville, Wisconsin, on April 16, 1997. On the lead is WC’s only FP45, No. 6652, followed by F45 No. 6656, SD45 No.... (more)

A pair of SD45's on the daily morning train stands ready to depart.

How sweet it is! WC 4012 switches the Galloway West plant in Fond Du Lac, WI in July of 1992. This plant produced sweetened condensed milk. Milk Specialties runs the plant today, but he siding is ... (more)

WC day one
On October 11, 1987, the first Wisconsin Central freight train to climb Byron Hill out of Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac, approaches the top of the grade at Byron, Wisconsin... (more)

A trio of new Southern Pacific GE C44-9Ws is almost finished climbing Byron Hill with a heavy taconite ore train as it meets a northbound Wisconsin Central freight in the siding at Byron, Wisconsi... (more)

The sun is setting on a cold December 7, 1996, as Wisconsin Central train 47 rolls through Brookfield, Wisconsin and is past its venerable depot. WC train 46/47 was a North Fond du Lac to Milwauke... (more)