Wisconsin Central’s first day
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... (more)

Looking straight down on the dynamic brake fans of Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6593 at the locomotive facility at Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on April 5, 1996.

Wisconsin Central train 46 heads southbound through rolling Wisconsin farmland at Theresa on the morning of July 20, 1996. That’s Wisconsin state highway 28 rising over the hill above the pair o... (more)

While a westbound Wisconsin Central freight, led by WC EMD FP45 No. 6652, sits on the connection track to the old Green Bay & Western (acquired by WC in August 1993) at Amherst Junction, an extra ... (more)

A pair of WC SD45's, led by 6553, charge across US Hwy 41 in Fond du Lac, WI as they get ready to climb Byron Hill. Helpers are still used here by the CN to get the trains over the hill.

A pair of 20-cylinder EMD SD45 locomotives haul Wisconsin Central train 49 out of Duplainville, Wisconsin, passing a blooming apple tree on the nice spring day of May 13, 1993.

Two Wisconsin Central trains do a power swap at the south end of Byron Siding on the morning of March 23, 1996. WC No. 6651 is a former Santa Fe EMD F45 and features a paint scheme unique to WC’... (more)

It’s springtime in Wisconsin and its finally starting to green up—a little, anyway—on April 16, 1997. Wisconsin Central has a quartet of EMD 20-cylinder locomotives rumbling on the front of ... (more)

A family is out ice fishing on a frozen Neenah Slough, as Wisconsin Central train 65 passes by in the background on the day after Christmas in 1994. Train 65 has EMD GP30 No. 713, a former Soo Lin... (more)

Wig wag quartet
Wisconsin Central’s ANPRA train heads southbound out of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on July 20, 1996. The Proviso-bound train is traveling on WC’s Fox Valley & Western, ... (more)

A low angle on Wisconsin Central train 50 curving through Rugby, Wisconsin, on a sunny April 14, 1997—powered by a pair of EMD cowls—F45 No. 6656 and FP45 No. 6652.

Two cowls and an AC
Wisconsin Central train 45 descends Byron Hill at Hamilton, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 11, 1996. Powering the westbound train that is nearing the crew chang... (more)

On January 24, 1996, Wisconsin Central train 46 diverges onto the connection track between WC and Soo Line at Duplainville, Wisconsin. Today’s train is led by former Santa Fe EMD F45 “cowl” ... (more)

WC 6534 works the south end of CNW's Butler, WI yard in September of 1993.

Wisconsin Central train 242 is climbing Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on February 26, 1995. WC EMD SD45 Nos. 6523 and 6506 provide 7,200 hp worth of muscle for powering the southboun... (more)