WC SD45 7514-7520, is running nose to nose after one of the units wouldn't load in the opposite direction. It is coming off the LS&I with SORE-3, a load of iron ore at Empire Jct, Michigan. Octobe... (more)

WC, Wisconsin Central SD45's 6607-5337-6541 leads a southbound ore train on the ex-Algoma Central at Hawk Junction, Ontario. September 23, 1995. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

WC, Wisconsin Central EMD SD45u 6607, at Hawk Junction, Ontario. September 23, 1995. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo WC 6607 ex-AT&SF 1819>5339 (SD45u)

WC 3004 rolls along Hwy 54 east of Seymour, WI. in December of 1992. The train is on ex-GBW tracks which have since been removed.

Wisconsin Central train 45 heads north (westbound) through Hubertus, Wisconsin, on June 11, 1996, powered by a pair of WC’s F45s and a new Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW.

Eastbound manifest, with SD45 6582 trailing 6652. Both units were ex ATSF.

Wisconsin Central train 49 passes WC intermodal train 219 in the yard at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on the morning of May 6, 1995. Both trains are powered by a pair of EMD SD45s, with lead locomotive in... (more)

The crew of Wisconsin Central train 219 poses with the train’s lead motor, recently-repainted WC EMD SD45 No. 6554, at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on May 6, 1995.

Down to 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... (more)

WC SD45 6619 shows off its colors at Shops Yard, North Fond du Lac, WI in the presence of an Alco switcher, WC business car and three more SD45s, one still in Santa Fe colors. The unit would be up... (more)

WC 6619 leads an empty ore train across the Escanaba River at Wells, MI in May of 1997. The weather is damp and dreary but the scene can't be repeated today as the WC is gone, the ancient bridge h... (more)

An eastbound (southbound) Wisconsin Central freight passes an eastbound WC taconite ore train between Van Dyne and North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on April 14, 1997. The freight is on the WC main li... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 49 pounds over the Wisconsin & Southern crossing at Slinger, Wisconsin, on April 14, 1997. A reminder of the past is the structure on the right that the westbound WC train ... (more)

WC 6624 leads UP/SP power on an all rail ore train headed from the Missabe Iron Range in Minnesota to Geneva, UT.The train is just south of Waukesha, WI about to cross Pebble Brook & Hwy XX near V... (more)

WC 7525 holds the main as SLSF 1630 pulls up for a spot on station track 2.