WC 2006, 6002 work east near Rudyard with the Tilden loads on a sunny Jan morning

WC train 135 with Ladysmith ore up front is eastbound at Rudyard with 56 cars. WC 2554 and AC 1750 and 1754 lead the way.

WC 1505 heads west with two Ex ACR business cars in tow near Rudyard. The train has just crossed the Pine River bridge and you can see the ex Soo depot in the left background.

WC 6625 and 2553 kick up the snow as they race west at Rudyard with a head-end fill of paper loads and kaolin tanks along with the Tilden empties.

A power short WC leased a large anount of the LS&I U-boat fleet during the winter/early spring of 1996. Most of the units tended to stay in Upper Michigan working the ore trains that were running ... (more)

A grubby looking F45 leads AC 1753, WC 3023 and 88 cars west near Rudyard. WC power normally didn't get this dirty but the 6650 had spent some time off line and power short as usual the WC had put... (more)

A colorful WC lash up leads SOGBA west with 81 cars at Rudyard. The 6635 was part of the last group of used SD45's purchased by WC before the CN merger. It is trailed by FP9 1752 and GP40 3021.

If you happened to be lucky enough to have been standing at the first curve east of the Pine River Bridge near Rudyard on the morning of February 6, 2000 this is the sight you would have seen. WC ... (more)

Early WC action has Ex BN SD45's 6554,6532 crossing the Pine east of Rudyard with 47 cars in tow. The Ex BN SD45's were the backbone of the motive power fleet during WC's early years. They were re... (more)

Deep in the Soo era in Upper Michigan a pair of geeps, 414,401 power a short 15 car train 12 past the depot in Rudyard. The agent had been moved out long before and the building was surviving as a... (more)

A rare sight in the late 90's was a FP9 leading a freight train. The ACR group of 7 A's and 2 B-units often found themselves in freight service during periods of slack passenger service on the ACR... (more)

Right at sunset Soo train 12 crosses the Pine River Bridge at Rudyard with MILW 165 leading leased CR 7789 along with Soo geeps 2405,401 and 22 cars. This was during the Soo's short lived Lake Sta... (more)

WC 7524, 2558 leads the OACTI east through the icy winter scape at Rudyard. Needless to say it was cold.

One of the last group of used SD45's purchased by the WC leads 49 cars on OACTI. The 6635 came from MK and the trailing unit 2053 came to WC from MP. The 2053 was originally a GP35 when built for ... (more)

Milw 152 and Soo 741 head a 60 car train 911 west into a setting sun late in the evening. The train has just crossed the Pine River and in about a mile will be crossing the West branch of the Pine... (more)