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)

WC 7551,AC 1753,1751 are near Rudyard with the 23 cars of GBSOA. About 5 miles west of here the train was passing through a snow squall, but has now broken into the sun for the remainder of the tr... (more)

The Pine River bridge in Rudyard was always a nice spot for a photo on the east end of the Soo. Here we have 804,2230A on #912 with 96 cars on a chilly late Oct. day. The big U-boat was the first ... (more)

Milw. Rd. 2025,2032 raise a little dust as they wheel #911 thru Rudyard with 33 cars. Milwaukee GP40's were not common in the Upper Peninsula after the Soo/Milwaukee merger.