A duo of EMD SDL39 locomotives drag a long freight train, and cross the Malleco Viaduct (with its 102 meters high, 348 meters long and 122 years of life).

Freight train carrying chemical and cellulose, cross the beautiful bridge Quillem.

The local out of Escanaba is headed for Partridge powered by 590, 4013 along with a few cars for the sawmill at the old K.I. Sawyer airbase and some interchange freight to the LS&I. Catching a SDL... (more)

Heavy traffic and cold conditions found the WC running an Extra train 35 about an hour behind the regular job on this February day. WC 584, 2401 lead 47 cars of mainly empty pulpwood gons east nea... (more)

WC was working through its first winter in Jan. of 88 and operations were a bit of a struggle. SDL 585 still in the infamous Soo "bandit" scheme works west at Caffey pushing the Russell plow that ... (more)

WC 589, 6581 pass through a small sunny spot east of Trout Lake. Fall photography in Michigan's Upper Peninsula can be quite a challenge with lots of lake effect clouds popping up in a relatively ... (more)

WC plow 310 will soon be departing for Marquette if engineer Mike DeFore can get a frozen air line on SDL 583 thawed out. A bitter February afternoon to be sure but Mike soon got the SDL in order ... (more)

Westbound train 65 has got the west end crew and is headed for LaCrosse and the Twin Cities.

A tired looking SDL leads 6590 and the 55 cars of train GBSOA through Dafter late in the evening of a June day. It's westbound counterpart is still in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. and the trains will me... (more)

Before being shipped off to South America at least a couple of Wisconsin Central's SD39L's could be found working near Connersville Indiana. Here the 587 shuffles a few cars around.

Milwaukee EMD SDL39's 587 and 584 are at Mason City, Iowa, in 1986. The pair now work for Chile's FEPASA as their 2343 and 2347 respectively.

WC 588,6534 roll a short westbound a couple miles out of Trout Lake a couple days after Independence day 1991.

A Milwaukee only model SDL39 rests at La Crosse. After the Soo merger most of the SDL39's went to storage. They were then leased to DME and later found there way to the WC where they gave many yea... (more)