WC 6656 is shown near the turn table at Shops Yard, location of Wisconsin Central's main locomotive and car shops, in North Fond du Lac, WI. The loco came from Santa Fe, built in July 1968 as ATSF... (more)

WC SD45s 6529 and 6511 grind a stack and intermodal train up Byron Hill at Hwy. F after leaving North Fond du Lac for Chicago. This scene is now double track, part of CN's mainline through Wiscons... (more)

Railroad mergers often make strange bed fellows out of motive power. Who would have thought WC 711, a former Soo Line Alco trucked GP30 (same no.), would mate up with former Fox River Valley GP9 n... (more)

Wisconsin Central GP35M 4007 leads a GP30 and another GP35M at Spencer WI April 1989. Jim Shepard Photo from my Collection.

WC 3012 slows train 47 to a stop at the north end of Duplainville siding where it will pick up WC1555 and a string of cars to take to North Fond du Lac. Its Friday afternoon and no. 1555 has spent... (more)

WC 6621 leads a southbound freight across the Fox River on the former Fox River Valley (C&NW) mainline through Oshkosh. Acquiring the FRV gave WC the ability to shut down street running on their f... (more)

WC no. 1, the Francis J. Weiner wears a one of a kind color scheme in the newer dulux gold and maroon. The oldest loco on the WC roster, this was built as NYC 683 in Dec. 1941. It became CR 8480,... (more)

WC 1556 is X-SP 2652, an SW1500 built in June 1972. It awaits work while older WC 1233 and 1237 pair up to switch a train at Shops Yard, North Fond du Lac. They are rollling past the yard office a... (more)

WC 1555 and 1553 are paired together sitting in a pocket track at Shops Yard between heavy switching duties. WC 6554 is leading an outbound train south past the switchers mated up to a former WP G... (more)

WC 1236 reflects on itself at Shops Yard, North Fond du Lac, WI wearing the earlier maroon/cream colors that WC started out with in 1987. This unit was a relatively new SW1200, built in November 1... (more)

WC GP40 no. 3012 leads two SD45s on a southbound freight between Ackerville and Rugby Jct., WI on its way to Chicago from Fond du Lac, WI. It was delayed a bit by a meet at Marsh, north of here, ... (more)

A Chicago bound WC freight out of Shops Yard, North Fond du Lac, WI heads along Marsh siding where it will pause for a meet with a northbound intermodal train. Marsh siding was a popular meeting p... (more)

WC 1562 and 1557 wait for their next heavy switching assignment near the yard office at Shops Yard, North Fond du Lac, WI. The Wisconsin Central acquired a number of SW1500s second hand to provide... (more)

WC 1231 and 1236 wait for their next heavy switching assignment near the yard office at Shops Yard, North Fond du Lac, WI. The Wisconsin Central was a rolling museum for older EMD power. SW9 1231 ... (more)

WC "Green Wienie" 6511 rumbles along Division Street in Oskosh, WI in January of 1992 as a Griswold signal and an old T-Bird watch them roll by. There is barely a trace of the RR hear an... (more)