Early Wisconsin Central locomotive consists were certainly colorful and you never really knew what to expect. On a rainy and damp November 7, 1987, WC train 41 rolls smartly through Silver Lake, W... (more)

The CN made short work of retiring most of the WC's classic 4 axle power and assigned a number of IC GP40's to replace them. 3108 was one of the early newcomers to WC lines and is backing train 41... (more)

Train 41 is backing around the connection and will soon be heading for Marquette with 30 cars in WC's first winter. The ex MP GP35m's arrived without their turbo's re-rated to 2000hp and had effec... (more)

Late in the WC era the Munising branch became home mainly to GP40's. Most of the older power that had been used was moved away from this remote location. This shot has 3000 leading 27 cars as it b... (more)

Traffic was fairly heavy on the Trout Lake-Marquette line in the early 90's with lots of propane and mine supplies moving west. Service was normally tri-weekly so quite a few loads would accumulat... (more)

On a cold bright Feb. afternoon WC train LO-41 works the yard at Trout Lake. The WC was struggling through its first winter and power assignments were somewhat scrambled up. The two ex Soo GP30's ... (more)

WC 2554 has put the 39 cars of train 41 together in the yard at Trout Lake and is backing east to clear the wye switch and will then head westbound on the line to Newberry and Munising. By this ti... (more)

DMIR 155,WC 587 have 30 cars of train 41 put together and have backed around the SW wye and are now departing for Marquette. The high nose SD9's were regular visitors to the eastern end of the WC,... (more)

WC SDL's 588,583 grind up Marquette hill nears the site of LS&I's Pine Hill scale. The SDL's were rated for around 500 tons each on this grade. As soon as the WC was able to purchase the Ex CNW Es... (more)