As the WC SD/F45 fleet was retired CN assigned these rather colorless SD40-3's to former WC territory. It was quite a downer photographically and I really spent very little time on them, something... (more)

Soo #911 has been battling blizzard conditions since leaving Sault Ste. Marie over 6 hours ago. Originally powered by only 768 and 409 with 131 cars the train more or less ran at 10MPH all the way... (more)

IC 6032,1001 lead train 543 westbound with 31 cars. 543 did most local work between Gladstone and Trout Lake. It became a victim of the slow economy but was reinstated recently.

WC 4508 awaits the crew that will soon be putting the Munising locals train together and then will be working west out of Trout Lake. The units that WC inherited with the FRV and GBW merger were q... (more)

Soo 2229A,713,2225A head a tardy train 911 with 74 cars westbound at 2:45PM. A couple days past the first day of spring on the calendar, but you would never guess it by the cold winds and powder s... (more)

After the first couple of winters WC always seemed to have DM&IR SD9's prowling the property. These were normally paying back hp hours for the numerous WC units that ran through to the mines on th... (more)

A tired looking GP30 has lead train 42 from Munising Jct. to Trout Lake and is now pulling into the yard with the 44 cars picked up along the way. The WC retired most of the Ex Soo GP30's that the... (more)

WC 3026,7585 stir up a mini ground blizzard as they highball westbound into a setting sun out of Trout Lake with 62 cars. The head end fill of general freight was picked up at Kinross and Trout La... (more)

On a frigid last day of 1998 WC 6651,AC 1761,WC 589 are just getting Westbound SOGBA underway after a meet at Trout Lake. With right around 7000 tons behind the power it will probably be a long ri... (more)

DMIR 861 arrives at Trout Lake after making a Newberry turn on a bright February afternoon. DMIR units were common on WC paying back HP hours and also on winter time ore trains from Steelton to Es... (more)

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

On a bitter winter afternoon Soo 4434,715 have a westbound local working the yard at Trout Lake. The train is ready to go and is now backing around the SW Wye and will soon be clanking across the ... (more)

WC 2500,2005,1753,6550 arive at Trout Lake with train GBSOA. The ex Southern SD35 that came to the WC via the FRV merger was a common sight in Upper Michigan before it was rebuilt and repainted in... (more)

WC 2401,589 switch out some pulp loads at Trout Lake on a cold winter day. The building to the far left of 2401 was the section foreman's house and had not seen use since the 1950's. Remarkably it... (more)

One of only four late model F3's left on the Soo's roster at the time, heads an extremely late train 911 a couple miles west of Trout Lake. It's been over 30 years but I seem to remember that the ... (more)