WC 6505 is about to duck under Hwy F as it crests Byron Hill in August of 1992. This scene, located south of Fond Du Lac , WI has changed dramatically since this slide was taken. CN has replaced t... (more)

Three SD45s whisk Wisconsin Central train No. 44 southbound across Pebble Brook north of Vernon, Wisconsin, on a sunny July 1, 1995.

SD45 6578 and F45 6653, both former ATSF locos, head south.

WC's rare SDL39 585 (ex-MILW) brings a transfer in to the Canadian side of The Soo in May of 1988.

Wisconsin Central train No. 45 smokes its way through Ackerville, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of May 19, 1995. WC just bought up a big batch of SD45s and a few other goodies from the Santa Fe, inc... (more)

Wisconsin Central train No. 348 rumbles into Sussex, Wisconsin, on March 22, 1996, in a view from Milwaukee Road’s “Bug Line” bridge, now a bike trail. A quartet of EMDs power the train—fo... (more)

WC 6654 is about to duck under Hwy F as it crests Byron Hill south of Fond Du Lac, WI in May of 1996. Business has increased since the CN bought the WC and this line is now double tracked up the h... (more)

WC 6553 brings a Milwaukee turn thru Grand Avenue on the Soo Line (ex-MILW) in December of 1994.

Sometimes you have to play the hand you are dealt. The weather is horrible, but when you are chasing a rare locomotive, it sometimes doesn't matter. WC's rare SDL39 #590 (ex-MILW) leads a short tr... (more)

Former Santa Fe EMD F45 No. 5972 leads a Fox Valley & Western freight picking up cars at Chicago & North Western’s Butler Yard in Wisconsin on January 1, 1995. FV&W was a “paper railroad” op... (more)

WC 6501 crosses the Fox River in Oshkosh in January of 1992. This was the original Soo Line alignment that was abandoned in favor of the ex-CNW bridge east of here. The new route also eliminated O... (more)

By the end of 2001 the WC would be CN owned, and changes would be coming soon for railroad in Wisconsin. Here a short freight train bound for Chicago has a good roll on them as they pass thru the ... (more)

A pair of SD45s, still wearing predecessor paint, are seen leaving the BRC's Clearing Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Westbound WC train 5 approaching Junction City

Wisconsin Central train No. 243 passes a Wisconsin farm south of Theresa on its trip from Chicago to North Fond du Lac on February 26, 1995. Two of WC’s commonplace EMD SD45s power the train—N... (more)