For the longest time, in fact nearly to the CN merger, every WC train was normally a surprise as far as motive power went. This is the Milwaukee Turn aka Train 47 making its way back to Shops yard... (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)

WC 6654,6501,2401 and DM&IR 171 thunder westbound past the feed mill in Engadine with 54 cars of the first cut of an X-SPLD that had originated at Tilden Mine near Marquette, MI. This cut was set ... (more)

A pair of "Cheese Head" SD45's lead CSX eastbound Q216 past the Pittsburgh skyline.

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

We had received a phone call the previous evening from a friend who worked for the WC informing us that a pair of F's would be working train 2 the following afternoon and that it probably would b... (more)

By 1995 the WC had assembled quite a group of experienced craftsmen at North Fond du Lac Diesel. Always on the look out for ways to upgrade the power on the system, WC had bought three ex CSX GP40... (more)

After exchanging train crews on the SP at Jackson St. this EJ&E crew will forward this empty ore train to the WC at Leighton IL. Today the WC and EJ&E are folded into CN's camp.

By the summer of 2001 train GBSOA was usually a late afternoon eastbound which severely limited the amount of available photo locations. During the long summer days the line into Sault Ste. Marie ... (more)

WC 6525,6521 are arriving at Partridge with a few loads of mine supplies and the Tilden empties.

One of the last group of used SD45's purchased by WC has had a quick renumbering/stencil job and been put right to work in the wilds of the Ex ACR Northern Ontario route. This is Train 10 with a h... (more)

The local's power switches in the small yard at Rhinelander, a former terminal on the Soo Line Sault Sainte Marie line. The GP30 is a former Soo Line equipped with Alco type B Trucks

WC 6581,6587.814 growl thru Malacca with ore loads bound for interchange to the CNW at Hermansville. This train had a particularly slow trip across the old Soo from Ladysmith east and had outlawed... (more)

WC 2556,6596,6629 have just pulled to a stop at Trout Lake with westbound freight 34. This evening there is a pick up to be made in the yard, pulp and logs loaded locally and also pressed board, l... (more)