Former SP SW1500s pair up on Wisconsin Central to handle heavy yard switching at North Fond du Lac, WI below the yard office tower.

Former SP SW1200s pair up on Wisconsin Central to handle heavy yard switching at North Fond du Lac, WI.

A pair of Wisconsin Central switch engines compare cabs at Shops Yard, located in North Fond du Lac, WI. The SW1500 in the foreground in no. 1556, a former SP unit. It could stand a repaint at thi... (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)

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)

1997 was an exciting year to be trackside along the Wisconsin Central. In addition to their own rolling museum of EMD power, frequent visitors from other railroads would show up. Here at North Fon... (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)

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Soo Line EMD GP9 No. 555 switches at Shop Yard in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in September 1984.

GBW 321 and WC 820 are at the WC engine house in North Fond Du Lac, WI in September of 1993. WC is the ex-FRVR 820 and ex-CNW 820. Itel sold the FRVR and GB&W to the WC just a month earlier, in Au... (more)

CNW 936 and 917 arrive at the North Fond Du Lac, WI yard in May of 1978. The CNW only had 7 of the U-Boats, and most went to Mexico after only 10 years of service. Fran Wiener Kodachrome from my c... (more)

WC 6654 is ready to depart Shops Yard in Fond Du Lac, WI in May of 1996. The train will shortly begin its climb up Byron Hill, a steep enough grade to frequently require helpers. Fan friendly WC w... (more)