WC 6553,588 rumble through the yard at Trout Lake on a bright winter morning. Train OTIAC has 35 loads of Taconite bound for Sault Ste. Marie, ON.

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)

A late afternoon train 35 has arrived at Trout Lake during a Mid December snow shower. A little work will be done in the yard and then the 713,3011 and 585 will be off eastbound with a short train... (more)

WC 6593 leads a pair of GP40's west through an extremely heavy snow squall just west of Trout Lake. The CN merger had happened a couple months before but solid WC consists in old WC territory were... (more)

A couple of Soo veterans on borrowed time muscle the 113 cars of train 912 east near Trout Lake. The 804 and 2230A have the heavy train moving at track speed as they approach Trout Lake. The F7 w... (more)

A late evening train 912 powered by a pair of SD40's, 749 and 744 sift through fresh powder and a snow squall as they hurry east.

While the Soo had quite a collection of hi-nose Geeps on the roster catching a pair together in Upper Michigan was not all that common. Normal operation in the 60's and early 70's had them mixed i... (more)

A spotless 3027 heads east with 1762, 6630 and 47 cars.

WC plow 310 will soon be departing for Marquette if engineer Mike DeFore can get a frozen air line on SDL 583 thawed out. A bitter February afternoon to be sure but Mike soon got the SDL in order ... (more)

WC 6677 and 6537 make quick work of a short 18 car train 35 east of Trout Lake. Out of the first group of SD45's the WC purchased the 6677 was the only one in WC paint at the start. It came in thi... (more)

DMIR 168, WC 589, WC 4508 are pulling into the yard at Trout Lake with train 40 from Marquette.

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)

As the nineties progressed every WC train held the potential of a cool power set. Here is a pair of Santa Fe SD's spliced with an Ex Sou/FRV SD35. Its train 35 with 86 cars and ATSF 5377 leads th... (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)

One of the most improbable lash ups to ever pass through Trout Lake was this CP detour job with 4708,5508,4711. If I remember correctly the CSX was having some type of labor problems in lower Mich... (more)