When Wisconsin Central was formed in 1987 it needed a lot of motive power, some of which was supplied by Soo Line. However, yard and industrial switching was an important part of WC service, and t... (more)

At start up WC bought a number of smaller EMD SW's. These worked fine for a few years, until increasing traffic made them a little underpowered for some assignments. The WC then started to accumul... (more)