WC 7523 and 7554 roll the all-rail ore from Tilden Mine to Algoma Steel through the snow near McFarland on a bright early March afternoon.

For a brief few years ore trains to Escanaba were handsomely matched sets of maroon SD45s and maroon ore cars. But in a couple days the whole WC would become a CN property, in a few years the SD45... (more)

WC 7523,7554 lead the Tilden loads around the curve near Partridge Jct. The WC tended to keep the 7500-7600 rebuilds on the ore trains as the Q-tron set up on the units allowed them to creep while... (more)

After being put on the front by the crew at Hawthorne Yd, WC 7523 is right where it should be leading CN E249 North past the Mundelein Metra station.

WC 7523 leads a trio of Wisconsin Central engines northbound on this rainy Sunday.