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WC 2004N Lakeside
Highballing the last few miles of the former BCRail Lillooet Sub, a pair of Wisconsin Central Geeps bring train L508 back into Williams Lake around Midnight after the short journey from Exeter (100 Mile House BC). L508 is the only scheduled freight left on the Lillooet sub after CN mothballed freight on the former BCR between Exeter and Squamish. Of course, the famed blue and gold Rocky Mountaineer can still be seen traveling these rails bi-weekly but other than that no freight touches this line which makes this train a little unique. The 2004 was built for the Algoma Central and a few bits of the old paint can be seen peaking through the WC's Maroon and Yellow. The 3026 has been passed around quite a bit, originally for the Milwaukee Road, than for the SOO, then to ACR and finally the WC. It served as one of WC's specialty units being painted in a special sesquicentennial scheme that depictured a big map of Wisconsin on the side of the long hood. Now that's all gone with the CN repaint. Regardless, these are still some pretty cool units on a pretty cool train.
WC 2004N Lakeside
Highballing the last few miles of the former BCRail Lillooet Sub, a pair of Wisconsin Central Geeps bring train L508 back into Williams Lake around Midnight after the short journey from Exeter (100 Mile House BC). L508 is the only scheduled freight left on the Lillooet sub after CN mothballed freight on the former BCR between Exeter and Squamish. Of course, the famed blue and gold Rocky Mountaineer can still be seen traveling these rails bi-weekly but other than that no freight touches this line which makes this train a little unique. The 2004 was built for the Algoma Central and a few bits of the old paint can be seen peaking through the WC's Maroon and Yellow. The 3026 has been passed around quite a bit, originally for the Milwaukee Road, than for the SOO, then to ACR and finally the WC. It served as one of WC's specialty units being painted in a special sesquicentennial scheme that depictured a big map of Wisconsin on the side of the long hood. Now that's all gone with the CN repaint. Regardless, these are still some pretty cool units on a pretty cool train.