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On October 11, 1987, the first Wisconsin Central freight train to climb Byron Hill out of Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac, approaches the top of the grade at Byron, Wisconsin. Apparently, crews at the locomotive shop in town spent the morning removing Soo Line lettering from the locomotives and applying WC initials to the cabs of these three units to symbolically show the flag of the new railroad as soon as possible.
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CN's Wisconsin Central heritage unit leads potash train B790 into Burlington, WI. The train is crossing over the White River / Echo Lake.
On the point of symbol Q116, Canadian National ET44AC 3069, the Wisconsin Central heritage unit, passes JB Tower in West Chicago, Illinois, about to stomp across the triple track of UP's Geneva Sub. A steady string of northbounds posed a significant delay for Q116, but in the end, the timing couldn't have been better, as the sun popped out just a few minutes before the shutter clicked. I really want to like this resurrection of the Wisconsin Central more than I do- I'm sure the nitpicks about this adaptation of the livery are common knowledge by now. Warts and all though, the clean and bright maroon and gold admittedly was a welcome sight- especially after standing outside for a few hours in the single-digit temps!
On February 19, 1988 LO-41 works the yard at Trout Lake with 706, 6498 and 715. An SD45 on the Marquette line was rare at the time and remained rare on that trackage through most of the WC's existence but one had been requested for use on the Marquette hill to reduce the amount of doubling to get the freights up it. 6498 was the choice and did work Marquette for a few weeks but with it limited to just the main on the ex DSS&A it made for poor utilization and the 45 was needed much more elsewhere on the new system and was quickly returned.
Almost the year 2021, 20 years after the WC was absorbed by the CN, and a Wisconsin Central GEVO brings a loaded potash train up Byron in the early morning hours. The clouds have just cleared, making the fresh paint on this engine stand out. She looks right at home.
Well , not every day you see an outside loo these days , but here is one I saw this morning - if I saw this last week it could well have been a candidate for last week's Saturday Self Challenge . Watering the flowers could present an interesting capture !!
In a scene that's classic WC train 35 lead by 2252, 584 and 4007 rumble's east at Kinross. The ex SOO GP30's on there Alco trucks were my personal favorites, but you really couldn't find any fault with the ex CNW's that came from the FRV merger in fresh WC paint. Shot from early April 1996. A rescan.
The toilet of the Cabane Valsorey (Alt- 3037 m .) and Mont Vélan . Canton of Valais , Switzerland. No, 3582..
The other WC SD45 that was preserved was OLS 7525 which went to IRM in Union, IL. WC 7525 and a 6900-series flare killer leads a transfer from BNSF back to Pokegama, working through M&J Jct. back in August 2006.
Around this time CN was using interesting transfer/shover power around Pokey including spare DMIR 200s and WC flares. This didn't last and the maroon helper/transfer power would be replaced by CN SD40-2Ws, cowls, and even EJ&E power. Eventually standard CN road power would take over these helper/transfer assignments.
Wisconsin Central’s Waukesha switcher waits to go to work as WC train 48 curves by on the main line at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on a sunny February 4, 1993. WC SD45 No. 6531 wears an early maroon and gold colors, including nose paint that I called the “beak scheme” since I thought the striping resembled a giant bird beak.
I missed the Wisconsin Central by a year, so this is the closest I get to capturing the legendary maroon and gold locomotives on Byron Hill.
Just out of Livingston Rebuild Center and ready for pickup to their new operators.
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