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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.
WC train LO-35 heads east at Rudyard behind 2252, 584 and 4002 with 62 cars on April 5, 1996. The WC could put together some wild consists through the 90's in Upper Michigan. Every train had the potential to be a highlight reel. A rescan from about 4 years ago for Thirty Thursday and I'll try to vary things up a bit now that the WC album has passed 1000:)!
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Wisconsin Central SD45s 7524 and 6620 lead an eastbound train through Oak Park IL on CSX-B&OCT rails approaching Austin Blvd, May 1999. #WisconsinCentral #SD45 #B&OCT #ChicagoIllinois #Chicago #ChicagoRailroads #ArtGrossPhotography #Trains #Railroads #Railroadphotography #railfanning #trains_worldwide #railfanning #daily_crossing #trainspotting #railsupremacy #everything_transport #train_nerds #trb_express #railfans_of_instagram #train_explorer #railfannation #railmarkable #newtopographics #allcitiesarebeautiful #industriallandscapephotography #documentingspace #film #kodachrome #oldchromes
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.
Not quite as pretty as K-Mads throwbacks, but for two decades past this is damn good. A lot of changes in this Twin Cities staple. The containers have become quite bland, the St. Anthony Parkway bridge has been replaced, the elevator off of California St is brightly painted, although some tree growth is starting to diminish its presence.
All in all, still a very nice overview of the T Yard. And what a leader, one of the very few non-dynamic SD40-2's left in Class 1 service.
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.
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 !!
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.
Just out of Livingston Rebuild Center and ready for pickup to their new operators.
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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.