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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Kunsthalle München

CN's Wisconsin Central heritage unit leads potash train B790 into Burlington, WI. The train is crossing over the White River / Echo Lake.

Raketenstation Hombroich

Some of the things that I have seen in the Toledo, OH. area over the years

These were from May 06, 2007

Slipping through wye to head north toward Wausau. Train 17?December 1999.

Graffiti on a Cultural Center in Barcelona, Nau Bostik

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.

Another U type train rounds one of the many curves along the WC in Herbutus, Wi

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.

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.

Rio Amadorio , Vila Joiosa (Espagne)

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.

WC train LO-35 heads east at Trout Lake 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. You've probably seen this train before as I followed him all the way from Trout Lake to Soo yard shooting at nearly every available location.

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.

3025-12-24

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Westbound at sunset. December 26, 1994.

mit dem V-Club im April unterwegs in Nürnberg

Monatsthema Juni: Texte und Symbole

abandoned Südbahnhotel - Austria

abandoned Südbahnhotel - Austria

Wisconsin Central 3025-3012-3024 waiting for a train to haul them to their new home. Rebuilt and painted by Livingston Rebuild Center from Western Pacific GP40's.

3003 is an SD40 with numerous owners and numbers. Rebuilt as a lease unit by LRC, it is former CNW (925) and before that CGW (405). Purchased by MRL as their 3003 and again renumbered 222. The unit was sold and scrapped in 2001.

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Wisconsin Central F45 6655 leads a train north on the BRC at the Stevenson Expressway (Lemoyne crossing) Chicago IL Nov 1998. #WC #WisconsinCentral #BRC #BeltRailwayofChicago #EMD #F45 #LemoyneCrossing #ChicagoIllinois #Chicago #Trains #Railroads #Railroadphotography #ChicagolandTrains #OldChromes

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At first glance one can tell right away this was an ex-SP unit based on the front and rear light packages. That makes it cool in of itself the other odd thing about this shot is I can find no other photos of it in this particular scheme.