WICT 901 is about to duck under the East Creek Road Bridge near Darien, WI. in January of 1989. This test train was used to help re-activate the dormant ex-MILW J-Line between Fox Lake, IL. and Ja... (more)

WICT 106 leads a NRHS passenger excursion across E. 5th Ave in Brodhead, WI. in October of 1989. This Wisconsin Chapter trip cost $35 and made the society a whopping $200.

Wisconsin & Calumet EMD GP9 No. 270 and its diminutive train approaches the Illinois state line as it slowly curves through Clarno, Wisconsin, on February 17, 1985. This little-used line from Madi... (more)

Former MILW unit awaits its next assignment.

A Wisconsin & Calumet three-car freight departs Monroe, Wisconsin, over a snow-covered former Illinois Central Gulf branch line running between Madison, Wisconsin, and Freeport, Illinois, on Febru... (more)

On a rainy, cold and windy fall afternoon in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, WICT (ELS) F7A #901 rests with an ABA consist on the Escanaba & Lake Superior.

Wisconsin & Calumet F7As 901 and 106, both in the railroad’s attractive Illinois Central inspired livery, lead a test train out of Janesville, Wisconsin on February 6th, 1989. Original Slide. Da... (more)

Covered wagons continue to rust away at the ELS roundhouse in Wells Michigan.

WICT 616 has picked up a string of coal cars and is about to depart Waukesha, WI for the slow trip to Madison on a nice Winter day in January of 1989. This section of ex-MILW track along Hwy 164 (... (more)

WICT 901 passes some billboards near the Hwy 120 overpass just east of Zenda, WI. This test train will terminate at Fox Lake, IL after a 10 mph jaunt from Janesville. I think the billboards are st... (more)

WICT 901 trundles along at 10 mph just west of Walworth, WI with a test train for Fox Lake, IL in January of 1989. The farm is gone, but the tracks are still in use daily.

On a cold February 17, 1985 day, a short Wisconsin & Calumet freight slowly curves south at Oneco, Illinois, just south of the Wisconsin state line. A former Milwaukee Road GP9 powers the train, t... (more)

A Wisconsin & Calumet three-car freight trundles down a snow-covered former Illinois Central Gulf branch line running between Madison, Wisconsin, and Freeport, Illinois, on February 17, 1985. A fo... (more)

Three Wisconsin & Calumet F7s sit at the Escanaba & Lake Superior’s roundhouse in Wells, Michigan. In the background are some other stored units, including a handful of Baldwins and SD9s.

Former Wisconsin & Calumet F7A no. 901 sits at Escanaba & Lake Superior's shops at Escanaba, MI. The unit was built for Rio Grande in July 1949, no. 564D. It has been owned by American Crystal Sug... (more)