Late in the WC era the Munising branch became home mainly to GP40's. Most of the older power that had been used was moved away from this remote location. This shot has 3000 leading 27 cars as it b... (more)
The Wisconsin Central once performed interchange work with Chicago Rail Link at Union Pacific's Canal Street yard. Here a GP40/GP40/GP35M consist is making a CRL pickup there in 1991.
Since merging with CN in 2001 Wisconsin Central paint has become an infrequent site in this area. However, in the past month WC 3000 has appeared a few times to be used as yard power and on local... (more)
I waited nearly 45 minutes for the WC 3000, and it was running long hood forward. I guess its better than nothing, as these maroon and gold units are on borrowed time.