Solid sets of WC painted units weren't all that common in Upper Michigan even three years after the WC bought these ex Soo lines. A late evening train 34 rushes westbound near Dryburg with 6538,58... (more)

These ex N&W SD35's were reworked by the Soo at Shoreham and spent quite a few years on the Soo leased from EMD, filling in as needed during power crunches. They also found there way onto WC durin... (more)

The WC was kind of a disappointment to me at first, with patched SDL's, GP30's, GP35's and Ex BN "Green Weenie" SD45's, but once they managed to get their act together I felt it turned into one of... (more)

WC 6560, 590 and train 34 raise a little dust as they make their way west over some freshly ballasted and surfaced track about 4 miles east of Trout Lake.

WC 6527, 6530, 1232, 589 wheel west around a sharp curve into low evening light with train 34. Train 34 normally departed Sault Ste. Marie in the 4-5PM time slot and in the summer could be followe... (more)

WC 6534 and 585 power train 34 west of Trout Lake with 31 cars. It was a common sight in Upper Michigan to see SD45's and SDL39's all through the WC era.

After waiting for an eastbound OCS to clear in the short Caffey siding the WC 6559, 6502, 726 along with a couple of LS&I RSD12's (1801&1803) that had been sold to a RR in TN blast off westbound ... (more)

A recently painted GP30 leads a pair of Ex BN SD's, 6543, 6504 as they head up train 34 a mile or so east of Kinross.

WC 831, 6539 work west near Trout Lake with 42 cars on train 34. The 831 was aquired in the GBW/FRV merger while the trailing ex BN SD was aquired by WC at start up. Train 34 tended to be a late a... (more)

After the WC bought the GBW/FRV the pair of SD24's from FRV found a home in Upper Michigan. Normally they prowled the ex DSS&A lines where they seemed well suited to muscling trains of pulpwood/fo... (more)

I had followed this westbound from near Kinross with poor results as the lake effect clouds stubbornly hung on, finally as we approached Manistique they gave way to the sunshine and I was able to ... (more)

An 81 car train 34 is rolling past the Trout Lake campground with leased LS&I U-boats 3010,3051 and AC 1753 leading the way. A rather unusual power combo to say the least.

A couple days before Christmas 1995 a set of all ex ACR units lead a late running 121 car train 34 at Nahma. 6004,6006,2001 are having a slow run from Sault Ste. Marie to Gladstone with this monst... (more)

DMIR 153,150 head WC train 34 west right at sunset. The WC had DMIR SD9's roaming the property nearly continuously in the early to mid 90's.

WC 588,6534 roll a short westbound a couple miles out of Trout Lake a couple days after Independence day 1991.