A southbound WC freight led by SD45 #6560 is passing the classic ex- SOO Line depot at Waukesha, WI. Local power with GP35M #4006 is in the siding. March 1993

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A WC Northbound coal train led by GP40 #3000 plus 4 is about to hit the diamond with the SOO Line at Duplainville, WI March 1993

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In its early years, the WC ran a fleet of Westbounds out of Stevens Point in the mid afternoon, usually one destined to the Twin Cities, one to Duluth/Superior and one towards Wausau. Here, the first of the fleet is departing Stevens Point with SD45 6507 +1 in August 1993

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The engine house at Stevens Point usually had a nice variety of power to photograph, and the employees were all pretty friendly as long as you were safe and didn't climb on any of the engines. On an afternoon in August 1993, WC GP30 713 with a SDL-39 and SD45s 6560-6532 were being readied for their next assignments.

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Over the years, the coal trains for the Weston Power Plant had different routings depending on who had the contract. In the case of this train, the BN handed the train off to the SOO/CP in the Twin Cities, which ran it to New Liston and it went up the Valley Sub on the WC to the power plant. Here an empty Weston Coal train with BN 7934-UP 3303-BN 7252 is on the Valley Sub at Necedah, WI August 1993

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