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Viewing Album:  Wisconsin Central-Minneapolis 1
 
By:Douglas Hildebrandt
Dates:7/16/2002 - 7/6/2004
Album Info:All shots taken in the Minneapolis area unless noted as being somewhere else. All are taken by me. Some WC shots include power from the east coast, such as NS or CSX. As you go through the album, you'll see how the CN merger has changed the power on the transfer.
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Lite to the 6596
Title:  Lite to the 6596
Description:  After cutting off the train, the two units move lite down into the spur to pick up WC 6596 with Conductor Steve Webber on the steps.
Photo Date:  3/18/2004  Upload Date: 5/11/2009 12:42:50 AM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IC 6071(SD40-2R) WC 7495(SD45)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
Grand dad of the SD40-2
Title:  Grand dad of the SD40-2
Description:  The SD40-2 demo unit trails as it makes an apperance at New Brighton with the 7495. Soon the 6596 will be added to the lashup.
Photo Date:  3/18/2004  Upload Date: 5/11/2009 12:42:22 AM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IC 6071(SD40-2R)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
WC 6596
Title:  WC 6596
Description:  While the 6596 rests in the spur, the WC is creeping up to the switch, and in just a few moments the 6596 will be added to the consist.
Photo Date:  3/18/2004  Upload Date: 5/11/2009 12:41:43 AM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6596(SD45)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
Checking out the power
Title:  Checking out the power
Description:  After making their pick ups and air testing the cars, Charlie walks back to check some things out on the 6596.
Photo Date:  3/18/2004  Upload Date: 5/11/2009 12:43:20 AM
Location:  Arden Hills, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7495(SD45) IC 6071(SD40-2R) WC 6596(SD45)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
Pulling into New Brighton
Title:  Pulling into New Brighton
Description:  WC train 405 has just pulled into New Brighton and is waiting to start picking up cars
Photo Date:  3/20/2004  Upload Date: 4/21/2005 8:37:40 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7524(SD45)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
GCFX 6075
Title:  GCFX 6075
Description:  A gray unit, as we called them, is seen between two WC SD45s. Soon the WC 7524 would be cut off and the 6075 would lead out of town.
Photo Date:  3/20/2004  Upload Date: 5/11/2009 12:18:01 AM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GCFX 6075(SD40-3)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
WC 6614
Title:  WC 6614
Description:  Last unit on the WC transfer today.
Photo Date:  3/20/2004  Upload Date: 5/11/2009 12:16:48 AM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6614(SD45)
Views:  227   Comments: 1
WC 3004
Title:  WC 3004
Description:  Second unit in a four unit WC lashup. I never saw a WC lashup like this again.
Photo Date:  4/15/2004  Upload Date: 2/2/2009 6:38:14 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 3004(GP40)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
WC 6004
Title:  WC 6004
Description:  Third unit on A406 today. This was one great lashup. Consist was SD45, GP40, SD40-2, and an SD45 (7551). One word to describe this, amazing.
Photo Date:  4/15/2004  Upload Date: 2/2/2009 6:38:39 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6004(SD40-2) WC 3004(GP40) WC 7513(SD45)
Views:  555   Comments: 0
Dark day, but great power
Title:  Dark day, but great power
Description:  Four WCs depart New Brighton on a cloudy April day. While the lighting may not be the greatest, the power was excellent! THis was the last time I saw the 7513 & the 7551. Photo was scanned in.
Photo Date:  4/15/2004  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 12:09:06 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7513(SD45) WC 3004(GP40) WC 7551(SD45) WC 6004(SD40-2)
Views:  787   Comments: 1
WC 6604
Title:  WC 6604
Description:  WC 6604 wait to leave New Brighton on A406. Photo was scanned in.
Photo Date:  4/16/2004  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 12:01:08 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6604(SD45) WC 6590(SD45)
Views:  429   Comments: 0
WC 7606
Title:  WC 7606
Description:  Three WC SD45s wait to leave New Brighton. Seeing three SD45s on the train was an everyday thing back thing. Photo was scanned in.
Photo Date:  4/16/2004  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 12:10:55 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7606(SD45) WC 6590(SD45) WC 6604(SD45)
Views:  634   Comments: 0
Lots of power
Title:  Lots of power
Description:  Three WC SD45s and a GCFX wait to pick up their cars at New Brighton.
Photo Date:  4/20/2004  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 12:06:15 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7509(SD45) WC 6578(SD45) WC 7495(SD45)
Views:  620   Comments: 0
WC 6941
Title:  WC 6941
Description:  The train is so long that they had to pull past the signal. The train was about 8,000 feet long. The 6616 & 7581 are behind the 6598, all WC SD45s in this picture are now gone. The train still has to pick up their cars. Photo was scanned in.
Photo Date:  4/21/2004  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 12:04:51 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6941(SD40-3) WC 6598(SD45)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
Humboldt & Northtown cars
Title:  Humboldt & Northtown cars
Description:  The WC is bring their Humboldt cars to New Brighton, in doing so, the have to push their Northtown cars out of the way. The Northtown cut are the cars at the far right. Photo was scanned.
Photo Date:  4/23/2004  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 11:39:05 AM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6604(SD45) WC 6590(SD45)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
WC 7514
Title:  WC 7514
Description:  Two WC SD45s and a CN wait to leave New Brighton on the last April day of 2004
Photo Date:  4/30/2004  Upload Date: 6/9/2009 12:40:25 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7514(SD45) WC 7589(SD45)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
Waiting to depart
Title:  Waiting to depart
Description:  A nice trio of WC SD45s wait to get out of Northtowns T yard. So much has changed down in the last five years.
Photo Date:  5/1/2004  Upload Date: 6/9/2009 12:39:36 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6596(SD45) WC 7507(SD45) WC 6555(SD45)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
Weston Coal Load
Title:  Weston Coal Load
Description:  After coming up and off the Commercial, the coal loads have shoved back so the power can pick up the 7509 in the spur so the train can make Boyd Hill.
Photo Date:  5/8/2004  Upload Date: 6/9/2009 12:39:20 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 340(AC44CW)
Views:  182   Comments: 1
Coal Load Helpers
Title:  Coal Load Helpers
Description:  After the coal train departed, the helpers started to head back down to Saint Paul. The 8624 was a favorite of mine due to its crooked numbers. The 8624 number is now occupied by an ACe.
Photo Date:  5/8/2004  Upload Date: 6/9/2009 12:47:44 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8624(SD40T-2) UP 3256(SD40-2)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
The Good Old Days
Title:  The Good Old Days
Description:  As I'm posting this, I realized that this picture was taken just a bit over five years ago. Take a look at that power, you will never see another lashup like that on the CN anymore. However, five years ago when I took this, this was a very common lashup. How things change over time.
Photo Date:  5/8/2004  Upload Date: 5/11/2009 12:39:14 AM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6900(SD40-3) WC 3004(GP40) WC 7551(SD45)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
WC 6900
Title:  WC 6900
Description:  Three WC units, one being sublettered, pull up towards Bethel University with a very long train.
Photo Date:  5/8/2004  Upload Date: 3/28/2009 1:01:39 PM
Location:  Arden Hills, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6900(SD40-3) WC 3004(GP40) WC 7551(SD45)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
Down the wye
Title:  Down the wye
Description:  We get up close and personal with the 7551 at New Brighton as it backs down the wye.
Photo Date:  5/8/2004  Upload Date: 5/11/2009 12:39:35 AM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7551(SD45)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
GCFX 6056
Title:  GCFX 6056
Description:  Doing some work on the power before heading into the depot and calling it a day.
Photo Date:  5/24/2004  Upload Date: 5/25/2009 11:29:32 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GCFX 6056(SD40-2) WC 6901(SD40-3)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
WC 6616
Title:  WC 6616
Description:  WC 6616 and two other WC SD45s wait to leave New Brighton. Photo was scanned in.
Photo Date:  6/15/2004  Upload Date: 12/21/2006 11:40:46 AM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6616(SD45) WC 6598(SD45)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
WC 3017
Title:  WC 3017
Description:  A very clean WC GP40 trails out of New Brighton today.
Photo Date:  6/18/2004  Upload Date: 5/25/2009 11:17:04 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 3017(GP40)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
Great lashup
Title:  Great lashup
Description:  A great lashup waits for a crew before departing New Brighton.
Photo Date:  6/18/2004  Upload Date: 5/25/2009 11:15:59 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6616(SD45) WC 6598(SD45) WC 3017(GP40)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
WC 6597
Title:  WC 6597
Description:  A roster shot of WC 6597 in a four unit lashup at New Brighton.
Photo Date:  6/19/2004  Upload Date: 5/25/2009 11:23:01 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6597(SD45)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Pumping up the air
Title:  Pumping up the air
Description:  WC 6002 and WC 7514 pump up the air on their train before they start to triple out of Northtown Yard.
Photo Date:  6/30/2004  Upload Date: 11/28/2008 12:12:17 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6002(SD40-2) WC 7514(SD45)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
WC 7500
Title:  WC 7500
Description:  This day, the transfer was broken into two trains. One going to Northtown and one going to Humboldt. The 7500 comes up from Humboldt with an IC trailing.
Photo Date:  6/30/2004  Upload Date: 11/27/2008 11:52:58 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7500(SD45)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
Northtown Arrival
Title:  Northtown Arrival
Description:  The WC transfer comes into Northtown Yard with WC 7514 and WC 6002. The WC was broken into two trains this day, and this is the Northtown portion of the transfer.
Photo Date:  6/30/2004  Upload Date: 11/27/2008 11:16:18 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7514(SD45) WC 6002(SD40-2)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
Shovin' into the yard
Title:  Shovin' into the yard
Description:  CN SD70I shoves into the MNNRs yard to pick up their cars for 406.
Photo Date:  5/19/2006  Upload Date: 6/27/2006 10:47:55 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5613(SD70I) WC 3026(GP40-2)
Views:  546   Comments: 0

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