New WC boxcars

After taking a break...library could use some new WCboxcars.
Not trying to compete with Bill Cline, just keep up

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RE: New WC boxcars, wiscentral, Oct-19-04, 11:29 AM, (1) RE: New WC boxcars, yellowdog, Oct-19-04, 11:36 AM, (2) RE: New WC boxcars, UP6767, Oct-19-04, 03:15 PM, (3) RE: New WC boxcars, James, Oct-19-04, 03:39 PM, (4) RE: New WC boxcars, BLW_1946, Oct-19-04, 06:32 PM, (6) RE: New WC boxcars, michaelnscale, Oct-19-04, 06:25 PM, (5) RE: New WC boxcars, UP6767, Oct-19-04, 06:36 PM, (7) RE: New WC boxcars, WCL, Oct-20-04, 02:27 PM, (8) RE: New WC boxcars, UP6767, Oct-20-04, 09:50 PM, (9) RE: New WC boxcars, BNSF4999, Oct-22-04, 11:12 AM, (10) RE: New WC boxcars, UP6767, Oct-22-04, 02:32 PM, (11)

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and a old CNW

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Those look great!

Clayton

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mmm. WC is always a good company. I still see alot of the WC boxcars at a small mill siding in Dixfield, Maine.

Shawn.
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Didn't WC get bought out by CN? VMRS (Pittsburgh Division) Locomotive Painter
A BNSF Manifest gets the Highball at Pine Bluff,Arkansas.

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nice work!wish I'd gotten a better shot of these (these were moving trains.) they'd look nice in the sim...Tim Baldwin
Buffalo NYMilepost 5 on the Buffalo Belt Line
CSX - NS - CP - CN

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Awesome - see and photo them all the time. One item we do lack is an ACF in WC. I caught one of those this weekend.GREAT job - on my list to download when available.
Michael

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nice photos guys, Yes Wisconsin Central was bought out by Canadian National in...2002? i belive.. cuase i remember seeing alot of WC boxcars on the Guilford line that year with CN markings.. i think.. Its been awhile since ive seen a WC boxcar.

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Yup as he stated the CN did buy the WC...Heres some info if ya's wanna read up on it...
http://www.cn.ca/companyinfo/history/en_AboutWisconsinCentral.shtmlWe see a lot of CN units up here now more and more....especially now in the smaller cities even CN shows up once in a while now..Wausau has seen a good share in CN units and so does Green Bay and I know that on the busy lines its mostly all CN now....And I know for MSTS they got a CN unit in GEC colors I think with a big CN logo and a lil WC mark under the window...
J

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its too bad WC is gone ... (has a feeling Guilford will be next)

Shawn.
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LAST EDITED ON Oct-22-04 AT 11:13 AM (EDT)

The CN bought the WC in 2001. There were payoffs involved in it and it was a "profitable purchase for one man, and a disaster for a good railroad and all its employees". I know a couple CN (WC) engineers, and the buyout of WC is not something you want to talk about around them. They loved the WC, said it was about the best line you could have run for. The roadmasters and crew callers were fair and easy to deal with, they cared about the crews. WC had customer service and an excellent service reputation and lots of business.
Enter CN-
CN pissed away roughly half of WC's business. Why? Because they didnt want to deal with the customers. Some WC fans may remember the Schneider trailers used to run through in great quantities. Ever notice how those are no more?
CN destroyed what was an awesome railroad. They cut traffic almost in half, got rid of a bunch of great rebuilt SD45s to give the vrews beat up, crappy old CN power.
Again, it can all be summed up as I said before-
"The CN buyout of WC is something you dont talk about around ex-WC employees"Kevin V.
-President/CEO of Illinois Northern Ry Inc, subsidiary of The Midwest Regional Railways Corp.Illinois Railway Museum Conductor Trainee

Ohio Southern is on the way...coming when I get sick of the IN!

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A Engineer for a railroad that gets bought out gets slapped in the face just as heart as a girl you love dont want to talk anymore. it both sucks! but, i feel bad for all the WC engineers. CN didnt do the right thing.

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