Current Wisconsin Central Roster

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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Here is a list of the current Wisconsin Central locomotive roster. It is as up to date as possible. Please correct me if anything is wrong. Please feel free to add to where the current locomotive might be. I update as soon as i find out something about a former WC locomotive. WC 6591 and WC 6596 both were retired but have since been reinstated with new prime movers.

1 Sold Laona Camp 5 Railroad Laona, WI
582 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph Sold to FEPASA
583 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph Sold to FEPASA
584 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph Sold to FEPASA
585 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph Sold to FEPASA
586 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph Sold to FEPASA
587 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph Sold to FEPASA
588 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph Sold to FEPASA
589 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph Sold to FEPASA
590 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph Sold to FEPASA
700 Donated Donated to Lake Superior Railroad Museum Colifax, WI
703 Donated Donated to Spooner Railroad Museum Spooner, WI
711 Sold to Dardanelle and Russelville To Railroad Railway Service Contractors To Iowa River Railroad #711
713 Sold to Larry’s Truck and Electric Scrapped 9/2/03
719 Sold to Dakota Soutern Railway For Alco Trucks Only
1231 Sold to Larry’s Truck and Electric Rebuilt;Painted Red;For Sale/Lease
1232 Sold to Larry’s Truck and Electric
1233 Sold to Larry’s Truck and Electric
1234 Sold to Larry’s Truck and Electric For Sale/Lease
1235 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph JTPX #1235 Painted Grey For Lease
1236 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph
1237 Lease End Returned to Lessor David J. Joseph
1501 Scrapped
1502 Scrapped
1503 Scrapped
1504 Sold to Northern Illinois and Wisconsin Railway Scrapped
1505 Scrapped
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Thank You for the Roster

DOGGY

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Thanks for the update. I’ve always wondered what happened to the SW-1 #1. I was a friend of Fran Weiner’s, and was at the ceremony where the engine was named for him after his death.[8D]

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It was donated to a museum but I don’t which one maybe some one could elbarate

DOGGY

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I’m not familiar with the locomotive numbers but Does WC still have the FP45 cowl unit? If not, who has it now?

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I thought this was now a part of Canadian National? So isn’t this really a CN roster of former WC equipment?

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Dave,

You mean there going to sell there aniversery and Op. lifesaver units!!![:O][:O] Nooooooooooo!!!

Sadly Noah[:(][:(]

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Buy it!!!

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Yes, the Ann, and Ops, units are going to be sold. When, who knows. Also, yes this is a roster of former WC units on the CN now. The WC 6652 was the FP45.

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I could buy it. If I started a collection taking now (any body willing to contribute by the way?), I could probably buy it in 30 or 40 years.[(-D][(-D]

Noah[:P]

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WCfan4ever,[:D]

Thanks for the tip on the FP45. [8D] I find it interesting that CN would purchase it as, assuming it still has the 20 cylinder 645 diesel, it would be a big “fuel hog” compared to the modern units. Plus engineers in the past disliked the lack of rearward visibility. It would be interesting if the sheetmetal were to be reworked in a “Draper Taper” style.[:p]

I do hope that when retired, that it will be donated or sold to a mueum or society that will restore her Santa Fe colors again. Perhaps even run her in excursion service! FP45s were tiny in number but yet made a name for themselves on the Santa Fe. [swg][tup]

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Hey WC Fan,
I think you missed the #715 - Natl RR Museum at Green Bay -

Nice work on the roster - thanks a bunch for doing that.
Stack.

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Will Ed Burkhart buy the SD45’s

DOGGY

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Ed has bought a few 45’s. The ones that went to Rail World Inc are his. They were sent to Mexico for rebuilding but no one has seen them since. They were supposed to go the the Montreal Maine & Atlantic but I guess plans changed.

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Add the following units to the list:

Leased to NS: 6605, 6611, 6619, 6625, 7504, 7507, 7531, 7532, 7637

Stored: 1558, 1563, 1565, 3002, 3003, 3012, 3022, 3024, 3026, 3027, 6516, 6529, 6556, 6586, 6591, 6598, 6601, 6615, 7515.

The remaining GP40’s will all be stored. Sad to see the WC 3026 and 3027 in storage.

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Add WC 1501, 1503, 1505, 1506, 1507, and 1508 to the retired list. They were retired May 20, 2004! An end of the GP9 era for Wisconsin Central.

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The 4133 is still hanging out in fond du lac, its missing almost all of the airbrake equipment so it can’t be moved on the RR. CN wants someone to scrap it on site if possible.
. 4159 is long gone.
The sdf45 and the sdfp45s are long gone.
And if you can afford to buy a used car you can afford a sd-45, they are selling for under $10,000 some as low as $6,000

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Really! This makes much more sense. When I need a car I’ll just have my parents buy me a SD45 instead! After all, it only takes 3 more hours to go to the capitol by train then by car!

Noah

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The WC units NS leases always show up here but I ALWAYS miss them. The only WC I’ve seen was wiythout a camera[:(]

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I must have been mistaken, I knew it was one of the two. I’d go scrap the locomotive if I had a cutting torch and insurance. The F45’s and FP45 are all sold, you are right, but they have all found homes, well and least the ones that went to Rail World Inc.