Wisconsin Central, now CN, Revisited

Wisconsin Central was the largest, the most successful, and arguably the most popular of the new breed of regional railroads. Has it really been seven years since the WC disappeared? On October ninth, 2001, Canadian National took over the Wisconsin Central. This program shows how the Chicago to Superior main line and a couple of secondary lines of the former WC have fared over the intervening seven years since the WC takeover. Only about thirty of the Wisconsin Central’s diesels survive in WC paint and these have been scattered all over the far-flung WC system. Even though not many miles of the former WC have been sold or abandoned there have been many changes since CN took over, particularly in the number and size of the trains and traffic. This program shows the trains and operations on the main line of the former Wisconsin Central and trains on two secondary lines in October of 2008. “Wisconsin Central, now CN, Revisited” is 1 hour and 51 minutes in length.  The DVD of this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.