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Will WC be remembered?
Will WC be remembered?
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Will WC be remembered?
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Anonymous
on Sunday, April 15, 2001 9:54 PM
WC if bought out by CN will be yet another fallen flag of the railroad business. Will it be remembered like it should be? I hope so. I live Near the WC HIGH BRIDGE at Somerset and Withrow. It will be weird seeing the CN instead of the WC. If anyone has in put put it down!!!
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Soo2610
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January 2001
From: US
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Posted by
Soo2610
on Sunday, April 15, 2001 10:54 PM
I was raised along those tracks in Des Plaines when it was still double track under the Soo flag. Then it went to single track and the WC took over. Now , with the advent of Metra it is going back to double track. A major part of our layout is based on the WC and Soo. We will never forget it. I just wi***hat as a kid I had the foresight to take photographs when the Soo scrapped all their steam engines and solid trains of old engines went by on the way to the scrap yard. Those photos would be classics today!
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Monday, April 23, 2001 9:22 AM
Hi! I live near the IC/CN Woodcrest Il yard and IC locomotives are dissappearing quickly. Its now mostly CN 6 axle power with DW&P, CV, and GT four axle power. Nearly all of the IC GP's are gone. There are long strings of IC switchers and GP's in storage at Woodcrest. The GP's are being slowly refitted for a leasing company. They are painted in UP colors and refitted with Dynamic braking.
Back on topic, CN said that IC would exist under its own name but its fast becoming just a paper railroad. I cant expect WC/CN to be any different.
Dan
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