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Douglas Hildebrandt's Collection
 
7/25/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Wisconsin Central
Model:EMD SD45Built As:SLSF 911 (SD45)
Serial Number:33022Order No:7970
Frame Number:7970-5Built:2/1967
Notes:Ex-SLSF
Other locos with this serial:  WC 6497(SD45) SLSF 911(SD45) WC 6660(SD45) BN 6660(SD45)
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Four SD45s
Title:  Four SD45s
Description:  WC 6497 leads an impressive lashup of four SD45s out of New Brighton on a nice September day back in 2003.
Photo Date:  9/5/2003  Upload Date: 11/27/2009 2:49:41 AM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6497(SD45) WC 7498(SD45) WC 6529(SD45) WC 6625(SD45)
Views:  1279   Comments: 0
WC 6497
Title:  WC 6497
Description:  Train 406 has its paper work and is ready to go, but they are waiting on the dispacther to give them the light. Conductor Steve Webber is talking to the conductor in the cab. The train had four SD45s on it!! Trailing units were 6529 and 6625.
Photo Date:  9/5/2003  Upload Date: 5/30/2007 8:51:20 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6497(SD45) WC 7498(SD45)
Views:  1205   Comments: 1
SD45 Quartet
Title:  SD45 Quartet
Description:  A very nice looking quartet of SD45s head out of town on A406. This would be one of the few times I would see four WC SD45s running together.
Photo Date:  9/5/2003  Upload Date: 11/27/2009 2:53:17 AM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6625(SD45) WC 6529(SD45) WC 7498(SD45) WC 6497(SD45)
Views:  1321   Comments: 0
Heading Towards Stevens Point
Title:  Heading Towards Stevens Point
Description:  Two WC SD45s and an IC leave New Brighton.
Photo Date:  12/14/2004  Upload Date: 2/13/2007 2:14:42 PM
Location:  New Brighton, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6497(SD45) WC 6614(SD45)
Views:  1084   Comments: 0
Northtown transfer
Title:  Northtown transfer
Description:  NS 9295 slowly heads though Northtown yard to get its cars
Photo Date:  11/5/2005  Upload Date: 12/15/2005 9:40:13 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 6583(SD45) NS 9295(C40-9W) WC 6497(SD45)
Views:  1069   Comments: 1
Grinding up towards New Brighton
Title:  Grinding up towards New Brighton
Description:  WC transfer (train 405) grinds up Shoreham Hill creating a sound and bass like nothing else. This is why I like trains!
Photo Date:  11/5/2005  Upload Date: 12/15/2005 9:36:02 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9295(C40-9W) WC 6583(SD45) WC 6497(SD45)
Views:  1096   Comments: 0


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