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Pictures of WC 1563
 
Owner: Wisconsin Central
Model:EMD SW1500Built As:KIT 73 (SW1500)
Serial Number:36862Order No:7286
Frame Number:7286-2Built:3/1971
Notes:nee KIT 73 03/71
Other locos with this serial:  WC 1563(SW1500)
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WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  A recently purchased ex-NS SW1500 works near the yard office tower.
Photo Date:  4/23/1994  Upload Date: 5/7/2015 8:40:39 PM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  472   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/2001  Upload Date: 7/9/2007 9:29:39 PM
Location:  Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Author:  Steven McKay
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  663   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  Switching out Neenah Yard.
Photo Date:  9/22/2001  Upload Date: 6/9/2006 11:59:44 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Jeffrey Streiff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  578   Comments: 0
CN
Title:  CN
Description:  CN Yard Job at Fon Du Lac, Wi.
Photo Date:  9/8/2002  Upload Date: 12/24/2004 8:40:04 PM
Location:  Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  william davis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500) IC 3115(GP40R)
Views:  858   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/2006  Upload Date: 12/8/2007 12:04:06 AM
Location:  Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Dan Braun
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  572   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/2/2007  Upload Date: 11/10/2007 11:55:07 AM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Joe Hughes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  Not a bad first shot for the year..
Photo Date:  1/1/2008  Upload Date: 1/1/2008 4:17:44 PM
Location:  Barr Yard, IL
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2008 5:35:21 PM
Location:  Barr Yard, IL
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
Shops Switch Job
Title:  Shops Switch Job
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2008  Upload Date: 6/23/2008 1:36:41 AM
Location:  Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Max Koehn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IC 3133(GP40R) WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  654   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/29/2008  Upload Date: 12/9/2008 2:41:21 PM
Location:  Glenn, IL
Author:  Jon Hall
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Model
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  WC SW1500 idles in Stevens Point Yard
Photo Date:  8/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/26/2011 11:26:42 PM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  Jason Himebauch
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  2069   Comments: 2
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  This is what's left of the once mighty WC. Two very faded and ratty looking SW1500s switching at Shops Yard in North Fond Du Lac. Ten years ago, this was all maroon & gold...now, just a shadow of its former self
Photo Date:  4/2/2011  Upload Date: 4/3/2011 6:46:55 PM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500) WC 1565(SW1500)
Views:  596   Comments: 2
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  A close up of WC 1563, you can bearly make out the number on this unit, and the "Wisconsin Central" markings are now just WIS
Photo Date:  4/2/2011  Upload Date: 4/3/2011 6:47:19 PM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  One last look at the WC pair as they throttle up and shove on a cut of cars at Shops Yard.
Photo Date:  4/2/2011  Upload Date: 4/3/2011 6:47:55 PM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500) WC 1565(SW1500)
Views:  477   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  WC 1563 emits a plume of exhaust as it and sister 1563 shove a long string of cars into the yard
Photo Date:  7/16/2011  Upload Date: 7/17/2011 9:22:00 PM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  The 1563 and the 1566 head back into the yard to continue classifying cars
Photo Date:  7/16/2011  Upload Date: 7/17/2011 9:32:21 PM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
All in the Family
Title:  All in the Family
Description:  One in original paint, one in CN colors, but both family. The changing face of the former Wisconsin Central is seen here on this yard job at Shops
Photo Date:  7/16/2011  Upload Date: 7/17/2011 9:30:41 PM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500) WC 1566(SW1500)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  With the WC 1570, the 1563 heads to the engine house at Shops Yard while a local freight heads out with the IC 9625 in the background
Photo Date:  8/20/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 12:23:12 PM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
WC 1563 and IC 1201
Title:  WC 1563 and IC 1201
Description:  WC 1563 and IC 1201 work the CN, former SOO, yard in Neenah, WI on 26 Sep. 13. This view would have been prevented by the dominating silhouette of the original Neenah Foundry facility, later known as Plant 1, which stood here for over ¾’s of a century. Established in 1872 as Aylward Plow Works (a.k.a. Aylward & Sons) at 120 N. Lake St., they erected a new foundry at 500 W. Winneconne Ave. in 1918 “in a rural area of southwestern Neenah.” Expanded numerous times over the years, it became Plant 1 in 1960 when Plant 2 was constructed in the then rural area at the intersection of Byrd Ave. and the aptly named Aylward St. (followed by Plant 3 in 1967). Plant 1 was closed in 1994, the corporate overlords didn’t want to spend money to update the plant. It stood abandoned for a while and was eventually demolished.
Photo Date:  9/26/2013  Upload Date: 10/17/2013 2:34:38 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500) IC 1201(SW7RM)
Views:  662   Comments: 0
WC 1563 and WC 16
Title:  WC 1563 and WC 16
Description:  A Wisconsin Central throwback in 2013 as WC SW1500 1563 rests next to the WC 16 caboose at Neenah Yard. The caboose still hangs out in Neenah as of 2021, but WC 1563 was repainted in the standard CN paint scheme and was donated to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay in Fall 2019.
Photo Date:  10/12/2013  Upload Date: 7/13/2021 5:26:38 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Mikey Paulsen
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  The paint was quickly fading from WC 1563, which was still in WC livery in 2013. This has since been repainted in the standard CN livery and donated to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay.
Photo Date:  10/12/2013  Upload Date: 7/13/2021 5:26:43 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Mikey Paulsen
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
WC 1562 WC 1563
Title:  WC 1562 WC 1563
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2013  Upload Date: 7/30/2021 9:35:56 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1562(SW1500) WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
WC 1563 WC 1562
Title:  WC 1563 WC 1562
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2013  Upload Date: 7/30/2021 9:36:10 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500) WC 1562(SW1500)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/16/2014  Upload Date: 9/28/2014 2:29:05 PM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
Author:  Jon Hall
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 10:33:55 PM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  Bob Keenan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 10:31:21 PM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  Bob Keenan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
WC 1559
Title:  WC 1559
Description:  Recently refurbished Wisconsin Central SW1500 #1559 is paired with sister 1563, which holds on to its maroon & gold WC paint. The pair is seen returning to work at the Stevens Point yard.
Photo Date:  4/12/2015  Upload Date: 4/26/2015 7:02:41 PM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  WC 1559(SW1500) WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  WC 1563 & 1559 pass GTW 6221 & IC 3137 (hidden behind the WC pair) as they return to work at the Stevens Point yard.
Photo Date:  4/12/2015  Upload Date: 4/26/2015 7:04:36 PM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500) WC 1559(SW1500) GTW 6221(GP38-2)
Views:  674   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  WC / CN 1563 was in charge of excursion trains the day I visited.
Photo Date:  7/2/2021  Upload Date: 4/12/2022 12:21:05 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Clete Hastings
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  Done with excursions for the day, WC 1563 sits next to the NRMs station.
Photo Date:  7/2/2021  Upload Date: 4/14/2022 6:46:16 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Clete Hastings
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  All aboard! WC 1563 looks new enough to have been borrowed from the Canadian National for a day before going back to work after the weekend.
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 9/12/2022 8:08:27 PM
Location:  Ashwaubenon, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  Actually, though, the engine was donated to the museum in 2019 - but it still remains active, pulling the excursion trains!
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 9/12/2022 8:06:22 PM
Location:  Ashwaubenon, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  Built for the Wisconsin Central in 1968, the engine spent most of its life serving around Fond du Lac, just a little over an hour south of here!
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 9/12/2022 8:04:57 PM
Location:  Ashwaubenon, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  Actually, while https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/madison/human-interest/2019/11/13/national-railroad-museum-welcomes-new-engine#:~:text=The%20museum%20welcomed%20locomotive%20WC%201563%2C%20a%20gift,said%20David%20Ward%20of%20the%20National%20Railroad%20Museum. lists its construction as being in 1968, rrpicturearchives.net says it was built in 1971.
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 8/19/2022 6:53:32 AM
Location:  Ashwaubenon, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  It definitely existed by 1994, though not quite as spiffy: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4177788
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 8/19/2022 6:54:25 AM
Location:  Ashwaubenon, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  This one still runs, and a ride is just $3!
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 8/10/2022 6:58:24 PM
Location:  Ashwaubenon, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  By 2001, it looked more Wisconsiny: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=398461
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 8/19/2022 6:55:16 AM
Location:  Ashwaubenon, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  There are no pictures of the locomotive between 2015, when it was still in the old scheme, and 2021, when it had come over to the museum. I am thinking Canadian National may have repainted it specifically for the occasion of its donation. It was really looking faded before, so the new paint scheme looks very nice!
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 8/19/2022 6:55:59 AM
Location:  Ashwaubenon, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  Looks like a model from up here!
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 8/19/2022 6:56:42 AM
Location:  Ashwaubenon, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 8/19/2022 6:51:58 AM
Location:  Ashwaubenon, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
WC 1563
Title:  WC 1563
Description:  Still ready for another run! Thanks for viewing!
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 8/12/2022 8:51:33 PM
Location:  Ashwaubenon, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
WC/CN SW1500 1563
Title:  WC/CN SW1500 1563
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/14/2022  Upload Date: 6/23/2022 7:54:12 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Wil Hata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 1563(SW1500)
Views:  124   Comments: 0

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