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WAMX 4223 sits on the fuel track |
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10/19/2017 Upload Date: 10/20/2017 4:00:38 PM |
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Janesville, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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Pure class |
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To the great (and pleasant) surprise of many railfans, myself included, Watco painted the ex-CIT former SD45 (previously in modified UP yellow) into their new twist on the red and gray WSOR scheme. |
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10/19/2017 Upload Date: 10/20/2017 4:08:02 PM |
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Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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Ready and waiting |
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In a few minutes, a crew will fire up this interesting power set (Helm blue lease unit on one end, ex-SD45 in Watco-era WSOR paint on the other), undo the hand brakes, and set to work. |
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10/19/2017 Upload Date: 10/20/2017 4:10:42 PM |
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Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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Old and new WSOR schemes bracket a yellow bonnet |
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In the "classic" (Gardner era) WSOR scheme, there are narrow red and gray chevron stripes on the short hood, and the thick gray stripe dips into a single fat chevron on the long hood. In the new version of the scheme applied by Watco starting in 2016, the thick gray chevron is moved to the short hood and the gray stripe wraps straight around the end of the long hood. |
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10/19/2017 Upload Date: 10/20/2017 9:32:49 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4187(SD40-2) WAMX 4219(SD40-2) WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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760 Comments: 0 |
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WAMX 4223 looks sharp in the autumn evening light as the T3 power rolls out of the fuel ramp |
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Ever wonder what a WSOR SD45 would look like? Wonder no more! Although, 4223 has been remotored with a 16-cylinder, 3K HP 645 to become the functional equivalent of an SD40-2. The unit spent about a year in service on the WSOR in its ex-CIT modified UP scheme (red/white nose chevrons). I'm fond of that scheme and would have liked to catch it then, but I gotta say this looks better! |
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10/19/2017 Upload Date: 10/20/2017 10:31:59 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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T003 power gets ready to head to the yard and grab their train |
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10/19/2017 Upload Date: 10/20/2017 11:04:44 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) WAMX 4176(SD40-2) HLCX 6334(SD40-2) |
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More power sits in the yard on another bright February day |
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This includes the SD45 carbody, 4223. I%got a tip that it was leading a train from Janesville to Madison the previous afternoon, and spent an hour waiting trackside in the cold wind only to find out that they hadn't left Janesville yet. It arrived in Madison under cover of darkness. |
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2/26/2018 Upload Date: 3/1/2018 1:45:36 PM |
| Location: |
Madison, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) WAMX 4178(SD40-2) |
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462 Comments: 1 |
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High sun conductor's side shot of WAMX 4223 |
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T007 power rolls clear of the switch on the main so they can start switching their train. |
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5/23/2018 Upload Date: 5/23/2018 11:18:47 PM |
| Location: |
Madison, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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Former SD45 WAMX 4223 fronts a quartet on an idling eastbound sand train |
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After seeing that 4171 and 4223 were power for T007 yesterday, both long-hood-forward out of Madison, I had a hunch that 4223 might lead back east the next day. Followed the line and found it sitting here. |
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5/24/2018 Upload Date: 5/28/2018 12:01:52 PM |
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Boscobel, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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559 Comments: 1 |
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Three out of four red and gray units on this idling sand train |
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4223 is designated SD40-2 by the frame stenciling, although it is an SD45 re-engined to SD40-2 specifications. 4192 on the left is an SD40-2 in an SD40's body, and is designated SD40M-2 by the frame as well as the site. |
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5/24/2018 Upload Date: 5/28/2018 12:04:48 PM |
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Boscobel, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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335 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Flared Forty Plus Four |
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1/2/2020 Upload Date: 1/2/2020 11:05:36 PM |
| Location: |
Helena, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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296 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Anderson Switch |
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4223 poses with the Milwaukee-Road style switch stand for the siding to Anderson Inc. west of Arena, the reason for today's trip. |
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1/2/2020 Upload Date: 1/3/2020 7:35:05 PM |
| Location: |
Helena, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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In the Anderson, Inc. siding |
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L465 left two of their cars on the main, then shoved in and coupled the other two to the long string of tank cars already in the Anderson Inc. siding. Not sure how many of them they were actually supposed to pull, since I couldn't stick around to watch the whole switch. |
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1/2/2020 Upload Date: 1/3/2020 7:36:57 PM |
| Location: |
Helena, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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| Title: |
Going Nowhere Fast |
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L465's motor 4223 idles in the siding at Anderson Inc. west of Arena. In a few moments, they will shove deeper into the siding. I had to start for home after that. |
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1/2/2020 Upload Date: 1/3/2020 7:39:54 PM |
| Location: |
Helena, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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| Title: |
(Censored) |
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My reaction to seeing that they put one of the stupid gray doors on 4223, the SD45 carbody. I'm not sure if even 4170 (the new 40th Anniversary unit) makes up for this, since I probably won't catch it leading until it looks as ragged as 4183 does now. |
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12/21/2020 Upload Date: 12/22/2020 1:56:16 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) HLCX 6313(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Sunday afternoon goose gathering |
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3928 (35th Anniversary GP39-2) is long-hood forward at the front of a group of four on the fuel ramp, blue guest 6334 is ex-SP and the longest-tenured of the Helm rentals on the property (along with 6313), 4219 is ex-CP and the only red and gray unit with the headlight mounted on the short hood, and 4223 behind is the sole SD45 carbody in the scheme. |
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1/3/2021 Upload Date: 1/4/2021 9:31:23 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) HLCX 6334(SD40-2) WAMX 4219(SD40-2) WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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WAMX 4223 & 4219 |
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Per usual...the WSOR power I'm particularly interested in catching is parked when I go trackside on the railroad. If I catch a train moving it's almost always the same two (4171 or 4173) or a p***brick SD60M leading. |
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10/21/2022 Upload Date: 10/31/2022 7:01:03 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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| Locomotives: |
WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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Saturday power move T004 fronted by one of the two (so far) repainted 60Ms |
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While I think the "horizontal" WSOR scheme as exemplified by the trailing three units of this six-pack would have looked great on the SD60Ms, this still looks better than patched UP (although "Wings & Flags" 6027 isn't half bad)! |
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11/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/18/2023 5:59:01 PM |
| Location: |
Milton Junction, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 6023(SD60M) WAMX 6030(SD60M) WAMX 6027(SD60M) WAMX 3891(GP38-2) WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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