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Andre Wehrle's Collection
 
5/6/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:3/9/2015 - 12/31/2020
Album Info:The original album was getting too long, so I decided to start a new one for more trains on the Canadian Nationals ex-WC/old SOO north-south Chicago main.
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M342 eases around the broad curve at the bottom of the hill
Title:  M342 eases around the broad curve at the bottom of the hill
Description:  I raced down here on the winding, treacherous Hickory Road when I saw the train start to accelerate out of Valley, only to wait...and wait...as it slowed to stop here and meet northbound traffic.
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 4:06:10 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3049(ET44AC)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
M342 holds for northbound traffic
Title:  M342 holds for northbound traffic
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 4:12:21 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3049(ET44AC)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
CN 2313 with the NB intermodal slaloms through the dogleg
Title:  CN 2313 with the NB intermodal slaloms through the dogleg
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 4:34:29 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CN 2313(ES44DC)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
CN 2313 the sole headend power on these NB double stacks
Title:  CN 2313 the sole headend power on these NB double stacks
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 4:35:30 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 2313(ES44DC)
Views:  29   Comments: 0
M342's engineer stands watch as the NB intermodal meets his train
Title:  M342's engineer stands watch as the NB intermodal meets his train
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 4:41:52 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3049(ET44AC) CN 2313(ES44DC)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
"IC" 2718 is mid-train on the northbound intermodal
Title:  "IC" 2718 is mid-train on the northbound intermodal
Description:  CN leased a group of Dash 9s (2697-2726) through their IC subsidiary, years after Illinois Central ceased to exist as an inpedendent entity. They certainly never wore Deathstar black!
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 7:16:50 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  IC 2718(C44-9W)
Views:  41   Comments: 1
With the northbound stacker clear, M342 is back on the pull south
Title:  With the northbound stacker clear, M342 is back on the pull south
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 7:30:09 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3049(ET44AC)
Views:  85   Comments: 1
BLE 901 with the hill helper crew on board shoves on M342's tail
Title:  BLE 901 with the hill helper crew on board shoves on M342's tail
Description:  Despite CN's penchant for "land barge" distributed-power trains, there is still the occasional big southbound manifest with all the motors up front, that needs a boost up Byron Hill.
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 7:32:10 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 901(SD40-3)
Views:  100   Comments: 1
CN 5286 follows BLE 901 and the tail of M342 across Highway 175
Title:  CN 5286 follows BLE 901 and the tail of M342 across Highway 175
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 7:33:45 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5286(SD40-2W)
Views:  123   Comments: 1
After sending M342 on its merry way, the helpers return light over the hill to await the next call to duty
Title:  After sending M342 on its merry way, the helpers return light over the hill to await the next call to duty
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 7:35:38 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5286(SD40-2W) BLE 901(SD40-3)
Views:  190   Comments: 1
CN 5286, a study in grime
Title:  CN 5286, a study in grime
Description:  Most of the CN "Zebra Stripe" units looked ratty when I first started shooting them c. 2010; a further decade hasn't done them any favors.
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 7:36:50 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5286(SD40-2W)
Views:  91   Comments: 1
BLE 901 recedes into the distance around the Church Road curves
Title:  BLE 901 recedes into the distance around the Church Road curves
Description:  This is only the second unit I've caught in B&LE orange.
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 8:19:32 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLE 901(SD40-3)
Views:  64   Comments: 1
CN 2843 leads the next southbound, a unit crude oil train, grinding over the hill
Title:  CN 2843 leads the next southbound, a unit crude oil train, grinding over the hill
Description:  I could hear the power for at least five minutes before the headlight appeared from around the Church Rd. curve.
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/2/2020 10:20:38 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CN 2843(ES44AC)
Views:  110   Comments: 1
CN 2843 approaching Church Rd. with the SB oil cans
Title:  CN 2843 approaching Church Rd. with the SB oil cans
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/3/2020 1:41:17 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 2843(ES44AC)
Views:  72   Comments: 1
WC 84784 is the rear end buffer car on this SB unit oil train
Title:  WC 84784 is the rear end buffer car on this SB unit oil train
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/3/2020 1:44:30 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  22   Comments: 0
CN 3807 is DPU on the SB oil cans
Title:  CN 3807 is DPU on the SB oil cans
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/3/2020 1:47:45 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3807(ES44AC)
Views:  80   Comments: 1
CN 3856 now leads M347 north
Title:  CN 3856 now leads M347 north
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/3/2020 1:50:21 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3856(ES44AC)
Views:  99   Comments: 1
CN 3856 rumbles toward Church Road
Title:  CN 3856 rumbles toward Church Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/3/2020 1:54:34 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3856(ES44AC)
Views:  143   Comments: 1
CN 2232 mid-train on M347
Title:  CN 2232 mid-train on M347
Description:  Although I've not seen this manifest run in a distributed power configuration before, it was easily recognizable by the long string of MT centerbeams bringing up the rear.
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/3/2020 1:57:21 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 2232(ES44DC)
Views:  87   Comments: 1
CN 3006 leads the second NB intermodal of the afternoon around the curve
Title:  CN 3006 leads the second NB intermodal of the afternoon around the curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/3/2020 2:02:45 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3006(ET44AC)
Views:  57   Comments: 1
CN 3006
Title:  CN 3006
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/3/2020 2:04:50 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3006(ET44AC)
Views:  113   Comments: 1
CN 3057 mid-train on the NB stacker
Title:  CN 3057 mid-train on the NB stacker
Description:  This would be my last shot of the day. Although per scanner channer several more trains were in the vicinity, this 1/250, 640-ISO image belies the fact that dusk was rapidly setting in.
Photo Date:  1/29/2020  Upload Date: 2/3/2020 2:07:09 PM
Location:  Byron, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3057(ET44AC)
Views:  86   Comments: 1
Southbound Oil
Title:  Southbound Oil
Description:  Actually the second CN train I saw on the day, first one (northbound unit autorack) caught me off guard so got handheld video only.
Photo Date:  11/14/2020  Upload Date: 11/15/2020 3:13:31 PM
Location:  Slinger, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3055(ET44AC)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
Triple-headed southbound manifest
Title:  Triple-headed southbound manifest
Description:  Kind of unusual to see three up front on a CN train anymore...1x1 DPU configuration is the norm in 2020.
Photo Date:  12/18/2020  Upload Date: 12/18/2020 10:47:03 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 8879(SD70M-2)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
Northbound past MP 126
Title:  Northbound past MP 126
Description:  The somewhat hidden Aurora Road crossing south of Allenton.
Photo Date:  12/18/2020  Upload Date: 12/18/2020 10:50:54 PM
Location:  Saint Lawrence, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3802(ES44AC)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
CN 3802
Title:  CN 3802
Description:  This 2017-built GE has already acquired a standard layer of filth.
Photo Date:  12/18/2020  Upload Date: 12/18/2020 10:51:26 PM
Location:  Saint Lawrence, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 3802(ES44AC)
Views:  73   Comments: 0


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