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KCS 4774, rear DPU on 586 |
Description: |
G64's freight cars blocked me from a closer shot of this. |
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8/21/2020 Upload Date: 8/22/2020 10:10:52 PM |
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Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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KCS 4774(ES44AC) |
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Title: |
AMTK 83/163 power No. 7 |
Description: |
No baggage car again. It has come out that Empire Builder service will be cut to 3 days per week in each direction starting in mid-October. Pandemic-related reduction in travel is the cited cause. |
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8/21/2020 Upload Date: 8/22/2020 10:11:34 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 83(P42DC) |
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51 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Make it rain! |
Description: |
Money shot! 281 grinds out of Portage following Amtrak 7. |
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8/21/2020 Upload Date: 8/22/2020 10:12:28 PM |
Location: |
Lewiston, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7018(SD70ACU) |
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204 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
CP 5946 on a rail train parked in the yard |
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8/21/2020 Upload Date: 8/22/2020 10:15:06 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 5946(SD40-2) |
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56 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Still Waiting |
Description: |
I was surprised to find 586 still sitting at Portage East with Amtrak 7 and (as far as I knew) any other hot westbounds long gone. Based on scanner chatter, they may have been having power issues. |
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8/21/2020 Upload Date: 8/22/2020 10:15:47 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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KCS 4705(ES44AC) |
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54 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 7014 leads EB manifest 470 across the Wisconsin River bridge |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:08:26 AM |
Location: |
Wisconsin Dells, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU) |
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235 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 9776 rear-end DPU on 470 |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:09:12 AM |
Location: |
Wisconsin Dells, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 9776(AC44CW) |
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75 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Ethanol train 686 powered by GE and EMD rebuilt Beavers |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:11:02 AM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8152(AC4400CWM) |
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87 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
All foreign power and all on the head end on 288 |
Description: |
Distributed power operation is becoming the rule even on manifests on CP. |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:12:03 AM |
Location: |
Rio, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CSX 833(ES44AC-H) |
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55 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CSX 833, 5219 and a Pumpkin power CP 288 |
Description: |
About to cross Salisbury Road, MP 166. |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:12:35 AM |
Location: |
Rio, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CSX 833(ES44AC-H) |
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55 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7695 "Golden Swoosh" third out on CP 288 |
Description: |
This unit has been floating around the CP for most of the summer. |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:16:41 AM |
Location: |
Rio, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 7695(ES44DC) |
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204 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
470 eases along the siding, preparing to enter the yard |
Description: |
Seen from the Highway 16 bridge. In all my years railfanning this line, it's never occurred to me to shoot off it before. |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:17:48 AM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU) |
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155 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 7014 about to duck under WIS-16 and bring 470 into the yard |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:18:22 AM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU) |
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212 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pacman pair hides out on the west end of the yard |
Description: |
I believe the other one is 5922. |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:26:16 AM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6069(SD40-2) |
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83 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
470 takes headroom in the yard, pulling across the U.S. 51 bridge |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:52:18 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU) |
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193 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 7014 working the yard |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:54:54 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU) |
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232 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AMTK 132 leads tonight's No. 7 right on time |
Description: |
The engineer is carrying on the "timetable wave" tradition of the retired Craig Willett. |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 1:01:25 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 132(P42DC) |
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109 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
470 leaves town for points east, running much later than usual. |
Description: |
This train is usually in the Portage area by 7-9 AM on weekdays, and is gone before I can get out of work (at noon) and make the 45-minute drive out. |
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8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 1:08:31 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU) |
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138 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The tree shadows play on the engineer's side of CP 7014 |
Description: |
67 loads, 22 empties going east to Muskego (Milwaukee). |
Photo Date: |
8/28/2020 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 1:09:16 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU) |
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194 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 8053 solo on the head end of the first 281 of September |
Description: |
The only thing that stood out about this train was the horn...sounded like a K5LA, very unusual for a CP GE. |
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9/1/2020 Upload Date: 9/2/2020 2:37:41 PM |
Location: |
Richwood, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8053(AC4400CWM) |
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63 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 9711 mid-train on 281 |
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Photo Date: |
9/1/2020 Upload Date: 9/2/2020 2:39:01 PM |
Location: |
Richwood, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 9711(AC44CW) |
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48 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AMTK 81 screams through on the point of No. 7 |
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9/1/2020 Upload Date: 9/2/2020 2:39:46 PM |
Location: |
Richwood, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 81(P42DC) |
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40 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 7016 leads 288 EB on Main 1 |
Description: |
They dragged their feet along the double track section to allow Amtrak 7 time to enter Main 2 at the Watertown West control point, about two miles east of here. |
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9/1/2020 Upload Date: 9/2/2020 2:40:19 PM |
Location: |
Richwood, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 7016(SD70ACU) |
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93 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 7016 East, train 288 |
Description: |
My second of the "block lettering" heritage units caught leading, and fifth of the ten CP heritage-paint SD70ACUs overall. |
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9/1/2020 Upload Date: 9/2/2020 2:40:55 PM |
Location: |
Richwood, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 7016(SD70ACU) |
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172 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CP 7051 mid-train on 288 |
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Photo Date: |
9/1/2020 Upload Date: 9/2/2020 2:42:49 PM |
Location: |
Richwood, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7051(SD70ACU) |
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86 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
ECO pair brings G64 home for the day |
Description: |
They've got cars from Landmark at Fall River, a few from industries at Watertown and a string of ballast loads from the "Pit" at Hubbleton on this Tuesday afternoon. M-W-F they work the branch to Madison. |
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9/1/2020 Upload Date: 9/2/2020 2:43:47 PM |
Location: |
Richwood, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 2316(GP20C-ECO) |
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53 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CP 8728 leads a BNSF Dash 9 on 281 |
Description: |
Another CP GEVO was mid-train. |
Photo Date: |
10/4/2020 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:26:41 PM |
Location: |
Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 8728(ES44AC) |
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53 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
No. 7 rumbles into town with a friendly engineer |
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10/4/2020 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:28:25 PM |
Location: |
Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
AMTK 179(P42DC) |
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101 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PPCX 800710 "Northern Dreams" |
Description: |
Second of three pieces of private varnish along for the ride on this trip. |
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10/4/2020 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:29:22 PM |
Location: |
Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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99 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PPCX 800064 "Dagny Taggart" |
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10/4/2020 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:30:21 PM |
Location: |
Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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84 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
"Dagny Taggart" brings up the markers on No. 7 tonight |
Description: |
This 1949 Budd observation car was built for the New York Central and saw service on the Southwest Limited. I went out to get No. 7 today based on rumors that this would likely be the car's last run away from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. |
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10/4/2020 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:31:12 PM |
Location: |
Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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168 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
No. 7 gets the highball out of its station stop |
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10/4/2020 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:32:24 PM |
Location: |
Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
AMTK 179(P42DC) |
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111 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PPCX 800588 "Northern Sky" |
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Photo Date: |
10/4/2020 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:33:17 PM |
Location: |
Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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37 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
"Northern Dreams" again |
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10/4/2020 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:34:09 PM |
Location: |
Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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52 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
One last look at "Dagny Taggart" |
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10/4/2020 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:41:06 PM |
Location: |
Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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99 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 8799 swings through the curve on the point of WB autorack/intermodal train 199 |
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Photo Date: |
10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/8/2020 7:47:03 PM |
Location: |
Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8799(ES44AC) |
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23 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 6306 leads a four-pack on 281 |
Description: |
Not only is the leader one of the items I had yet to check off my bucket list (a Beaver-painted rebuilt ex-Soo Line SD60), it has become unusual to see four locomotives at the head end of a manifest with the widespread adoption of distributed power operations. |
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10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 1:37:09 PM |
Location: |
Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 6306(SD60-3) |
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105 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
281 crawls along the main after letting G64 go through the junction ahead |
Description: |
I missed getting photos (handheld grab video only) of G64, which was coming off the Madison line (track to right) just as I arrived in town. |
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10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 1:42:13 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 6306(SD60-3) |
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45 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 6306 looking good in the autumn afternoon light |
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10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 1:43:09 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 6306(SD60-3) |
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105 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF GE-UP EMD combo on WB oil MT 587 stop to refuel the power |
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Photo Date: |
10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 2:43:55 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 7861(ES44DC) |
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48 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AEX 15505 with a nicely intact C&NW logo in 281's train |
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10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 2:45:47 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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49 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Number Seven leaves town after its stop |
Description: |
No PVs today... |
Photo Date: |
10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 2:55:14 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
AMTK 175(P42DC) |
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62 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
587 pulls up to the west control point to await opposing traffic |
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Photo Date: |
10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:02:07 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 7861(ES44DC) |
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53 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 3905 leads eastbound CP manifest 288 through the west control point |
Description: |
Running much later than I came to expect this train...over the summer they were arriving here in the early to mid-afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:04:02 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 3905(ET44C4) |
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101 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 3905 comes into town with 288, taking the siding into the yard |
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10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:05:08 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 3905(ET44C4) |
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58 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF meet...on the CP! |
Description: |
Eastbound manifest 288 on the left, westbound oil MT 587 holding the main on the right. |
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10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:08:07 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 3905(ET44C4) BNSF 7861(ES44DC) |
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53 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A glowing CP 7017 is rear end DPU on 288 |
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Photo Date: |
10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:10:38 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 7017(SD70ACU) |
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97 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Another block-lettering heritage unit added to my roster! |
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10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:17:06 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 7017(SD70ACU) |
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114 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Tail end of 288 in the form of CP 7017 eases into the yard, clearing the way for 587 led by BNSF 7861 |
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10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:18:30 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
CP 7017(SD70ACU) BNSF 7861(ES44DC) |
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83 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Down low on BNSF 7861 leading 587 into the sunset |
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10/5/2020 Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:20:02 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 7861(ES44DC) |
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42 Comments: 0 |
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