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5/3/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:1/13/2020 - 12/31/2022
Album Info:The book is closed on the 2010s, let's see what the 2020s have in store along CP's Chicago-Twin Cities corridor.
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KCS 4774, rear DPU on 586
Title:  KCS 4774, rear DPU on 586
Description:  G64's freight cars blocked me from a closer shot of this.
Photo Date:  8/21/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 10:10:52 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  KCS 4774(ES44AC)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
AMTK 83/163 power No. 7
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.
Photo Date:  8/21/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 10:11:34 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  AMTK 83(P42DC)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
Make it rain!
Title:  Make it rain!
Description:  Money shot! 281 grinds out of Portage following Amtrak 7.
Photo Date:  8/21/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 10:12:28 PM
Location:  Lewiston, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7018(SD70ACU)
Views:  204   Comments: 2
CP 5946 on a rail train parked in the yard
Title:  CP 5946 on a rail train parked in the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 10:15:06 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 5946(SD40-2)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
Still Waiting
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.
Photo Date:  8/21/2020  Upload Date: 8/22/2020 10:15:47 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  KCS 4705(ES44AC)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
CP 7014 leads EB manifest 470 across the Wisconsin River bridge
Title:  CP 7014 leads EB manifest 470 across the Wisconsin River bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:08:26 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
CP 9776 rear-end DPU on 470
Title:  CP 9776 rear-end DPU on 470
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:09:12 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 9776(AC44CW)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
Ethanol train 686 powered by GE and EMD rebuilt Beavers
Title:  Ethanol train 686 powered by GE and EMD rebuilt Beavers
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:11:02 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8152(AC4400CWM)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
All foreign power and all on the head end on 288
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.
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:12:03 AM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CSX 833(ES44AC-H)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
CSX 833, 5219 and a Pumpkin power CP 288
Title:  CSX 833, 5219 and a Pumpkin power CP 288
Description:  About to cross Salisbury Road, MP 166.
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:12:35 AM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CSX 833(ES44AC-H)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
BNSF 7695 "Golden Swoosh" third out on CP 288
Title:  BNSF 7695 "Golden Swoosh" third out on CP 288
Description:  This unit has been floating around the CP for most of the summer.
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:16:41 AM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7695(ES44DC)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
470 eases along the siding, preparing to enter the yard
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.
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:17:48 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
CP 7014 about to duck under WIS-16 and bring 470 into the yard
Title:  CP 7014 about to duck under WIS-16 and bring 470 into the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:18:22 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
Pacman pair hides out on the west end of the yard
Title:  Pacman pair hides out on the west end of the yard
Description:  I believe the other one is 5922.
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:26:16 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 6069(SD40-2)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
470 takes headroom in the yard, pulling across the U.S. 51 bridge
Title:  470 takes headroom in the yard, pulling across the U.S. 51 bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:52:18 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
CP 7014 working the yard
Title:  CP 7014 working the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 12:54:54 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
AMTK 132 leads tonight's No. 7 right on time
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.
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 1:01:25 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  AMTK 132(P42DC)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
470 leaves town for points east, running much later than usual.
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.
Photo Date:  8/28/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2020 1:08:31 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
The tree shadows play on the engineer's side of CP 7014
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7014(SD70ACU) CP 7014(SD70ACU)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
CP 8053 solo on the head end of the first 281 of September
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.
Photo Date:  9/1/2020  Upload Date: 9/2/2020 2:37:41 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8053(AC4400CWM)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
CP 9711 mid-train on 281
Title:  CP 9711 mid-train on 281
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2020  Upload Date: 9/2/2020 2:39:01 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 9711(AC44CW)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
AMTK 81 screams through on the point of No. 7
Title:  AMTK 81 screams through on the point of No. 7
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2020  Upload Date: 9/2/2020 2:39:46 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  AMTK 81(P42DC)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
CP 7016 leads 288 EB on Main 1
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.
Photo Date:  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)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
CP 7016 East, train 288
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.
Photo Date:  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)
Views:  172   Comments: 1
CP 7051 mid-train on 288
Title:  CP 7051 mid-train on 288
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2020  Upload Date: 9/2/2020 2:42:49 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7051(SD70ACU)
Views:  86   Comments: 1
ECO pair brings G64 home for the day
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.
Photo Date:  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)
Views:  53   Comments: 1
CP 8728 leads a BNSF Dash 9 on 281
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)
Views:  53   Comments: 1
No. 7 rumbles into town with a friendly engineer
Title:  No. 7 rumbles into town with a friendly engineer
Description: 
Photo Date:  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)
Views:  101   Comments: 1
PPCX 800710 "Northern Dreams"
Title:  PPCX 800710 "Northern Dreams"
Description:  Second of three pieces of private varnish along for the ride on this trip.
Photo Date:  10/4/2020  Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:29:22 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  99   Comments: 0
PPCX 800064 "Dagny Taggart"
Title:  PPCX 800064 "Dagny Taggart"
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/2020  Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:30:21 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives: 
Views:  84   Comments: 0
"Dagny Taggart" brings up the markers on No. 7 tonight
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.
Photo Date:  10/4/2020  Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:31:12 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives: 
Views:  168   Comments: 2
No. 7 gets the highball out of its station stop
Title:  No. 7 gets the highball out of its station stop
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/2020  Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:32:24 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 179(P42DC)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
PPCX 800588 "Northern Sky"
Title:  PPCX 800588 "Northern Sky"
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/2020  Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:33:17 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  37   Comments: 1
"Northern Dreams" again
Title:  "Northern Dreams" again
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/2020  Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:34:09 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives: 
Views:  52   Comments: 0
One last look at "Dagny Taggart"
Title:  One last look at "Dagny Taggart"
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/2020  Upload Date: 10/4/2020 11:41:06 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives: 
Views:  99   Comments: 0
CP 8799 swings through the curve on the point of WB autorack/intermodal train 199
Title:  CP 8799 swings through the curve on the point of WB autorack/intermodal train 199
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2020  Upload Date: 10/8/2020 7:47:03 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8799(ES44AC)
Views:  23   Comments: 0
CP 6306 leads a four-pack on 281
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.
Photo Date:  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)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
281 crawls along the main after letting G64 go through the junction ahead
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.
Photo Date:  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)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
CP 6306 looking good in the autumn afternoon light
Title:  CP 6306 looking good in the autumn afternoon light
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2020  Upload Date: 10/6/2020 1:43:09 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6306(SD60-3)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
BNSF GE-UP EMD combo on WB oil MT 587 stop to refuel the power
Title:  BNSF GE-UP EMD combo on WB oil MT 587 stop to refuel the power
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2020  Upload Date: 10/6/2020 2:43:55 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7861(ES44DC)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
AEX 15505 with a nicely intact C&NW logo in 281's train
Title:  AEX 15505 with a nicely intact C&NW logo in 281's train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2020  Upload Date: 10/6/2020 2:45:47 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  49   Comments: 0
Number Seven leaves town after its stop
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 175(P42DC)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
587 pulls up to the west control point to await opposing traffic
Title:  587 pulls up to the west control point to await opposing traffic
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2020  Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:02:07 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7861(ES44DC)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
BNSF 3905 leads eastbound CP manifest 288 through the west control point
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)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
BNSF 3905 comes into town with 288, taking the siding into the yard
Title:  BNSF 3905 comes into town with 288, taking the siding into the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2020  Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:05:08 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3905(ET44C4)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
BNSF meet...on the CP!
Title:  BNSF meet...on the CP!
Description:  Eastbound manifest 288 on the left, westbound oil MT 587 holding the main on the right.
Photo Date:  10/5/2020  Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:08:07 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3905(ET44C4) BNSF 7861(ES44DC)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
A glowing CP 7017 is rear end DPU on 288
Title:  A glowing CP 7017 is rear end DPU on 288
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2020  Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:10:38 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7017(SD70ACU)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
Another block-lettering heritage unit added to my roster!
Title:  Another block-lettering heritage unit added to my roster!
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2020  Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:17:06 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7017(SD70ACU)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Tail end of 288 in the form of CP 7017 eases into the yard, clearing the way for 587 led by BNSF 7861
Title:  Tail end of 288 in the form of CP 7017 eases into the yard, clearing the way for 587 led by BNSF 7861
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2020  Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:18:30 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7017(SD70ACU) BNSF 7861(ES44DC)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Down low on BNSF 7861 leading 587 into the sunset
Title:  Down low on BNSF 7861 leading 587 into the sunset
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2020  Upload Date: 10/6/2020 3:20:02 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7861(ES44DC)
Views:  42   Comments: 0


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