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Viewing Album:  Ex-C&NW Tracks Around Madison
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:10/8/1989 - 12/31/2022
Album Info:Most of the Chicago & Northwestern's lines in and around Wisconsin's capital city are a shell of their former selves thanks to abandonments by C&NW itself and later Union Pacific. WSOR leases from UP several branches that are stubs of these former main lines; to Reedsburg, Cottage Grove, and industries on the south side, and gamely keeps them alive. The former C&NW Monona Yard between E. Johnson Street and Commercial Avenue serves as the base of Madison area operations.
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With L469 clear, WAMX 4177 (ex-WSOR 4008) and L463 roll into the yard
Title:  With L469 clear, WAMX 4177 (ex-WSOR 4008) and L463 roll into the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/2017  Upload Date: 8/21/2017 2:15:53 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4177(SD40-2)
Views:  255   Comments: 1
Just three engines in the Madison yard this pleasant fall afternoon
Title:  Just three engines in the Madison yard this pleasant fall afternoon
Description:  The 3947 has finally received its red and gray after several years roaming the WSOR system in shabby ex-UP yellow. Watco's take on the scheme does away with the thin chevron stripes, and moves the single fat gray chevron from the long hood to the short hood. 4174 was the WSOR 4005.
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:13:00 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2) WAMX 4174(SD40-2) WAMX 4177(SD40-2)
Views:  278   Comments: 1
L464 crew has combined the SD40-2s and goes to work assembling their train
Title:  L464 crew has combined the SD40-2s and goes to work assembling their train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:14:10 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2) WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
L464 power shuttles back and forth between the yard tracks
Title:  L464 power shuttles back and forth between the yard tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:15:09 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2) WAMX 4177(SD40-2)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
L464 pulls a cut on the main
Title:  L464 pulls a cut on the main
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:16:28 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  273   Comments: 1
WAMX 4174 poses in the bright fall sunshine
Title:  WAMX 4174 poses in the bright fall sunshine
Description:  Wish they'd have actually gotten rolling when the light was like this!
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:18:29 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
Shoving back
Title:  Shoving back
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:23:46 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  161   Comments: 1
Pulling up to Johnson Street to do the air test
Title:  Pulling up to Johnson Street to do the air test
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:24:50 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
L464 power idles while they conduct their air test in the gathering dusk
Title:  L464 power idles while they conduct their air test in the gathering dusk
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:25:38 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  170   Comments: 1
Chasing a train on this sunny fall afternoon seems like a CAPITOL idea!
Title:  Chasing a train on this sunny fall afternoon seems like a CAPITOL idea!
Description:  The weather has turned sharply cooler with long stretches of clouds and rain of late, so this was a well-timed break! 4172 was formerly WSOR 4003.
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/25/2017 10:46:34 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
WAMX 4172 approaches Lakeside Street with aggregate loads for Lycon in Oregon
Title:  WAMX 4172 approaches Lakeside Street with aggregate loads for Lycon in Oregon
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/25/2017 10:49:43 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
Descending into the Syene Sag
Title:  Descending into the Syene Sag
Description:  After passing under the Beltline (US Highway 12/18) and over US 14, the one-time C&NW Chicago-Twin Cities main dips down through the western edge of the Capital Springs State Recreational Area.
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 1:53:31 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
WAMX 4172 lugs the aggregate loads toward McCoy Road
Title:  WAMX 4172 lugs the aggregate loads toward McCoy Road
Description:  Only the second train I've shot here since this track reopened to traffic three years and a month ago after being out of service since 1996.
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 1:55:00 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  274   Comments: 1
Rumbling around a curve along Syene Road
Title:  Rumbling around a curve along Syene Road
Description:  The occupants of the numerous residential developments that sprung up in this area during the intervening years were none too thrilled with the re-opening of the rail line. However, trains are not particularly frequent and usually run during the day.
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 1:55:54 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  245   Comments: 1
Crossing a small bridge over a drainage ditch
Title:  Crossing a small bridge over a drainage ditch
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 1:59:46 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  254   Comments: 1
WAMX 4180 sits in the gently falling Christmas Eve snow
Title:  WAMX 4180 sits in the gently falling Christmas Eve snow
Description:  What looks like a T6-type train is tied down on the main waiting out the holiday weekend. Under independent WSOR numbering, 4180 was the 4011.
Photo Date:  12/24/2017  Upload Date: 12/26/2017 8:30:16 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4180(SD40-2)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
Some clean red and gray power whiles away a bright winter afternoon
Title:  Some clean red and gray power whiles away a bright winter afternoon
Description:  They rarely move for me anymore, especially not when they're clean and in light like this. 4182 was the WSOR 4013, which never made it out of BN Cascade Green before it was relettered/numbered for the Watco roster.
Photo Date:  2/2/2018  Upload Date: 2/4/2018 11:15:46 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2) WAMX 4182(SD40-2)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
More power sits in the yard on another bright February day
Title:  More power sits in the yard on another bright February day
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  2/26/2018  Upload Date: 3/1/2018 1:45:36 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) WAMX 4178(SD40-2)
Views:  322   Comments: 1
WSOR Theater Car "Stone Gardner" sits alone by the yard office
Title:  WSOR Theater Car "Stone Gardner" sits alone by the yard office
Description:  Somewhat surprising to find this here. The business train components have mostly stayed in Horicon since their return from service on other Watco properties in 2015 and breakup of the A-B-A E-unit set.
Photo Date:  3/9/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 3:32:11 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  150   Comments: 0
L863 power heads to the tie-up track while another power set idles
Title:  L863 power heads to the tie-up track while another power set idles
Description:  The L863 off the Reedsburg Sub snuck up on me, so only managed handheld video as it crossed Commercial Avenue. 4173 was the WSOR 4004. Behind 3928 is 4185 (formerly WSOR 4051), which has a bit of a smoking problem.
Photo Date:  3/9/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 3:33:29 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2) WAMX 3928(GP39-2) WAMX 4185(SD40-2) WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
L863 parks their power while another crew tries to diagnose 4185's smoking problem
Title:  L863 parks their power while another crew tries to diagnose 4185's smoking problem
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 3:37:16 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2) WAMX 3928(GP39-2) WAMX 4185(SD40-2)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
Close, but no cigar
Title:  Close, but no cigar
Description:  I planned on catching Saturday's L463 after seeing Friday's L863 come in with the recently repainted 3947 trailing facing north, expecting they would turn back north with the same power set the next day. Well, I was half right. There was L463's crew going to work with the 4173, but the 3947 had been taken off overnight leaving the former WSOR 4004 to head to Reedsburg long-hood-forward.
Photo Date:  3/10/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 3:39:25 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2) WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
L463 air tests their train prior to departure
Title:  L463 air tests their train prior to departure
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 3:40:05 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
L463 departs the yard after an air test and a roll-by inspection from the conductor
Title:  L463 departs the yard after an air test and a roll-by inspection from the conductor
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 4:39:57 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
Rocking and rolling through
Title:  Rocking and rolling through
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 4:42:45 PM
Location:  Waunakee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2)
Views:  163   Comments: 2
L863 trundles east across the iconic Lake Wisconsin bridge
Title:  L863 trundles east across the iconic Lake Wisconsin bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:46:52 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 2 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 2 of 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:48:07 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 3 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 3 of 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:49:05 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 4 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 4 of 5
Description:  This bridge is 1,729' long and was built starting in 1895 by Lassig Bridge & Iron Works.
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:50:46 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  293   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 5 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 5 of 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:54:36 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
L863 hugs the shore of Lake Wisconsin shortly after crossing it
Title:  L863 hugs the shore of Lake Wisconsin shortly after crossing it
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:57:35 PM
Location:  Okee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
Winter's Last Gasp
Title:  Winter's Last Gasp
Description:  Some patches of snow still linger on the bluffs, a monument to the persistent winter weather that plagued the Upper Midwest into late April 2018.
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:58:22 PM
Location:  Okee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Gather 'round kids and I'll tell you a tale
Title:  Gather 'round kids and I'll tell you a tale
Description:  ...of when "tell-tales" were used to warn brakemen riding the boxcar roofs of low clearance ahead.
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 8:24:02 PM
Location:  Lodi, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
1896
Title:  1896
Description:  Crossing the 1896 stone arch viaduct over the aptly named "Viaduct Road" north of Dane.
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 8:27:16 PM
Location:  Dane, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
L863 disturbs the peace with much K5LA and clickety-clack
Title:  L863 disturbs the peace with much K5LA and clickety-clack
Description:  Putting on a rock 'n' roll show on the only section of this old C&NW stick rail line where they can still get up to 25 MPH.
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/24/2018 7:52:13 PM
Location:  Waunakee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
A friendly wave
Title:  A friendly wave
Description:  Its 30th Anniversary decals tattered but its red and gray paint clean, the former WSOR 4030 brings L469 back into the yard.
Photo Date:  5/17/2018  Upload Date: 5/17/2018 10:39:04 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4183(SD40-2)
Views:  195   Comments: 1
Role Reversal
Title:  Role Reversal
Description:  As soon as L469 was done with it, the L464 crew boarded 4183 and began to build their train.
Photo Date:  5/17/2018  Upload Date: 5/17/2018 10:41:02 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4183(SD40-2)
Views:  326   Comments: 1
WAMX 3947 whiles away another gorgeous afternoon on one of the tie-up tracks
Title:  WAMX 3947 whiles away another gorgeous afternoon on one of the tie-up tracks
Description:  This unit, despite being based out of Madison much of the time, continues to elude me as a lead unit post-repaint. While it was romaing the rails in ugly patched UP yellow it was leading every other train I saw!
Photo Date:  5/17/2018  Upload Date: 5/17/2018 10:42:50 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
Four weeks since we were last here...
Title:  Four weeks since we were last here...
Description:  ...another sunny Friday L863 trundles south across the Lake Wisconsin bridge, but the scene is much different. An abrupt transition from much below normal to much above normal temperatures and excessive rainfall resulted in an explosion of greenery in early May.
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:09:55 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 2 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 2 of 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:10:47 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
WAMX 4219 hauls the L863 across the Lake Wisconsin bridge
Title:  WAMX 4219 hauls the L863 across the Lake Wisconsin bridge
Description:  To my surprise, this unit was painted into Watco's new version of the WSOR scheme from their "Yellow Bonnet" scheme sometime in the late fall of 2017. My long-hood-foward curse on this line continues. Any time I catch a single-engine train, it's always LHF no matter which way it's going.
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:12:03 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 4 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 4 of 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:12:38 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 5 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 5 of 5
Description:  Wide angle of the bridge and train. The gondolas come from Reedsburg, and the boxcars from LSC Communications (Previously RR Donnelley/before that Perry Judd's) in Baraboo.
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:14:05 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
Hugging the shore of Lake Wisconsin
Title:  Hugging the shore of Lake Wisconsin
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:14:55 PM
Location:  Okee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
WAMX 4219 crawls through town with the L863
Title:  WAMX 4219 crawls through town with the L863
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:17:42 PM
Location:  Lodi, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
Overhead View
Title:  Overhead View
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:18:32 PM
Location:  Lodi, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
Approaching WIS-113
Title:  Approaching WIS-113
Description:  The Reedsburg Sub follows the same general path as Wisconsin State Highway 113, and crosses over it several times (both at-grade and grade separated) between Madison and Baraboo.
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:19:24 PM
Location:  Waunakee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
WAMX 4219 crossing Forster Drive
Title:  WAMX 4219 crossing Forster Drive
Description:  While the majority on the WSOR system have been replaced, the Reedsburg Sub remains a relative bastion for classic crossing signals such as these Griswold pedestal gates.
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:20:11 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
WAMX 4219 and L863 continue across Forster Drive
Title:  WAMX 4219 and L863 continue across Forster Drive
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:21:07 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
WAMX 4219 poses on the main after arriving at the yard with L863
Title:  WAMX 4219 poses on the main after arriving at the yard with L863
Description:  This is a unique unit on the WSOR, with its headlight mounted on the short hood instead of between the cab numberboards, hinting at its CP heritage (although the bell has been moved to the traditional underframe location). The frame stenciling denotes this unit as an SD40-2, although it was built as an SD40 and retains the shorter frame and Flexicoil trucks (rather like the ex-C&O former 407X series, which are designated SD40M-2). It is also the only unit with a red goose logo on the short hood, placed in the middle of the thick gray chevron (presumably due to the headlight). The other units painted to WSOR colors by Watco have a white logo placed in the red area near the top of the hood. The locomotive was painted in this scheme sometime in the late fall of 2017, after spending over a year roaming WSOR territory in the Watco "Yellow Bonnet" scheme. There was also a four-axle unit on the system in that scheme, although I don't know the number as I never saw it.
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:24:07 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  283   Comments: 1

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