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A Wave From Farmer Brown |
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With some "antiquing" in Photoshop, not half bad for a desperation grab shot with my phone after forgetting my DSLR in the car for this runby; and a massive gust of wind kicked up right as the train approached, sandblasting everyone with leaves and grain dust. |
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11/12/2023 Upload Date: 11/13/2023 1:30:00 PM |
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Brandon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
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Nothing But Engines |
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With most of the train (including a long cut of flats loaded with USMC JLTVs built at Oshkosh) set out at Milton, remainder at Anderson just north of here, T004 is just six motors light into Janesville Yard. |
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11/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/18/2023 6:27:14 PM |
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Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 6023(SD60M) |
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WAMX 6023 about to duck under Black Bridge Rd. |
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11/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/18/2023 6:28:12 PM |
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Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 6023(SD60M) |
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T004 begins pulling what's left of the train toward Janesville |
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11/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/18/2023 6:25:57 PM |
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Milton Junction, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 6023(SD60M) |
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WAMX 6023 looking sharp in the bright fall sunlight |
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11/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/18/2023 5:59:38 PM |
Location: |
Milton Junction, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 6023(SD60M) |
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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 |
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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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Title: |
Hot Steam & Oil |
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Second runby at Fairwater Feed & Supply, with "Oil Painting" Photoshop filter applied. |
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11/12/2023 Upload Date: 11/13/2023 1:20:32 PM |
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Fairwater, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
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Title: |
Glint & Stack Talk #2 |
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11/12/2023 Upload Date: 11/13/2023 3:16:55 PM |
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Rubicon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
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Glint & Stack Talk #1 |
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Third and final Rubicon runby, "balls out" as described by the crew. |
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11/12/2023 Upload Date: 11/13/2023 3:07:05 PM |
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Rubicon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
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Staging for the first runby |
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11/12/2023 Upload Date: 11/13/2023 3:01:45 PM |
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Rubicon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
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Title: |
Rock River bridge, 2023 edition |
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Like last year, I was rooting FOR the clouds, and like last year it worked out. :-) |
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11/12/2023 Upload Date: 11/13/2023 3:01:04 PM |
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Horicon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
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Title: |
Posing for the cameras |
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11/12/2023 Upload Date: 11/13/2023 1:35:18 PM |
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Burnett, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
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Title: |
Harvest season steam |
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11/12/2023 Upload Date: 11/13/2023 1:32:41 PM |
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Burnett, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
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48 Comments: 0 |
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Storming through town |
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11/12/2023 Upload Date: 11/13/2023 1:28:40 PM |
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Brandon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
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CN 5459 with L581 is about to cross Old USH 10 and pound the "JO" diamond |
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"JO" is the telegrapher's designation for Junction City, dating from well back into the Soo Line/Milwaukee Road era of steam powered passenger trains. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:52:41 PM |
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Junction City, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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L581 finally gets its turn to go, following M344 down the Valley Sub to Wis. Rapids |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:52:28 PM |
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Junction City, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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CN 5459 has just crossed the Wisconsin River and curves into the cut along Highway 34 |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:50:54 PM |
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Knowlton, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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Crossing the Wisconsin River where it flows out of Lake DuBay |
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Lake DuBay is a reservoir named for John Baptiste DuBay, a prominent early Wisconsin businessman/fur trader/Indian interpreter. In 1857 he was charged with murder for killing a man in a property dispute. Although acquitted, he was ruined by the ordeal and died at his homestead in Knowlton. This bridge is one of the scenic highlights of the Valley Sub, but never having chased on the line before I was too late to get more than handheld video here on the northbound trip. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:50:37 PM |
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Knowlton, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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CN 5459 with L581 now approaching Ross Avenue southbound back to Rapids |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:49:52 PM |
Location: |
Schofield, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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Title: |
Don't need RRPA to tell us this location |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:49:38 PM |
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Schofield, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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L581 now southbound out of Wausau Yard after lunch and quite a change in the weather |
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The switch in the right foreground is an industry spur which is a stub of the C&NW Kelly-Rothschild branch. It crossed over the Milwaukee here and ran parallel to it to the Rothschild mill. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 4:12:03 PM |
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Schofield, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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Northbound on the ex-MILW Valley Sub, CN 5430 hammers the diamond with the ex-Soo Line Superior Sub |
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Junction City is one of Wisconsin's busiest railroad hot spots. Over the course of various mergers through the years, both lines here fell under the control of Wisconsin Central LTD in the late 1980s. Their flag fell to CN in 2001. Nineteen years, 354 days elapsed between the last time I shot a train here, and this day. Those pictures are the first ones in this album. I didn't intend for it to happen, but it just kept getting kicked down the road. For some reason I had it in my head that it was a long ways away from me living in Madison, even though it's really only another hour beyond Wisconsin Dells, where I've shot CP(KC) trains on a quite regular basis over the years. The maroon and gold SD45s may be gone, but this pair of SD60s makes for a nice link back to the days when high-horsepower, spartan cab EMDs were the rule rather than the exception. I'll definitely be back again on a much shorter interval! |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:42:32 PM |
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Junction City, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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Title: |
Lightning in a Bottle |
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Frame grab from 4K video. CGs (cloud-to-ground lightning) had been striking to the west and north the whole time I was waiting for the train here, and I was hoping to capture something like this. A light shower had begun moments before the train arrived, and shortly the skies opened up and it poured the rest of the morning and into the early afternoon, all the way up to north of Junction City as I chased L581 toward Wausau. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 9:27:19 AM |
Location: |
Wisconsin Rapids, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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GTW 6221(GP38-2) |
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KCS 4596 West, CPKC 247 |
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Columbus-Fall River Rd. at 1700. 3/5 units in the frame, other two were EMD Belles KCS 4013-KCSM 4095. |
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9/29/2023 Upload Date: 9/29/2023 9:35:41 PM |
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Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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KCS 4596(AC44CW) |
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Hiawatha 339 glides toward Bain Station Rd. with a B32-8WH leader |
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First train I've shot this far south (RR east) on the C&M Sub since I moved out of Milwaukee ten years ago. Of the handful of times I've caught one of these on the Hiawathas, this is also the only time I've caught it on the westward end, the usual place for the powered locomotive on these trains prior to the Siemens Charger era. |
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9/2/2023 Upload Date: 9/2/2023 11:05:06 PM |
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Pleasant Prairie, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 519(B32-8WH) |
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Almost looks like it could be... |
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...a power set found idling outside any yard office in towns across Illinois and Iowa in the 1980s. Just a few subtle clues give it away, like the ditch lights on 6847, missing rear numberboards on 7009 and the cab heralds that look too good for the rest of the paint. |
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8/13/2023 Upload Date: 8/14/2023 4:36:47 PM |
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Union, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CNW 6847(SD40-2) CNW 7009(SD50) |
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Title: |
UP 4981 leads an all-SD70M lashup on MPRSS |
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7/20/2013 Upload Date: 7/27/2013 12:03:49 PM |
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Sussex, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 4981(SD70M) |
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AMTK 90219 now pulls out of Milwaukee Intermodal Station on the point of 334 |
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6/25/2011 Upload Date: 12/3/2019 5:34:28 PM |
Location: |
Milwaukee, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 90219(NPCU) |
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CP 2324 heading back to the main with its pickup from Meigs |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:58:22 PM |
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Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2324(GP20C-ECO) |
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CP 6017 leads 2WWA starting the pull toward the yard |
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This unit had eluded my lens until now, although my dad caught a video of it leading a 281 way back in May, 2010 when it was still in CP Rail System "Dual Flags" paint. That scheme was badly faded then, and the locomotive would wear it for another twelve years! |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:45:22 PM |
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Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6017(SD40-2) |
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Bright red rodents still basking in the sun |
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They will begin the pull into the yard momentarily. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:34:19 PM |
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Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6017(SD40-2) |
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After a clear shot from Watertown to here, 2WWA holds the main |
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Eastbound intermodal train 148 will go around on the siding, and a yard job will use the junction crossover to access an industry spur before the rock loads can pull into the yard. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:31:36 PM |
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Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6017(SD40-2) |
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Bright red Golden Beaver units look sharp in the late spring afternoon light |
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Quite (pleasantly) surprising to us railfans that CP began repainting their remaining SD40-2s early last year, despite them being mostly relegated to MoW/work train service (like these ballast trains) by 2018 or so. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:30:33 PM |
Location: |
Rio, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6017(SD40-2) |
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Title: |
Hot Shot Rocks |
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With no opposing traffic in the picture, 2WWA-17 has clear sailing back to Portage with their 59 loaded Herzog ballast hoppers. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:08:51 PM |
Location: |
Richwood, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6017(SD40-2) |
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Profile of a Red Golden Rodent basking in the sun |
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About to pull back into the Pit, the train will be split into two sections for loading on the two tracks in the Pit. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 6:38:38 PM |
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Waterloo, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6025(SD40-2) |
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Title: |
Just Waiting |
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Conductor Steve had to walk a ways into the Pit and line several switches before the train could pull in and begin loading. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 6:35:31 PM |
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Waterloo, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6025(SD40-2) |
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KCS 3963 powers the weed sprayer train heading west |
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My second KCS SD70MAC of the day, only the third on my personal roster and first one caught in the lead! The "Southern Belle" paint is in better condition than that on most of the GEs, too! |
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6/14/2023 Upload Date: 6/15/2023 2:53:21 PM |
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Rio, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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KCS 3963(SD70MAC) |
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KCS 4824 poses on the Wauona Trail crossing for a moment before 540's power shoves back |
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6/14/2023 Upload Date: 6/15/2023 2:42:38 PM |
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Portage, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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KCS 4824(ES44AC) |
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UP 8525 is the sole power on SFBMC-16, military vehicle loads to Ft. McCoy |
Description: |
Well, it has been since Butler Yard (Milwaukee). There were two units prior to that. This train of 69 loaded flats originated at Ft. Bliss in Texas. |
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5/20/2023 Upload Date: 5/22/2023 8:14:27 PM |
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Clyman Junction, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 8525(SD70ACe) |
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Dual ALC-42s "Charge" into the bright light of a perfect spring evening, just out of No. 7's station stop |
Description: |
This is technically the first train I've caught on the line under CPKC operation. |
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5/20/2023 Upload Date: 5/22/2023 8:02:43 PM |
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Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 302(ALC-42) AMTK 310(ALC-42) |
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WWA job crests the hill approaching O'Connor Rd. with a trio of EMDs and a string of Herzog loads |
Description: |
I was a bit disappointed...had been under the impression that the second unit, SD60 6223, would be leading. |
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4/10/2023 Upload Date: 4/11/2023 5:48:19 PM |
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Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2223(GP20C-ECO) |
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No. 7 glides toward its station stop in the bright light of a beautiful spring afternoon |
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Only my second time catching one of the Siemens ALC-42s in the lead. |
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4/10/2023 Upload Date: 4/11/2023 5:48:05 PM |
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Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 304(ALC-42) |
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CP 8757 "Every Child Matters" unit leads WB racks n' stacks train 149 |
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4/10/2023 Upload Date: 4/11/2023 5:43:23 PM |
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Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8757(ES44AC) |
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No. 7 accelerates out of its station stop |
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5/28/2022 Upload Date: 5/29/2022 12:59:18 AM |
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Columbus, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 303(ALC-42) |
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Last leg of the trip back to Janesville gets underway |
Description: |
In much better light than a week ago! |
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1/15/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2023 12:06:26 PM |
Location: |
Clinton, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1158(GP60) |
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The next Sunday's SoBo run arrives to work DeLong |
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The former Demeter grain elevator just south of Prairie Hill Road was the main reason C&NW wanted to retain access to South Beloit. |
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1/15/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2023 12:02:32 PM |
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South Beloit, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1158(GP60) |
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Lighting up the foggy night |
Description: |
Who needs Rudolph when you've got CP 2246's lights? |
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12/10/2022 Upload Date: 12/13/2022 9:43:15 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
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CP 2246, the red-nosed (well, all red) locomotive |
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12/10/2022 Upload Date: 12/13/2022 9:11:47 PM |
Location: |
Wisconsin Dells, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
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The rolling light show passes through the Kilbourn West switch, re-taking the main |
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12/10/2022 Upload Date: 12/13/2022 9:11:09 PM |
Location: |
Wisconsin Dells, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
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Steaming for home, on the dual stone culvert over Wildcat Creek |
Description: |
They'd do one more runby at Rubicon before heading back to Hartford and rearranging the consist for display in the Auto Museum. This not being an "official" runby spot for the charter, I was essentially alone at this location (I think there was one other railfan off-camera to the right). |
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11/13/2022 Upload Date: 11/15/2022 3:15:32 PM |
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Iron Ridge, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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