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UP 7601 rounds the curve behind Mercy Hospital with Evansville grain loads |
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11/23/2021 Upload Date: 11/23/2021 10:54:36 PM |
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Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 7601(AC45CCTE) |
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Grain train crossing Beloit Avenue and about to enter the UP yard |
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11/23/2021 Upload Date: 11/24/2021 3:09:31 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 7601(AC45CCTE) |
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UP 7601 hugs the river behind Mercy Hospital |
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On the ex-C&NW line from Madison. |
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11/23/2021 Upload Date: 11/23/2021 10:54:47 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 7601(AC45CCTE) |
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About to duck under County M, westbound out of town |
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Judging by the color of the rails in front of the train, there haven't been many (if any) runs to Lycon yet this year. The ready-mix plant is in the distance near top right; a segment of this ex-C&NW trackage was re-opened in fall 2014 after 18 years out of service so that WSOR could deliver aggregate loads for Lycon out of their yard in Madison. South (RR east) of the plant, cars are stored up to WSOR's end-of-track at Brooklyn. This L469 job is pulling 126 tanks. |
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4/5/2022 Upload Date: 4/9/2022 11:35:49 PM |
| Location: |
Oregon, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4178(SD40-2) |
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Grain power pulls across Read Road |
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They'll pull clear of the yard lead (track in the background) switch, and reverse in so their third unit can get some attention. |
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11/30/2021 Upload Date: 12/1/2021 4:04:37 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 7936(AC45CCTE) |
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Wine Train in the station after our Gourmet Express lunch run disembarked |
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I'd envisioned this shot with the matching MLW FPA-4s which feature heavily in the Wine Train's promotional material, but apparently those have been out of service for some time. |
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11/11/2021 Upload Date: 11/23/2021 9:44:55 PM |
| Location: |
Napa, CA |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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NVRR 5076(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 6131 rumbles down Front Street with CP 474 |
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The historic (1931) WIS-82/IA-9 Black Hawk Bridge is in the background. It's the only highway crossing along the Mississippi between Prairie du Chien and La Crosse. If I wanted leaders like this, I'd have stayed on the other side of the river! |
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10/14/2021 Upload Date: 10/15/2021 8:08:19 PM |
| Location: |
Lansing, IA |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 6131(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
EMD five-pack powers MCHAL |
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SD70Ms were extremely common manifest power on this line 10-12 years ago...now, not so much! Behind 4601 are two SD70ACes, an SD40N and a GP60. |
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9/27/2021 Upload Date: 9/30/2021 6:12:25 PM |
| Location: |
Oxford, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 4601(SD70M) |
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| Title: |
AMTK 50 leads No. 8 out of town with three PVs up front |
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9/16/2021 Upload Date: 9/30/2021 5:21:11 PM |
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Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 50(P42DC) |
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Trio of reborn Beavers accelerates 281 from its crew change stop |
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9/9/2021 Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:58:26 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7049(SD70ACU) |
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281 on the move after a quick crew change |
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9/9/2021 Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:58:13 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7049(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
Beaver Power |
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All three locomotives on this train were rebuilt at some point after late 2017, and thus received the re-introduced "Golden Beaver" CP paint scheme. |
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9/9/2021 Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:53:06 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7049(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
Red Beaver Express |
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Wanted to get 281 this day based on reports it was led by three rebuilt units all in the post-2017 "Golden Beaver" scheme. |
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9/9/2021 Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:52:50 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7049(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
HLCX 6334 West, WSOR L867 |
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9/9/2021 Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:41:47 PM |
| Location: |
Dane, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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HLCX 6334(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Cresting the hill |
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Despite the uphill gradient here and a fairly healthy train for the line in 2021, the power doesn't work too hard at 10 MPH. 15 years ago, most of this line east of Rock Springs was still good for 25. |
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9/9/2021 Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:40:50 PM |
| Location: |
Dane, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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HLCX 6334(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Over the Hills and Through the Woods |
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The WSOR's Reedsburg Subdivision, once the C&NW's Twin Cities mainline, skirts the east shore of Lake Mendota and the bucolic, upscale village of Maple Bluff. |
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9/9/2021 Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:38:29 PM |
| Location: |
Madison, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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HLCX 6334(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Plane, Train (No Automobile) |
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A United plane heading into Dane County Regional Airport passes overhead as the westbound L867 approaches the end of Madison yard limits. |
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9/9/2021 Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:38:10 PM |
| Location: |
Madison, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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HLCX 6334(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Bonus BICB |
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I got a tip that this train was sitting here, waiting on the steam excursion to give up its track warrant just to the west. It consisted entirely of doublestack intermodal followed by a unit ethanol set (complete with buffer cars). Although the idea of GEVOs on a Class II still doesn't exactly sit well with me, the paint scheme looks good on them and they are rather clean compared to most of those belonging to the Class Is! |
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8/22/2021 Upload Date: 8/24/2021 2:44:57 PM |
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Walcott, IA |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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IAIS 501(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
1:30 return trip rounds the curve on the west edge of town |
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8/22/2021 Upload Date: 8/24/2021 2:42:51 PM |
| Location: |
Durant, IA |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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IAIS 700(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Hauling the mail through downtown |
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8/22/2021 Upload Date: 8/24/2021 2:42:11 PM |
| Location: |
Durant, IA |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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IAIS 6988(2-10-2) |
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| Title: |
Head On |
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I didn't even notice the semaphore while I was there! |
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8/22/2021 Upload Date: 8/24/2021 2:39:45 PM |
| Location: |
Wilton, IA |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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IAIS 6988(2-10-2) |
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| Title: |
Qián Jìn |
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Simmering during boarding for the 10:30 run. |
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8/22/2021 Upload Date: 8/24/2021 2:36:50 PM |
| Location: |
Wilton, IA |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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IAIS 6988(2-10-2) |
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| Title: |
Trans-Pacific |
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The 6988 sure has come a long way to be hauling these ~6 mile (each direction) out-and-back excursions on behalf of the Wilton Volunteer Fire Department. |
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8/22/2021 Upload Date: 8/24/2021 2:35:33 PM |
| Location: |
Stockton, IA |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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IAIS 6988(2-10-2) |
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| Title: |
Straight Outta Shanxi |
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8/22/2021 Upload Date: 8/24/2021 2:34:59 PM |
| Location: |
Stockton, IA |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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IAIS 6988(2-10-2) |
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| Title: |
Local with a string of ballast loads up front heads into the yard |
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8/11/2021 Upload Date: 8/22/2021 6:58:56 AM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2316(GP20C-ECO) |
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| Title: |
Approaching Black Bridge Road |
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Looks like those Lycon aggregate hoppers haven't been moved in awhile. |
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7/1/2021 Upload Date: 7/5/2021 5:37:02 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 6025(SD60M) |
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| Title: |
Eastbound crossing M-H Town Line Road |
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7/1/2021 Upload Date: 7/5/2021 5:36:27 PM |
| Location: |
Milton Junction, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 6025(SD60M) |
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| Title: |
A heritage leader and some extra goodies on Thursday's No. 7 |
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6/10/2021 Upload Date: 6/11/2021 9:47:01 PM |
| Location: |
Columbus, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 130(P42DC) |
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| Title: |
287 On The Pull |
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Following the crew change, they started rolling west on the main. Thinking they were blasting off, I hightailed it to a crossing west of town but waited over half an hour. They must have shoved in at Three Light to work the yard. The scanner was unusually quiet, I never heard them tone up the Wisconsin Dispatcher on 161.520 for signal indication. Also, normally if a westbound is going to work the yard it will either take the siding or cross over at the junction and go in from the east end. |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 8:36:20 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8209(AC4400CWM) |
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| Title: |
Cherry on Top |
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How many puns can I come up with to describe just how RED these locomotives are when fresh-from-the-factory clean? Depends on how many I can catch before they inevitably start to get dirty, I guess... |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 8:36:08 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8209(AC4400CWM) |
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| Title: |
Go Big Red |
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Title refers to a cheer said by fans of UW-Madison's Badgers, but could also refer to traveling by a big, bright red train such as CP 8209 (and its sequential sister 8208) on the point of westbound manifest No. 287, here changing crews at the Portage yard office. |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 8:35:24 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8209(AC4400CWM) |
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| Title: |
Fresh From Fort Worth (or Erie) |
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8208/8209 are so new that no info is available on them online yet, such as what AC4400CWs they were rebuilt from or which GE/Wabtec plant they were done at. |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 8:33:23 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8209(AC4400CWM) |
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| Title: |
Spic and Span |
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As has been plainly evident since the first orders of rebuilds started hitting the rails in 2018, they accumulate dust and oil streaks quickly, so there's a very limited window of opportunity to get them looking like this! This may well be only the second revenue trip for 8209 and 8208, the first being the previous day's 288. Notice the dust/mud already apparent on the plow/undercarriage, although nothing above the sill stripe...yet. It also appears they didn't bother to paint the exhaust vents on this order, since it was getting cooked off within weeks. |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 8:32:27 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8209(AC4400CWM) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 978 West, 2nd-section CP 287 |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 8:27:32 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CSX 978(ES44AC-H) |
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| Title: |
Leaning Into It |
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Notice the exhaust coming from 4452 - the Geep was on-line and pulling! The GE and EMD snort under the Wisconsin Highway 16 bridge, lugging the big manifest up to track speed. |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 8:26:15 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CSX 978(ES44AC-H) |
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Westbound manifest snaking out of the yard |
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This was a second section 287, either a delayed one from the previous day or if not, running ahead of this day's first section! |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 8:25:20 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CSX 978(ES44AC-H) |
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| Title: |
Maroon, Gray and Gold |
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To my pleasant surprise, 7018 hasn't gotten quite as dirty as some of the other rebuilds in 20 months or so on the rails. |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 8:24:33 PM |
| Location: |
Wisconsin Dells, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7018(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
Beaver in Your Face |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 8:21:58 PM |
| Location: |
Wisconsin Dells, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7018(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
CP 7018 West, autorack/intermodal train 199 |
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This one was already on my roster, but it's been a while since I had the opportunity to get one of CP's classy Heritage scheme 70ACUs leading, so after shooting the UP storage pull move near Evansville I hopped on the northbound I-39/90 for Portage. |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 8:20:55 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7018(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
Passing a farm on Tuttle Road |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 5:40:52 PM |
| Location: |
Evansville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1025(GP60) |
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| Title: |
UP 1025 East, GJAJA storage pull |
| Description: |
There were 77 of these 2-bay hoppers in the train; over 100 (plus a random coil steel car) were pulled the previous week. |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 5:39:30 PM |
| Location: |
Evansville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1025(GP60) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 9749, CP EB manifest 470 |
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Birdsey St. at 1303. Rebuilt SD70MAC leads a CP SD40-2 (6009), which aren't too common to find out on the mainline anymore. They can't lead as of the start of 2021 due to lacking PTC. |
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4/30/2021 Upload Date: 5/8/2021 3:36:12 PM |
| Location: |
Columbus, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 9749(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
Crossing the Kishwaukee River |
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5/6/2021 Upload Date: 5/8/2021 10:47:34 PM |
| Location: |
Cherry Valley, IL |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 5245(GP40-2) UPY 700(GP15-1) |
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| Title: |
Crossing Seventh Street |
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This location was on my bucket list since I found out it has a pair of old C&NW-era Griswold cantilever signals. |
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5/6/2021 Upload Date: 5/8/2021 10:46:57 PM |
| Location: |
Rockford, IL |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 5245(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
Coming Through! |
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The UP local out of Belvidere typically makes the trek up and down Madison Street just two days a week to switch out a few cars at a couple of customers in Loves Park. A portion of this ex-C&NW line, including this street running, is also used by a trolley car operated by the Rockford Park District. Its schedule is arranged so as to eliminate any possibility of conflict with a UP freight movement on this dark territory. |
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5/6/2021 Upload Date: 5/8/2021 10:46:33 PM |
| Location: |
Rockford, IL |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 5245(GP40-2) |
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147 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling Across Rotamer |
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5/1/2021 Upload Date: 5/8/2021 8:48:58 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4173(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
UP 5354 East, 2nd-813 |
| Description: |
A surprising second set of Columbia coal loads running on this day. |
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4/28/2021 Upload Date: 5/8/2021 3:34:33 PM |
| Location: |
Wisconsin Dells, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 5354(AC45CCTE) |
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| Title: |
Crossing the Baraboo, eastbound |
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Actually the second of four crossings of this river that the line makes in the less than five railroad miles from Reedsburg to Rock Springs. |
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4/28/2021 Upload Date: 5/8/2021 12:13:25 AM |
| Location: |
Rock Springs, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4180(SD40-2) |
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175 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Take it to the end of the line |
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L867 is shoving their three lumber loads over the Park Street crossing, the red board just before the next crossing west can be seen. The track continues for about a half-mile beyond that, but that portion hasn't been used in over ten years and is rumored to be being torn out later this year. West of there, C&NW abandoned the line as far as Camp Douglas in 1987. They're shoving to clear the switch to the run-around track in the foreground, they'll use that track to access the set-out track where the loads will be spotted for Hartje. |
| Photo Date: |
4/28/2021 Upload Date: 5/8/2021 12:10:18 AM |
| Location: |
Reedsburg, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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| Locomotives: |
WAMX 4180(SD40-2) |
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