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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 |
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Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8209(AC4400CWM) |
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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 |
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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: |
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 |
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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 |
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Rockford, IL |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 5245(GP40-2) |
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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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G85 crosses a short bridge over a drainage ditch on its way back from Madison |
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4/17/2021 Upload Date: 4/18/2021 7:15:11 PM |
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Poynette, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 4422(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Surprise Sixties |
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Well, not a TOTAL surprise since I knew this train was coming at this point, but I didn't when I left the house to get 6644 leading 651. I saw the Facebook heads ups about this one coming west after I arrived at Columbus, to my delight. Empty rock train 9WWA is going to Portage to lay over for the night, tomorrow morning it will head to the Michels Pit at Waterloo for loading. About ten years ago, CP began a rebuild program on their remaining ex-Soo Line SD60s. They were sent to CAD Rail in Montreal, rebuilt, repainted in the plain red with white text scheme, and renumbered with a "2" replacing the "0" in the second digit of the SOO number (6232 was 6032, etc). Then, beginning in 2017, ten were sent to NRE Silvis for rebuilding to "SD60-3." These were numbered 6300-6309. A few of them were among the handful that escaped the initial round of rebuilds and thus still wore their SOO paint and numbers until that time. Others were rebuilt twice in less than a decade, including 6308. The former SOO 6050 did a brief stint as CP 6250. Most (but not all) of the SD60-3s received the "Golden Beaver" scheme after it was re-introduced late in 2017. |
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3/30/2021 Upload Date: 3/31/2021 5:56:25 PM |
| Location: |
Fall River, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6308(SD60-3) CP 6232(SD60) |
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| Title: |
CP 6644 (D-Day Commemorative Unit) West, empty ethanol train 651 |
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Birdsey St. at 1512. The number is a reference to the date of "D-Day" (for those who slept through history class, the day the Allies landed at Normandy in occupied France, generally considered the turning point of World War II in Europe), June 6, 1944. The paint scheme is based on that of the RCAF "Spitfire" planes used there. For the commemorative numbering, this engine was moved from its ordinary roster position of 7024. The other four military tribute SD70ACUs are numbered normally 7020-23. The next unit, 7025, and up are in the standard red paint with Golden Beaver logo. |
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3/30/2021 Upload Date: 3/31/2021 5:54:01 PM |
| Location: |
Columbus, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6644(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
Mean Drab Green Machine |
| Description: |
Empty ethanol train 651 with the D-Day commemorative unit in the lead. |
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3/30/2021 Upload Date: 3/31/2021 5:53:44 PM |
| Location: |
Columbus, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6644(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
Not the usual red ECOs |
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The four-axle GP20C-ECOs have become extremely common on this line, largely replacing the prior mainstay Soo Line GP38-2s over the past 6-7 years. However, to find six-axle power on the local has been quite unusual. |
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2/20/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 7:48:34 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 5043(SD30C-ECO) |
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| Title: |
Preparing to work Capitol Warehousing |
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2/20/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 7:44:58 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 5043(SD30C-ECO) |
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Elephant-style pair of six-axle ECOs looks classy in the winter sunshine |
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2/20/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 7:42:31 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 5043(SD30C-ECO) |
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| Title: |
Eastbound on the M&P |
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Saturday extra heading RR east (geographically south) at Windsor Rd. with a healthy train including a cut of LP tanks for the WSOR at Madison. |
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2/20/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 7:31:47 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 5043(SD30C-ECO) |
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| Title: |
T004 comes around the wye and enters the Fox Lake Sub |
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I'd thought the five-unit power move I'd seen coming into town from the north earlier was T004, so I was surprised to hear this train announce their approach to town. I can't imagine 4174 was their only power out of Horicon, but 4180 and 4170 were picked up from the fuel ramp here in Janesville. |
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1/22/2021 Upload Date: 1/24/2021 2:33:07 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4174(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Setting out a load for Wisconsin Building Supply |
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12/23/2020 Upload Date: 12/26/2020 7:44:39 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 3002(GP38AC) |
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Pulling out after dropping all the cars except the load for WBS |
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12/23/2020 Upload Date: 12/26/2020 7:44:28 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 3002(GP38AC) |
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| Title: |
Shoving into another one of the Capitol Warehousing spurs |
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3002 is one of a handful of the 3000-series GP38ACs and GP38-2s to receive the "Golden Beaver" scheme. Most of them were in the old "Action Red" (with or without the Multimark) until the past decade, when they received the then-current logoless red with white "CANADIAN PACIFIC" lettering. |
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12/23/2020 Upload Date: 12/26/2020 7:44:17 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 3002(GP38AC) |
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Pulling ahead, bathed in the winter afternoon sunlight |
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12/23/2020 Upload Date: 12/26/2020 7:44:07 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 3002(GP38AC) |
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The sun starts to play peekaboo as the train approaches Duraform Lane |
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12/23/2020 Upload Date: 12/26/2020 7:39:42 PM |
| Location: |
Windsor, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 3002(GP38AC) |
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| Title: |
Kicking Back |
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(Notice the engineer in his chair) |
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11/28/2020 Upload Date: 11/29/2020 2:16:36 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3872(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Meet at Pearl Street |
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Y301 with 3872 (left) heads to the coach yard to shuffle some tank cars while 4187 and 4183 will turn on the wye and head to the yard. They will become the T003 power later. There was quite the horn battle between these two as they approached the crossing! |
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11/28/2020 Upload Date: 11/29/2020 2:04:34 PM |
| Location: |
Janesville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4187(SD40-2) WAMX 3872(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Oranges and Reds |
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10/9/2020 Upload Date: 10/10/2020 3:06:22 PM |
| Location: |
Lynxville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 8761(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
AC4400CW leads eastbound stacks past Lock & Dam No. 9 |
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10/9/2020 Upload Date: 10/10/2020 3:02:32 PM |
| Location: |
Lynxville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 5649(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Westbound TOFC/intermodal snakes along the river |
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10/9/2020 Upload Date: 10/10/2020 2:59:23 PM |
| Location: |
Lynxville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 6891 (ES44C4) |
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| Title: |
Pumpkin Season |
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70ACe leads an eastbound intermodal through the bluffs of the Mississippi. |
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10/9/2020 Upload Date: 10/10/2020 2:52:01 PM |
| Location: |
Lynxville, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 8594(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
Coal train gets underway southbound on the CP Marquette Sub |
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10/9/2020 Upload Date: 10/10/2020 2:22:18 PM |
| Location: |
Marquette, IA |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 8241(ES44AC-H) |
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Southbound coal train sits at the yard office flanked by the colorful river bluffs |
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10/9/2020 Upload Date: 10/10/2020 2:19:39 PM |
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Marquette, IA |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 8241(ES44AC-H) |
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KCS 4699 is the leader on CP 281 which has just changed crews as night falls |
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10/7/2020 Upload Date: 10/8/2020 10:29:41 AM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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KCS 4699(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
Autumn evening glint approaching Long Crossing Road |
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10/7/2020 Upload Date: 10/8/2020 10:22:49 AM |
| Location: |
Rio, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 5295(AC45CCTE) |
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G64 rolls in from a run to Madison as 288's tail clears the junction |
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10/7/2020 Upload Date: 10/8/2020 10:08:11 AM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2208(GP20C-ECO) |
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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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CP 6306(SD60-3) |
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CP 6306 leads a four-pack on 281 |
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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 |
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Columbus, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6306(SD60-3) |
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| Title: |
Ho. 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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AMTK 179(P42DC) |
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| Title: |
UP 1038 streetrunning on Madison Street crossing Hill |
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9/14/2020 Upload Date: 9/14/2020 11:14:38 PM |
| Location: |
Rockford, IL |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1038(GP60) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 9833 |
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6/19/2008 Upload Date: 6/20/2008 1:04:28 AM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Jim Wehrle |
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BNSF 9833(SD70MAC) |
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CP 7037 rolls ahead to clear the fuel track lead switch after cutting off from 281 |
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7/10/2020 Upload Date: 7/12/2020 4:14:48 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7037(SD70ACU) |
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ACU trio+GE trio on the head end of 281 today |
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Per radio chatter, the crew was having mechanical issues with some of the units and only two were on-line. |
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7/10/2020 Upload Date: 7/12/2020 4:10:37 PM |
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Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7037(SD70ACU) |
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Sixpack fronted by a clean Beaver ACU |
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7/10/2020 Upload Date: 7/12/2020 4:08:43 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7037(SD70ACU) |
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| Title: |
199 accelerates out of town, passing 288's DPU |
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6/23/2020 Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:48:54 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8020(AC4400CWM) BNSF 7695(ES44DC) |
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288 negotiates the west switch onto the siding |
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6/23/2020 Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:17:13 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7054(SD70ACU) |
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424 Comments: 0 |
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