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5/6/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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After pulling sand cars at NIS, the set of four blue EMDs heads south
Title:  After pulling sand cars at NIS, the set of four blue EMDs heads south
Description:  One of two PGR ex-CITX former SD45s on the WN. Another is on Watco's Wisconsin and Southern as WAMX 4223. The CEFX 3117 third out was also once an SD45, but has had its 20-cylinder 645 replaced with the 16-cylinder version.
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/21/2018 8:00:28 PM
Location:  Chetek, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  263   Comments: 1
The SB WN sand train now has a pickup at Piranha Proppant
Title:  The SB WN sand train now has a pickup at Piranha Proppant
Description:  The SW1500s have shoved clear to allow the road power to access the loop track. This is the second-northernmost of four sand plants located from just south of Chetek to New Auburn.
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/21/2018 8:12:40 PM
Location:  Chetek, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  PGR 42(SD38-2) CEFX 3117(SD40M-2) CEFX 3182(SD40-2) PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
Pulling their Piranha Proppant pickup south onto the main
Title:  Pulling their Piranha Proppant pickup south onto the main
Description:  Alliteration, anyone? They have to pull the tail end clear of the crossover switch, then shove back to combine these with the cars they pulled from NIS.
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/21/2018 9:27:39 PM
Location:  Chetek, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  293   Comments: 1
PGR 41 leads the hefty SB sand train
Title:  PGR 41 leads the hefty SB sand train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/21/2018 9:30:35 PM
Location:  Chetek, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  280   Comments: 2
PGR 41 shoves its Piranha Proppant pickup onto the rest of the train
Title:  PGR 41 shoves its Piranha Proppant pickup onto the rest of the train
Description:  On a gravel driveway to yet another sand plant just south of Piranha (I think it's called Chieftain Sand and Proppant, the Google Maps labels vs. the signs I actually saw are confusing), which is also blocked by parked sand hoppers. There are reports of impending doom for the recently booming northwest Wisconsin frac sand industry, but the WN seems to be doing fine for now.
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/26/2018 2:05:53 PM
Location:  New Auburn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  196   Comments: 1
Four blue EMDs pass a green one and a yellow one
Title:  Four blue EMDs pass a green one and a yellow one
Description:  This photo encapsulates exactly why a visit to the WN was on my bucket list. Have I mentioned it was absolute nirvana for a fan of classic, colorful standard cab EMD power like myself? After making pickups at the northernmost two of the four closely spaced sand plants, this train bypassed the southern two including Superior Silica here at New Auburn.
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/26/2018 2:08:56 PM
Location:  New Auburn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2) CITX 3069(SD40-2)
Views:  274   Comments: 1
PGR 41 (and three more) southbound
Title:  PGR 41 (and three more) southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/26/2018 2:11:28 PM
Location:  New Auburn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  233   Comments: 2
PGR 41 and its three assistants growl and snort through town
Title:  PGR 41 and its three assistants growl and snort through town
Description:  Two of the four units on this train are former SD45s rebuilt to SD40-2 specifications. CEFX 3182 second out is a straight SD40-2, and PGR 42 4th out is an SD38-2.
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/26/2018 2:14:21 PM
Location:  New Auburn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  205   Comments: 1
Over the hills and far away
Title:  Over the hills and far away
Description:  With a row of trees between the tracks and the parallel County Highway SS, there are few vantage points on this part of the WN other than at the grade crossings.
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/26/2018 2:22:29 PM
Location:  Bloomer, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  178   Comments: 2
PGR 41 crosses Duncan Creek north of town
Title:  PGR 41 crosses Duncan Creek north of town
Description:  I had photographed at this crossing a year ago, but in near-darkness. There was a horse paddock nearby, and I was hoping I could frame them up with the train on the bridge, but they ran to the other side.
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/26/2018 2:24:32 PM
Location:  Bloomer, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  206   Comments: 1
Cloud-boinked
Title:  Cloud-boinked
Description:  The leaden sky of the morning was brightening as the clouds gradually broke up and scattered. I had about ten minutes of solid bright sunshine as I waited here, but of course seconds before the train arrived, a thick hunk of cumulus cloud blew in front of the sun. Seconds after the lead unit passed, it moved on and bathed the scene in bright light once again as if to taunt me.
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/26/2018 2:26:14 PM
Location:  Bloomer, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  199   Comments: 1
Now yer talkin'!
Title:  Now yer talkin'!
Description:  Now the sun was out to stay, illuminating the handsome dark blue locomotive as the train ambled on out of Bloomer.
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/26/2018 2:28:52 PM
Location:  Bloomer, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  280   Comments: 1
PGR 41 leading a sand train to Norma, crossing 157th Avenue south of town
Title:  PGR 41 leading a sand train to Norma, crossing 157th Avenue south of town
Description:  My parting shot of this train. What could get me to break off a chase of a sharp-looking SD45 carbody in finally-good light? Earlier while at the bridge in downtown Bloomer, I'd heard UP 1989, the Rio Grande Heritage Unit, get a track warrant on the Chippewa Falls Sub (same line as the WN, from Norma south to Eau Claire)!
Photo Date:  10/19/2018  Upload Date: 10/26/2018 2:31:58 PM
Location:  Bloomer, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  PGR 41(SD40M-2)
Views:  271   Comments: 1
CITX 2783 oh so close
Title:  CITX 2783 oh so close
Description:  This is one class of locomotive I've never gotten leading a train, and I REALLY want to!
Photo Date:  1/4/2011  Upload Date: 1/11/2011 1:14:34 AM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CITX 2783(SD40M-2)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Well, it LOOKS like an SD45
Title:  Well, it LOOKS like an SD45
Description:  The cab stencil says SD40-2, which this locomotive has been functionally converted to by replacing the 20-645 with the 16 cylinder, 3000HP version.
Photo Date:  1/4/2011  Upload Date: 1/11/2011 1:24:56 AM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CITX 2783(SD40M-2)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
CITX 2785 in SD45 clothing
Title:  CITX 2785 in SD45 clothing
Description:  The cab stencil says SD40-2, which is what this former UP SD45 has been functionally rebuilt to.
Photo Date:  9/4/2008  Upload Date: 9/5/2008 11:28:51 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CITX 2785(SD40M-2)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
This train brings some color to a gray day
Title:  This train brings some color to a gray day
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2008  Upload Date: 9/5/2008 11:40:40 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6045(SD60) CEFX 3172(SD40-2) CITX 3036(SD40-2) CITX 2785(SD40M-2)
Views:  572   Comments: 0
CITX 2785 leads two ICE SD40-2s on CP 276 eastbound
Title:  CITX 2785 leads two ICE SD40-2s on CP 276 eastbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/2/2011  Upload Date: 8/3/2011 2:03:01 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CITX 2785(SD40M-2)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
Closest thing you can get to an SD45 in these parts nowadays
Title:  Closest thing you can get to an SD45 in these parts nowadays
Description:  Been a long time coming...these former UP/SP SD45s were top of my list of things to catch leading a train for three years!
Photo Date:  8/2/2011  Upload Date: 8/3/2011 2:05:58 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CITX 2785(SD40M-2)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
CP 9575 leads a couple of classic EMDs through the greenery near River Road
Title:  CP 9575 leads a couple of classic EMDs through the greenery near River Road
Description:  Train #185 westbound.
Photo Date:  6/9/2008  Upload Date: 6/9/2008 5:43:02 PM
Location:  Watertown, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 9575(AC44CW) CEFX 2786(SD40M-2) SOO 6047(SD60)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
CEFX 2786 was once a UP SD45
Title:  CEFX 2786 was once a UP SD45
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2008  Upload Date: 6/9/2008 5:46:15 PM
Location:  Watertown, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CEFX 2786(SD40M-2)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
Golden light kisses the nose of CITX 2792 leading 277 approaching Springdale Rd.
Title:  Golden light kisses the nose of CITX 2792 leading 277 approaching Springdale Rd.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2023 8:26:47 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CITX 2792(SD40M-2)
Views:  32   Comments: 0
CITX 2794 roars across Puetz Road on the point of 277
Title:  CITX 2794 roars across Puetz Road on the point of 277
Description:  I doubted I'd ever see one of these again...CP was expected to rapidly shelve their EMD lease fleet after E.H.H. took hold. I was pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong today!
Photo Date:  9/26/2012  Upload Date: 9/26/2012 7:45:48 PM
Location:  Oak Creek, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CITX 2794(SD40M-2)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
277 navigates the switches to the west end
Title:  277 navigates the switches to the west end
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2012  Upload Date: 9/26/2012 7:57:30 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CITX 2794(SD40M-2)
Views:  236   Comments: 2
The conductor climbs down to line the switches so 277 can snake its way through Muskego Yard
Title:  The conductor climbs down to line the switches so 277 can snake its way through Muskego Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2012  Upload Date: 9/26/2012 9:50:20 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CITX 2794(SD40M-2)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
An overhead view of former DRGW SD45 CITX 2794
Title:  An overhead view of former DRGW SD45 CITX 2794
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2012  Upload Date: 9/26/2012 9:52:25 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CITX 2794(SD40M-2)
Views:  206   Comments: 1
CP 8535 heads another colorful consist on a cloudy day
Title:  CP 8535 heads another colorful consist on a cloudy day
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/8/2008  Upload Date: 9/16/2008 1:07:47 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8535(AC44CW) SOO 2066(GP40) CITX 2799(SD40M-2)
Views:  639   Comments: 0
In a former life CITX 2799 was an SD45
Title:  In a former life CITX 2799 was an SD45
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/8/2008  Upload Date: 9/16/2008 1:10:03 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CITX 2799(SD40M-2)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
SOO 2066 in Banditized Milwaukee Road colors
Title:  SOO 2066 in Banditized Milwaukee Road colors
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/8/2008  Upload Date: 9/16/2008 1:11:41 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2066(GP40) CITX 2799(SD40M-2)
Views:  760   Comments: 0
UP 2967
Title:  UP 2967
Description:  A Janesville-bound loaded rock train approaches the Main Street crossing in downtown Stoughton.
Photo Date:  6/18/2007  Upload Date: 6/18/2007 9:09:52 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 2967(SD40M-2)
Views:  619   Comments: 0
UP 2967 leads eastbound rock loads
Title:  UP 2967 leads eastbound rock loads
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2007  Upload Date: 6/18/2007 9:19:54 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2967(SD40M-2) UP 2997(SD40-2)
Views:  735   Comments: 2
UP 2967
Title:  UP 2967
Description:  The train rumbles past the old MILW passenger depot, now the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce.
Photo Date:  6/18/2007  Upload Date: 6/18/2007 9:38:04 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2967(SD40M-2)
Views:  540   Comments: 0
UP 2967
Title:  UP 2967
Description:  Crossing Main Street. The conducter returned my wave and thumbs-up. :-) This SD40-2 must have come up from Illinois-notice the editorial in the dirt just above the lower red sill stripe. Quick, somebody hose that thing down!
Photo Date:  6/18/2007  Upload Date: 6/18/2007 9:47:41 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 2967(SD40M-2)
Views:  693   Comments: 1
Armour Yellow & Harbor Mist Gray trio pulling hard on the rock train
Title:  Armour Yellow & Harbor Mist Gray trio pulling hard on the rock train
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2007  Upload Date: 6/18/2007 10:00:07 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2996(SD40-2) UP 2997(SD40-2) UP 2967(SD40M-2)
Views:  762   Comments: 0
UP 2969 & 3390 standing by
Title:  UP 2969 & 3390 standing by
Description:  The rock train power sits idling on the other side of Highway 136 from where its loaded train stands ready.
Photo Date:  8/9/2007  Upload Date: 8/11/2007 2:32:03 AM
Location:  Rock Springs, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2969(SD40M-2) UP 3390(SD40-2)
Views:  602   Comments: 1
Rock train power lineup waiting for a mechanical problem to be sorted out
Title:  Rock train power lineup waiting for a mechanical problem to be sorted out
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2007  Upload Date: 8/11/2007 3:07:27 AM
Location:  Rock Springs, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8200(SD9043MAC) UP 9765(C44-9W) UP 2969(SD40M-2) UP 3390(SD40-2)
Views:  714   Comments: 1
Lake Wisconsin Bridge
Title:  Lake Wisconsin Bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2007  Upload Date: 8/11/2007 4:07:59 AM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2969(SD40M-2)
Views:  572   Comments: 1
UP 2969 hugs the Wisconsin River
Title:  UP 2969 hugs the Wisconsin River
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2007  Upload Date: 8/11/2007 4:15:15 AM
Location:  Okee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2969(SD40M-2)
Views:  404   Comments: 1
The SD40-2 half of the consist
Title:  The SD40-2 half of the consist
Description:  Approaching a small road crossing.
Photo Date:  8/9/2007  Upload Date: 8/11/2007 4:26:28 AM
Location:  Okee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3390(SD40-2) UP 2969(SD40M-2)
Views:  421   Comments: 1
UP 2969 crossing Lodi Street
Title:  UP 2969 crossing Lodi Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2007  Upload Date: 8/11/2007 4:42:32 AM
Location:  Lodi, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2969(SD40M-2)
Views:  403   Comments: 1
UP 3077 east parked waiting for a fresh crew
Title:  UP 3077 east parked waiting for a fresh crew
Description:  After the westbound cleared Clyman Junction, we found this eastbound waiting on the other track for a crew change. We heard the new crew say over the radio that they were en route, and heard the dispatcher give them a track warrant east to Butler Yard.
Photo Date:  1/4/2008  Upload Date: 1/5/2008 2:57:35 AM
Location:  Clyman Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 3077(SD40-2) UP 3016(SD40M-2) UP 3034(SD40-2)
Views:  715   Comments: 1
UP 3077 waiting in the snow
Title:  UP 3077 waiting in the snow
Description:  The gong bells on the noses confirm these are ex-C&NW units.
Photo Date:  1/4/2008  Upload Date: 1/5/2008 3:06:37 AM
Location:  Clyman Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 3077(SD40-2) UP 3016(SD40M-2) UP 3034(SD40-2)
Views:  740   Comments: 1
CEFX 3145 blends in with the blue sky
Title:  CEFX 3145 blends in with the blue sky
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2008  Upload Date: 9/26/2008 7:38:20 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CEFX 3145(SD40M-2)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
CP 6027 & CEFX 3145 elephant style
Title:  CP 6027 & CEFX 3145 elephant style
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2008  Upload Date: 9/26/2008 7:42:42 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6027(SD40-2) CEFX 3145(SD40M-2)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
Colorful power on a westbound
Title:  Colorful power on a westbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2008  Upload Date: 9/26/2008 7:49:15 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6027(SD40-2) CEFX 3145(SD40M-2)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
WSOR 4076
Title:  WSOR 4076
Description:  One of WSOR's newest aquisitions, ex-Utah Railway/MJRX, SD40 frame with Dash 2 electronics. Barely 2 weeks, if that, removed from its fresh paint job at Horicon.
Photo Date:  10/31/2007  Upload Date: 11/22/2007 1:49:32 AM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2)
Views:  729   Comments: 0
WSOR 4076
Title:  WSOR 4076
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/31/2007  Upload Date: 11/22/2007 1:55:14 AM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
WSOR 4076
Title:  WSOR 4076
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/16/2008  Upload Date: 1/16/2008 10:05:12 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2)
Views:  808   Comments: 0
WSOR 4007 leads shiny SD40M-2s on an HJ parked in town
Title:  WSOR 4007 leads shiny SD40M-2s on an HJ parked in town
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/14/2008  Upload Date: 5/31/2008 8:48:29 PM
Location:  Milton, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4007(SD40-2) WSOR 4077(SD40M-2) WSOR 4076(SD40M-2)
Views:  694   Comments: 0
The other SD40M-2 WSOR 4076 is the third unit
Title:  The other SD40M-2 WSOR 4076 is the third unit
Description:  The 4070s started life as C&O SD40s, then went to Utah Railway and MJRX. The electrical cabinets were upgraded to Dash 2 standards somewhere along the line, but externally they are still straight SD40s.
Photo Date:  5/14/2008  Upload Date: 6/1/2008 9:44:59 PM
Location:  Milton, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2)
Views:  465   Comments: 0


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