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UP power, on the UP bridge, but still operating as a WSOR train |
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G-33 is back on UP trackage and is shoving (the locomotives are actually moving left to right) across their Rock River bridge and down to UP's yard south of town. |
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11/10/2013 Upload Date: 11/11/2013 7:24:30 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1421(GP40-2) GMTX 2317(GP38-2) UP 1008(GP60) UPY 721(GP15AC) |
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Through the Valley |
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After crossing the bridge over the Yellow River (a tributary of the Wisconsin) and CN's ex-MILW Valley Sub, LTS-71 rumbles past Necedah Siding. |
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5/31/2017 Upload Date: 6/1/2017 4:00:22 PM |
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Necedah, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1008(GP60) |
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210 Comments: 1 |
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LTS-71 and its nice GP60/SD40N/SD40-2 set roll west |
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5/31/2017 Upload Date: 6/1/2017 4:05:44 PM |
Location: |
Necedah, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1008(GP60) |
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172 Comments: 1 |
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UP 1008 flys through with LTS-71 |
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5/31/2017 Upload Date: 6/1/2017 4:07:54 PM |
Location: |
Shennington, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1008(GP60) |
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208 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 1025 flies across County J leading a sister on LJA50 |
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11/7/2020 Upload Date: 11/8/2020 6:20:06 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1025(GP60) |
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141 Comments: 0 |
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YJA65 departs for a Sunday SoBo run |
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The three boxcars and the balance of the covered hoppers would be dropped somewhere en route (probably Clinton), the train arrived in Beloit with just two hoppers. |
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2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:23:53 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1025(GP60) |
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86 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Gateway to Wisconsin |
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The two GP60s bracketing two covered hoppers trundle away. Just beyond the leftward curve in the distance, this ex-Milwaukee Road line once crossed the C&NW line which ran from Harvard (and Chicago) north to Janesville (or direct to Madison via Evansville off a split at Afton). The train will use a small remaining portion of that line to access customers at South Beloit. |
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2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:35:28 PM |
Location: |
Beloit, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1025(GP60) |
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95 Comments: 0 |
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YJA65 in "push-pull" configuration crosses Blackhawk Boulevard |
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Just south of the barely-marked Behr spur crossing, the "main" line's (ex-C&NW Chicago/Harvard-Janesville/Madison) crossing of Blackhawk Blvd. has four signals on the shoulders and median. Interestingly, photos from the C&NW era show there were gates here then - a rare example of crossing protection being "downgraded." |
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2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:44:12 PM |
Location: |
South Beloit, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1025(GP60) |
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98 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Distant Glimmer |
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UP had a large number of two-bay covered hoppers stored up to their end-of-track at MP 119 south (RR east) of Brooklyn, WI on the segment of the former C&NW Chicago-Twin Cities line between Janesville and Madison. The line is out-of-service west of there through Brooklyn, then operated by Wisconsin and Southern out of Madison. They pulled these in two sections in early May, 2021. This was the second such move, of 77 cars. Unfortunately, due to work I couldn't get them on the extremely rarely used mileage west of the Landmark Co-op through the city of Evansville, catching up just as the train was coming past Landmark. |
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5/11/2021 Upload Date: 5/14/2021 5:38:26 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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190 Comments: 0 |
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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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204 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 1025 follows a gondola, three boxcars and sister 1145 toward Five Points and the UP yard |
Description: |
The UP's Anderson Spur is a stub of the ex-C&NW line which once ran north to Fond du Lac, abandoned beyond the 3 or 4 customers they serve near the US Highway 14 crossing. Another, larger section still exists from Fort Atkinson to Clyman Junction. Circa 2007-08 when I first took up railfanning, they shoved out with an ex-C&NW bay window caboose in the lead to work the spurs which are all trailing point to the south (RR east). It wasn't long after that they started putting a locomotive on each end instead. |
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1/18/2022 Upload Date: 1/20/2022 1:22:11 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1025(GP60) |
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105 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP local in push-pull configuration recedes into the distance |
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9/14/2020 Upload Date: 9/14/2020 11:09:51 PM |
Location: |
Loves Park, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1038(GP60) |
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135 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP local returns south, about to enter the street running on Madison St. |
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9/14/2020 Upload Date: 9/14/2020 11:10:54 PM |
Location: |
Rockford, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1038(GP60) |
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173 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 1038 streetrunning on Madison Street |
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9/14/2020 Upload Date: 9/14/2020 11:13:57 PM |
Location: |
Rockford, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1038(GP60) |
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141 Comments: 1 |
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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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199 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Patch Job |
Description: |
Formerly numbered 2031, prior to that SP 9732. |
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5/5/2017 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 12:43:57 AM |
Location: |
Necedah, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1080(GP60) |
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225 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A long way from Houston |
Description: |
The stencil above the sill stripe on the battery box reads "Houston Assigned Hauler." This is LTS-71, heading to switch out Hi-Crush Proppants between Wyeville and Valley Junction. The eastbound LTA-42 is holding at the end of the Wyeville Sub for 71 to clear the switch before they can continue east to Adams. |
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7/7/2017 Upload Date: 7/16/2017 7:21:58 PM |
Location: |
Wyeville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1080(GP60) |
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152 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP local trundles along the tree-lined ex-R&SW |
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Running back to Janesvillle after switching DeLong in South Beloit. This is a small remaining segment of the ex-Milwaukee Road Racine & Southwestern Division and one of the few if not the only segments of UP trackage in Wisconsin that is not ex-Chicago & North Western. Other portions are operated by WSOR as their Bardwell-Elkhorn branch and by CN as an industrial spur at Burlington. CP abandoned their segment from Sturtevant to Kansasville a few years ago. |
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1/17/2021 Upload Date: 1/19/2021 1:51:56 PM |
Location: |
Clinton, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1107(GP60) |
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69 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
(Not quite) dashing through the snow |
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It's kind of sad to see the GP60s, built for speed with a quite high horsepower rating over four axles, relegated to branch line locals. |
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1/17/2021 Upload Date: 1/19/2021 2:28:23 PM |
Location: |
Clinton, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1107(GP60) |
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101 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Climbing the hill into town past Scot Forge |
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1/17/2021 Upload Date: 1/19/2021 9:03:31 PM |
Location: |
Clinton, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1107(GP60) |
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85 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Shoving in the tank cars for Evonik |
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1/22/2021 Upload Date: 1/24/2021 2:02:47 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1107(GP60) |
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58 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Shoving across Rockport Road and into Evonik |
Description: |
UP seems to be doing everything around the Janesville area of late with the same trio of GP60s - 1107, 1145 and 1025. |
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1/22/2021 Upload Date: 1/24/2021 2:08:08 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1107(GP60) |
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96 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Shoving into the Evonik complex |
Description: |
The chemical plant has been here since 1957 under various names. It took them about an hour and 20 minutes of shuffling tank cars to set out two and pull one (the one closest to the power was the same coming in and going out). There are four stub tracks within the plant, one of which is the old main. |
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1/22/2021 Upload Date: 1/24/2021 2:14:25 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1107(GP60) |
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58 Comments: 0 |
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Still switching Evonik |
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1/22/2021 Upload Date: 1/24/2021 2:17:58 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1107(GP60) |
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66 Comments: 0 |
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Pulling through the gate out of Evonik |
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Only the rearmost tank car was picked up, the CALX 1011 closest to the power was with them when they arrived. |
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1/22/2021 Upload Date: 1/24/2021 2:29:19 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1107(GP60) |
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62 Comments: 0 |
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Pausing while the conductor closes the derail |
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The motorized sliding gate that prevents trespassers from wandering into the Evonik facility will close automatically moments after the train leaves. |
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1/22/2021 Upload Date: 1/24/2021 2:31:04 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1107(GP60) |
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101 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
2/3 of the grain train power |
Description: |
Out of picture to the left are two more six-axle widecab road units, the Geeps were there because the local crew came up with them to switch the fertilizer company at Leyden. |
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7/19/2022 Upload Date: 7/22/2022 1:55:25 PM |
Location: |
Evansville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1166(GP60) UP 1107(GP60) UP 6771(AC44CW) UP 5047(SD70M) |
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69 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Almost ready for blastoff |
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The westbound LTS-71 will have just four empty hoppers, for later delivery to Smart Sand on the Camp Douglas spur after they pull loads at Hi-Crush. |
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7/8/2017 Upload Date: 7/16/2017 10:18:28 PM |
Location: |
Adams, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1132(GP60) |
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84 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
An easy pull for UP 1132 west |
Description: |
Their quick departure caught me off guard (was expecting much more train assembly to do based on prior observations) and this location, County Hwy. H west of Necedah, was my first opportunity to set up for a runby. |
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7/8/2017 Upload Date: 7/16/2017 10:20:47 PM |
Location: |
Necedah, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1132(GP60) |
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114 Comments: 1 |
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UP 1132 and LTS-71 arrive in town with four MTs |
Description: |
They'll cross WIS-21 and line the switch to access the siding and Hi-Crush yard to pull 18 loads from there before returning east to spot these MTs at Smart Sand on the Camp Douglas spur. |
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7/8/2017 Upload Date: 7/16/2017 10:31:02 PM |
Location: |
Wyeville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1132(GP60) |
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147 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Serious business |
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7/8/2017 Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:13:16 PM |
Location: |
Wyeville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1132(GP60) UP 1990(SD40N) |
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195 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 1132 in profile on the Grover Road crossing |
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The train pauses to open the derail to access the Smart Sand transload site. |
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7/8/2017 Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:24:08 PM |
Location: |
Camp Douglas, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1132(GP60) |
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126 Comments: 0 |
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Rolling through the former south wye switch onto the connecting track |
Description: |
The switch was disabled, so the old main toward the Twin Cities and southwest quadrant connecting track are out of service. |
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7/8/2017 Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:36:17 PM |
Location: |
Wyeville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1132(GP60) |
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104 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Easing down the hill, about to round the sharp bend back to the Altoona Sub main |
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7/8/2017 Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:41:29 PM |
Location: |
Wyeville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1132(GP60) |
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98 Comments: 1 |
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Reversing west to collect the 18 loads pulled from Hi-Crush |
Description: |
Those will comprise the return train to Adams. |
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7/8/2017 Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:48:49 PM |
Location: |
Wyeville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1132(GP60) |
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194 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Wasting No Time |
Description: |
Before 470's tail end had even cleared the switch, LTA-41 was on the move toward the junction with the Tomah Sub. Just beyond the junction point and the signal ahead of the train is the east portal of the tunnel, frustratingly JUST out of reach of being shootable from public property. With the leaves off the trees, I could just barely glimpse it from Flag Avenue. |
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3/28/2021 Upload Date: 3/29/2021 11:50:10 PM |
Location: |
Tunnel City, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1917(SD40N) UP 1140(GP60) |
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85 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Local Over the Arches |
Description: |
This ex-C&NW stone arch bridge (there are actually five arches, one is off-camera to the left but it is obstructed by trees from the south side) is one of the real gems of southern Wisconsin railfanning. Its somewhat off-the-beaten-path location and the sporadic/sneaky nature of train traffic on the line from Harvard to Janesville, particularly westbounds in daylight, means getting a shot here requires some perseverance. I finally did so again almost 11 years after the last one (and that was badly backlit, from the north side in the morning). Now I have to come back and do it again when the sun's out! I believe this is the YJA65 job. I found them just finishing up their work in Clinton, and had plenty of time to get over here and set up. |
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1/3/2021 Upload Date: 1/4/2021 9:46:27 PM |
Location: |
Tiffany, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1145(GP60) |
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99 Comments: 0 |
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UP 1145 brings up the rear of the train from South Beloit |
Description: |
It will lead when the train reverses direction to head from Clinton to Janesville. The conductor is already in the cab. |
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1/17/2021 Upload Date: 1/19/2021 8:17:41 PM |
Location: |
Clinton, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1145(GP60) |
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84 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Five Arches |
Description: |
Kind of irritating that the only the north side of this bridge is uncluttered enough to get the entire length in the shot, so you're limited to cloudy days, of which there has been no shortage this January! |
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1/17/2021 Upload Date: 1/19/2021 9:05:01 PM |
Location: |
Tiffany, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1145(GP60) |
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115 Comments: 0 |
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YJA65 on the "loop" off Beloit Avenue |
Description: |
It's not possible to see much detail of UP's ex-C&NW South Janesville Yard from the ground, but from the satellite view one can see there's a loop track on the west end which has a spur off it to serve Seneca Foods; crosses over one of the yard leads on a diamond, used to form one leg of a wye (the other leg is stubbed off, with the switch removed) and encircles a few stub-ended RIP tracks which pass through the area where the roundhouse and turntable used to be. Chase of this train continues in the album "UP Harvard Subdivision State Line-S. Janesville." |
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2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:21:53 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1145(GP60) |
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Entering the ABS-controlled main at MP 87 |
Description: |
This local runs with power on each end to facilitate a reversal in direction at Clinton to head down the ex-Milwaukee Road R&SW Division to Beloit and South Beloit (IL). Everything but the two hoppers closest to 1145 will be dropped at Clinton. You can see from the orange conduit sticking out of the ground, preparations are underway for the replacement of the venerable searchlight signals along this portion of the line (which were themselves salvaged by C&NW from an ex-CGW line to replace the original semaphores on this line). |
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2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:24:08 PM |
Location: |
Janesville, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1145(GP60) |
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107 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Prospect Street |
Description: |
The YJA65 runs parallel to and just on the WI side of the state line, on what was once the tracks of the Milwaukee Road's Racine & Southwestern Division. This portion of the line is owned by, and jointly operated with, CP. Just ahead, the train will bend to the left and switch onto a small remaining portion of the ex-C&NW alignment to reach customers in South Beloit, IL. |
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2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:34:25 PM |
Location: |
Beloit, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1145(GP60) |
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76 Comments: 0 |
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Just crossed the state line, cutting off the lead unit to work Behr |
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2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:39:34 PM |
Location: |
South Beloit, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1145(GP60) |
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52 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Reversing through the switch onto the Behr lead |
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2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:40:21 PM |
Location: |
South Beloit, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1145(GP60) |
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91 Comments: 0 |
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Backing down the Behr lead with the rest of the train on the main |
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2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:42:32 PM |
Location: |
South Beloit, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1145(GP60) |
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68 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Blast the horn and pray |
Description: |
The Behr spur's crossing of the busy Blackhawk Boulevard is marked only by a lone crossbuck on the northbound side. |
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2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:42:45 PM |
Location: |
South Beloit, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1145(GP60) |
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93 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Coupling up to a pair of empties left just east of Blackhawk |
Description: |
Some loads further back in the spur need to be pulled, then these will be shoved back in so Behr can get to them. |
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2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:42:57 PM |
Location: |
South Beloit, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1145(GP60) |
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61 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pulling a string of loaded gons from the Behr spur |
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Photo Date: |
2/21/2021 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:43:09 PM |
Location: |
South Beloit, IL |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
UP 1145(GP60) |
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