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High class |
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The train gives quite a horn show to the (probably annoyed) residents of the Riva Apartments on Cheryl Parkway, most of whom likely assumed the line was out of service for good. The patch over the UP number consists of strips of duct tape. |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:29:32 PM |
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Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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429 Comments: 1 |
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Falling rocks |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:34:04 PM |
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Fitchburg, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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65 Comments: 0 |
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Rouding the Lacy Road curve |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:36:00 PM |
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Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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287 Comments: 1 |
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Alongside Syene Road just south of Lacy |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:40:32 PM |
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Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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302 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
WAMX 3928 was formerly UP 1234 |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:42:10 PM |
Location: |
Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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373 Comments: 0 |
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A little throttle approaching the County Highway M underpass |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:44:27 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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324 Comments: 0 |
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The now empty ballast train about to duck under CR M |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:47:18 PM |
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Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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322 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Bird's eye view of WAMX 3928 |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:51:44 PM |
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Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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322 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Rolling into Oregon with the Lycon ready-mix plant in the distance |
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That plant, and the sand loads parked there, was the catalyst for bringing this line back into service. |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:56:59 PM |
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Oregon, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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166 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Under a gloomy October sky |
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The crew will cut off the power from their train and roll south into town to take lunch. |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:59:49 PM |
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Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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317 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Stranger in town |
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The power is pulled right up to the red board, located immediately north of the Jefferson Street bridge which was rebuilt in 2009 after a truck accident took out the original, low-clearance C&NW era span. |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:03:59 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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419 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
"Sun-boinked" |
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The one time I would have been happier if it had stayed overcast for this shot... |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:05:02 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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374 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WAMX 3928 rolls north past the C&NW station sign |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:06:14 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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315 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Things are brightening up |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:08:25 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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301 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
"It's gonna be a bumpy ride!" |
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With the sand cars still loaded and not ready to be pulled, the crew will shove their empty ballast train all the way back to Madison. |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:16:16 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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403 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
I'm now 2/2 on cloud-boinking at this little bridge along Syene Road |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:18:47 PM |
Location: |
Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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317 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Shoving up the Syene Sag |
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Moments after the sun peeks out from yet another cloud boink. The back end of the train reached the Highway 14 bridge at the same time I did on my drive back into Madison. |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:22:02 PM |
Location: |
Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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302 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WAMX 3928 is power for L469 with one for Vita Plus on the old Soya Spur |
Description: |
Train has just come across MX and is approaching Lakeside Street. |
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10/20/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 9:47:57 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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336 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L469 returns light engine from Vita Plus, approaching Park Street |
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10/20/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 9:49:50 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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265 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WAMX 3928 approaching Beld Street as a light engine L469 |
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10/20/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 9:51:28 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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322 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WAMX 3928 crossing Beld Street on the old Central Soya spur |
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The former C&NW Ridge Runner line to southwest Wisconsin was cut back to Fitchburg in the 80s, then cut back even further c. 2005. Only two customers, Vita Plus and Capital Newspapers, are served in the Fish Hatchery Road area. |
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10/20/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 9:57:55 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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443 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Dwarfed by the Capitol dome, WAMX 3928 creeps toward the MX connector switch |
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10/20/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:16:45 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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288 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WAMX 3928 heads north through the Isthmus |
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10/20/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:24:35 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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246 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L469 heads back to the yard with a 10 car train from the McFarland industrial park |
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10/20/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:27:07 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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269 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WAMX 3928 leads L469 long hood forward approaching Paterson Street |
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10/20/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:29:07 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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282 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WSOR 4002 is power for T007 as it sits on the main in the yard doing its air test |
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10/20/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:31:26 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WSOR 4002(SD40-2) |
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75 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Fall colors flank the Johnson Street Yard and T007 almost ready to depart |
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10/20/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:36:22 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WSOR 4002(SD40-2) |
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115 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WAMX 3947 leads L469 at Livingston Street with a train off the Madison Sub |
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The balance of this train is the sand and gravel loads they will later take to the new Lycon ready-mix plant in Oregon. |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:13:44 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3947(GP39-2) |
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232 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WSOR 4002 leads yet another T007 departing the yard |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:16:41 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WSOR 4002(SD40-2) |
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80 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L469 creeps across MX and leaves downtown behind |
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Heading to Oregon with sand and gravel loads for the new Lycon ready-mix plant. |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:31:46 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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170 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
WSOR 3802 eases L469's string of aggregate loads toward Lakeside Street |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:33:38 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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137 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WSOR 3802 squeezes past the patio of the Lakeside St. Coffee House |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:36:36 PM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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154 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
L469 dips down into the Syene Sag |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:39:41 PM |
Location: |
Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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204 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WSOR 3802 and L469 approaching McCoy Road |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:41:39 PM |
Location: |
Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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122 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
For 18 years, this sight could not be seen |
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After being out of service since 1996, the line was reopened from here (McCoy Road) to a new Lycon ready-mix plant on the north side of Oregon at the end of September, 2014. |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:45:34 PM |
Location: |
Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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144 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
WSOR 3802 leads L469 around the bend just across Lacy Road |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:08:18 PM |
Location: |
Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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114 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WSOR 3802 and WAMX 3947 pulling hard on the aggregate loads |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:12:02 PM |
Location: |
Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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126 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Rumbling past some lingering fall colors alongside Syene Road |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:18:47 PM |
Location: |
Fitchburg, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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136 Comments: 1 |
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In the "foligage funnel" seen from the County Highway M overpass |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:22:52 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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159 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Starting to lean into the curve approaching County Highway M |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:26:55 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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410 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
L469 approaching the County M underpass |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:29:08 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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302 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Destination in sight |
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The spur with the switch just beyond the crossing leads to the new ready mix plant, where the loads will be set out. |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:32:45 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3947(GP39-2) WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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331 Comments: 0 |
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Twenty-one loads of aggregate for the new Lycon ready mix plant |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:36:18 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WAMX 3947(GP39-2) |
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287 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
About to shove the loads into the plant spur |
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Looking north from Netherwood Road, this is about as far south as a train will go on this newly reopened line at present. |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:41:23 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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220 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Spotting the loads |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:43:31 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WSOR 3802(GP38) WAMX 3947(GP39-2) |
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249 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Lining the switch back for the main |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:48:01 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WAMX 3947(GP39-2) |
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200 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Light power starting the journey back north to Madison |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:50:13 PM |
Location: |
Oregon, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WAMX 3947(GP39-2) WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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261 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L469 crosses Wingra Creek on the way back from Vita Plus with one |
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11/10/2014 Upload Date: 11/11/2014 1:31:22 AM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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270 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The westbound WSOR local emerges from the fog |
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1/27/2015 Upload Date: 1/28/2015 5:48:27 PM |
Location: |
Devils Lake, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WSOR 4051(SD40-2) |
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116 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WSOR 4051, 4052 and 16 cars snake along the shore |
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1/27/2015 Upload Date: 1/28/2015 5:49:57 PM |
Location: |
Devils Lake, WI |
Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Locomotives: |
WSOR 4051(SD40-2) WSOR 4052(SD40-2) |
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117 Comments: 0 |
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