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Three out of four red and gray units on this idling sand train |
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4223 is designated SD40-2 by the frame stenciling, although it is an SD45 re-engined to SD40-2 specifications. 4192 on the left is an SD40-2 in an SD40's body, and is designated SD40M-2 by the frame as well as the site. |
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5/24/2018 Upload Date: 5/28/2018 12:04:48 PM |
| Location: |
Boscobel, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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| Title: |
Faked out |
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I was looking forward to chasing the train with 4223 leading. After killing a couple hours hanging out in the nice park by the old depot, I went back to check on the train and found a crew van had finally arrived! However, they cut 4223 off and ran it light into a siding across town before taking the train east with the other three units. |
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5/24/2018 Upload Date: 5/28/2018 12:05:23 PM |
| Location: |
Boscobel, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4171(SD40-2) |
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WAMX 4171 passes MP 209 |
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Between unfavorable light, my annoyance at being cheated out of my expected chase of 4223 leading, and having gotten 4171 (and its big rust spot on the engineer's side) leading several times in the last few months, I left the train behind and drove home to Madison. |
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5/24/2018 Upload Date: 5/28/2018 12:07:17 PM |
| Location: |
Boscobel, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4171(SD40-2) |
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211 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Flared Forty Plus Four |
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1/2/2020 Upload Date: 1/2/2020 11:05:36 PM |
| Location: |
Helena, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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| Title: |
Anderson Switch |
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4223 poses with the Milwaukee-Road style switch stand for the siding to Anderson Inc. west of Arena, the reason for today's trip. |
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1/2/2020 Upload Date: 1/3/2020 7:35:05 PM |
| Location: |
Helena, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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In the Anderson, Inc. siding |
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L465 left two of their cars on the main, then shoved in and coupled the other two to the long string of tank cars already in the Anderson Inc. siding. Not sure how many of them they were actually supposed to pull, since I couldn't stick around to watch the whole switch. |
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1/2/2020 Upload Date: 1/3/2020 7:36:57 PM |
| Location: |
Helena, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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| Title: |
Going Nowhere Fast |
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L465's motor 4223 idles in the siding at Anderson Inc. west of Arena. In a few moments, they will shove deeper into the siding. I had to start for home after that. |
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1/2/2020 Upload Date: 1/3/2020 7:39:54 PM |
| Location: |
Helena, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) |
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Not the shot I wanted of HLCX 6313 leading an all-grain T008 |
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...but the shot I got. I'd lined up my shot, set the focus, pressed the shutter...and nothing, because I'd forgotten to flip on the power switch on my T8i. I drove ahead and waited at Arena for another chance, but they seemed to stop off to the west of me, and I had other things to attend to. |
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8/11/2021 Upload Date: 8/22/2021 7:00:20 AM |
| Location: |
Spring Green, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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HLCX 6313(SD40-2) |
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248 Comments: 0 |
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Long-hood forward as always, WAMX 4219 clatters across Twin Valley Road with the westbound Prairie job |
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Third time catching this unit with the unique short hood leading a train since it was painted in late 2017/early 2018, third time it has been long hood forward. LOL. |
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10/19/2021 Upload Date: 11/16/2021 4:41:58 PM |
| Location: |
Middleton, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4219(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
WAMX 4178 past the depot with an eastbound grain+sand train |
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1/14/2022 Upload Date: 1/20/2022 8:56:18 AM |
| Location: |
Middleton, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4178(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
WAMX 4178 low, wide and right at home |
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This ex-Milwaukee Road SD40-2 is still working ex-Milwaukee Road rails. The other two units in this consist are HLCX leasers. |
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1/14/2022 Upload Date: 1/20/2022 8:57:01 AM |
| Location: |
Middleton, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4178(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
L724 passes the WSOR Burro crane |
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The Burro set seems to be permanently stored on this siding in Cross Plains, as it's always here when I go by. Never thought to include it in a shot with a train until now. I broke off the chase of L469 after it cleared Olin Avenue to catch up with this, the other train I had a heads up on for this day. |
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4/5/2022 Upload Date: 4/9/2022 11:43:34 PM |
| Location: |
Cross Plains, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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HLCX 6334(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
HLCX 6334 with one of many Milwaukee Road-style switch stands still extant on the Prairie Sub |
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4/5/2022 Upload Date: 4/9/2022 11:45:15 PM |
| Location: |
Cross Plains, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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HLCX 6334(SD40-2) |
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KRL (Kasgro) 8-axle well flat bearing a transformer, second in L724's train |
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Loads like this are somewhat unusual on the WSOR's branch lines out of Madison, so it made this train a worthwhile catch despite the overcast skies and long-hood-forward leaser power. |
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4/5/2022 Upload Date: 4/9/2022 11:45:49 PM |
| Location: |
Cross Plains, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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| Title: |
Crossing Center Street |
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Like nearly every crossing on the WSOR by this point in time, the Milwaukee Road or C&NW-era 8" incandescent lamps on the signals have been replaced with 12" LEDs. However, this crossing has not yet had the entire signals replaced with new gated ones, and the uniquely small, high-pitched Western Railroad Supply Co. "mini" mechanical bell remains. It seems the Milwaukee Road was a fairly heavy user of these bells, with at least two or three remaining on all of WSOR's ex-MILW lines out of Madison until the signal replacements began in earnest under Watco ownership in the mid-2010s. |
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4/5/2022 Upload Date: 4/9/2022 11:48:55 PM |
| Location: |
Black Earth, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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HLCX 6334(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
KRL 27104 bearing the transformer rolls through |
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4/5/2022 Upload Date: 4/9/2022 11:49:44 PM |
| Location: |
Black Earth, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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| Title: |
Rounding the curve past the Old Feed Mill Restaurant |
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More Milwaukee Road-style switch stands are evident in this shot. WSOR has begun to replace them around their system under Watco ownership, but the Prairie Sub remains a stronghold for now. The switch the power is on is the west leg of the wye for the Sauk City branch, out of service except for car storage since the Wisconsin River bridge was partially demolished due to shifting piers in 1998. |
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4/5/2022 Upload Date: 4/9/2022 11:51:50 PM |
| Location: |
Mazomanie, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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HLCX 6334(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
KRL 27104 carries the big transformer past the 1857 depot |
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4/5/2022 Upload Date: 4/9/2022 11:53:18 PM |
| Location: |
Mazomanie, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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| Title: |
Rocking and rolling toward the "Blynn Bend" |
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Finally got my 25 MPH runby and called it a chase...the crew said on the radio they were going to park it in Spring Green, anyway. Most of the slow orders which had been repealed the last time I chased a train out on this line prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, seem to have been re-instated. |
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4/5/2022 Upload Date: 4/9/2022 11:54:12 PM |
| Location: |
Arena, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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HLCX 6334(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Ex-Bloody Nose, now blue |
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6334 was built as an SD40 for Southern Pacific, No. 8406 in 1966. It has been based on the WSOR since 2017, along with 6313. They have been joined at various times by other Helm leasers such as 6305, 6328 and 6337. |
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4/5/2022 Upload Date: 4/9/2022 11:56:11 PM |
| Location: |
Arena, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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HLCX 6334(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Parting shot of KRL 27104 and its dimensional load |
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4/5/2022 Upload Date: 4/9/2022 11:58:23 PM |
| Location: |
Arena, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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| Title: |
P3 echoing in the distance, WAMX 3928 drifts downgrade toward town |
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L469(?) I think they said on the radio, although typically L465 would work this line. I intended to take a closer shot of the runby, but my Canon T8i suffered some sort of malfunction and refused to snap the photo. Arrrrgh! |
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6/1/2022 Upload Date: 6/1/2022 11:09:10 PM |
| Location: |
Middleton, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 3928(GP39-2) |
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| Title: |
WAMX 4197 on an eastbound grain train that tied down here last night |
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I hoped a crew would get on board and start taking it east during my lunch break, but I didn't really expect to be that lucky, and I wasn't. |
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1/6/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2023 10:07:26 PM |
| Location: |
Madison, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4197(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
WAMX 4197 posed on the Whitney Way curve with 4223 and HLCX 6313 behind |
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1/6/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2023 10:12:39 PM |
| Location: |
Madison, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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WAMX 4197(SD40-2) |
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