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AMTK 317 leads today's Chicago-bound Empire Builder out of town after their stop |
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Only about 10 minutes behind schedule, surprisingly good by Amtrak standards. |
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6/14/2023 Upload Date: 6/15/2023 2:24:12 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 317(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 317 about to slam Popenfus' crossing with No. 8 eastbound |
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Popenfus' is a Milwaukee Road-era local nickname for Ontario Street. I thought the Siemens Chargers were hideous when the short-haul version first appeared on the Hiawathas several years ago, but they've grown on me, especially with the Phase VI and VII paint schemes! |
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6/14/2023 Upload Date: 6/15/2023 2:24:33 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 317(ALC-42) |
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CP 9706 solo on the head end of eastbound manifest 248 |
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An old standby, faded and dingy as ever. |
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6/14/2023 Upload Date: 6/15/2023 2:25:14 PM |
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Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 9706(AC44CW) |
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KCS 5017 mid-train on 248 |
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6/14/2023 Upload Date: 6/15/2023 2:25:37 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Front-end view of KCS 5017 mid-train on 248 |
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6/14/2023 Upload Date: 6/15/2023 2:34:35 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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KCS 4859 |
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6/14/2023 Upload Date: 6/15/2023 3:13:53 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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UP 3657, 5/5 units on 247 |
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This was another treat...I didn't expect to see one of these again as I thought they'd all been retired/sold off and rebuilt to SD70ACU! |
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6/14/2023 Upload Date: 6/15/2023 3:14:06 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 3657(SD9043MAC) |
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A Golden Beaver repaint GMD Dash 2 trailing on 8WWA |
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I shot (pre-repaint) 6043 leading the weed sprayer train three years prior almost to the day, one crossing to the west. At the time it had a duck decoy mounted above the bell. |
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6/14/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 9:06:03 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6043(SD40-2) |
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Hot Shot Rocks |
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With no opposing traffic in the picture, 2WWA-17 has clear sailing back to Portage with their 59 loaded Herzog ballast hoppers. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:08:51 PM |
| Location: |
Richwood, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6017(SD40-2) |
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Bright red Golden Beaver units look sharp in the late spring afternoon light |
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Quite (pleasantly) surprising to us railfans that CP began repainting their remaining SD40-2s early last year, despite them being mostly relegated to MoW/work train service (like these ballast trains) by 2018 or so. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:30:33 PM |
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Rio, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6017(SD40-2) |
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After a clear shot from Watertown to here, 2WWA holds the main |
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Eastbound intermodal train 148 will go around on the siding, and a yard job will use the junction crossover to access an industry spur before the rock loads can pull into the yard. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:31:36 PM |
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Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6017(SD40-2) |
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CP 9753 solo on the head end of eastbound intermodal 148 |
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Taking the siding due to ballast train 2WWA holding the main. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:32:15 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 9753(AC44CW) |
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CP 8063 mid-train on 148 passes 2WWA's power and gets the roll-by from the crew |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:33:43 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8063(AC4400CWM) CP 6017(SD40-2) |
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Bright red rodents still basking in the sun |
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They will begin the pull into the yard momentarily. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:34:19 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6017(SD40-2) |
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CP 6017 leads 2WWA starting the pull toward the yard |
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This unit had eluded my lens until now, although my dad caught a video of it leading a 281 way back in May, 2010 when it was still in CP Rail System "Dual Flags" paint. That scheme was badly faded then, and the locomotive would wear it for another twelve years! |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:45:22 PM |
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Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6017(SD40-2) |
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Yard job backs into the Meigs spur to pick up some tank cars |
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The Meigs spur is actually the only remaining stub of the old Soo Line "P-Line" that once came down from Stevens Point (abandoned in the 1940s!), and the tail track used for headroom on it is a stub of the old MILW Northern Division line to Horicon/Milwaukee (abandoned between here and Cambria in the early '80s). |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:56:03 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2324(GP20C-ECO) |
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CP 2324 back in the Meigs spur collecting the tank cars |
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Meigs is an asphalt company...not sure what they receive/ship in the tankers. The spur splits into two tracks, from Google Earth it looks like they can fit up to 14 cars at a time. |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:57:29 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2324(GP20C-ECO) |
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CP 2324 heading back to the main with its pickup from Meigs |
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6/17/2023 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 8:58:22 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2324(GP20C-ECO) |
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Hiawatha 339 glides toward Bain Station Rd. with a B32-8WH leader |
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First train I've shot this far south (RR east) on the C&M Sub since I moved out of Milwaukee ten years ago. Of the handful of times I've caught one of these on the Hiawathas, this is also the only time I've caught it on the westward end, the usual place for the powered locomotive on these trains prior to the Siemens Charger era. |
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9/2/2023 Upload Date: 9/2/2023 11:05:06 PM |
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Pleasant Prairie, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 90221 in its "Veterans" scheme trails on 339 |
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A few years ago, this received an "America's Railroad Salutes Our Veterans" scheme (similar to that on P42DC 42), replacing the Phase V it previously wore. |
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9/2/2023 Upload Date: 9/2/2023 11:06:05 PM |
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Pleasant Prairie, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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KCS 4596 West, CPKC 247 |
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Columbus-Fall River Rd. at 1700. 3/5 units in the frame, other two were EMD Belles KCS 4013-KCSM 4095. |
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9/29/2023 Upload Date: 9/29/2023 9:35:41 PM |
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Columbus, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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KCS 4596(AC44CW) |
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AMTK 315 West, Empire Builder No. 7 |
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Columbus-Fall River Rd. at 1758. |
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9/29/2023 Upload Date: 9/29/2023 9:41:26 PM |
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Columbus, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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AMTK 315(ALC-42) |
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Eastbound autorack train CPKC 730 gets out of town ahead of the steam extravaganza |
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A one-unit wonder. |
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5/6/2024 Upload Date: 5/7/2024 2:32:30 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8701's bright red paint is still apparent under years of weathering, dust and oil streaks |
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When I took up railfanning c. 2007, the ES44ACs were the shiny new power. |
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5/6/2024 Upload Date: 5/7/2024 2:34:22 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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Mexico Bound |
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The H-1b class Hudson known as "The Empress," restored for a grand tri-national steam tour to celebrate the "CPKC" merger. |
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5/6/2024 Upload Date: 5/7/2024 2:42:26 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2816(4-6-4) |
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CP 2816 hisses across Ontario Street |
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5/6/2024 Upload Date: 5/7/2024 2:50:14 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Another going-away shot showing CP 1 "Sandford Fleming" bringing up the rear of the train |
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5/6/2024 Upload Date: 5/7/2024 3:14:06 PM |
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Fall River, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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A bit of a smoke show |
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With the 2816 being fired with (relatively compared to coal) clean-burning oil, and operated with efficiency in mind, it was a bit (pleasantly) surprising to see this smoke plume as it approached Forest Grove Drive. |
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5/6/2024 Upload Date: 5/7/2024 3:15:48 PM |
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Pewaukee, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2816(4-6-4) |
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Steaming by Forest Grove Dr. |
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5/6/2024 Upload Date: 5/7/2024 3:16:24 PM |
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Pewaukee, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2816(4-6-4) |
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Rods down and bell clanging approaching Waterford Ave. |
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5/6/2024 Upload Date: 5/7/2024 3:21:57 PM |
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Milwaukee, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 2816(4-6-4) |
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AMTK 160 "Pepsi Can" heritage leads westbound Borealis 1333 |
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My first catch of the "Borealis" service since it launched three months prior, I wanted to make sure to get it with one of the special/unusual units that has been frequenting it. This is a version of the scheme the B32-8WHs wore as delivered in the early '90s. I've caught this one before (leading No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, in February 2022), but the photo didn't turn out great and the video was unusable. Naturally, clouds filled in on what was forecast to be a mostly sunny afternoon. |
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8/19/2024 Upload Date: 8/19/2024 8:02:19 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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