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CSX GEVO duo in one of the industry spurs just off the yard |
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Not sure what these were doing here. The engines were idling, but there didn't appear to be a crew on board. |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 2:53:19 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CSX 5207(ES40DC) CSX 5213(ES40DC) |
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Target in sight! |
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I got a heads up that CP train 281 had a neat lashup on this day. I calculated I could just beat them to Portage after I got out of work, and sure enough, just a few minutes after I arrived they appeared around the curve! |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 2:54:27 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1843(SD40N) |
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CP 281 with UP leaders passes the 177.8 eastbound signal |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:13:14 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1843(SD40N) CSX 5213(ES40DC) |
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UP 1843 leads a sister and two home road units, all standard cab EMD, on CP train 281 |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:13:46 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1843(SD40N) |
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After a crew change, 281 holds the main on the west end of town to await opposing traffic |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:15:03 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1843(SD40N) |
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CP 288 east with BNSF power rounds the curve in a winter wonderland |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:15:34 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 4510(C44-9W) |
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BNSF 4510 hangs a left at the Portage West switch, taking the siding |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:16:34 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 4510(C44-9W) |
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BNSF 4510 and a sister are power for eastbound Canadian Pacific train 288 |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:17:10 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 4510(C44-9W) BNSF 4565(C44-9W) |
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288 meets 281 |
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As the older standard cab EMDs and fallen flag paint schemes get ever harder to find with time, the variety of foreign power keeps this line interesting. As 281's lashup proves, standard cab EMDs can still be found on occasion, as well! |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:18:41 PM |
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Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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BNSF 4565(C44-9W) BNSF 4510(C44-9W) UP 1843(SD40N) |
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UP 1843 and three helpers muscle CP train 281 back into motion |
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Over 10,000' of train was no problem for this quartet of EMDs. Seconds after the power crossed the road, still moving at a fairly sedate pace, I packed up and left, thinking I could easily beat them to the next crossing west. Boy, was I wrong! |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:19:15 PM |
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Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1843(SD40N) |
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A strange eastbound light engine movement of an NS Dash 9 takes the siding to meet 281 |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:22:00 PM |
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Camp Douglas, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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NS 9866(C40-9W) UP 1843(SD40N) |
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UP 1843 has wings and it's flying! |
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Even with me going 75-80 MPH on the Interstate, and the train making a stop at Mile Creek siding, I was only a few minutes ahead of it here at Camp Douglas. |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:25:22 PM |
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Camp Douglas, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 1843(SD40N) |
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NS 9866 trundles through town heading for Mile Creek Siding |
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Waited for 281 at Camp Douglas Siding, they'll wait for 199 at Mile Creek, and possibly more opposing traffic at Kilbourn and/or Lewiston. |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:33:04 PM |
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Mauston, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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NS 9866(C40-9W) |
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CP 8940 leads daily westbound autorack/intermodal train 199 |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:33:46 PM |
| Location: |
Mauston, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8940(ES44AC) |
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CP 9603, 199's mid-train distributed power, kicks up a swirl of snow over the crossing |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:34:22 PM |
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Mauston, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 9603(AC44CW) |
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NS 9866 forges ahead out of Mile Creek all by its lonesome |
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I didn't clearly catch this move's ID over the scanner, I think they said 691? Sometimes unit trains, especially sand or grain, will run out of Portage, be dropped at their destination and the power will return to the terminal light. |
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1/13/2020 Upload Date: 1/14/2020 3:35:02 PM |
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Mauston, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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NS 9866(C40-9W) |
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CP 8849 makes for a stellar leader (not) on WB autorack/intermodal train 199 |
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Of late, somewhat interesting stuff like the military tribute SD70ACUs have started appearing on this train. Not today. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/25/2020 3:21:07 PM |
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Columbus, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8618 mid-train on 199 |
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I've seen this unit before, on a flood detour over the WSOR in 2008. It had the Golden Beaver scheme then. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/25/2020 3:21:58 PM |
| Location: |
Columbus, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8618(AC44CW) |
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The lemon cab SD70ACC goes it solo on CP 581, WB oil MTs |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/25/2020 3:22:47 PM |
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Columbus, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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NS 1800 creeps up to Dodge West |
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They'll slow to less than walking speed, but not quite come to a full stop, while a relatively short eastbound 288 passes through the switch. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/25/2020 3:24:54 PM |
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Fall River, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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Eastbound 288 appears around the curve, about to hang a left onto Main 1 |
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This is "Dodge West," the westbound end of the roughly 20 mile stretch of double track that begins at Watertown West. Most of this line west of Pewaukee was single-tracked in the Soo Line era. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/25/2020 3:27:05 PM |
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Fall River, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8951 leading 288 past 581's oil cans and about to dive under Seier Road |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/25/2020 3:29:54 PM |
| Location: |
Fall River, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8951(ES44AC) |
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Empty oil train 581 blasts toward Salisbury Rd. |
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The solo ACC had no trouble getting the empty train back up to track speed after coming to a not-quite full stop to let 288 clear at Dodge West. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/25/2020 3:30:47 PM |
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Rio, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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NS 1800 on CP 581 stopped for fuel and a crew change |
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This unit was rebuilt from a standard cab SD70 in March, 2018. The less than two-year-old paint scheme is quite filthy, par for the course for me when catching special schemes in the lead. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/25/2020 3:31:49 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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| Title: |
Fill 'er up! |
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CP 581's oddball NS motor stopped for fuel and a crew change at Ontario St. (also known in local parlance as Popenfus' Crossing). They'll also wait for 281 and Amtrak 7 to overtake. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/25/2020 3:33:06 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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G64 pulls up alongside the refueling 581/NS 1800 to wait for more traffic |
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281, which followed 581 out of Milwaukee, will overtake on the main and cross over to the siding (actually a ~3-mile remnant of the second main) in front of it to stop for its own recrew while Amtrak 7 passes everything on the main. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/25/2020 10:38:16 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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| Title: |
The trifecta |
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Trains on the siding (581 with NS 1800, hidden by 4008), main, and M&P tracks. 281 will cross over main to siding in front of 581 and recrew at Three Light. G64 will follow it through the crossover and go into the yard, leaving the main clear for Amtrak 7 to make its Portage station stop. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/25/2020 10:40:43 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 4008(GP40-3) CP 8731(ES44AC) |
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CP 8731 leading 281 on the main overtakes G64 waiting on the M&P (Madison branch) |
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...and MT oil train 581, hidden behind on the siding. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/26/2020 2:01:31 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
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CP 8731(ES44AC) CP 4008(GP40-3) |
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| Title: |
CP 5108 3rd unit of 4 on 281 |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/26/2020 2:02:45 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 5108(SD40-3) |
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G64's crew watches 281 roll slowly by |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/26/2020 2:04:35 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 4008(GP40-3) |
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CP 4008 waits its turn to roll into town and enter the yard |
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It won't be long now-281 is clear and to my suprise, the dispatcher snuck him in ahead of Amtrak. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/26/2020 2:42:32 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 4008(GP40-3) |
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With a throaty EMD growl, the rebuilt GP40 brings G64's train toward the yard to finish up for the day |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/26/2020 2:44:46 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 4008(GP40-3) |
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Amtrak 7 zips toward its station stop, past the waiJing 581 power NS 1800 |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/26/2020 2:46:42 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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With a new crew on board, NS 1800 eases empty oil train 581 back into motion |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/26/2020 3:01:17 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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NS 1800 rolls toward Ontario St. in the last light of the day |
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The relief conductor doesn't look too thrilled to sce the foamer. Oh well, the light was almost gone and I had had my fill of this unique, but dirty SD70ACC. |
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2/24/2020 Upload Date: 2/26/2020 3:18:56 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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NS 1800(SD70ACC) |
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CP 5936 and 6067 open 'er up with 60 ballast loads |
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6/3/2020 Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:30:32 PM |
| Location: |
Richwood, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 5936(SD40-2) |
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EB potash train 680 hangs a left at the Portage West switch onto the siding |
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6/12/2020 Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:32:53 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 9370(ES44AC) |
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GEs front potash train 680 coming into town |
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Apparently, 8638 had been a mid-train DPU and then they stopped at the Lewiston siding just west of here and moved it up front. |
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6/12/2020 Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:34:07 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 9370(ES44AC) |
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CP 8638 with Beaver and Flags |
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This caught my eye on an otherwise typically grimy and faded unrebuilt CP GE. Even the 8000/8100s which were rebuilt starting in late 2017 are getting dirty. |
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6/12/2020 Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:36:48 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 8638(AC44CW) |
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Red EMD trio hauls EB manifest 288 through the Portage West switch |
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288 has lately been a massive train and this day was no exception. Often it is operated in some sort of DPU configuration, but this time all the power was up front! |
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6/12/2020 Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:39:09 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6236(SD60) |
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Standard cab classics |
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6/12/2020 Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:40:37 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6236(SD60) |
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CP 6236 |
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Over eight years after the Soo Line SD60s started to get rebuilt/renumbered and repainted into the CP roster, I still have seen relatively few of them (especially leading) and the once clean and bright red paint is visibly faded. |
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6/12/2020 Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:43:11 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 6236(SD60) |
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CP 5966 third out on 288 |
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Snapped a roster of another faded Dual Flags SD40-2, one of several that has been floating around the Bensenville-St. Paul corridor this spring. They mostly appear in MoW duty such as ballast and rail trains. This one had hauled the weed sprayer train into Portage from the west during the previous week, then was taken off and 6043 added. |
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6/12/2020 Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:43:56 PM |
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Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 5966(SD40-2) |
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Westbound ethanol empty with CSX power tied down in the siding |
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6/12/2020 Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:44:41 PM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CSX 3384(ET44AH) |
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| Title: |
SOO 57 - so sayeth the scrawl |
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6/18/2020 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:28:34 AM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
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Andre Wehrle |
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CP 9807 is head-end power for 199 |
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6/18/2020 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:29:24 AM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 9807(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CP 9826 mid-train on 199 |
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6/18/2020 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:30:14 AM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 9826(AC44CW) |
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Blinded by the Light |
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Westbound manifest 281 comes into Portage led by one of the still shiny clean second order of SD70ACUs, with another one of the Heritage group, 7017, second in consist. |
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6/18/2020 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:31:59 AM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7031(SD70ACU) |
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Red, Maroon, Gray & Orange |
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281's rainbow of power rolls past Popenfus'. After finding them elusive since they started to appear on the rails last fall, I caught three SD70ACUs including two Heritage on this day! |
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6/18/2020 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:40:15 AM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7031(SD70ACU) |
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288 gets rolling east from the yard |
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6/18/2020 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:41:57 AM |
| Location: |
Portage, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CP 7013(SD70ACU) |
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