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Viewing Album:  Railroad Museums and Static Displays
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:7/9/1992 - 8/13/2023
Album Info:Album for trains that are still around but ain't runnin' no mo.' Also includes operational trains at railroad museums.
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CNW 1385 looks like a ghostly shipwreck from the window of our train
Title:  CNW 1385 looks like a ghostly shipwreck from the window of our train
Description:  17 years ago, I rode these same tracks, behind the NorthWestern ten-wheeler.
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/3/2009 12:06:27 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jennifer Heise
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 1385(4-6-0)
Views:  1177   Comments: 4
Some of the Mid-Continent Museum's rolling stock collection
Title:  Some of the Mid-Continent Museum's rolling stock collection
Description:  Seen from on board the train.
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/3/2009 12:08:12 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jennifer Heise
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  388   Comments: 0
Throwing the switch
Title:  Throwing the switch
Description:  Our MCRY "Snow Train" is at the end of the line and awaiting the run-around move.
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 8:55:01 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Here comes MCRY 7 alongside its train
Title:  Here comes MCRY 7 alongside its train
Description:  This was the first of the two MCRY "road" diesels to have its traction motors repaired after the flood of 2008.
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 8:59:10 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
A friendly wave
Title:  A friendly wave
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 9:07:48 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
Broom shot
Title:  Broom shot
Description:  Can you tell we're inside a coach shooting through the window?
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 9:12:29 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
MCRY 7 running around
Title:  MCRY 7 running around
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 9:36:21 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
Passing through the switch
Title:  Passing through the switch
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 9:39:01 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
Back on the main
Title:  Back on the main
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 9:44:37 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
Coupling up
Title:  Coupling up
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 9:45:30 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
The last "Snow Train" approaches the end of the line
Title:  The last "Snow Train" approaches the end of the line
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 10:01:37 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
MCRY 7 passing the "station shed"
Title:  MCRY 7 passing the "station shed"
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 10:07:37 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
MCRY 7 approaching County Highway PF
Title:  MCRY 7 approaching County Highway PF
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 10:10:44 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
MCRY 7 comes around the curve on its way back northbound
Title:  MCRY 7 comes around the curve on its way back northbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/19/2009 9:40:56 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
MCRY 7 northbound seen from the west side of the tracks
Title:  MCRY 7 northbound seen from the west side of the tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/22/2009 2:49:50 AM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
MCRY 7 approaching County PF from the other side
Title:  MCRY 7 approaching County PF from the other side
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/19/2009 9:49:35 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
MCRY 7 crossing County PF northbound
Title:  MCRY 7 crossing County PF northbound
Description:  Bringing the last passengers of Snow Train Weekend back towards North Freedom.
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 2/19/2009 10:08:01 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
DLW 425 brings up the rear on the return trip
Title:  DLW 425 brings up the rear on the return trip
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/3/2009 12:10:31 AM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  251   Comments: 0
Pacing MCRY 7 as it ambles back to the museum
Title:  Pacing MCRY 7 as it ambles back to the museum
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/3/2009 12:12:15 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
MCRY 7 chugging along
Title:  MCRY 7 chugging along
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/3/2009 12:24:05 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
MCRY's "extra" cars, with actual Midwestern heritage
Title:  MCRY's "extra" cars, with actual Midwestern heritage
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/3/2009 12:30:36 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  897   Comments: 0
The train passes the bare fields
Title:  The train passes the bare fields
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/5/2009 10:08:36 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
The last Snow Train passengers de-train
Title:  The last Snow Train passengers de-train
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 9:55:24 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  205   Comments: 0
Mid-Continent regular coach DLW 557
Title:  Mid-Continent regular coach DLW 557
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 10:17:11 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  196   Comments: 0
MCRY 1256 on its "borrowed" freight car trucks
Title:  MCRY 1256 on its "borrowed" freight car trucks
Description:  The proper trucks and traction motors were undergoing repairs following severe flooding at the museum in the summer of 2008.
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 10:31:46 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 1256(RS-4-TC)
Views:  527   Comments: 0
Waiting for those flood-damaged trucks and motors to be repaired
Title:  Waiting for those flood-damaged trucks and motors to be repaired
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 10:36:57 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 1256(RS-4-TC)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road ALCo 988
Title:  Milwaukee Road ALCo 988
Description:  This locomotive is not too far removed from operable condition, but has slipped even further down the MCRY's priority list due to the flood damage to their regular excursion diesels, in addition to the ongoing steam restoration efforts.
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 10:45:10 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 988(RSC2)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
MILW 988
Title:  MILW 988
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 10:51:07 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 988(RSC2)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
Bell, headlight & numberboard detail on MILW 988
Title:  Bell, headlight & numberboard detail on MILW 988
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 11:01:50 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 988(RSC2)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
MILW 988 cab detail
Title:  MILW 988 cab detail
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2009  Upload Date: 10/9/2019 10:32:05 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 988(RSC2)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
MCRY 4 up in the air
Title:  MCRY 4 up in the air
Description:  This 1943 GE switcher is getting its newly refurbished trucks rolled back underneath it.
Photo Date:  9/22/2009  Upload Date: 9/23/2009 12:44:58 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 4(45Tonner)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
MCRY crews working on Number 4 in the rain
Title:  MCRY crews working on Number 4 in the rain
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2009  Upload Date: 9/23/2009 12:48:32 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 4(45Tonner)
Views:  346   Comments: 1
Still waiting on that second truck
Title:  Still waiting on that second truck
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2009  Upload Date: 9/23/2009 12:55:18 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 4(45Tonner)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
Lowered down and ready to roll
Title:  Lowered down and ready to roll
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2009  Upload Date: 9/23/2009 12:59:43 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 4(45Tonner)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Flagg Coal 75 "Hank" chugs back to couple onto the train
Title:  Flagg Coal 75 "Hank" chugs back to couple onto the train
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 2:50:57 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FCC 75(0-4-0T)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
Until this week, steam power had not operated at Mid-Continent Railway since 2/2000
Title:  Until this week, steam power had not operated at Mid-Continent Railway since 2/2000
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 12:52:46 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FCC 75(0-4-0T)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
Flagg Coal 75 loads passengers for the 11:30 train
Title:  Flagg Coal 75 loads passengers for the 11:30 train
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 2:11:06 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FCC 75(0-4-0T) SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
Flagg Coal 75 stands ready awaiting the highball order
Title:  Flagg Coal 75 stands ready awaiting the highball order
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 5:51:29 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FCC 75(0-4-0T)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
Blowing off some steam
Title:  Blowing off some steam
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 5:57:06 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FCC 75(0-4-0T)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
Steaming out of the station
Title:  Steaming out of the station
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 6:10:12 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FCC 75(0-4-0T)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
ALCo diesels outside the shops
Title:  ALCo diesels outside the shops
Description:  The paint on these two has faded noticeably since I last saw them in 2009. No. 7 is operational and trades off with 1256 on the regular passenger train. 988 has been "close" to operational condition for several years.
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 6:13:56 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1) MILW 988(RSC2)
Views:  714   Comments: 0
Flagg Coal 75 chuffs along the former C&NW mining branch
Title:  Flagg Coal 75 chuffs along the former C&NW mining branch
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 6:29:59 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FCC 75(0-4-0T)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
The caboose and the helper
Title:  The caboose and the helper
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 6:33:11 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 1256(RS-4-TC)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
CBQ 4978
Title:  CBQ 4978
Description:  Guided tours of the preserved equipment, including the locomotive's cab, are available from the depot museum. The bell works, and you can ring it.
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 6:53:39 PM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 4978(2-8-2)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
CBQ 4978 looks good
Title:  CBQ 4978 looks good
Description:  This class O1a Mikado is the centerpiece of the small but well-maintained railroad museum based out of the Mendota Amtrak station. All the connecting rods and valve gear are intact too, instead of being torched off like so many locomotives.
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 6:55:23 PM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 4978(2-8-2)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
Tour group entering MILW 2713
Title:  Tour group entering MILW 2713
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 7:10:01 PM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  171   Comments: 0
The Cadillac & Lake City Railway "American View" dining car
Title:  The Cadillac & Lake City Railway "American View" dining car
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 7:15:23 PM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Former IC bilevel electric commuter cars
Title:  Former IC bilevel electric commuter cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 7:24:11 PM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UDRM 1619(Electric M.U.)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
W.F. Hall Printing Co. #5 Whitcomb 45-ton switcher on display
Title:  W.F. Hall Printing Co. #5 Whitcomb 45-ton switcher on display
Description:  This was briefly rostered by WSOR and seldom if ever used before they donated it to Rochelle Railroad Park in 2003.
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 11:10:42 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WHPX 5(50-DE-58a-1)
Views:  1087   Comments: 0
MILW 992083 - a tribute to a bygone line
Title:  MILW 992083 - a tribute to a bygone line
Description:  Milwaukee Road had a branch line that went north from Oglesby through Mendota and joined the CB&Q (later BN, now BNSF) near Steward. Milwaukee Road used the Burlington tracks through Rochelle to Flagg Center, where they branched off once again toward Davis Junction and Rockford (still in use by IR and CP/formerly ICE and earlier IMRL).
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/24/2012 12:03:31 AM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  189   Comments: 0

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