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Viewing Album:  Ex-C&NW Tracks Around Madison
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:10/8/1989 - 12/31/2022
Album Info:Most of the Chicago & Northwestern's lines in and around Wisconsin's capital city are a shell of their former selves thanks to abandonments by C&NW itself and later Union Pacific. WSOR leases from UP several branches that are stubs of these former main lines; to Reedsburg, Cottage Grove, and industries on the south side, and gamely keeps them alive. The former C&NW Monona Yard between E. Johnson Street and Commercial Avenue serves as the base of Madison area operations.
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High class
Title:  High class
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:29:32 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  417   Comments: 1
Falling rocks
Title:  Falling rocks
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:34:04 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  65   Comments: 0
Rouding the Lacy Road curve
Title:  Rouding the Lacy Road curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:36:00 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  272   Comments: 1
Alongside Syene Road just south of Lacy
Title:  Alongside Syene Road just south of Lacy
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:40:32 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  289   Comments: 1
WAMX 3928 was formerly UP 1234
Title:  WAMX 3928 was formerly UP 1234
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:42:10 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
A little throttle approaching the County Highway M underpass
Title:  A little throttle approaching the County Highway M underpass
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:44:27 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
The now empty ballast train about to duck under CR M
Title:  The now empty ballast train about to duck under CR M
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:47:18 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
Bird's eye view of WAMX 3928
Title:  Bird's eye view of WAMX 3928
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:51:44 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Rolling into Oregon with the Lycon ready-mix plant in the distance
Title:  Rolling into Oregon with the Lycon ready-mix plant in the distance
Description:  That plant, and the sand loads parked there, was the catalyst for bringing this line back into service.
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:56:59 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  162   Comments: 0
Under a gloomy October sky
Title:  Under a gloomy October sky
Description:  The crew will cut off the power from their train and roll south into town to take lunch.
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:59:49 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
Stranger in town
Title:  Stranger in town
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:03:59 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
"Sun-boinked"
Title:  "Sun-boinked"
Description:  The one time I would have been happier if it had stayed overcast for this shot...
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:05:02 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 rolls north past the C&NW station sign
Title:  WAMX 3928 rolls north past the C&NW station sign
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:06:14 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  308   Comments: 1
Things are brightening up
Title:  Things are brightening up
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:08:25 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
"It's gonna be a bumpy ride!"
Title:  "It's gonna be a bumpy ride!"
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:16:16 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
I'm now 2/2 on cloud-boinking at this little bridge along Syene Road
Title:  I'm now 2/2 on cloud-boinking at this little bridge along Syene Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:18:47 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Shoving up the Syene Sag
Title:  Shoving up the Syene Sag
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:22:02 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 is power for L469 with one for Vita Plus on the old Soya Spur
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.
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 9:47:57 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
L469 returns light engine from Vita Plus, approaching Park Street
Title:  L469 returns light engine from Vita Plus, approaching Park Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 9:49:50 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 approaching Beld Street as a light engine L469
Title:  WAMX 3928 approaching Beld Street as a light engine L469
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 9:51:28 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 crossing Beld Street on the old Central Soya spur
Title:  WAMX 3928 crossing Beld Street on the old Central Soya spur
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 9:57:55 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  429   Comments: 1
Dwarfed by the Capitol dome, WAMX 3928 creeps toward the MX connector switch
Title:  Dwarfed by the Capitol dome, WAMX 3928 creeps toward the MX connector switch
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:16:45 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 heads north through the Isthmus
Title:  WAMX 3928 heads north through the Isthmus
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:24:35 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
L469 heads back to the yard with a 10 car train from the McFarland industrial park
Title:  L469 heads back to the yard with a 10 car train from the McFarland industrial park
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:27:07 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 leads L469 long hood forward approaching Paterson Street
Title:  WAMX 3928 leads L469 long hood forward approaching Paterson Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:29:07 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
WSOR 4002 is power for T007 as it sits on the main in the yard doing its air test
Title:  WSOR 4002 is power for T007 as it sits on the main in the yard doing its air test
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:31:26 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
Fall colors flank the Johnson Street Yard and T007 almost ready to depart
Title:  Fall colors flank the Johnson Street Yard and T007 almost ready to depart
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:36:22 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
WAMX 3947 leads L469 at Livingston Street with a train off the Madison Sub
Title:  WAMX 3947 leads L469 at Livingston Street with a train off the Madison Sub
Description:  The balance of this train is the sand and gravel loads they will later take to the new Lycon ready-mix plant in Oregon.
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:13:44 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
WSOR 4002 leads yet another T007 departing the yard
Title:  WSOR 4002 leads yet another T007 departing the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:16:41 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
L469 creeps across MX and leaves downtown behind
Title:  L469 creeps across MX and leaves downtown behind
Description:  Heading to Oregon with sand and gravel loads for the new Lycon ready-mix plant.
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:31:46 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  168   Comments: 1
WSOR 3802 eases L469's string of aggregate loads toward Lakeside Street
Title:  WSOR 3802 eases L469's string of aggregate loads toward Lakeside Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:33:38 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
WSOR 3802 squeezes past the patio of the Lakeside St. Coffee House
Title:  WSOR 3802 squeezes past the patio of the Lakeside St. Coffee House
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:36:36 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  150   Comments: 1
L469 dips down into the Syene Sag
Title:  L469 dips down into the Syene Sag
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:39:41 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
WSOR 3802 and L469 approaching McCoy Road
Title:  WSOR 3802 and L469 approaching McCoy Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:41:39 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  119   Comments: 1
For 18 years, this sight could not be seen
Title:  For 18 years, this sight could not be seen
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:45:34 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  142   Comments: 2
WSOR 3802 leads L469 around the bend just across Lacy Road
Title:  WSOR 3802 leads L469 around the bend just across Lacy Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:08:18 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
WSOR 3802 and WAMX 3947 pulling hard on the aggregate loads
Title:  WSOR 3802 and WAMX 3947 pulling hard on the aggregate loads
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:12:02 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  122   Comments: 1
Rumbling past some lingering fall colors alongside Syene Road
Title:  Rumbling past some lingering fall colors alongside Syene Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:18:47 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  131   Comments: 1
In the "foligage funnel" seen from the County Highway M overpass
Title:  In the "foligage funnel" seen from the County Highway M overpass
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:22:52 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Starting to lean into the curve approaching County Highway M
Title:  Starting to lean into the curve approaching County Highway M
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:26:55 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  406   Comments: 1
L469 approaching the County M underpass
Title:  L469 approaching the County M underpass
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:29:08 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  300   Comments: 2
Destination in sight
Title:  Destination in sight
Description:  The spur with the switch just beyond the crossing leads to the new ready mix plant, where the loads will be set out.
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:32:45 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2) WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
Twenty-one loads of aggregate for the new Lycon ready mix plant
Title:  Twenty-one loads of aggregate for the new Lycon ready mix plant
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:36:18 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
About to shove the loads into the plant spur
Title:  About to shove the loads into the plant spur
Description:  Looking north from Netherwood Road, this is about as far south as a train will go on this newly reopened line at present.
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:41:23 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  218   Comments: 1
Spotting the loads
Title:  Spotting the loads
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:43:31 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3802(GP38) WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  243   Comments: 1
Lining the switch back for the main
Title:  Lining the switch back for the main
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:48:01 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
Light power starting the journey back north to Madison
Title:  Light power starting the journey back north to Madison
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 1:50:13 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2) WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
L469 crosses Wingra Creek on the way back from Vita Plus with one
Title:  L469 crosses Wingra Creek on the way back from Vita Plus with one
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/10/2014  Upload Date: 11/11/2014 1:31:22 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
The westbound WSOR local emerges from the fog
Title:  The westbound WSOR local emerges from the fog
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/27/2015  Upload Date: 1/28/2015 5:48:27 PM
Location:  Devils Lake, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4051(SD40-2)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
WSOR 4051, 4052 and 16 cars snake along the shore
Title:  WSOR 4051, 4052 and 16 cars snake along the shore
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/27/2015  Upload Date: 1/28/2015 5:49:57 PM
Location:  Devils Lake, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4051(SD40-2) WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  114   Comments: 0

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