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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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(Almost) splitting the town
Title:  (Almost) splitting the town
Description:  This local train isn't QUITE long enough to block all three crossings in Lodi at the same time.
Photo Date:  10/1/2014  Upload Date: 10/3/2014 3:58:57 PM
Location:  Lodi, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4051(SD40-2)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
Don't mind me, just passing through
Title:  Don't mind me, just passing through
Description:  No local work in&Dane for the eastbound L863 train today. Saw a westbound Reedsburg Sub local do some switching here in 2007, but not sure if that customer still gets serviced (or if so, how often).
Photo Date:  10/1/2014  Upload Date: 10/3/2014 4:03:50 PM
Location:  Dane, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4051(SD40-2)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
Freshly paved
Title:  Freshly paved
Description:  ...not for the train though. SR 113/19 was reconstructed through Waunakee this past summer, complete with roundabouts and ugly modern crossing protection rewlacing the CNW era Griswold-made lights and gates.
Photo Date:  10/1/2014  Upload Date: 10/3/2014 4:06:40 PM
Location:  Waunakee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4051(SD40-2)
Views:  273   Comments: 1
OR 4051 approaching Forster Drive in the Maple Bluff neighborhood
Title:  OR 4051 approaching Forster Drive in the Maple Bluff neighborhood
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2014  Upload Date: 10/3/2014 4:08:23 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4051(SD40-2)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
L863 approaching Commercial Avenue and the yard entrance
Title:  L863 approaching Commercial Avenue and the yard entrance
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2014  Upload Date: 10/3/2014 4:09:42 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4051(SD40-2)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
Switching on the bay
Title:  Switching on the bay
Description:  L469 backs its boxcar from Capital News on the old Central Soya spur down onto the rest of its train.
Photo Date:  10/6/2014  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 10:39:53 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  470   Comments: 0
On the move back to Johnson Street yard
Title:  On the move back to Johnson Street yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/6/2014  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 10:41:23 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 rounds the Cheryl Parkway curve with an L461 ballast dump job
Title:  WAMX 3928 rounds the Cheryl Parkway curve with an L461 ballast dump job
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/7/2014 8:21:38 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  587   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 in your face
Title:  WAMX 3928 in your face
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/7/2014 8:27:02 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 approaching the new Cheryl Parkway crossing
Title:  WAMX 3928 approaching the new Cheryl Parkway crossing
Description:  This crossing didn't exist when the line last saw a train, because the road didn't extend this far east.
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:26:05 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  610   Comments: 0
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:  646   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: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  121   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:  522   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:  528   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:  573   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:  556   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:  553   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:  552   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:  252   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:  547   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:  645   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:  605   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:  522   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:  531   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:  602   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:  530   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:  497   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:  538   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:  502   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:  546   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:  627   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:  464   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:  449   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:  459   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:  479   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:  135   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:  198   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:  450   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:  164   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:  240   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:  217   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:  221   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:  280   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:  200   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:  234   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:  167   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:  187   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:  222   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:  249   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:  500   Comments: 1

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