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| Title: |
NYSW M8 |
| Description: |
A former New York, Susquehanna and Western RDC1 with new WGNS (Wisconsin Great Northern) reporting marks at the Railroad Memories Museum in Spooner, WI. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/2016 Upload Date: 10/7/2017 10:28:14 PM |
| Location: |
Spooner, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW M8(RDC1) WGNS 8(RDC1) |
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469 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NYSW M8 |
| Description: |
The Wisconsin Great Northern reporting marks (WGNS) have not made their way onto this side of the former Susquehanna RDC1 at the Railroad Memories Museum in Spooner, WI. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/2016 Upload Date: 10/7/2017 10:36:32 PM |
| Location: |
Spooner, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW M8(RDC1) |
| Views: |
503 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NRCX 1 |
| Description: |
This old unit has gotten around. Last known to have been being used for switching in Cabria, WI at the Didion mill before being shipped off to the Wisconsin Great Northern. It now resides at the Railroad Memories Museum in Spooner, WI. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/2016 Upload Date: 10/7/2017 10:41:24 PM |
| Location: |
Spooner, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NRCX 1(SW1) NYSW M8(RDC1) |
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277 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN 192 |
| Description: |
A train is being at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum to haul some passenger on the North Shore Scenic Railroad. There is a lot to see at this museum. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 8:18:20 PM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
GN 192(NW5) |
| Views: |
114 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN 192 |
| Description: |
The GN 192 is coupled to its North Shore Scenic Railroad excursion train at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. They will be running two trains today. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 9:03:07 PM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN 192(NW5) |
| Views: |
185 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DMIR 70784 |
| Description: |
DMIR ore cars on the approach to one of the two in-service ore docks at Two Harbors. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 9:10:35 PM |
| Location: |
Two Harbors, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
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45 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Two Harbors Ore Dock |
| Description: |
A small section of one of the two DMIR ore docks in use at Two Harbors. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 9:17:12 PM |
| Location: |
Two Harbors, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
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45 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DIR 3 |
| Description: |
One of the two steam locomotives on display and nicely preserved at Duluth and Iron Range Depot Museum, which is adjacent to Paul Van Hoven Park. Fro the park, one can get a great view of the ore docks. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 9:19:10 PM |
| Location: |
Two Harbors, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
DIR 3(2-6-0) |
| Views: |
146 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DMIR X10 |
| Description: |
From my observations, it seems a very common sight to find a crane on top of an ore dock. Here is DMIR X10 at Two Harbors. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 9:23:20 PM |
| Location: |
Two Harbors, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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96 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DMIR 193 |
| Description: |
The DMIR 193 pulled this excursion train of happy Milwaukee Road Historical Association conventioneers from Duluth to Two Harbors and back. There was a nice layover in Two Harbors to provide time to tour the Duluth and Iron Range Depot Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 9:29:57 PM |
| Location: |
Two Harbors, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DMIR 193(SD18) |
| Views: |
194 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN 192 |
| Description: |
The 192 is moving some cars around at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 10:05:04 PM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN 192(NW5) |
| Views: |
105 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DMIR 316 |
| Description: |
Another Missabe Range locomotive at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 10:07:38 PM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
DMIR 316(SD-M) |
| Views: |
74 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GGPX 120581 |
| Description: |
A coal gondola inside the rotary dump facility of Midwest Energy Resources Company in Superior. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 10:49:54 PM |
| Location: |
Superior, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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50 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GGPX 120581 |
| Description: |
Empty cars inside the MERC (Midwest Energy Resources Company) rotary dump. When a train is unloaded here, once it is positioned, the locomotives no longer pull the train through. The yellow "claw" looking apparatus lowers between the cars and is precisely indexed to move them along and position each car into the dumper. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 11:01:31 AM |
| Location: |
Superior, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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58 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Duluth Union Station |
| Description: |
A look at the Duluth Union Station from the water. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 11:10:25 AM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station |
| Locomotives: |
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31 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WCOR 5021 |
| Description: |
Six boxcars await their demise at the Azcon Corporation scrap yard in Duluth. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 12:31:05 PM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
62 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Azcon Corp. Scrap Yard |
| Description: |
A look into the Azcon scrap yard in Duluth. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 12:33:20 PM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
64 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN (DMIR) Ore Docks |
| Description: |
Dock No. 6, formerly of the DMIR is still active loading ships for the CN in Duluth. Dock 5, to the left and rear in the photo has been inactive since 1985. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/11/2017 9:29:58 PM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
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32 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Canadian National (DMIR) Dock No. 6 |
| Description: |
Formerly a DMIR property, Dock No. 6 became part of the CN when they took over the DMIR in 2004. The inactive Dock No. 5 still stands along side but has been inactive since 1985. Due to improvements in Dock No. 6, it can handle more material and load ships faster than both docks could together in the past. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:00:59 PM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
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39 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
HCTX 11 |
| Description: |
Hallett Dock Company 11 seen through the legs of CN (DMIR) Dock No. 5. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:51:57 PM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
HCTX 11(NW2) |
| Views: |
159 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Unit Train at MERC. |
| Description: |
A BNSF unit coal train that has been dumped in the MERC rotary dump await departure on the loop around the facility. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2017 4:03:43 PM |
| Location: |
Superior, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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40 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MERC Rotary Dump. |
| Description: |
The tail end of a BNSF unit coal train resides within the rotary dump facility at the MERC coal trans-load facility in Superior. The train has been unloaded and awaits departure on a loop of track within the property. A model railroader could selectively compress the facility to be a loop layout on a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2017 4:06:25 PM |
| Location: |
Superior, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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47 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wisconsin Great Northern |
| Description: |
A couple of locomotives at the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad excursion train facility. The WGN runs multiple types of excursions ranging from site seeing to dinner trains to overnight bed and breakfast trains. There does not seem to be an official AAR reporting mark assigned to the railroad either. The most official appearing reporting mark is listed on a government document showing the railroad to be WGNS. The document also notes that there are some variations to what the actual railroads us, which would explain the WGN reporting mark used on the 862's cab. The Wisconsin D.O.T. Wisconsin Railroads and Harbors 2017 edition map shows the railroad listed as WGN. The map shows only operating freight railroads, which includes the WGN line. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/2016 Upload Date: 9/20/2017 7:43:17 PM |
| Location: |
Trego, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
WGN 862(SW1) CESX 1950(F7A) |
| Views: |
266 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wisconsin Great Northern |
| Description: |
One way for tourist train businesses to make some money is to store cars. The Wisconsin Great Northern appears to have picked up some of this business storing tanks. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/2016 Upload Date: 9/20/2017 7:58:23 PM |
| Location: |
Trego, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
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49 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WGNS 423 |
| Description: |
Some nice looking equipment placed along the highway to entice some customers for the Wisconsin Great Northern. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/2016 Upload Date: 10/26/2017 9:36:25 PM |
| Location: |
Trego, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
WGNS 423(F7A) WGNS 862(SW1) |
| Views: |
330 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The New Bridge at Fisk. |
| Description: |
A new bridge was installed across the Eight Mile Creek over the late summer of 2016. The project lasted for quite a few weeks. Not only was the span replaced, but the concrete received some work too. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2016 Upload Date: 11/22/2017 6:52:52 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
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32 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The New Bridge at Fisk |
| Description: |
The east end of the bridge across Eight Mile Creek in Fisk. The WSOR had work done to numerous bridges along this former Milwaukee Road line in 2016. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2016 Upload Date: 11/22/2017 6:56:52 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
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29 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southwest Corner of the New Bridge at Fisk |
| Description: |
A look at the details on the southwest corner of the new bridge across Eight Mile Creek. The old span, though not the first, was erected in 1910 and lasted about 116 years give or take a few months. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2016 Upload Date: 11/22/2017 7:02:47 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
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36 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Paxton - Vierling Steel Co. Built Bridge at Fisk |
| Description: |
The builders plate on the new bridge across Eight Mile Creek in Fisk. Though the bridge replacement took place in July/August 2016, the bridge was evidently fabricated, for the most part, in 2015. There was some work done on the span at site, before installation. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2016 Upload Date: 11/22/2017 7:12:24 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
45 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DTLX 2853 |
| Description: |
A cut of cars on the siding at Fisk. Tank cars marked with "inedible tallow" can often be seen spotted at the WATCO Terminal and Port Services facility in Oshkosh. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2016 Upload Date: 11/26/2017 4:54:11 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
52 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New Bridge at MP 179.9 |
| Description: |
A new bridge was installed across Eight Mile Creek over July and August of 2016. It replaced a span installed in 1910 by the Milwaukee Road. The line is now operated by the Wisconsin and Southern. The new bridge has quite a few differences from the old, if one cares to compare photos of the new and old bridges in the Fisk Location photo viewing. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2016 Upload Date: 11/22/2017 7:18:37 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
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59 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Refurbished Gothic Mill Pond Bridge |
| Description: |
The bridge across the narrows of Gothic Mill Pond received some work during late summer of 2016. The work appears to have been focused on the abutments as the concrete span appears virtually unchanged. This bridge is located on the WSOR's ex Milwaukee Road line connecting Horicon and Oshkosh. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2016 Upload Date: 11/26/2017 4:43:40 PM |
| Location: |
Ripon, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
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41 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Gothic Mill Pond and Causeway |
| Description: |
A look at the crossing of Gothic Mill Pond from the west side of the former Milwaukee Road right of way. The bridge had recently been worked on during late summer 2016. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2016 Upload Date: 11/26/2017 4:49:48 PM |
| Location: |
Ripon, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
34 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO 1003 |
| Description: |
A pleasant surprise on a fall Sunday morning was spotting this excursion on the former Milwaukee Road line connecting Cambria and Horicon. The train was pulling 11 freight cars and a caboose. From what I saw on social media on the internet later this day, the excursion was paid for by a private group with a main focus on photo opportunities and and recording the sound for a sound decoder company. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2016 Upload Date: 8/28/2017 2:37:34 PM |
| Location: |
Randolph, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
213 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO 1003 |
| Description: |
A look across a harvested cornfield just east of Randolph at a steam excursion, pulling only freight cars and a caboose. Information gathered via social media found this to be an excursion to record sound for a sound decoder and photo opportunities for those who helped cover the costs of the excursion. Some of us were just lucky enough to be driving around looking for trains on this day. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2016 Upload Date: 8/28/2017 2:46:28 PM |
| Location: |
Randolph, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
263 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO 1003 |
| Description: |
A steam excursion just east of Randolph approaches the County Highway C grade crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2016 Upload Date: 8/28/2017 2:52:22 PM |
| Location: |
Randolph, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
187 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MILW 10559 |
| Description: |
A former SOO covered hopper and a nice looking repaint Milwaukee Road car on a steam excursion train caught just east of Randolph. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2016 Upload Date: 8/28/2017 2:55:20 PM |
| Location: |
Randolph, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
312 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO 1003 |
| Description: |
SOO 1003, supposedly being sound recorded, leads an excursion of eleven freight cars and a caboose along former Milwaukee Road rails east of Randolph. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2016 Upload Date: 8/28/2017 2:58:25 PM |
| Location: |
Randolph, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
204 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOO 1003 |
| Description: |
SOO 1003 leads an eleven car and a caboose freight along former Milwaukeer Road (now WSOR) rails east of Randolph. The train will soon be crossing Beaver Dam Lake, which would have been a great spot to catch the train crossing the lake on a bridge if one had known ahead of time. One would need to know land owners or use a boat to get the shots, but they could have been awesome. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2016 Upload Date: 8/28/2017 3:01:26 PM |
| Location: |
Randolph, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
261 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO 1003 |
| Description: |
SOO 1003 throws up a smoke screen for it's train as it heads east from Randolph towards Horicon along the WSOR (Milwaukee Road). |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2016 Upload Date: 8/28/2017 3:09:11 PM |
| Location: |
Randolph, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 1003(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
104 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EDGX 1 |
| Description: |
The Edgewater Generating Station locomotive came out of the shadows of the facility allowing itself to have an image captured from County Road EE. |
| Photo Date: |
11/30/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 6:17:56 PM |
| Location: |
Sheboygan, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
EDGX 1(S2M) |
| Views: |
307 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee Road/Soo Line and Chicago & Northwestern Lines Meet |
| Description: |
Former Milwauukee Road/Soo Line and C&NW lines crossed at grade via a diamond on this small industrial island in Menasha. The island was created when the navigational canal was dug adjacent the Fox River. The bridge on the left is the former Milwaukee Road/Soo Line (Soo trackage rights) and the one on the right was the CNW main. All are now part of the CN empire. The CNW is an industrial spur and the Milwaukee/Soo track runs to Hilbert Junction. From Hilbert Junction, the trains can go on to Manitowoc or head south to New Holstein. |
| Photo Date: |
3/5/2017 Upload Date: 4/7/2019 10:26:58 AM |
| Location: |
Menasha, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
32 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UNPX 122933 |
| Description: |
An interesting four bay covered hopper at Plymouth. Plymouth is now served by the WSOR rather than Canadian National (modern Wisconsin Central, before that Milwaukee Road and Chicago and Northwestern). The WSOR has reinstated rail service to Sheboygan Falls and as far as Kohler, on an old inactive CNW right of way from Plymouth. The reactivated line comes within a few hundred feet of connecting with the Union Pacific (CNW) line that reaches Kohler from Sheboygan. If UP ever decides to embargo Kohler and the Kohler Comany from Sheboygan, it would be easy for WSOR to step in and take over. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2017 Upload Date: 8/31/2017 11:57:28 AM |
| Location: |
Plymouth, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
51 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CIRR 2643 |
| Description: |
Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad cars in the yard at Nekoosa near the Domtar mill. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2017 Upload Date: 8/27/2019 12:05:40 PM |
| Location: |
Nekoosa, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
74 Comments: 0 |
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