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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:  166   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:  140   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:  204   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:  117   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:  124   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:  333   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:  314   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:  460   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:  424   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:  472   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:  537   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:  83   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:  385   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:  406   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:  474   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:  417   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:  418   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:  432   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:  205   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:  421   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:  528   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:  483   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:  405   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:  406   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:  503   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:  412   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:  391   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:  433   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:  366   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:  431   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:  535   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:  375   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:  344   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:  348   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:  374   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:  118   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:  155   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:  344   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:  128   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:  195   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:  166   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:  188   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:  239   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:  159   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:  184   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:  136   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:  158   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:  177   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:  199   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:  441   Comments: 1

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