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By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:3/10/2014 - 12/31/2016
Album Info:My trips along this line will be rarer now that I no longer live less than 10 minutes from it!
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CP 8740 leaves town with eastbound manifest 280
Title:  CP 8740 leaves town with eastbound manifest 280
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 5:34:03 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8740(ES44AC)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
Relatively typical CP lashups like this were the exception on this day!
Title:  Relatively typical CP lashups like this were the exception on this day!
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 5:34:56 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8740(ES44AC)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
CP 8740 with 280 rolls toward a meet with the parked 287
Title:  CP 8740 with 280 rolls toward a meet with the parked 287
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 5:37:19 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8740(ES44AC) CSX 3122(ES44AC-H)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Load 'o' poles in 280's consist
Title:  Load 'o' poles in 280's consist
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 5:40:52 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Some very colorful classic GEs are along for the ride on 287
Title:  Some very colorful classic GEs are along for the ride on 287
Description:  From what I was told, these were sold to a short line in Canada, hence their presence on this train.
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 5:41:29 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MMA 3614(C30-7) MMA 3603(C30-7) MMA 2000(B23-7)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
BNSF 4835 thunders through with eastbound oil train 602
Title:  BNSF 4835 thunders through with eastbound oil train 602
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 5:42:07 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4835(C44-9W)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Another bright orange pumpkin leads coal loads train 810 onto the branch
Title:  Another bright orange pumpkin leads coal loads train 810 onto the branch
Description:  I was surprised to see more than one move in a day on this branch to the Columbia Power Plant (and beyond, to Madison). This wasn't the last, either!
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 5:43:04 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8403(SD70ACe)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
BNSF 8403 up close and in your face
Title:  BNSF 8403 up close and in your face
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 9:01:00 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8403(SD70ACe)
Views:  253   Comments: 1
The coal loads bend away from the main line as they head down the branch
Title:  The coal loads bend away from the main line as they head down the branch
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 9:10:13 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9581(SD70MAC) BNSF 8403(SD70ACe)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
The DPU on 810 passes the parked 287 power
Title:  The DPU on 810 passes the parked 287 power
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 9:14:07 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6309(ES44AC) CSX 3122(ES44AC-H)
Views:  152   Comments: 1
CSX 3122 on the front of 287's very eclectic lashup waiting in the siding
Title:  CSX 3122 on the front of 287's very eclectic lashup waiting in the siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 10:33:13 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 3122(ES44AC-H)
Views:  147   Comments: 1
CP 8941 approaches with coke MTs train 853
Title:  CP 8941 approaches with coke MTs train 853
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 7:12:48 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8941(ES44AC)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
CP 8941
Title:  CP 8941
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 7:43:53 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8941(ES44AC)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
Another look at the entire very colorful lashup on the parked 287 train
Title:  Another look at the entire very colorful lashup on the parked 287 train
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 7:45:43 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 3122(ES44AC-H)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
Some old GEs of the infamous Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway in transit on CP train 287
Title:  Some old GEs of the infamous Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway in transit on CP train 287
Description:  The MM&A went defunct in the aftermath of the catastrophic derailment and explosion of one of their oil trains at Lac-Mégantic, QC CA in July, 2013.
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 7:47:21 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MMA 3603(C30-7) MMA 2000(B23-7)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
NS 5140 leads ethanol MTs train CP 641
Title:  NS 5140 leads ethanol MTs train CP 641
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 7:53:29 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5140(GP38-2)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
NS 5140 - High short hood goodness
Title:  NS 5140 - High short hood goodness
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 7:54:43 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5140(GP38-2)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
NS 5140 will be in for a nose chop by May of the next year
Title:  NS 5140 will be in for a nose chop by May of the next year
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 7:55:47 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5140(GP38-2)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Second power move of the day, third move overall on the M&P Branch
Title:  Second power move of the day, third move overall on the M&P Branch
Description:  Identified as an 811 train, headed to pick up empties. Another light power move came out of the branch earlier in the day, followed by a loaded 810 train inbound.
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 2:48:33 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9340(SD70ACe)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
Golden rust
Title:  Golden rust
Description:  A snowplow sits on the industrial lead that runs alongside Mullett Street. As of 2010, there was at least one active customer on this track.
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 2:50:43 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  62   Comments: 0
After sitting for hours, 287's power cuts off and runs light toward the yard just after sunset
Title:  After sitting for hours, 287's power cuts off and runs light toward the yard just after sunset
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 2:52:43 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 3122(ES44AC-H)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
CSX 3122 "Boxcar GEVO" profile in the twilight
Title:  CSX 3122 "Boxcar GEVO" profile in the twilight
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:00:47 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 3122(ES44AC-H) KCS 4624(AC44CW)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
The colorful MMA 3614 en route to a new owner
Title:  The colorful MMA 3614 en route to a new owner
Description:  The ill-fated MM&A's assets were sold off in the aftermath of the railroad's bankruptcy.
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:02:13 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MMA 3614(C30-7)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
MMA 3603
Title:  MMA 3603
Description:  The lead locomotive on the train that derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic was also a C30-7, but it was an ex-BN one in their Cascade Green paint. An oil fire on the locomotive caused by an improper engine repair was a contributing factor to the accident, since the responding fire department shut down the engine allowing the brakes to release.
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:07:00 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MMA 3603(C30-7)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
MMA 2000 an ex-Conrail B23-7 still in CR blue
Title:  MMA 2000 an ex-Conrail B23-7 still in CR blue
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:10:35 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MMA 2000(B23-7)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
The brightly lit CP Holiday Train stops to put on its show
Title:  The brightly lit CP Holiday Train stops to put on its show
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/8/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:12:32 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2249(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
The Holiday Train pokes out onto the bridge, attracting attention even away from the performance area
Title:  The Holiday Train pokes out onto the bridge, attracting attention even away from the performance area
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/8/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:13:20 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2249(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Closer look at the Holiday Train's gaudy animated lights
Title:  Closer look at the Holiday Train's gaudy animated lights
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/8/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:14:36 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2249(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
Next stop: Mauston
Title:  Next stop: Mauston
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/8/2014  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:15:42 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2249(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
CP 8817 on 298 east highballs Bowman Road with an NS motor behind
Title:  CP 8817 on 298 east highballs Bowman Road with an NS motor behind
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/27/2015  Upload Date: 1/28/2015 6:54:07 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8817(ES44AC)
Views:  100   Comments: 1
CSX 7383 slams through the S-curve approaching Bowman Rd. with WB #287
Title:  CSX 7383 slams through the S-curve approaching Bowman Rd. with WB #287
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/27/2015  Upload Date: 1/28/2015 6:55:22 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7383(C40-8W)
Views:  148   Comments: 1
CP 471 motors west out of town with DME 6085, DME 4004, 12 loads x 32 MTs
Title:  CP 471 motors west out of town with DME 6085, DME 4004, 12 loads x 32 MTs
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/27/2015  Upload Date: 1/28/2015 6:57:30 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 6085(SD40-3)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
CP 8930 leads westbound intermodal train 199, 10,000' and FLYING
Title:  CP 8930 leads westbound intermodal train 199, 10,000' and FLYING
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 6:29:15 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8930(ES44AC)
Views:  112   Comments: 1
CP's GE locomotives - a study in salt and oil grime
Title:  CP's GE locomotives - a study in salt and oil grime
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 6:31:30 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8930(ES44AC)
Views:  126   Comments: 1
BNSF 8130 leads eastbound CP manifest #298
Title:  BNSF 8130 leads eastbound CP manifest #298
Description:  In 2008 I photographed the previous 8130, an ex-BN SD60M, at Portage.
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 6:33:41 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8130(ES44C4)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
BNSF 8130 clean orange under a clear blue sky
Title:  BNSF 8130 clean orange under a clear blue sky
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 6:41:48 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8130(ES44C4)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
DME 6362 is not one of the ECO units
Title:  DME 6362 is not one of the ECO units
Description:  Neither is its sister, 6363 second out. Both are ex-Milwaukee Road SD40-2s back on home rails. Train is CP 281 westbound.
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 6:44:33 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 6362(SD40-2)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Much ado about blue
Title:  Much ado about blue
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 6:47:14 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 6362(SD40-2)
Views:  127   Comments: 1
DME 4001 3rd out on CP 281 is only the second DM&E GP40 I've seen
Title:  DME 4001 3rd out on CP 281 is only the second DM&E GP40 I've seen
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 6:54:46 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 4001(GP40)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
AMTK 157 flies through on the point of #7
Title:  AMTK 157 flies through on the point of #7
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 3:10:15 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 157(P42DC)
Views:  67   Comments: 1
Down low for CSXT 217 leading eastbound manifest CP 484
Title:  Down low for CSXT 217 leading eastbound manifest CP 484
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 3:41:48 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 217(AC44CW)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
CP 4657 second out on 484
Title:  CP 4657 second out on 484
Description:  Didn't know the 4600s went this high, or that there were any -2s among them!
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 3:45:43 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 4657(GP40-2)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
BNSF 6987 is a surprise on the front of a glowing Amtrak #8
Title:  BNSF 6987 is a surprise on the front of a glowing Amtrak #8
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 4:16:06 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6987(ES44C4)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
Trouble in the golden light
Title:  Trouble in the golden light
Description:  This eastbound manifest with a nice combo of the eastern Class 1s has just screeched to an emergency stop just west of Springdale Road. Whatever the cause for the application was, they got moving again before too long.
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 4:19:25 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4011(SD40-3)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
CSX 4011 leads the EB gingerly over Springdale Rd. restarting from an emergency application
Title:  CSX 4011 leads the EB gingerly over Springdale Rd. restarting from an emergency application
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2015  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 4:24:10 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4011(SD40-3)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
Renumbered SD9043MAC UP 3736 leads two NS motors on CP 580 EB oil loads
Title:  Renumbered SD9043MAC UP 3736 leads two NS motors on CP 580 EB oil loads
Description:  Koval Road east of town.
Photo Date:  4/18/2015  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 9:29:56 PM
Location:  Lyndon Station, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3736(SD9043MAC)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
BNSF 4133 solo on CP 853 WB coke MTs crossing Koval Road
Title:  BNSF 4133 solo on CP 853 WB coke MTs crossing Koval Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/18/2015  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 9:38:11 PM
Location:  Lyndon Station, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4133(C44-9W)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
CP 9771 on the head end of eastbound intermodal 198
Title:  CP 9771 on the head end of eastbound intermodal 198
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/18/2015  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 9:38:48 PM
Location:  Lyndon Station, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9771(AC44CW)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
CP 8516 DPU motor on 198
Title:  CP 8516 DPU motor on 198
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/18/2015  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 9:42:08 PM
Location:  Lyndon Station, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8516(AC44CW)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
UP GEs hustle CP westbound manifest 471 through town
Title:  UP GEs hustle CP westbound manifest 471 through town
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/18/2015  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 9:52:51 PM
Location:  Lyndon Station, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9568(C44-9W)
Views:  143   Comments: 0


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