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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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WAMX 3928 spotting the aggregate loads and looking good doing it
Title:  WAMX 3928 spotting the aggregate loads and looking good doing it
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/26/2016  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 1:05:06 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
Had enough yet?
Title:  Had enough yet?
Description:  I might have set a personal record for most shots of the same locomotive, at the same location!
Photo Date:  8/26/2016  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 1:07:40 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
WAMX 4176 and 4173 stand ready to depart the yard
Title:  WAMX 4176 and 4173 stand ready to depart the yard
Description:  Previously WSOR 4007, but still resplendent in the bright red and gray. Consist looks like a T007 train for Prairie du Chien.
Photo Date:  7/15/2017  Upload Date: 7/20/2017 7:46:18 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  WAMX 4176(SD40-2)
Views:  270   Comments: 1
L469 power switches on the north end of the yard
Title:  L469 power switches on the north end of the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/2017  Upload Date: 8/21/2017 2:00:38 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  106   Comments: 1
L469 backs down on a cut of tank cars
Title:  L469 backs down on a cut of tank cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/2017  Upload Date: 8/21/2017 2:01:46 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Inbound L463 crosses Sherman Avenue
Title:  Inbound L463 crosses Sherman Avenue
Description:  I was waiting for the CP G64 to leave on the M&P line, when I heard a distant K5LA behind me. I packed up, jumped in my car and zipped over to the other end of Commercial Avenue.
Photo Date:  8/18/2017  Upload Date: 8/21/2017 2:02:41 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4177(SD40-2)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
L463 eases onto the yard lead
Title:  L463 eases onto the yard lead
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/2017  Upload Date: 8/21/2017 2:03:18 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4177(SD40-2)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
With their short train clear of Sherman Ave., L463 rolls to a stop on the yard lead
Title:  With their short train clear of Sherman Ave., L463 rolls to a stop on the yard lead
Description:  Their path is temporarily blocked by L469, which needs headroom on the lead to do their switching.
Photo Date:  8/18/2017  Upload Date: 8/21/2017 2:11:36 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4177(SD40-2)
Views:  348   Comments: 1
A look at WAMX 4177 as L463 waits for L469 to clear their path into the yard
Title:  A look at WAMX 4177 as L463 waits for L469 to clear their path into the yard
Description:  This was formerly WSOR 4008. This is also my first catch of one of the WSOR SD40-2s in motion since the roster was fully WAMX-ized toward the end of last year. Thankfully they retained the classic WSOR red and gray paint scheme, which has held up relatively well thanks to the quality work done at their Horicon shops.
Photo Date:  8/18/2017  Upload Date: 8/21/2017 2:13:00 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4177(SD40-2)
Views:  277   Comments: 1
With L469 clear, WAMX 4177 (ex-WSOR 4008) and L463 roll into the yard
Title:  With L469 clear, WAMX 4177 (ex-WSOR 4008) and L463 roll into the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/2017  Upload Date: 8/21/2017 2:15:53 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4177(SD40-2)
Views:  412   Comments: 1
Just three engines in the Madison yard this pleasant fall afternoon
Title:  Just three engines in the Madison yard this pleasant fall afternoon
Description:  The 3947 has finally received its red and gray after several years roaming the WSOR system in shabby ex-UP yellow. Watco's take on the scheme does away with the thin chevron stripes, and moves the single fat gray chevron from the long hood to the short hood. 4174 was the WSOR 4005.
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:13:00 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2) WAMX 4174(SD40-2) WAMX 4177(SD40-2)
Views:  489   Comments: 1
L464 crew has combined the SD40-2s and goes to work assembling their train
Title:  L464 crew has combined the SD40-2s and goes to work assembling their train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:14:10 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2) WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
L464 power shuttles back and forth between the yard tracks
Title:  L464 power shuttles back and forth between the yard tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:15:09 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2) WAMX 4177(SD40-2)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
L464 pulls a cut on the main
Title:  L464 pulls a cut on the main
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:16:28 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  429   Comments: 1
WAMX 4174 poses in the bright fall sunshine
Title:  WAMX 4174 poses in the bright fall sunshine
Description:  Wish they'd have actually gotten rolling when the light was like this!
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:18:29 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  385   Comments: 1
Shoving back
Title:  Shoving back
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:23:46 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  299   Comments: 1
Pulling up to Johnson Street to do the air test
Title:  Pulling up to Johnson Street to do the air test
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:24:50 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
L464 power idles while they conduct their air test in the gathering dusk
Title:  L464 power idles while they conduct their air test in the gathering dusk
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 10:25:38 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  330   Comments: 1
Chasing a train on this sunny fall afternoon seems like a CAPITOL idea!
Title:  Chasing a train on this sunny fall afternoon seems like a CAPITOL idea!
Description:  The weather has turned sharply cooler with long stretches of clouds and rain of late, so this was a well-timed break! 4172 was formerly WSOR 4003.
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/25/2017 10:46:34 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  445   Comments: 1
WAMX 4172 approaches Lakeside Street with aggregate loads for Lycon in Oregon
Title:  WAMX 4172 approaches Lakeside Street with aggregate loads for Lycon in Oregon
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/25/2017 10:49:43 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Descending into the Syene Sag
Title:  Descending into the Syene Sag
Description:  After passing under the Beltline (US Highway 12/18) and over US 14, the one-time C&NW Chicago-Twin Cities main dips down through the western edge of the Capital Springs State Recreational Area.
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 1:53:31 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
WAMX 4172 lugs the aggregate loads toward McCoy Road
Title:  WAMX 4172 lugs the aggregate loads toward McCoy Road
Description:  Only the second train I've shot here since this track reopened to traffic three years and a month ago after being out of service since 1996.
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 1:55:00 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  447   Comments: 1
Rumbling around a curve along Syene Road
Title:  Rumbling around a curve along Syene Road
Description:  The occupants of the numerous residential developments that sprung up in this area during the intervening years were none too thrilled with the re-opening of the rail line. However, trains are not particularly frequent and usually run during the day.
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 1:55:54 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  392   Comments: 1
Crossing a small bridge over a drainage ditch
Title:  Crossing a small bridge over a drainage ditch
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/25/2017  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 1:59:46 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4172(SD40-2)
Views:  393   Comments: 1
WAMX 4180 sits in the gently falling Christmas Eve snow
Title:  WAMX 4180 sits in the gently falling Christmas Eve snow
Description:  What looks like a T6-type train is tied down on the main waiting out the holiday weekend. Under independent WSOR numbering, 4180 was the 4011.
Photo Date:  12/24/2017  Upload Date: 12/26/2017 8:30:16 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4180(SD40-2)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
Some clean red and gray power whiles away a bright winter afternoon
Title:  Some clean red and gray power whiles away a bright winter afternoon
Description:  They rarely move for me anymore, especially not when they're clean and in light like this. 4182 was the WSOR 4013, which never made it out of BN Cascade Green before it was relettered/numbered for the Watco roster.
Photo Date:  2/2/2018  Upload Date: 2/4/2018 11:15:46 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2) WAMX 4182(SD40-2)
Views:  389   Comments: 1
More power sits in the yard on another bright February day
Title:  More power sits in the yard on another bright February day
Description:  This includes the SD45 carbody, 4223. I%got a tip that it was leading a train from Janesville to Madison the previous afternoon, and spent an hour waiting trackside in the cold wind only to find out that they hadn't left Janesville yet. It arrived in Madison under cover of darkness.
Photo Date:  2/26/2018  Upload Date: 3/1/2018 1:45:36 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4223(SD40M-2) WAMX 4178(SD40-2)
Views:  553   Comments: 1
WSOR Theater Car "Stone Gardner" sits alone by the yard office
Title:  WSOR Theater Car "Stone Gardner" sits alone by the yard office
Description:  Somewhat surprising to find this here. The business train components have mostly stayed in Horicon since their return from service on other Watco properties in 2015 and breakup of the A-B-A E-unit set.
Photo Date:  3/9/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 3:32:11 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  208   Comments: 0
L863 power heads to the tie-up track while another power set idles
Title:  L863 power heads to the tie-up track while another power set idles
Description:  The L863 off the Reedsburg Sub snuck up on me, so only managed handheld video as it crossed Commercial Avenue. 4173 was the WSOR 4004. Behind 3928 is 4185 (formerly WSOR 4051), which has a bit of a smoking problem.
Photo Date:  3/9/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 3:33:29 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2) WAMX 3928(GP39-2) WAMX 4185(SD40-2) WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
L863 parks their power while another crew tries to diagnose 4185's smoking problem
Title:  L863 parks their power while another crew tries to diagnose 4185's smoking problem
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 3:37:16 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2) WAMX 3928(GP39-2) WAMX 4185(SD40-2)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
Close, but no cigar
Title:  Close, but no cigar
Description:  I planned on catching Saturday's L463 after seeing Friday's L863 come in with the recently repainted 3947 trailing facing north, expecting they would turn back north with the same power set the next day. Well, I was half right. There was L463's crew going to work with the 4173, but the 3947 had been taken off overnight leaving the former WSOR 4004 to head to Reedsburg long-hood-forward.
Photo Date:  3/10/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 3:39:25 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2) WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
L463 air tests their train prior to departure
Title:  L463 air tests their train prior to departure
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 3:40:05 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
L463 departs the yard after an air test and a roll-by inspection from the conductor
Title:  L463 departs the yard after an air test and a roll-by inspection from the conductor
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 4:39:57 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
Rocking and rolling through
Title:  Rocking and rolling through
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2018  Upload Date: 3/11/2018 4:42:45 PM
Location:  Waunakee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2)
Views:  297   Comments: 2
L863 trundles east across the iconic Lake Wisconsin bridge
Title:  L863 trundles east across the iconic Lake Wisconsin bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:46:52 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 2 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 2 of 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:48:07 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 3 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 3 of 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:49:05 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 4 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 4 of 5
Description:  This bridge is 1,729' long and was built starting in 1895 by Lassig Bridge & Iron Works.
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:50:46 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  430   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 5 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 5 of 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:54:36 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
L863 hugs the shore of Lake Wisconsin shortly after crossing it
Title:  L863 hugs the shore of Lake Wisconsin shortly after crossing it
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:57:35 PM
Location:  Okee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  317   Comments: 0
Winter's Last Gasp
Title:  Winter's Last Gasp
Description:  Some patches of snow still linger on the bluffs, a monument to the persistent winter weather that plagued the Upper Midwest into late April 2018.
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 7:58:22 PM
Location:  Okee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
Gather 'round kids and I'll tell you a tale
Title:  Gather 'round kids and I'll tell you a tale
Description:  ...of when "tell-tales" were used to warn brakemen riding the boxcar roofs of low clearance ahead.
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 8:24:02 PM
Location:  Lodi, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
1896
Title:  1896
Description:  Crossing the 1896 stone arch viaduct over the aptly named "Viaduct Road" north of Dane.
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/23/2018 8:27:16 PM
Location:  Dane, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
L863 disturbs the peace with much K5LA and clickety-clack
Title:  L863 disturbs the peace with much K5LA and clickety-clack
Description:  Putting on a rock 'n' roll show on the only section of this old C&NW stick rail line where they can still get up to 25 MPH.
Photo Date:  4/20/2018  Upload Date: 4/24/2018 7:52:13 PM
Location:  Waunakee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
A friendly wave
Title:  A friendly wave
Description:  Its 30th Anniversary decals tattered but its red and gray paint clean, the former WSOR 4030 brings L469 back into the yard.
Photo Date:  5/17/2018  Upload Date: 5/17/2018 10:39:04 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4183(SD40-2)
Views:  351   Comments: 1
Role Reversal
Title:  Role Reversal
Description:  As soon as L469 was done with it, the L464 crew boarded 4183 and began to build their train.
Photo Date:  5/17/2018  Upload Date: 5/17/2018 10:41:02 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4183(SD40-2)
Views:  466   Comments: 1
WAMX 3947 whiles away another gorgeous afternoon on one of the tie-up tracks
Title:  WAMX 3947 whiles away another gorgeous afternoon on one of the tie-up tracks
Description:  This unit, despite being based out of Madison much of the time, continues to elude me as a lead unit post-repaint. While it was romaing the rails in ugly patched UP yellow it was leading every other train I saw!
Photo Date:  5/17/2018  Upload Date: 5/17/2018 10:42:50 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
Four weeks since we were last here*..
Title:  Four weeks since we were last here*..
Description:  ...another sunny Friday L863 trundles south across the Lake Wisconsin bridge, but the scene is much different. An abrupt transition from much below normal to much above normal temperatures and excessive rainfall resulted in an explosion of greenery in early May.
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:09:55 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 2 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 2 of 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:10:47 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4219(SD40-2)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 5 of 5
Title:  Lake Wisconsin bridge sequence 5 of 5
Description:  Wide angle of the bridge and train. The goqdolas come from Reedsburg, and the boxcars from LSC Communications (Previously RR Donnelley/before that Perry Judd's) in Baraboo.
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 5:14:05 PM
Location:  Merrimac, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  299   Comments: 0

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