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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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UP 6659 leads coal loads for the Columbia Power Plant into town
Title:  UP 6659 leads coal loads for the Columbia Power Plant into town
Description:  UP must have this contract back from BNSF. I thought I'd heard rumblings about that, but forgot until I saw this ttain!
Photo Date:  9/15/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 9:54:17 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  101   Comments: 1
UP 6895 is DPU on the coal loads
Title:  UP 6895 is DPU on the coal loads
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 9:58:53 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 6895(AC4460CW)
Views:  249   Comments: 1
NS 1070 darts into the bright late afternoon sun
Title:  NS 1070 darts into the bright late afternoon sun
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 10:00:26 PM
Location:  Lewiston, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1070(SD70ACe)
Views:  181   Comments: 1
Wabash heritage unit NS 1070 approaches the Portage East switch
Title:  Wabash heritage unit NS 1070 approaches the Portage East switch
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 9:50:45 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1070(SD70ACe)
Views:  164   Comments: 1
CP 8514 swings through in some nice golden light with westbound train 199
Title:  CP 8514 swings through in some nice golden light with westbound train 199
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/14/2015  Upload Date: 11/21/2015 4:31:58 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8514(AC44CW)
Views:  104   Comments: 1
2015 Holiday Train winds through the Bowman Road curves 1/2
Title:  2015 Holiday Train winds through the Bowman Road curves 1/2
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2015 2:25:59 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2246(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  268   Comments: 1
2015 Holiday Train winds through the Bowman Road curves 2/2
Title:  2015 Holiday Train winds through the Bowman Road curves 2/2
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2015 2:28:02 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrlf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2246(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  261   Comments: 1
GP20C-ECO CP 2246 hauls the 2015 Holiday Train
Title:  GP20C-ECO CP 2246 hauls the 2015 Holiday Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2015 2:30:15 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2246(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
CP 2246 on the Wisconsin River bridge during the Holiday Train's Dells stop
Title:  CP 2246 on the Wisconsin River bridge during the Holiday Train's Dells stop
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2015 2:31:02 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2246(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
Holiday Train leaving the Dells
Title:  Holiday Train leaving the Dells
Description:  Next stop: Mauston
Photo Date:  12/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2015 2:31:40 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2246(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
CP 8529 out of the dusk with doublestacks
Title:  CP 8529 out of the dusk with doublestacks
Description:  198 was the first of two eastbounds stacked at Kilbourn waiting on the Holiday Tr`in.
Photo Date:  12/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2015 2:32:20 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8529(AC44CW)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
CEFX 1056 mid-train on 198
Title:  CEFX 1056 mid-train on 198
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2015 2:33:01 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CEFX 1056(AC44CW)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
No-Go Showboat
Title:  No-Go Showboat
Description:  Norfolk & Western heritage unit NS 8103 looks mighty sharp on the point of CP 288 at Portage East curve, but it isn't actually moving. The unit is suffering from loading issues that had the crew conferring with several mechanical departments and Diesel Docs.
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 9:24:52 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8103(ES44AC)
Views:  148   Comments: 1
CP 8544 brings eastbound intermodal train 198 along the siding to pass 288
Title:  CP 8544 brings eastbound intermodal train 198 along the siding to pass 288
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 9:26:09 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8544(AC44CW) NS 8103(ES44AC)
Views:  125   Comments: 1
Seeing Red
Title:  Seeing Red
Description:  I'm not typically a fan of CP's ubiquitous, usually grimy and peeling AC4400CWs, but I like this shot for some reason.
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 9:28:53 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8544(AC44CW)
Views:  83   Comments: 1
CP 8544 about to cross Highway P
Title:  CP 8544 about to cross Highway P
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 9:35:17 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8544(AC44CW)
Views:  99   Comments: 1
CP 8958 mid-train on 198
Title:  CP 8958 mid-train on 198
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 9:41:22 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8958(ES44AC)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
I think I can, I think I can
Title:  I think I can, I think I can
Description:  The crew finally got the 8103 to load (and to allow the trailing unit to load as well), and dispatch gives them a light to continue eastbound.
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 9:47:25 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8103(ES44AC)
Views:  118   Comments: 1
I thought wrong
Title:  I thought wrong
Description:  Good thing I came here, since this is about as far east as NS 8103 will get as the lead unit of CP 288. About 15 car lengths past the crossing, the units lost power again and the crew soon gave up on trying to get to Chicago with these engines.
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 9:49:25 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8103(ES44AC)
Views:  156   Comments: 1
A splash of orange heralds the approach of CP 470
Title:  A splash of orange heralds the approach of CP 470
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 9:55:23 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCPE 3430(SD40-2)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
RCPE 3430 crosses Ontario Street as it leads 470 east out of town
Title:  RCPE 3430 crosses Ontario Street as it leads 470 east out of town
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 9:59:25 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCPE 3430(SD40-2)
Views:  337   Comments: 1
EMD muscle hustles 470 toward Salisbury Rd. in the bright sun of a winter afternoon
Title:  EMD muscle hustles 470 toward Salisbury Rd. in the bright sun of a winter afternoon
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 10:00:56 PM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCPE 3430(SD40-2) RCPE 6454(SD40-2)
Views:  477   Comments: 1
CP 8943, distributed
Title:  CP 8943, distributed
Description:  DPU on an eastbound unit oil or ethanol train that was leaving Portage as I arrived. Head end was already through the crossing when I pulled up.
Photo Date:  2/11/2016  Upload Date: 2/11/2016 8:11:49 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8943(ES44AC)
Views:  153   Comments: 1
He's got an...Interstate running through his front yard!
Title:  He's got an...Interstate running through his front yard!
Description:  ...and it's so good! The Interstate Heritage Unit leads wesbound CP train 281, approaching County P and the Portage East siding switch.
Photo Date:  2/11/2016  Upload Date: 2/11/2016 8:14:01 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8105(ES44AC)
Views:  177   Comments: 1
If you can't buy 'em...use all their power!
Title:  If you can't buy 'em...use all their power!
Description:  NS 9487 and 6810 are power for eastbound Canadian Pacific manifest train 484 approaching Bowman Road. CP has been repeatedly frustrated in its efforts to purchase NS, but with as many NS units show up on CP trains, you could swear they actually HAD merged!
Photo Date:  2/11/2016  Upload Date: 2/11/2016 8:15:31 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Glinty black
Title:  Glinty black
Description:  Drive it like you stole it!
Photo Date:  2/11/2016  Upload Date: 2/11/2016 8:17:13 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  127   Comments: 0
Creamsicle and Racks
Title:  Creamsicle and Racks
Description:  281 approaches Bowman Road westbound after meeting 484 at Lewiston.
Photo Date:  2/11/2016  Upload Date: 2/11/2016 8:21:48 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8105(ES44AC)
Views:  167   Comments: 2
NS 8105 West, CP train 281 approaching Bowman Road
Title:  NS 8105 West, CP train 281 approaching Bowman Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/11/2016  Upload Date: 2/11/2016 8:29:20 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8105(ES44AC)
Views:  174   Comments: 1
AMTK 122 leads the typical fashionably late Number Eight
Title:  AMTK 122 leads the typical fashionably late Number Eight
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/27/2016  Upload Date: 3/5/2016 12:17:54 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 122(P42DC)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
Just some ho-hum home road GEs powering 199
Title:  Just some ho-hum home road GEs powering 199
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/27/2016  Upload Date: 3/5/2016 12:19:06 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9607(AC44CW)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
Odd pairing on CP 470 east
Title:  Odd pairing on CP 470 east
Description:  CSX YN2 GE and a more typical (for this train) RCP&E SD40-2.
Photo Date:  2/27/2016  Upload Date: 3/5/2016 12:32:53 PM
Location:  Duplainville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 124(AC44CW)
Views:  92   Comments: 1
NS 2580 ex-Conrail SD70 leads westbound CP train 281
Title:  NS 2580 ex-Conrail SD70 leads westbound CP train 281
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 6:26:31 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2580(SD70)
Views:  148   Comments: 1
NS 2580
Title:  NS 2580
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 6:29:58 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2580(SD70)
Views:  158   Comments: 1
CP 8861 about to dive under the Sauer Road bridge with EB oil train 580
Title:  CP 8861 about to dive under the Sauer Road bridge with EB oil train 580
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2016  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 8:47:09 PM
Location:  Fall River, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8861(ES44AC)
Views:  141   Comments: 1
NS 2562 is the second ex-CR SD70 to lead CP 281 in 8 days
Title:  NS 2562 is the second ex-CR SD70 to lead CP 281 in 8 days
Description:  This shot would be a contributer pick were it not for the fact that I was reduced to my phone's mediocre camera due to forgetting my DSLR at home (brought the bag, but the camera wasn't in it. I thought it seemed light!).
Photo Date:  8/28/2016  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 8:51:37 PM
Location:  Fall River, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2562(SD70)
Views:  77   Comments: 1
NS 2562 leads 281 into town approaching Ontario Street
Title:  NS 2562 leads 281 into town approaching Ontario Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2016  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 8:53:03 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2562(SD70)
Views:  88   Comments: 1
281's autoracks wind through the Bowman Road curves behind NS 2562 and 7637
Title:  281's autoracks wind through the Bowman Road curves behind NS 2562 and 7637
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2016  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 8:54:52 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2562(SD70)
Views:  90   Comments: 1
CP 8906 sails west at Highway O with autorack/intermodal train 199
Title:  CP 8906 sails west at Highway O with autorack/intermodal train 199
Description:  There was also a DPU motor mid-train.
Photo Date:  8/28/2016  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 8:57:42 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8906(ES44AC)
Views:  194   Comments: 1
Amtrak 8 charges into the curves approaching County Rd. T in a sudden downpour
Title:  Amtrak 8 charges into the curves approaching County Rd. T in a sudden downpour
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 11:29:16 PM
Location:  Astico, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 186(P42DC)
Views:  101   Comments: 1
AMTK 186 fronts Number 8 across Co. Hwy. T
Title:  AMTK 186 fronts Number 8 across Co. Hwy. T
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 11:30:19 PM
Location:  Astico, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 186(P42DC)
Views:  88   Comments: 1
Hint of Fall
Title:  Hint of Fall
Description:  A dash of golden color is beginning to kiss the treetops as Amtrak 7 whooshes through right on time.
Photo Date:  10/9/2016  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 11:31:53 PM
Location:  Fall River, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 16(P42DC)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
AMTK 16 entering the curve and about to dart under Sauer Road
Title:  AMTK 16 entering the curve and about to dart under Sauer Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2016  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 11:34:41 PM
Location:  Fall River, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 16(P42DC)
Views:  101   Comments: 1
Minutes too late
Title:  Minutes too late
Description:  ...for a perfect golden light shot. The train had been delayed at Tamarack by request of the Columbus police, who were searching for a reported trespasser on the tracks.
Photo Date:  10/9/2016  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 11:40:35 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6711(SD60)
Views:  108   Comments: 1
NS 6711 leads CP 289 west behind the American Packaging Corporation plant at dusk
Title:  NS 6711 leads CP 289 west behind the American Packaging Corporation plant at dusk
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2016  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 11:41:41 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6711(SD60)
Views:  100   Comments: 1


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