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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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WSOR 1503 pauses before shoving back on the cut
Title:  WSOR 1503 pauses before shoving back on the cut
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/14/2009  Upload Date: 7/14/2009 7:32:16 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  725   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506 in Johnson St. Yard
Title:  WSOR 1506 in Johnson St. Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/19/2009  Upload Date: 7/21/2009 5:41:29 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  563   Comments: 0
WSOR 4002 getting ready to leave with a train for Prairie du Chien
Title:  WSOR 4002 getting ready to leave with a train for Prairie du Chien
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/19/2009  Upload Date: 7/21/2009 5:43:50 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
WSOR 4002 crossing Ingersoll Street
Title:  WSOR 4002 crossing Ingersoll Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/19/2009  Upload Date: 7/21/2009 5:46:26 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
WSOR 4002 powers a long PdC job on the CNW through downtown
Title:  WSOR 4002 powers a long PdC job on the CNW through downtown
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/19/2009  Upload Date: 7/22/2009 1:22:02 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
WSOR 4002
Title:  WSOR 4002
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/19/2009  Upload Date: 7/22/2009 1:27:15 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
Returning Waterloo train approaching Second St.
Title:  Returning Waterloo train approaching Second St.
Description:  An earlier shot of this train is in the album "WSOR Waterloo Subdivision." The Cottage Grove (ex-CNW) and Waterloo (ex-MILW) branches merge at "Junction A" where the CNW and MILW lines used to cross. The remainder of the MILW line into downtown is abandoned.
Photo Date:  5/22/2010  Upload Date: 5/22/2010 10:06:00 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4001(SD40-2) WSOR 3806(GP38)
Views:  496   Comments: 0
Heavy traffic
Title:  Heavy traffic
Description:  The WSOR local L463 will use the siding to sneak by and switch the industrial park while light power for a 'Springs rock train occupies the main.
Photo Date:  5/25/2010  Upload Date: 5/29/2010 3:19:20 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4077(SD40M-2) UP 9442(C41-8W)
Views:  1312   Comments: 0
WSOR 4077 with UP 9442
Title:  WSOR 4077 with UP 9442
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2010  Upload Date: 5/29/2010 3:26:18 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4077(SD40M-2) UP 9442(C41-8W)
Views:  1089   Comments: 0
Rock train power
Title:  Rock train power
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2010  Upload Date: 5/29/2010 3:33:29 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4026(SD70M) UP 5212(SD70M) UP 9442(C41-8W)
Views:  1276   Comments: 0
BooVille's rail hub
Title:  BooVille's rail hub
Description:  The former C&NW depot is visible, along with the only two grade crossings on the main in town. The distant one, Vine Street, still has a pair of wigwag signals.
Photo Date:  5/25/2010  Upload Date: 5/29/2010 3:36:26 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5212(SD70M) UP 9442(C41-8W)
Views:  1103   Comments: 1
WSOR 4077 switching in the industrial park
Title:  WSOR 4077 switching in the industrial park
Description:  The WSOR local L463.
Photo Date:  5/25/2010  Upload Date: 5/29/2010 3:38:45 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4077(SD40M-2)
Views:  1070   Comments: 1
Road Block
Title:  Road Block
Description:  A loaded rock train with a UP SD70M on the point is stuck just short of the yard because of a downed tree across the line.
Photo Date:  6/25/2010  Upload Date: 6/26/2010 8:22:23 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  279   Comments: 0
WSOR 4076 leads the T5 (JMA) into the yard
Title:  WSOR 4076 leads the T5 (JMA) into the yard
Description:  I was very surprised at
Photo Date:  7/27/2010  Upload Date: 7/27/2010 9:12:33 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506 on a local nearing Ingersoll St.
Title:  WSOR 1506 on a local nearing Ingersoll St.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/2/2010  Upload Date: 8/3/2010 1:19:24 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506 and its short train
Title:  WSOR 1506 and its short train
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/2/2010  Upload Date: 8/3/2010 1:22:19 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
WSOR 4079 crossing East Johnson Street with the T5
Title:  WSOR 4079 crossing East Johnson Street with the T5
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/2/2010  Upload Date: 8/3/2010 1:36:52 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4079(SD40M-2)
Views:  588   Comments: 1
WSOR 4079 entering the yard
Title:  WSOR 4079 entering the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/2/2010  Upload Date: 8/3/2010 1:39:17 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4079(SD40M-2)
Views:  615   Comments: 0
WSOR 4079 side & rear view
Title:  WSOR 4079 side & rear view
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/2/2010  Upload Date: 8/3/2010 1:43:41 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 4079(SD40M-2)
Views:  518   Comments: 0
T6 power putting the train together
Title:  T6 power putting the train together
Description:  4010 trailed 4079 on the T5 into town.
Photo Date:  8/2/2010  Upload Date: 8/3/2010 11:56:16 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4010(SD40-2)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
WSOR 4006 and 4009 ease into town
Title:  WSOR 4006 and 4009 ease into town
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/29/2010  Upload Date: 1/10/2011 11:44:20 PM
Location:  Cottage Grove, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
WSOR 4006 on a cold winter's evening
Title:  WSOR 4006 on a cold winter's evening
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/29/2010  Upload Date: 1/10/2011 11:48:11 PM
Location:  Cottage Grove, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
The business train sits in the glow of the yard lights as the sun slips away
Title:  The business train sits in the glow of the yard lights as the sun slips away
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/29/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2012 3:23:22 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 101(E9A) WSOR 3806(GP38)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
A quiet autumn evening in the yard
Title:  A quiet autumn evening in the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/29/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2012 3:27:06 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 101(E9A) WSOR 3806(GP38)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
A CNW No Trespassing sign from c. 1987
Title:  A CNW No Trespassing sign from c. 1987
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/29/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2012 3:31:55 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  323   Comments: 0
A view around the bushes of WSOR 3806 as the last light fades
Title:  A view around the bushes of WSOR 3806 as the last light fades
Description:  3806 with 4003 and a long cut of cars coupled behind it were sitting facing south, but the power was actually for L863 bound for Rock Springs. They would eventually run around to the north end of the yard and head towards Waunakee with just three boxcars.
Photo Date:  10/29/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2012 3:32:53 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38) WSOR 101(E9A)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
Night shot of the depot while waiting for L863 to barrel through
Title:  Night shot of the depot while waiting for L863 to barrel through
Description:  The train was switching Techline about a mile to the south, picking up two boxcars and increasing the length of their train by 2/3 in the process.
Photo Date:  10/29/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2012 3:35:39 AM
Location:  Waunakee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  239   Comments: 1
WSOR 4008 and 4009, RS3L and K5LA
Title:  WSOR 4008 and 4009, RS3L and K5LA
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2013  Upload Date: 5/23/2013 2:43:47 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2) WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
WSOR 4008 holds air on a waiting T006 type train
Title:  WSOR 4008 holds air on a waiting T006 type train
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2013  Upload Date: 5/23/2013 2:46:23 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
Both railroads that operate in Madison
Title:  Both railroads that operate in Madison
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2013  Upload Date: 5/25/2013 3:35:33 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2) CP 2205(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  625   Comments: 0
Profiles
Title:  Profiles
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2013  Upload Date: 5/25/2013 1:16:19 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2) CP 2205(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  616   Comments: 0
WSOR 3801 pulls alongside while switching the yard
Title:  WSOR 3801 pulls alongside while switching the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2013  Upload Date: 5/25/2013 1:28:35 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
A crew has just been cabbed in to yard this Reebsburg Sub train from Forster Drive
Title:  A crew has just been cabbed in to yard this Reebsburg Sub train from Forster Drive
Description:  Just a minute ago, they fired up the two EMD 645s and turned on the lights.
Photo Date:  5/13/2013  Upload Date: 5/25/2013 1:35:26 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4007(SD40-2)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
Through the grass
Title:  Through the grass
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2013  Upload Date: 5/25/2013 1:39:03 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andri Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4007(SD40-2)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
WSOR 4009 cuts across the Isthmus with a short T007 bound for PdC
Title:  WSOR 4009 cuts across the Isthmus with a short T007 bound for PdC
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 12:21:13 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
WSOR 4078 passes the dog park with the MG&E stacks and Capitol dome in the distance
Title:  WSOR 4078 passes the dog park with the MG&E stacks and Capitol dome in the distance
Description:  Leading T005 on the last leg into the yard after waiting on T007 to clear the power switch at Broom Street. The MG&E power plant no longer burns coal and is therefore no longer a rail customer, the spur is overgrown and its crossings are paved over. With that, there is no local work for WSOR in downtown Madison anymore.
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 12:26:36 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4078(SD40M-2)
Views:  441   Comments: 1
WSOR 4051 creeps toward Baldwin Street as T005 wyes their power
Title:  WSOR 4051 creeps toward Baldwin Street as T005 wyes their power
Description:  I grew up within a mile of here, and this is the first time I've ever seen a movement on this track. Too bad the wigwags at the former Thornton Avenue (now Yahara River Parkway bike path) are long gone.
Photo Date:  9/14/2013  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 7:50:35 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4051(SD40-2)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
T005's light power approaches Baldwin Street as it turns on the wye
Title:  T005's light power approaches Baldwin Street as it turns on the wye
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/2013  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 9:09:59 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4051(SD40-2)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
T005 power stops to line the switch to access the main and complete their wye move
Title:  T005 power stops to line the switch to access the main and complete their wye move
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/2013  Upload Date: 9/16/2013 6:38:13 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38) WSOR 4051(SD40-2)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
A camera shy WSOR 4013 led T005 into the yard earlier
Title:  A camera shy WSOR 4013 led T005 into the yard earlier
Description:  At least I can say I've seen it now, albeit barely. This was with the 250mm lens.
Photo Date:  9/25/2013  Upload Date: 9/26/2013 4:05:00 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4013(SD40-2)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
WSOR 4008 leads two GP38s through downtown with T006
Title:  WSOR 4008 leads two GP38s through downtown with T006
Description:  Unusual that they did not turn back to Janesville with the T005 power. Another shot of this train on ex-Milwaukee Road right-of-way is in the "WSOR Madison Subdivision" album.
Photo Date:  9/25/2013  Upload Date: 9/26/2013 4:07:12 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
Weclome stranger
Title:  Weclome stranger
Description:  WSOR train T006 is an unusual sight here in the Northside neighborhoods off Sherman Avenue. The train originates in the ex-C&NW Monona Yard just to the south of this location, and travels south/east to its destination of Janesville. However, today the train shoved out of the yard and staged here on the Reedsburg branch to conduct its air test.
Photo Date:  10/10/2013  Upload Date: 10/11/2013 8:22:36 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
T006 sits on the Reedsburg sub while the crew conducts an air test
Title:  T006 sits on the Reedsburg sub while the crew conducts an air test
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2013  Upload Date: 10/11/2013 8:29:06 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
WSOR 4013 on a stopped L463 just west of Military Road
Title:  WSOR 4013 on a stopped L463 just west of Military Road
Description:  Waiting for some trackwork ahead of them to finish up, and also for the T006, which is currently blocking this train's access to the yard, to depart.
Photo Date:  10/10/2013  Upload Date: 10/11/2013 8:33:51 PM
Location:  Dane, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4013(SD40-2)
Views:  509   Comments: 1
WSOR 4013 sitting west of Military Road
Title:  WSOR 4013 sitting west of Military Road
Description:  Military Road was closed for construction (like umpteen other roads throughout Wisconsin in the summer and fall) and the wigwags have been gone for over a year.
Photo Date:  10/10/2013  Upload Date: 10/11/2013 8:35:57 PM
Location:  Dane, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4013(SD40-2)
Views:  614   Comments: 0
WSOR 4053 leads a rare "through train"
Title:  WSOR 4053 leads a rare "through train"
Description:  Since this T006 staged on the Reedsburg Sub for its air test, it crossed Sherman Avenue and Commercial Avenue (our location for this photo) before bypassing the yard on the main and continuing to the junction with ex-Milwaukee Road trackage at Monona for the rest of the trip to Janesville.
Photo Date:  10/10/2013  Upload Date: 10/11/2013 8:37:12 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
WSOR 3803 crosses First Street heading south on the wye track with L464
Title:  WSOR 3803 crosses First Street heading south on the wye track with L464
Description:  This train is taking the long way around, coming down the wye track and shoving into the yard, in order for easier access to a "hot" car that needs to come off the train.
Photo Date:  10/25/2013  Upload Date: 10/28/2013 10:00:13 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3803(GP38AC)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
WSOR 3803 after shoving L464 into the yard
Title:  WSOR 3803 after shoving L464 into the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/25/2013  Upload Date: 10/28/2013 10:04:27 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3803(GP38AC)
Views:  293   Comments: 1
WSOR 4076 on the Sheridan Driue bridge
Title:  WSOR 4076 on the Sheridan Driue bridge
Description:  4076 and 4052 shoved a T006-type train out of the yard and tied it down on the Reedsburg line. Momentarily, they will cut away and return to the yard light power.
Photo Date:  10/25/2013  Upload Date: 10/29/2013 7:16:38 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
WSOR 4030 leads T005 on the homestretch to the yard approaching E. Johnson Street
Title:  WSOR 4030 leads T005 on the homestretch to the yard approaching E. Johnson Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/13/2013  Upload Date: 11/13/2013 7:08:27 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4030(SD40-2)
Views:  319   Comments: 0

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