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Viewing Album:  WSOR Prairie du Chien Subdivision
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:8/3/2007 - 8/3/2023
Album Info:The Milwaukee Road's line between Prairie du Chien and Madison was another abandonment candidate in the early 1980s to be rescued by the WRRTC and is today operated by the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad. The line has its western terminus on St. Feriole Island in Prairie du Chien, crosses the BNSF mainline at Crawford Junction, winds its way through the scenic Wisconsin River valley, and cuts through the UW-Madison campus before joining WSOR's Reedsburg Subdivision at Broom Street, which trains coming off the line take to get to the yard at Johnson Street (seen in the album "Ex-C&NW Tracks Around Madison").
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Another line of decrepit cabooses and other antique rolling stock
Title:  Another line of decrepit cabooses and other antique rolling stock
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/31/2013  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 4:01:48 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  449   Comments: 0
MILW 992126 at the emd of a long line of rotting cabooses
Title:  MILW 992126 at the emd of a long line of rotting cabooses
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/31/2013  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 4:03:08 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  345   Comments: 0
The crossbuck and the critter
Title:  The crossbuck and the critter
Description:  The very end of the+WSOR line (actually a private spur off of it) on St. Feriole Island features one of very few Milwaukee Road-era 45 degree crossbuck signs still standing.
Photo Date:  10/31/2013  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 4:14:44 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  159   Comments: 0
The cqitter, closer
Title:  The cqitter, closer
Description:  This anonymous little switcher sits rusting away along with the Milwaukee Road rolling stock on a spur at the very end of the WSOR's line on St. Feriole Island.
Photo Date:  10/31/2013  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 4:15:26 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  152   Comments: 0
WSOR train T008 displays the colors of the season
Title:  WSOR train T008 displays the colors of the season
Description:  Never caught both ex-BN Cascade Green units on the same train before!
Photo Date:  11/27/2013  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 5:52:59 PM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2)
Views:  244   Comments: 1
WSOR 4012 approaches Bourbon Road leading T008 eastbound
Title:  WSOR 4012 approaches Bourbon Road leading T008 eastbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/27/2013  Upload Date: 11/27/2013 5:53:59 PM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
Switching the industrial park
Title:  Switching the industrial park
Description:  Pulling 2 MT centerbeams from Hall Lumber.
Photo Date:  2/19/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2014 3:20:28 PM
Location:  Middleton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
WSOR 3801 emerges from the industrial park spur
Title:  WSOR 3801 emerges from the industrial park spur
Description:  Streaked with oil and the "Richard M. Scullion" dedication gone.
Photo Date:  2/19/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2014 3:31:20 PM
Location:  Middleton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  219   Comments: 1
WSOR 4053 leads T007 approaching Schwartz Rd. just west of the industrial park
Title:  WSOR 4053 leads T007 approaching Schwartz Rd. just west of the industrial park
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 6/8/2014 11:30:47 AM
Location:  Middleton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
Clattering along at 25 MPH approaching Cleveland Rd.
Title:  Clattering along at 25 MPH approaching Cleveland Rd.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 6/8/2014 11:52:05 AM
Location:  Middleton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
Cloud-boinked passing the old MILW depot
Title:  Cloud-boinked passing the old MILW depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 6/8/2014 11:55:13 AM
Location:  Black Earth, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  146   Comments: 1
Finally on the "fast track" east of town
Title:  Finally on the "fast track" east of town
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 6:32:35 PM
Location:  Avoca, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 518(E8A)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
Hear that lonesome whistle blow through Lone Rock
Title:  Hear that lonesome whistle blow through Lone Rock
Description:  Actually, the train isn't so lonesome with about 20 cars containing at least one railfan each following it!
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 6:36:33 PM
Location:  Lone Rock, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 518(E8A)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
Down low with the MILW-style switch stand
Title:  Down low with the MILW-style switch stand
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 6:39:51 PM
Location:  Lone Rock, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 518(E8A)
Views:  192   Comments: 1
Hey, I said slow, no wake!
Title:  Hey, I said slow, no wake!
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 6:42:59 PM
Location:  Spring Green, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 515(E8A) SLRG 518(E8A)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
Now that's more like it!
Title:  Now that's more like it!
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 6:45:56 PM
Location:  Spring Green, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 518(E8A) SLRG 515(E8A)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
Rounding the Blynn Road bend
Title:  Rounding the Blynn Road bend
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 6:49:32 PM
Location:  Arena, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 518(E8A)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Approaching Blynn Rd. just east of town
Title:  Approaching Blynn Rd. just east of town
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 6:52:58 PM
Location:  Arena, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 518(E8A)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Cruising past Lake Marion
Title:  Cruising past Lake Marion
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 6:56:34 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 518(E8A)
Views:  135   Comments: 1
In your face coming into town from the west
Title:  In your face coming into town from the west
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 6:59:52 PM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 518(E8A)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
Trundling through another 10MPH slow order
Title:  Trundling through another 10MPH slow order
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 7:09:31 PM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 518(E8A)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Observation car "Caritas" temporarily takes the lead as the train is wyed
Title:  Observation car "Caritas" temporarily takes the lead as the train is wyed
Description:  They ran the power around and shoved the train around the north leg of the wye to position it for the rest of the trip to Janesville and Chicago.
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 7:15:18 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  439   Comments: 0
Hey, the IC is back!
Title:  Hey, the IC is back!
Description:  Well, momentarily at least. They used interchangeable magnetic plates to make the front of 515 read "Illinois Central" where it read "Iowa Pacific" on Friday (and where the 518 still does). The entirety of the IC branch up from Freeport is gone, but this train wears an IC passenger scheme-inspired paint job much like that of the Wisconsin and Calumet F-units that used to ply these rails.
Photo Date:  6/22/2014  Upload Date: 6/25/2014 7:18:05 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 515(E8A)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
WSOR 3801 and WAMX 3947 in the industrial park
Title:  WSOR 3801 and WAMX 3947 in the industrial park
Description:  I waited over half an hour for them to move. They didn't.
Photo Date:  7/6/2014  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 2:22:20 PM
Location:  Boscobel, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38) WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  478   Comments: 1
WSOR 4012 sits attached to a cut of grain hoppers
Title:  WSOR 4012 sits attached to a cut of grain hoppers
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/29/2014  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:03:13 PM
Location:  Muscoda, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2)
Views:  213   Comments: 1
WSOR 4012 basks in the morning light
Title:  WSOR 4012 basks in the morning light
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/29/2014  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:04:16 PM
Location:  Muscoda, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
End of the line
Title:  End of the line
Description:  The Prairie du Chien Sub ends in a loop track on private property on the north end of St. Feriole Island. The last crossing on the line is just beyond the entrance gates and still has Milwaukee Road-era 45 degree crossbucks.
Photo Date:  7/29/2014  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 4:18:18 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  231   Comments: 1
Rusting
Title:  Rusting
Description:  This switcher has been sitting in this spot by the last crossing on the line, just inside the private property gates, for years. I don't know any information about it except that it was probably built by Plymouth.
Photo Date:  7/29/2014  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 4:19:58 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  180   Comments: 0
WSOR 4006 is on sand train duty
Title:  WSOR 4006 is on sand train duty
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/29/2014  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 4:21:18 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
Pullman Rail Journeys' "Varsity" re-creation excursion ready to depart from the Kohl Center
Title:  Pullman Rail Journeys' "Varsity" re-creation excursion ready to depart from the Kohl Center
Description:  For the first two weekends in October, Iowa Pacific/Pullman Rail Journeys re-created the "Varsity" service between Chicago and Madison. Somewhat ironically they re-created a Milwaukee Road passenger train using ex-C&NW E8s wearing an IC passenger scheme. Something from all three railroads that served Madison at one time.
Photo Date:  10/5/2014  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 9:57:06 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 515(E8A)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
SLRG 515 almost ready for departure
Title:  SLRG 515 almost ready for departure
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2014  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 9:58:52 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLRG 515(E8A)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
T007 approaches Stagecoach Road
Title:  T007 approaches Stagecoach Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/6/2014  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 10:55:46 PM
Location:  Middleton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4007(SD40-2)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
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Title:  á
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/6/2014  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 10:57:09 PM
Location:  Middleton, WI
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4007(SD40-2)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
T007 clatters past the farmlands east of town
Title:  T007 clatters past the farmlands east of town
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/6/2014  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 11:01:42 PM
Location:  Black Earth, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4007(SD40-2)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
WSOR 4007 approaching Olson Rd.
Title:  WSOR 4007 approaching Olson Rd.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/6/2014  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 11:15:03 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4007(SD40-2)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
WSOR 4007 crosses Olson Rd. with a short T007
Title:  WSOR 4007 crosses Olson Rd. with a short T007
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/6/2014  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 11:18:47 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4007(SD40-2)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
T007 tied down east of Cleveland Road
Title:  T007 tied down east of Cleveland Road
Description:  Killed 45 minutes waiting for this guy to highball through at downtown Cross Plains, not knowing MoW had the line blocked just to the east, around the curve out of sight. :-(
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:39:42 PM
Location:  Middleton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  147   Comments: 1
WSOR 4002 ducks under University Ave. on its way out of town with T007
Title:  WSOR 4002 ducks under University Ave. on its way out of town with T007
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:26:54 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
WSOR 4002 clatters toward Whitney Way
Title:  WSOR 4002 clatters toward Whitney Way
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:29:35 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  177   Comments: 1
WSOR 4052 leads T007 with 75 grain empties approaching Blynn Road
Title:  WSOR 4052 leads T007 with 75 grain empties approaching Blynn Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 8:40:13 PM
Location:  Arena, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
T007 approaching Hayward Crossing Road
Title:  T007 approaching Hayward Crossing Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 8:43:39 PM
Location:  Helena, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
Down low on Hayward Crossing Road
Title:  Down low on Hayward Crossing Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 8:45:30 PM
Location:  Helena, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Crossing the Wisconsin River
Title:  Crossing the Wisconsin River
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 8:47:36 PM
Location:  Spring Green, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
Just emerged from the west end of the truss spans on the Wisconsin River bridge
Title:  Just emerged from the west end of the truss spans on the Wisconsin River bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 8:52:48 PM
Location:  Spring Green, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
Stopped at MP 182 just east of town to wait for MoW up ahead to clear
Title:  Stopped at MP 182 just east of town to wait for MoW up ahead to clear
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:05:16 PM
Location:  Lone Rock, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
WSOR 4052 storms through getting the 75 MTs back up to speed
Title:  WSOR 4052 storms through getting the 75 MTs back up to speed
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:09:22 PM
Location:  Lone Rock, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  223   Comments: 1
Still wigging after all these years
Title:  Still wigging after all these years
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:43:27 PM
Location:  Avoca, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  105   Comments: 0
WSOR 4052 crosses Sixth Street with its lone wigwag signal
Title:  WSOR 4052 crosses Sixth Street with its lone wigwag signal
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:47:10 PM
Location:  Avoca, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
Friendly crew
Title:  Friendly crew
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:48:54 PM
Location:  Avoca, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
T007 and its 75 empties for ADM Boscobel
Title:  T007 and its 75 empties for ADM Boscobel
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:52:05 PM
Location:  Avoca, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  210   Comments: 0

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