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Viewing Album:  WSOR Waterloo Subdivision
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:12/29/2006 - 12/29/2023
Album Info:WSOR and CP (Or CPKC, since April 2023) trains on this rickety ex-Milwaukee Road branchline that connects Madison with Watertown. WSOR serves the local industries from the east side of Madison to Clasen Quality Choclate in Watertown; CP has trackage rights for ballast trains to the Michels transload site just east of Waterloo.
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LAFX 50221 and kin
Title:  LAFX 50221 and kin
Description:  A string of covered hoppers parked outside the Lycon/LaFarge cement complex near Sycamore Avenue.
Photo Date:  12/29/2006  Upload Date: 1/8/2007 3:27:51 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  399   Comments: 0
SOO 1540 & 4450 on ballast duty
Title:  SOO 1540 & 4450 on ballast duty
Description:  Although CP sold this line to WSOR in the late 1990s, it retains trackagg rights on the east end to the Waterloo Pit ballast quarry. Here two veteran Soo Line engines run back to get their cars to pull into the quarry. 1540 is a "bandit", still in deteriorated Milwaukee Road orange and black.
Photo Date:  4/14/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 1:31:49 AM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1540(MP15AC) SOO 4450(GP38-2)
Views:  1037   Comments: 0
SOO 1540 & 4450
Title:  SOO 1540 & 4450
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/14/2008  Upload Date: 5/3/2008 4:59:47 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1540(MP15AC) SOO 4450(GP38-2)
Views:  967   Comments: 0
Bandits on the West End - WSOR 1506
Title:  Bandits on the West End - WSOR 1506
Description:  Another orange-and-black ex-Milwaukee Road MP15AC works industries on the Madison end of this ex-MILW trackage.
Photo Date:  4/22/2008  Upload Date: 5/27/2008 12:07:28 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  789   Comments: 1
WSOR MoW east of Highway 51
Title:  WSOR MoW east of Highway 51
Description:  Taken from the frontage road crossing, looking east.
Photo Date:  5/13/2008  Upload Date: 5/31/2008 7:01:55 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  353   Comments: 0
Waterloo Sub MoW crew near the Highway 51 east frontage road xing
Title:  Waterloo Sub MoW crew near the Highway 51 east frontage road xing
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2008  Upload Date: 5/31/2008 7:03:54 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  339   Comments: 1
MoW (tie replacement?) on the Waterloo Sub
Title:  MoW (tie replacement?) on the Waterloo Sub
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2008  Upload Date: 5/31/2008 7:04:47 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  346   Comments: 1
WSOR 3808 and 3806 on the M3 that has just crossed Felland Road
Title:  WSOR 3808 and 3806 on the M3 that has just crossed Felland Road
Description:  Burke is a township immediately northeast of Madison.
Photo Date:  9/2/2008  Upload Date: 9/3/2008 4:38:35 PM
Location:  Burke, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3808(GP38AC) WSOR 3808(GP38AC)
Views:  496   Comments: 0
WSOR 3808 leads the M3 out the Waterloo line
Title:  WSOR 3808 leads the M3 out the Waterloo line
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/2/2008  Upload Date: 9/3/2008 4:42:18 PM
Location:  Burke, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3808(GP38AC)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
WSOR 3806 trails on the outbound M3
Title:  WSOR 3806 trails on the outbound M3
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/2/2008  Upload Date: 9/3/2008 4:50:50 PM
Location:  Burke, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
WSOR 3808 arrives with M3's train
Title:  WSOR 3808 arrives with M3's train
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/2/2008  Upload Date: 9/3/2008 4:51:52 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3808(GP38AC) WSOR 3806(GP38)
Views:  551   Comments: 0
WSOR 3808 switching
Title:  WSOR 3808 switching
Description:  On a railroad where 10 MPH is the rule except on some areas that have received state-funded upgrades in recent years, the Waterloo Sub may have the worst track on the WSOR...toss up between that and the Plymouth Sub.
Photo Date:  9/2/2008  Upload Date: 9/3/2008 4:53:27 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3808(GP38AC)
Views:  628   Comments: 1
G67 conductor lines the switch for CP 4507
Title:  G67 conductor lines the switch for CP 4507
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2009  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 11:20:41 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 4507(GP38-2)
Views:  635   Comments: 0
CP 4507 pulls out of the Pit after spotting empties
Title:  CP 4507 pulls out of the Pit after spotting empties
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2009  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 11:28:13 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 4507(GP38-2)
Views:  623   Comments: 0
Light power pulling out onto the main
Title:  Light power pulling out onto the main
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2009  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 11:34:34 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 4507(GP38-2) SOO 4424(GP38-2)
Views:  726   Comments: 0
Pulling across Peschel Rd. to line another switch
Title:  Pulling across Peschel Rd. to line another switch
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2009  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 11:41:22 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 4424(GP38-2) CP 4507(GP38-2)
Views:  728   Comments: 0
Coupling up
Title:  Coupling up
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2009  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 11:53:42 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 4507(GP38-2) SOO 4424(GP38-2)
Views:  750   Comments: 0
Rock loads leaving for Watertown
Title:  Rock loads leaving for Watertown
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2009  Upload Date: 7/12/2009 5:45:02 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 4507(GP38-2) SOO 4424(GP38-2)
Views:  694   Comments: 0
WSOR 1503 pulls across Market Street
Title:  WSOR 1503 pulls across Market Street
Description:  A local observer covers her ears as the engineer blows the horn.
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 3/31/2010 7:08:17 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  504   Comments: 0
Dropping off their Madison cars on the siding
Title:  Dropping off their Madison cars on the siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 3/31/2010 7:27:03 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  543   Comments: 2
WSOR 1503 & 4025 pull ahead to make their pickup
Title:  WSOR 1503 & 4025 pull ahead to make their pickup
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 3/31/2010 7:35:54 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC) WSOR 4025(SD40-2)
Views:  674   Comments: 0
WSOR 1503 eastbound approaching Highway 19
Title:  WSOR 1503 eastbound approaching Highway 19
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 3/31/2010 7:42:31 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
Two engines and one ballast hopper approaching County VV
Title:  Two engines and one ballast hopper approaching County VV
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 3/31/2010 9:00:22 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC) WSOR 4025(SD40-2)
Views:  609   Comments: 1
WSOR 1503 crossing County Highway VV
Title:  WSOR 1503 crossing County Highway VV
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 3/31/2010 9:12:09 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  508   Comments: 1
A long road from there to here
Title:  A long road from there to here
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 4/1/2010 2:20:47 PM
Location:  Deansville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
Passing the wiewag
Title:  Passing the wiewag
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 4/1/2010 3:09:14 PM
Location:  Marshall, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  651   Comments: 2
Pulling the loads
Title:  Pulling the loads
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 4/1/2010 3:22:46 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
WSOR 1503 & 4025 with rock loads
Title:  WSOR 1503 & 4025 with rock loads
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 4/1/2010 3:37:17 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC) WSOR 4025(SD40-2)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
Pulling clear to line the switch
Title:  Pulling clear to line the switch
Description:  The METX cars are for the CP local to pick up, and have to be set aside on uhe main so all the WSOR cars can be sorted out.
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 4/1/2010 3:51:23 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  454   Comments: 0
WSOR 4025 shoving on the ballast loads
Title:  WSOR 4025 shoving on the ballast loads
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 4/1/2010 3:58:26 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4025(SD40-2)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
Shoving back in after setting out the CP cars
Title:  Shoving back in after setting out the CP cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2010  Upload Date: 4/1/2010 4:06:25 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC) WSOR 4025(SD40-2)
Views:  563   Comments: 1
WSOR 4001 about to cross Fair Oaks Avenue
Title:  WSOR 4001 about to cross Fair Oaks Avenue
Description:  A surprise Saturday inbound train on the Waterloo branch.
Photo Date:  5/22/2010  Upload Date: 5/22/2010 9:58:03 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4001(SD40-2)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
The WAVE
Title:  The WAVE
Description:  Got this train one more time after this at Second Street on ex-C&NW rails, shot can be found in the album "Ex-CNW Tracks Around Madison."
Photo Date:  5/22/2010  Upload Date: 5/22/2010 10:02:46 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4001(SD40-2)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
WSOR 4011 leads L464 back to Madison across the timber bridge
Title:  WSOR 4011 leads L464 back to Madison across the timber bridge
Description:  Would be a favorite shot, if not for getting cloud-Murphed at the last second...for something like the 5th WSOR train in a row at the location where I really wanted a shot.
Photo Date:  9/25/2013  Upload Date: 9/26/2013 4:14:37 PM
Location:  Burke, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4011(SD40-2)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
CP 6240 hides out while it waits for more rocks to take back to Watertown
Title:  CP 6240 hides out while it waits for more rocks to take back to Watertown
Description:  The pair of SD60s is by far the biggest power I've ever seen on this line...too bad it was tied down for the day by the time I got off work!
Photo Date:  4/18/2017  Upload Date: 4/18/2017 10:02:15 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6240(SD60)
Views:  312   Comments: 1
Rocks and more rocks
Title:  Rocks and more rocks
Description:  The loads for the WSOR are set out on the main at left.
Photo Date:  4/18/2017  Upload Date: 4/18/2017 10:03:10 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6240(SD60)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
CP 6011 will be power for a Herzog rock train being loaded
Title:  CP 6011 will be power for a Herzog rock train being loaded
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2018  Upload Date: 6/7/2018 10:27:24 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6011(SD40-2)
Views:  677   Comments: 1
Horn blaring, WAMX 3947 bears down on the closely spaced crossings of Burke Road and Felland Road
Title:  Horn blaring, WAMX 3947 bears down on the closely spaced crossings of Burke Road and Felland Road
Description:  Some track work (after years of this being one of the ricketiest lines on the system) has upped the speed to 20 MPH from I-90 to Sun Prairie.
Photo Date:  6/7/2018  Upload Date: 6/9/2018 6:22:31 PM
Location:  Burke, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  307   Comments: 1
Glinty Red
Title:  Glinty Red
Description:  3947 was finally repainted to Watco's new version of the WSOR scheme last year.
Photo Date:  6/7/2018  Upload Date: 6/9/2018 6:23:08 PM
Location:  Burke, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  459   Comments: 2
L464 roars toward Bird Street
Title:  L464 roars toward Bird Street
Description:  This is the first time I have caught these units paired together since 3947 finally received its red and gray. 3928 got the 35th Anniversary dip in 2015. Previously they were in ugly patched UP yellow.
Photo Date:  6/7/2018  Upload Date: 6/9/2018 6:29:16 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2) WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  332   Comments: 1
WAMX 3947 and 3928 about to cross Bird St. with L464
Title:  WAMX 3947 and 3928 about to cross Bird St. with L464
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2018  Upload Date: 6/9/2018 6:30:11 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2) WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  318   Comments: 1
L464 drops their Lycon/Lafarge cars in the passing siding
Title:  L464 drops their Lycon/Lafarge cars in the passing siding
Description:  They'll work the big ready mix complex on the east side of Madison on their way back.
Photo Date:  6/7/2018  Upload Date: 6/9/2018 6:33:11 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
Distant L464 spots loads for Amerhart Lumber
Title:  Distant L464 spots loads for Amerhart Lumber
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2018  Upload Date: 6/9/2018 6:54:23 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
Its work in town complete, L464 blasts off for points east
Title:  Its work in town complete, L464 blasts off for points east
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2018  Upload Date: 6/9/2018 7:08:24 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3947(GP39-2) WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  290   Comments: 1
CP 6073 has now joined 6011 at the Michels Materials ballast transload
Title:  CP 6073 has now joined 6011 at the Michels Materials ballast transload
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/2018  Upload Date: 6/9/2018 8:37:07 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6073(SD40-2)
Views:  182   Comments: 1
The elephant style pair of SD40-2s rolls ahead to clear the switch and grab the first cut
Title:  The elephant style pair of SD40-2s rolls ahead to clear the switch and grab the first cut
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/2018  Upload Date: 6/10/2018 11:38:52 AM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6073(SD40-2)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
Ready to pull the first cut
Title:  Ready to pull the first cut
Description:  They ran ditch lights only from here to Watertown.
Photo Date:  6/8/2018  Upload Date: 6/10/2018 8:54:41 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6073(SD40-2)
Views:  150   Comments: 1
HZGX 9864 one of 60 Herzog solar-controlled ballast hoppers on this train
Title:  HZGX 9864 one of 60 Herzog solar-controlled ballast hoppers on this train
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/2018  Upload Date: 6/10/2018 8:55:27 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  167   Comments: 0
SOO 61092, one of two random Soo Line cars on the end of the train
Title:  SOO 61092, one of two random Soo Line cars on the end of the train
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/2018  Upload Date: 6/10/2018 9:22:01 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  128   Comments: 0
SOO 61092
Title:  SOO 61092
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/2018  Upload Date: 6/10/2018 9:25:03 PM
Location:  Waterloo, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  115   Comments: 0

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