After shoving the 100 empty sand cars about 4.5 miles to the end of the in service portion of the Sauk Sub, L724 runs back South towards Mazomanie with a plastics car they pulled prior to their sh... (more)
The L724 crew shoves a 100 car empty storage train up the hilly Sauk Sub with a single GP39-2. Storage moves are the only action this line sees these days.
The T008 crew will still has a long 60 miles left until they reach Madison, as the last resemblance of daylight quickly fades away.
WAMX 3947 crosses the Yaraha River at Mendota.
L863 has crested Dane Hill, and now begins their downhill roll towards Waunakee.
L863 is in the thick of the grade on Dane Hill, as they trudge towards Dane.
With a combined total of 5300 horsepower, the WSOR EMDs tackle the 1 percent grade between Lodi and Dane, with a decent size train in tow.
L863 rolls along past houses, farms, and fields.
L863 crosses Shamrock Road in Okee on their way back to Madison.
L863 rolls along the shores of Lake Wisconsin.
L863 crosses the nearly 2000 foot long Merrimac Bridge.
WAMX 3947 and 4187 lean into the curve as they drag a decent size train out of the Baraboo River Valley, and up into Devil's Lake State Park.
The grain train has arrived in Milton, where they will shuffle some power around.
WAMX 4219 leads a four pack of SD40-2s on a unit grain train bound for Chicago. 4219 was built in 1966, making it the oldest SD40-2 on the WSOR roster. It is also the only red and gray engine on t... (more)
