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| Title: |
WSOR 4005 |
| Description: |
Another close look for those thinking about building a model of one of these WSOR units. This unit came to the WSOR in 2002. The loco was originally purchased by the Rock Island in 1972 as the 4793, part of the 4790 - 4799 order from EMD. The unit then became ICG 6043 after the Rock liquidation. After the ICG, the unit became EMDX 6043 before going to the WSOR. This unit was one of only 10 SD40-2's the Rock ordered new. I have conflicting dates regarding when this order was made by the Rock. An older locomotive roster from the early 1980's by Kalmbach Publishing indicates 1972, but the book "The WSOR Story" gives the original purchase year as 1973. |
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7/27/2015 Upload Date: 9/30/2015 11:39:35 AM |
| Location: |
Elo, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 4005(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
WSOR 4005 |
| Description: |
A closer look at the front end of WSOR SD40-2 for those looking for some detail. The train, pulled by a three unit consist, which included two additional GP38-2's is waiting for a fresh crew at Elo. This line connects the west side of Oshkosh with Ripon. |
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7/27/2015 Upload Date: 9/30/2015 11:30:44 AM |
| Location: |
Elo, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 4005(SD40-2) |
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119 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pink Lady Ballast |
| Description: |
During the summer of 2015, "Pink Lady" ballast began to make an appearance on the WSOR line from Horicon to Oshkosh. This shot was taken at the Burr Oak Road grade crossing in Fisk. Some areas have had a heavier application of the ballast from a quarry near Rock Springs, Wi. The WSOR had been operating the line, which the quarry is located on, via a lease with the Union Pacific. The Wisconsin D.O.T. secured an agreement to purchase the line from the U.P. for $30 million in 2014. The WSOR is still the operator of the former C&NW corridor which runs from Madison to Reedsberg, and now Pink Lady ballast can be found spreading throughout the WSOR system, as seen here on this former Milwaukee Road line. |
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8/29/2015 Upload Date: 10/16/2015 6:46:02 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
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303 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3810 |
| Description: |
Heading into Ripon from Oshkosh, a WSOR train passes some round bales of hay. The train is entering the Northeast Industrial Park of Ripon, which will soon have a new tenant. Alliance laundry Systems is adding on, yet again to it's presence in Ripon. A nice change of pace considering most of the closures in business lately. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/2015 Upload Date: 10/6/2016 9:04:32 PM |
| Location: |
Ripon, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3810(GP38-2) WSOR 1501(MP15AC) |
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151 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3810 |
| Description: |
On it's return trip to Horicon from Oshkosh, a WSOR train approaches Reads Corners Road at Reeds Corners. The MP15AC is fittingly, a former Milwaukee Road unit back on former Milwaukee Road rails. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/2015 Upload Date: 10/6/2016 9:12:24 PM |
| Location: |
Reeds Corners, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3810(GP38-2) WSOR 1501(MP15AC) |
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141 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
LRS 13648 |
| Description: |
A boxcar fouls the main back to Horicon in Brandon. The car is on the southernmost tail of the wye between E. Jefferson and E. Washington Streets. The car being spotted here would typically indicate a WSOR crew is about in the area doing some work. |
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10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/7/2016 7:51:19 PM |
| Location: |
Brandon, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock |
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66 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3803 |
| Description: |
A WSOR train roll past the west turnout for the Badger Mining loop track. The train has come this way by taking the west leg of the wye in Brandon to do some work on this branch that ends in Markesan, at a Del Monte plant. |
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10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/7/2016 8:01:06 PM |
| Location: |
Utley, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
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159 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3803 |
| Description: |
A train of ballast hoppers being pulled past the Badger Mining Corporation loop track at Utley. Though Utley is still recognized as a geographic location, the city that was once located here no longer exists. This shot was taken from the location of the Utley single room school house which was built in 1844 and closed in 1942. In the late 1800's, Utley had a population of around 500, with the towns main activity being centered around The Wisconsin Granite Company's Quarry No. 69 ( 1909 The Reporter, Volume 42). The town gradually ceased to exist over the next few decades, with the school outlasting the community, serving the children of the rural surrounding area. The quarry mined black granite for use in larger cities, mainly Chicago. Today the quarrying in the immediate vicinity is done by Badger Mining, shipping a tremendous amount of sand, but black granite can also be found piled up. |
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10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/8/2016 8:11:13 PM |
| Location: |
Utley, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
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142 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3803 |
| Description: |
An train of empty ballast cars along Utley Quarry Road, heading towards Markesan from Brandon on former Milwaukee Road rails. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/8/2016 8:27:26 PM |
| Location: |
Utley, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
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88 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3803 |
| Description: |
Nine empty ballast hoppers being pulled along Utley Quarry Road approaches the County Highway Q grade crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/8/2016 8:30:50 PM |
| Location: |
Utley, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
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199 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3803 |
| Description: |
About half way between Utley and Markesan is the grade crossing of County S. A sand trans-load facility is located here. This line runs between Brandon and Markesan, a former Milwaukee Road branch. The line was built from Brandon, with the first train reaching Markesan on 28 December, 1882. |
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10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/8/2016 8:50:07 PM |
| Location: |
Town of Mackford, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
98 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3803 |
| Description: |
Having dropped a train of nine ballast hoppers on the main outside of town, the locomotives head into Markesan to do some switching. The two have just crossed in front of Landmark Services CO-OP and are heading in to pick up some cars at the Del Monte canning plant. |
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10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/9/2016 10:20:13 AM |
| Location: |
Markesan, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
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148 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3809 |
| Description: |
WSOR 3809 and WSOR 3803 (not visible behind "09) move in to pick up some cars at the Del Monte plant in Markesan. Markesan is the end of this branch reaching out from the wye at Brandon. |
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10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/9/2016 10:25:20 AM |
| Location: |
Markesan, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
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95 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3809 |
| Description: |
Working the Del Monte canning plant. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/9/2016 10:29:15 AM |
| Location: |
Markesan, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3803(GP38AC) |
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94 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
COER 171803 |
| Description: |
A car spotted at the business located at the corner of County Highway's A and S. I have not been able to determine the nature of this business. I may just have to go inside and inquire. |
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10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/10/2016 12:09:11 AM |
| Location: |
Markesan, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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40 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3803 |
| Description: |
Having worked Markesan earlier in the day, the 3803 and 3809 have worked their way up to Ripon and are caught shoving into the northeast industrial park. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/10/2016 12:19:03 AM |
| Location: |
Ripon, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3803(GP38AC) |
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57 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3803 |
| Description: |
Switching PolyOne, a very interesting company dealing with more than plastics. When they are done here, there is a Smuckers facility just to the right that may need servicing also. |
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10/8/2015 Upload Date: 10/10/2016 12:25:20 AM |
| Location: |
Ripon, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
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134 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3803 |
| Description: |
After switching the Bemis plant in the Southwest Industrial Park, the WSOR crew performed a roll by move to get the cars on the proper end of the engines and is about to re-couple to the cars.The scene is viewed from the 20th Ave. grade crossing. |
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10/12/2015 Upload Date: 10/11/2016 5:53:31 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3813(GP38-2) |
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136 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3813 |
| Description: |
Looking south along Island Road, WSOR 3813 leads it's train back to Horicon from Oshkosh. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/2015 Upload Date: 10/16/2016 10:42:32 AM |
| Location: |
Town of Ripon, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3813(GP38-2) WSOR 3803(GP38AC) |
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74 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Main Street Grade Crossing |
| Description: |
Looking across the Main Street grade crossing, past the feed mill/grain elevator towards Horicon. This is a former Milwaukee Road branch in the heart of rural Wisconsin. The Milwaukee turned gave up on it in 1980, but the WSOR has been able to make it work since then. |
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10/16/2015 Upload Date: 10/16/2016 11:23:18 AM |
| Location: |
Brandon, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
| Locomotives: |
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49 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3810 |
| Description: |
Working between Horicon and Oshkosh on a former Milwaukee Road branch, this WSOR train sits dead in Brandon. The East Jefferson Street grade crossing is between the turnouts. The train is on the east leg of the wye. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2015 Upload Date: 10/16/2016 11:09:03 AM |
| Location: |
Brandon, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3810(GP38-2) |
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141 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Looking West at Randolph |
| Description: |
Looking west across the High Street grade crossing in Randolph, WI. Randolph has a fairly long siding, with a grain elevator located on it. The line is former Milwaukee Road territory and runs from Horicon to Cambria as a part of the WSOR. Just west of Randolph, the line passes under the former Chicago and Northwestern Adams line. The CNW bridge over the tracks can be seen at the rails horizon in this photo. The Adams line is now part of the Union Pacific. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2015 Upload Date: 3/31/2016 8:01:38 AM |
| Location: |
Randolph, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
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79 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRDX 12554 |
| Description: |
Covered hoppers and boxcars on the WSOR siding in Randolph. This line is the Milwaukee Road's "old line" to La Crosse, WI. The line went from Milwaukee to La Crosse via Horicon and Cambria to Portage and on to La Crosse. The line that became the favorable route went from Milwaukee through Watertown to Portage and on to La Crosse. For the Milwaukee it became a secondary line, and now with the WSOR, the line truncates at the Del Monte plant entrance in Cambria. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2015 Upload Date: 3/31/2016 7:35:28 AM |
| Location: |
Randolph, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Track |
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61 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3810 |
| Description: |
Heading back east to Horicon on the Cambria branch, a WSOR train fouls DeClark Street. The train has dropped its trailing cars to do some work in the industrial park. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2015 Upload Date: 10/29/2017 7:33:57 PM |
| Location: |
Beaver Dam, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3810(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
168 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3810 |
| Description: |
Working the Cambria Sub, the WSOR stops in Beaver Dam to work an industrial park on it's return trip to Horicon. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2015 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 12:12:37 PM |
| Location: |
Beaver Dam, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3810(GP38-2) WSOR 3803(GP38AC) |
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306 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Switching the Industrial Park |
| Description: |
On the return from Cambria, a WSOR stops to do some work in Beaver Dam. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2015 Upload Date: 10/18/2016 9:17:27 PM |
| Location: |
Beaver Dam, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3810(GP38-2) WSOR 3803(GP38AC) |
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93 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Beaver Dam Switching |
| Description: |
After leaving part of the train in the clear, west of N. Center Street, the Cmbria sub job switches the industrial park in Beaver Dam. The railbox car is on a spur leading to some businesses also. There are two spurs leading off the branch main at this park. There are quite a few customers here. The Milwaukee Road used to run into downtown Beaver Dam and do switching along a return loop of track. The traces of the right of way for the loop are still visible, though the rails have been torn up. This park is located closer to the main of the branch and is the new center of manufacturing, as the downtown district is being redeveloped from industry. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2015 Upload Date: 3/31/2016 8:15:57 AM |
| Location: |
Beaver Dam, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3810(GP38-2) WSOR 3803(GP38AC) |
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242 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Highway 151 Grade Crossing |
| Description: |
After switching the industrial park in Beaver Dam, the WSOR departs town and crosses a busy four lane highway at grade. The next stop heading east will be the yard in Horicon. The 3803 has recently (March 2016) been retired from service with the WSOR. The 3800 thru 3805 have all been stricken from the roster and are being replaced with GP38-2's. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2015 Upload Date: 3/31/2016 8:33:36 AM |
| Location: |
Beaver Dam, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3810(GP38-2) WSOR 3803(GP38AC) |
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126 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3810 |
| Description: |
A WSOR train running behind a residential area as it traverses former Milwaukee Road rails to Oshkosh, WI. The train is approaching Knott Road in the Town of Utica. |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/2015 Upload Date: 3/31/2016 3:55:45 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3810(GP38-2) WSOR 3803(GP38AC) |
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84 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3810 |
| Description: |
At track speed between Fisk and Oshkosh on former Milwaukee Road rails. The train is heading for Oshkosh. In early 2016, the WSOR has taken the 3800 series GP38's off the roster and replaced them with GP38-2's. |
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11/4/2015 Upload Date: 4/3/2016 12:14:25 PM |
| Location: |
Town of Utica, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3810(GP38-2) WSOR 3803(GP38AC) |
| Views: |
78 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3812 |
| Description: |
A WSOR train approaches Island Road from the east on its return to Horicon from Oshkosh. The train is about half way between Pickett and Ripon. Though not as refined as their maroon and silver mates, there is something appealing about the scabby blue workhorses sometimes referred to as Mexi-wrecks. |
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11/9/2015 Upload Date: 10/29/2017 7:27:48 PM |
| Location: |
Town of Ripon, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3812(GP38-2) WSOR 3803(GP38AC) |
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109 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3812 |
| Description: |
Heading back to Horicon from Oshkosh on former Milwaukee Road tracks. The train is crossing Island Road a couple miles outside of the Ripon city limits. |
| Photo Date: |
11/9/2015 Upload Date: 4/6/2016 6:46:17 PM |
| Location: |
Town of Ripon, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3812(GP38-2) WSOR 3803(GP38AC) |
| Views: |
128 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3813 |
| Description: |
A WSOR train on it's way to Oshkosh at the intersection of Bonnieview and State Highway 44. |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/2015 Upload Date: 10/19/2016 9:02:06 AM |
| Location: |
Elo, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3813(GP38-2) WSOR 3811(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
82 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3803 |
| Description: |
Just west of Pickett, a trio of WSOR locomotives is heading back toward Horicon on a gray December day. |
| Photo Date: |
12/23/2015 Upload Date: 4/6/2016 7:08:49 PM |
| Location: |
Pickett, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3802(GP38) |
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112 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stored GACX two bay covered hoppers. |
| Description: |
Some empty GACX hoppers waiting for their turn to the WATCO terminal facility to be loaded in Oshkosh. The cars sit on a siding along some old building foundations that may have been part of any of numerous business activities historically located here. Fisk, once known as Fisk's Corners, had a station, post office, general store, blacksmith, implement store and a grain elevator. Livestock and farm produce were shipped from here on the Milwaukee Road.The old 1910 built bridge across Eight Mile Creek is visible just beyond the turnout. This bridge was replaced in July/August of 1016. Eight Mile Creek has also been known as Fisk's Creek, however, Eight Mile Creek seems to be the official name as it is the one used in modern maps. |
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3/30/2016 Upload Date: 9/25/2016 6:22:38 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Track |
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34 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rebuilding a Timber Trestle along the WSOR. |
| Description: |
WATCO (present owner of the WSOR) was able to use some state funding to improve bridges. The ELS was also a recipient of some of this funding. Here, a contractor rebuilds a timber trestle located between Elo and Fisk along a former Milwaukee Road branch to Oshkosh from Horicon. The trestle provides access through the right of way's fill between fields for a farm. |
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4/26/2016 Upload Date: 11/6/2016 10:19:49 AM |
| Location: |
Town of Utica, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
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64 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3813 |
| Description: |
A WSOR (WATCO) train crosses Fisk Avenue on former Milwaukee Road rails in Fisk. Fisk has a double ended siding where equipment is sometimes stored. There have been no rail served businesses in Fisk for at least 16 years, as of 2016. |
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5/4/2016 Upload Date: 9/25/2016 6:48:07 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3813(GP38-2) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
85 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WSOR 3813 |
| Description: |
A WSOR (WATCO) train fould the County Highway FF grade crossing in Fisk as it picks up some GACX cars from a siding. The loco's are on the 1910 built bridge across Eight Mile Creek, which has since been replaced over the summer of 2016. The neat Old Style sign at the local bar has also met it's demise over the latter half of the 2016 summer, due to vandalism. I have noticed these types of signs are starting to disappear as beer marketing practices have been changing. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/2016 Upload Date: 9/25/2016 7:23:58 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3813(GP38-2) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
154 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
STSX 4015 |
| Description: |
Picking up cars from storage at Fisk. The train is on its way to Oshkosh. The Tate and Lyle tanks will either be going to or are coming from the Smuckers facility in Ripon. My best guess is that they are empties picked up on the trains way through Ripon to Oshkosh, since when heading to Oshkosh, it is a trailing point switch. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/2016 Upload Date: 8/3/2017 7:47:47 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
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GACX 9908 |
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A look at a WSOR train picking up some cars from storage on the siding at Fisk as seen from the Fisk Avenue grade crossing. The train is on it's way to Oshkosh, working out of Horicon on former Milwaukee Road rails. The state owned line has been operated by the WSOR since 1980. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/2016 Upload Date: 9/25/2016 7:32:21 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,Track,Action |
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| Title: |
WLPX 108393 |
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A look down the hill into Fisk on County Highway FF in Fisk. The view looks generally south at the bridge across Eight Mile Creek and the FF grade crossing. These covered hoppers are most likely full of plastic pellets for a Bemis plant in Oshkosh. The train is in the process of picking up some empties to be spotted on the former Strey Construction spur in Oshkosh for loading. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/2016 Upload Date: 9/25/2016 7:40:07 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,Bridge,Action |
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| Title: |
GACX 9767 |
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A WSOR crew picks up some stored covered hoppers from the siding at Fisk. The cars will be spotted in Oshkosh at the trans-load facility terminal. The terminal is located on what was the spur into Strey Construction on this former Milwaukee Road branch into Oshkosh. The grade crossing is County Highway FF. Both the road and the railroad cross Eight Mile Creek at this location. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/2016 Upload Date: 8/3/2017 7:35:46 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Action |
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| Title: |
WAMX 3891 |
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A trio of ex Union Pacific units doing some switching at the United Co-op in Pickett. The train is spotting some potash cars at the agronomy center while on its way to Oshkosh. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/2016 Upload Date: 8/3/2017 7:27:52 PM |
| Location: |
Pickett, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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WAMX 3891(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
WAMX 3892 |
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Heading for Oshkosh on former Milwaukee Road rails. The train is crossing County Highway FF and Eight Mile Creek. The railroad bridge dates from 1910, but is to be replaced in the summer of 2016. |
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5/20/2016 Upload Date: 8/4/2017 8:56:51 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
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WAMX 3892(GP38-2) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
WAMX 3892 |
| Description: |
Crossing Eight Mile Creek in Fisk. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2016 Upload Date: 9/22/2017 8:38:43 PM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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WAMX 3892(GP38-2) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
WSOR 4002 |
| Description: |
Six axle units are an uncommon sight on the former Milwaukee Road line from Horicon to Oshkosh. This pair is between Fisk and Oshkosh, having just crossed Knott Road and heading for the Ripple Avenue grade crossing. |
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5/30/2016 Upload Date: 8/4/2017 9:06:30 PM |
| Location: |
Town of Utica, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Action |
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WSOR 4002(SD40-2) WSOR 4010(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
WSOR 4002 |
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A pair of SD40-2's provide the power on this train working the line between Horicon and Oshkosh. Six axle units are rare on this line. They are about to cross Ripple Avenue between Fisk and Oshkosh. Two more grade crossings and they will be in Oshkosh. |
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5/30/2016 Upload Date: 8/4/2017 9:13:37 PM |
| Location: |
Town of Utica, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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WSOR 4002(SD40-2) WSOR 4010(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
New Bridge for Eight Mile Creek |
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The new bridge to cross Eight Mile Creek is being prepared on site in Fisk. Tough it looks similar, there are many significant changes in its details when compared to the old 1910 built bridge. |
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6/18/2016 Upload Date: 8/6/2017 9:49:04 AM |
| Location: |
Fisk, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
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| Title: |
WAMX 3890 |
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WSOR departing Pickett after doing some work at the United Co-op. Hillside Road crosses the tracks three times in Pickett, and all three are a part of this photo. The two stops signs are grade crossings of Hillside, and the view from the camera is from the third grade crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2016 Upload Date: 8/6/2017 10:37:00 PM |
| Location: |
Pickett, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WAMX 3890(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
WAMX 3890 |
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A WSOR train is about to cross the second of three grade crossings of Hillside Road as it departs Pickett on its return to Horicon. The line through Pickett is a former Milwaukee Road branch that was sold to the state for operation by Wisconsin and Southern in 1980. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2016 Upload Date: 8/6/2017 10:46:03 PM |
| Location: |
Pickett, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
WAMX 3890(GP38-2) |
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