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Richard Hopfensperger's Collection
 
5/1/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Wisconsin & Southern
Model:EMD GP38-2Built As:NDEM 9214 (GP38-2)
Serial Number:75633-15Order No:75633
Frame Number:Built:6/1975
Notes:nee NdM 9214; Wamx 3868
Other locos with this serial:  JTPX 9214(GP38-2) FNM 9214(GP38-2) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WAMX 3868(GP38-2)
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WSOR 3810
Title:  WSOR 3810
Description:  WSOR switches industry in Hartford.
Photo Date:  7/3/2013  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 10:45:03 AM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3810(GP38-2) WSOR 3811(GP38-2) WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  518   Comments: 0
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  A typical Horicon to Oshkosh set of power crosses Stanton St. near the grain elevator as it approaches Oshkosh Ave. in Ripon. The WSOR typically runs a turn to Oshkosh daily on the Milwaukee Road's old Twelfth Subdivision from Horicon, serving numerous communites along the way. This return trip had a lighter load with only three tanks and two boxcars.
Photo Date:  2/20/2014  Upload Date: 2/25/2014 9:51:54 AM
Location:  Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3813(GP38-2)
Views:  431   Comments: 1
WSOR 3811
Title:  WSOR 3811
Description:  Three WSOR units, each in its own unique stage of aging paint, rolls between Pickett and Ripon in the Town of Ripon on former Milwaukee Road right of way. It is mid May and the fields have barely been touched for planting due to wet conditions.
Photo Date:  5/20/2014  Upload Date: 5/24/2014 9:03:03 PM
Location:  Town of Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3811(GP38-2) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3812(GP38-2)
Views:  495   Comments: 1
WSOR 3811
Title:  WSOR 3811
Description:  Three GP38-2's pull seventeen cars back to Horicon from Oshkosh on former Milwaukee Road rails. The train is between Pickett and Ripon in the Town of Ripon. Wet field conditions have delayed planting during the spring of 2014, as can be noted by the unplanted field next to the track.
Photo Date:  5/20/2014  Upload Date: 5/24/2014 9:10:08 PM
Location:  Town of Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3811(GP38-2) WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3812(GP38-2)
Views:  429   Comments: 0
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  Memorial Day 2014 finds a WSOR crew on the former Milwaukee Road Twelfth Subdivision. The train of four covered hoppers is on it's return trip to Horicon from Oshkosh.
Photo Date:  5/26/2014  Upload Date: 5/28/2014 2:27:49 PM
Location:  Fisk, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3811(GP38-2)
Views:  415   Comments: 1
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  In Fisk, the WSOR crosses Eight Mile Creek on a bridge put in by the Milwaukee Road in 1910. County Highway FF also crosses Eight Mile Creek here, and both intersect each other at almost the same spot. Both bridges and the grade crossing are all visible here, though not much can be seen of the railroad bridge.
Photo Date:  5/26/2014  Upload Date: 5/28/2014 2:34:01 PM
Location:  Fisk, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3811(GP38-2)
Views:  358   Comments: 1
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  There isn't much variety for motive power on the old Milwaukee Road Twelfth Subdivision, but there is nice scenery and daily action. Here, a WSOR train crosses County Highway FF just after crossing Eight Mile Creek in Fisk, WI.
Photo Date:  5/26/2014  Upload Date: 5/28/2014 2:46:58 PM
Location:  Fisk, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3811(GP38-2)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  Returning from Oshkosh, a WSOR train runs parallel to Highway 44 in Pickett as it approaches the second of three grade crossings of Hillside Road.
Photo Date:  5/26/2014  Upload Date: 7/25/2015 11:35:28 PM
Location:  Pickett, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  315   Comments: 1
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  On Memorial Day 2014, a short train of four covered hoppers and two GP38-2's approach a Hillside Road grade crossing in Pickett, WI through a small cut. State Highway 44 parallels the railroad multiple times in this area and can be seen just above the hoppers.
Photo Date:  5/26/2014  Upload Date: 5/28/2014 2:59:48 PM
Location:  Pickett, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3811(GP38-2)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  Two WSOR units power a train of four covered hoppers across Hillside Road as the leave Pickett, WI enroute to Horicon from Oshkosh.
Photo Date:  5/26/2014  Upload Date: 5/28/2014 3:09:01 PM
Location:  Pickett, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3811(GP38-2)
Views:  387   Comments: 1
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  A WSOR crew gets closer to home on it's return trip from Oshkosh to Horicon on Memorial Day, 2014.
Photo Date:  5/26/2014  Upload Date: 5/28/2014 3:25:25 PM
Location:  Reeds Corners, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3811(GP38-2)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
Short Train Running
Title:  Short Train Running
Description:  WSOR at Reeds Corners crosses Brandon Brandon Road on the return trip to Horicon from Oshkosh.
Photo Date:  5/26/2014  Upload Date: 5/28/2014 3:30:48 PM
Location:  Reeds Corners, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3811(GP38-2)
Views:  298   Comments: 1
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  A short train returning to Horicon from Oshkosh on Memorial Day, 2014, leaves Reeds Corners. Reeds Corners is one of the oldest settlements in the Town of Metomen in Fond du Lac County. It was once a prominent community on the original Milwaukee and Horicon Railway, with two churches, a depot, post office and local stores and shops. The community lost its post office and station in 1873. They were moved a half mile south and renamed Metomen. Today, Reeds Corners is a small collection of homes with Reeds Corners Bethel Cemetary marking the location of the original community.
Photo Date:  5/26/2014  Upload Date: 5/28/2014 3:35:51 PM
Location:  Reeds Corners, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3811(GP38-2)
Views:  315   Comments: 1
WSOR 3803
Title:  WSOR 3803
Description:  A typical set of WSOR units on the old Milwaukee Road Twelfth Subdivision approaches East Fond du Lac Street in Ripon as a soccer game plays on at Ingalls Field, home of the Ripon High School Tigers and the Ripon College Redhawks.
Photo Date:  5/28/2014  Upload Date: 5/30/2014 10:01:06 PM
Location:  Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  355   Comments: 1
WSOR 3803
Title:  WSOR 3803
Description:  The WSOR passes directly behind the visiting team bleachers at Ingalls Field in Ripon, WI. This train has just crossed East Fond du Lac Street heading compass direction south on it's return trip to Horicon from Oshkosh. It will pass behind Ripon's high school within a quarter mile and be out of town soon after. This train was quite a bit longer than the Memorial Day 2014 train at right around twenty cars, plus or minus a couple.
Photo Date:  5/28/2014  Upload Date: 5/30/2014 10:10:15 PM
Location:  Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  257   Comments: 1
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  The WSOR Horicon to Oshkosh turn shoves a cut of flats across Oakwood Road to the loading ramp at what is now the end of the former Twelfth Sub of the Milwaukee Road in Oshkosh, WI. The ramp is located at the very end of what is left of this subdivision.
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 6/17/2014 10:42:28 PM
Location:  Oshkosh, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3803(GP38AC)
Views:  333   Comments: 2
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  In a shot taken from the seats at Ingalls Field, two of the WSOR's GP38-2 fleet work the Oshkosh sub in Ripon. The train is crossing East Fond du Lac St. (aka State Highway 23). The Milwaukee Road depot was located on what would be the left side of the train, behind the car and truck.
Photo Date:  10/13/2014  Upload Date: 2/11/2015 1:16:59 PM
Location:  Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WSOR 3810(GP38-2)
Views:  275   Comments: 1
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  Returning from Oshkosh, a WSOR train passes in front of the United Co-op grain elevator on Ripon's north side. The train almost at the Stanton Street grade crossing. The facility was purchased in 2007 from Agro and has grown considerably.
Photo Date:  3/19/2015  Upload Date: 3/20/2015 8:14:53 AM
Location:  Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  171   Comments: 2
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  A WSOR train returning from Oshkosh at the E. Oshkosh Street grade crossing. The train will be stopping in town to set out the boxcar at the Seneca canning facility located on the former CNW right of way. The mainline for the WSOR in Ripon is former Milwaukee Road.
Photo Date:  3/19/2015  Upload Date: 3/20/2015 8:48:50 AM
Location:  Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  The remaining four cars of this train are left on thje former Milwaukee Road right of way as the WSOR trundles along the former CNW track to spot this boxcar at the Seneca facility.
Photo Date:  3/19/2015  Upload Date: 3/20/2015 8:56:20 AM
Location:  Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  151   Comments: 1
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  Crossing N. Dougllas Street to spot a car at the Seneca facility. The Seneca canning facility is the only business located on the former CNW right of way in Ripon, as of 2015.
Photo Date:  3/19/2015  Upload Date: 3/20/2015 9:05:36 AM
Location:  Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  The former CNW right of way in Ripon. This is the far eastern limit of the existing right of way. Beyond the end of track, it becomes a privately owned snowmobile trail until Rosendale. In Rosendale, the roadbed becomes a multi use recreation trail. To spot the cars at the Seneca facilty, the train will go past the building, and then switch back to place the car inside for loading.
Photo Date:  3/19/2015  Upload Date: 3/20/2015 9:11:04 AM
Location:  Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
WSOR 3803
Title:  WSOR 3803
Description:  Returning to Horicon from Oshkosh. The train is running parallel to State Highway 44 just west of town.
Photo Date:  3/20/2015  Upload Date: 3/21/2015 3:33:37 PM
Location:  Pickett, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
WSOR 3803
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.
Photo Date:  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)
Views:  159   Comments: 0
WSOR 3803
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.
Photo Date:  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)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
WSOR 3803
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)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
WSOR 3803
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)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
WSOR 3803
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.
Photo Date:  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:  97   Comments: 1
WSOR 3803
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.
Photo Date:  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)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
WSOR 3809
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.
Photo Date:  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)
Views:  95   Comments: 1
WSOR 3809
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)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
WSOR 3803
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.
Photo Date:  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)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
WSOR 3803
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)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
WSOR 3813
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.
Photo Date:  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:  84   Comments: 0
WSOR 3813
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
STSX 4015
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:  53   Comments: 0
WAMX 3892
Title:  WAMX 3892
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  5/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/4/2017 8:56:51 PM
Location:  Fisk, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 3892(GP38-2) WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
WAMX 3892
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
Locomotives:  WAMX 3892(GP38-2) WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  142   Comments: 1
WSOR 3809
Title:  WSOR 3809
Description:  The WSOR working on the spur to the Seneca canning facility located on former Chicago and Northwestern right of way. Ripon was once home to an at grade crossing of the Chicago and Northwestern and the Milwaukee Road. The Milwaukee Road line is still in use as a branch from Horicon to Oshkosh with the WSOR. The Chicago and Northwestern line in use is only two short spurs from the junction. One is a storage track along Gothic Mill Pond. The other is to the canning plant, about a half mile to the east of the junction.
Photo Date:  10/19/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2017 2:05:02 PM
Location:  Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 3809(GP38-2) WAMX 3894(GP38-2)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
WAMX 3894
Title:  WAMX 3894
Description:  After working on the spur to the Seneca plant, a WSOR turn to Oshkosh reconnects to its train to continue on its way. The train is heading north within Ripon, and is about to run behind the Alliance (Speed Queen) laundry equipment factory.
Photo Date:  10/19/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2017 2:55:59 PM
Location:  Ripon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 3894(GP38-2) WSOR 3809(GP38-2)
Views:  116   Comments: 0


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