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6/7/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:1/13/2020 - 12/31/2022
Album Info:The book is closed on the 2010s, let's see what the 2020s have in store along CP's Chicago-Twin Cities corridor.
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CP 8916 is 199's mid-train DPU today
Title:  CP 8916 is 199's mid-train DPU today
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/27/2020  Upload Date: 2/28/2020 1:26:35 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8916(ES44AC)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
G64 comes home from a day on the Watertown Sub
Title:  G64 comes home from a day on the Watertown Sub
Description:  Now we get to see 4008's "good" (not) side of the cab. The last two digits of the number appear to be scrawled on with chalk, not sure what happened with this three-year-old paint scheme. This job works mainline customers at least as far east as Watertown, perhaps Oconomowoc, on the days when it doesn't work the M&P.
Photo Date:  2/27/2020  Upload Date: 2/28/2020 1:27:26 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 4008(GP40-3)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
Rolling meet by the east switch
Title:  Rolling meet by the east switch
Description:  Eastbound manifest 288 is dragging its heels on the siding, it won't have to come to a full stop before the short local clears the switch. Why did the local get the main, you ask? Because it's riding the "lunar" signal behind westbound stack train 199.
Photo Date:  2/27/2020  Upload Date: 2/28/2020 1:29:49 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 4008(GP40-3) NS 9782(C40-9W)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
NS 9782, with help from its Eastern competitor on CP 288, about to enter the single main
Title:  NS 9782, with help from its Eastern competitor on CP 288, about to enter the single main
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/27/2020  Upload Date: 2/28/2020 1:31:02 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  NS 9782(C40-9W)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
CP 4008 trundles into town, following close behind 199 on the main
Title:  CP 4008 trundles into town, following close behind 199 on the main
Description:  I could see 199's last few container cars clear the crossing as I drove down Ontario St. It's anyone's guess what that tag job on the first car is supposed to be.
Photo Date:  2/27/2020  Upload Date: 2/28/2020 1:51:49 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 4008(GP40-3)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
Potash train 681 approaching Tamarack
Title:  Potash train 681 approaching Tamarack
Description:  Just passed through the town of Reeseville, around the curve and behind the trees.
Photo Date:  5/29/2020  Upload Date: 6/1/2020 7:05:06 PM
Location:  Reeseville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7004(SD70ACU)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
CP 7004 solo on 681 about to pass under Maiden Lane Road
Title:  CP 7004 solo on 681 about to pass under Maiden Lane Road
Description:  After getting one of the military tribute units and one of the heritage units, this is my first ACu in the "standard" Beaver red. They're relatively new and clean, so of course the clouds filled in just as the train arrived.
Photo Date:  5/29/2020  Upload Date: 6/1/2020 7:07:23 PM
Location:  Reeseville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7004(SD70ACU)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
CP 8811 and a couple of GP20C-ECOs power eastbound manifest 288
Title:  CP 8811 and a couple of GP20C-ECOs power eastbound manifest 288
Description:  They're dragging their heels to let Amtrak 7 clear the switch to double track at "Watertown West," the control point a couple miles east.
Photo Date:  6/3/2020  Upload Date: 6/5/2020 5:27:03 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8811(ES44AC)
Views:  37   Comments: 0
AMTK 42, the "America's Railroad Salutes Our Veterans" unit leads No. 7, the WB Empire Builder
Title:  AMTK 42, the "America's Railroad Salutes Our Veterans" unit leads No. 7, the WB Empire Builder
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/3/2020  Upload Date: 6/5/2020 5:27:34 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  AMTK 42(P42DC)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
Faded Flags
Title:  Faded Flags
Description:  5936, like most of its surviving GMD-built SD40-2 sisters (especially those in the Dual Flags scheme) is looking a little rough.
Photo Date:  6/3/2020  Upload Date: 6/5/2020 5:28:24 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 5936(SD40-2)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
CP 5936 and 6067 open 'er up with 60 ballast loads
Title:  CP 5936 and 6067 open 'er up with 60 ballast loads
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/3/2020  Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:30:32 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 5936(SD40-2)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
EB potash train 680 hangs a left at the Portage West switch onto the siding
Title:  EB potash train 680 hangs a left at the Portage West switch onto the siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/2020  Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:32:53 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 9370(ES44AC)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
GEs front potash train 680 coming into town
Title:  GEs front potash train 680 coming into town
Description:  Apparently, 8638 had been a mid-train DPU and then they stopped at the Lewiston siding just west of here and moved it up front.
Photo Date:  6/12/2020  Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:34:07 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 9370(ES44AC)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
CP 8638 with Beaver and Flags
Title:  CP 8638 with Beaver and Flags
Description:  This caught my eye on an otherwise typically grimy and faded unrebuilt CP GE. Even the 8000/8100s which were rebuilt starting in late 2017 are getting dirty.
Photo Date:  6/12/2020  Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:36:48 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8638(AC44CW)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
Red EMD trio hauls EB manifest 288 through the Portage West switch
Title:  Red EMD trio hauls EB manifest 288 through the Portage West switch
Description:  288 has lately been a massive train and this day was no exception. Often it is operated in some sort of DPU configuration, but this time all the power was up front!
Photo Date:  6/12/2020  Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:39:09 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 6236(SD60)
Views:  55   Comments: 1
Standard cab classics
Title:  Standard cab classics
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/2020  Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:40:37 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 6236(SD60)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
CP 6236
Title:  CP 6236
Description:  Over eight years after the Soo Line SD60s started to get rebuilt/renumbered and repainted into the CP roster, I still have seen relatively few of them (especially leading) and the once clean and bright red paint is visibly faded.
Photo Date:  6/12/2020  Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:43:11 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 6236(SD60)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
CP 5966 third out on 288
Title:  CP 5966 third out on 288
Description:  Snapped a roster of another faded Dual Flags SD40-2, one of several that has been floating around the Bensenville-St. Paul corridor this spring. They mostly appear in MoW duty such as ballast and rail trains. This one had hauled the weed sprayer train into Portage from the west during the previous week, then was taken off and 6043 added.
Photo Date:  6/12/2020  Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:43:56 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 5966(SD40-2)
Views:  59   Comments: 1
Westbound ethanol empty with CSX power tied down in the siding
Title:  Westbound ethanol empty with CSX power tied down in the siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/2020  Upload Date: 6/19/2020 5:44:41 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CSX 3384(ET44AH)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Westbound weed sprayer ambles into town, taking the siding
Title:  Westbound weed sprayer ambles into town, taking the siding
Description:  This was the train I chased a year ago with the Ferromex GP38-2.
Photo Date:  6/15/2020  Upload Date: 6/20/2020 3:38:40 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 6043(SD40-2)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
CP 6043 leads the weed sprayer
Title:  CP 6043 leads the weed sprayer
Description:  Another SD40-2 in MoW service, this one in the plain Action Red scheme.
Photo Date:  6/15/2020  Upload Date: 6/20/2020 3:39:23 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 6043(SD40-2)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Closer look at CP 6043 A.K.A. "Quackers"
Title:  Closer look at CP 6043 A.K.A. "Quackers"
Description:  It's hard to see in RRPA's 1024 pixel sizing, but there's a duck decoy mounted above the bell.
Photo Date:  6/15/2020  Upload Date: 6/20/2020 3:42:36 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 6043(SD40-2)
Views:  140   Comments: 1
High sun and backlit but I finally got another Heritage ACU leading
Title:  High sun and backlit but I finally got another Heritage ACU leading
Description:  Eastbound manifest train 288 again.
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/20/2020 3:48:13 PM
Location:  Lewiston, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7013(SD70ACU)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
Heritage rolls into the west end, taking the siding into the yard
Title:  Heritage rolls into the west end, taking the siding into the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/20/2020 3:49:13 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7013(SD70ACU)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
CP 7013
Title:  CP 7013
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/20/2020 3:50:03 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7013(SD70ACU)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Blanked-out and tagged SOO caboose 57 sits in the yard
Title:  Blanked-out and tagged SOO caboose 57 sits in the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/20/2020 3:52:32 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  130   Comments: 0
SOO 57 - so sayeth the scrawl
Title:  SOO 57 - so sayeth the scrawl
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:28:34 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
CP 9807 is head-end power for 199
Title:  CP 9807 is head-end power for 199
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:29:24 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 9807(AC44CW)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
CP 9826 mid-train on 199
Title:  CP 9826 mid-train on 199
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:30:14 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 9826(AC44CW)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Blinded by the Light
Title:  Blinded by the Light
Description:  Westbound manifest 281 comes into Portage led by one of the still shiny clean second order of SD70ACUs, with another one of the Heritage group, 7017, second in consist.
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:31:59 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7031(SD70ACU)
Views:  157   Comments: 1
Red, Maroon, Gray & Orange
Title:  Red, Maroon, Gray & Orange
Description:  281's rainbow of power rolls past Popenfus'. After finding them elusive since they started to appear on the rails last fall, I caught three SD70ACUs including two Heritage on this day!
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:40:15 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7031(SD70ACU)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
288 gets rolling east from the yard
Title:  288 gets rolling east from the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:41:57 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7013(SD70ACU)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Into the glare of an early evening in June
Title:  Into the glare of an early evening in June
Description:  281 set out the middle two units of their consist, 7017 and BNSF 6712, in the yard.
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 11:42:58 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7031(SD70ACU)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
CP 7054 leads eastbound 288 approaching County Highway O
Title:  CP 7054 leads eastbound 288 approaching County Highway O
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:12:22 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7054(SD70ACU)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
MOCX 973010 "America's Resourceful Railroad"
Title:  MOCX 973010 "America's Resourceful Railroad"
Description:  This car's lineage is quite apparent. The ex-MILW hopper is on home rails.
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:14:02 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  36   Comments: 0
BNSF 7695 is rear DPU on 288
Title:  BNSF 7695 is rear DPU on 288
Description:  This is the unique "Golden Swoosh" unit
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:15:15 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7695(ES44DC)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
288 negotiates the west switch onto the siding
Title:  288 negotiates the west switch onto the siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:17:13 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7054(SD70ACU)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
Bright clean beaver
Title:  Bright clean beaver
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:19:19 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7054(SD70ACU)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
A pair of Milwaukee Road ballast hoppers in 288's train
Title:  A pair of Milwaukee Road ballast hoppers in 288's train
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:21:07 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  32   Comments: 0
KSPX 5178, one of a string of clean blue K+S Potash Canada covered hoppers
Title:  KSPX 5178, one of a string of clean blue K+S Potash Canada covered hoppers
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:24:07 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  100   Comments: 0
KSPX 5166
Title:  KSPX 5166
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:25:40 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  56   Comments: 0
KSPX 5147
Title:  KSPX 5147
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:28:26 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
Another look at MOCX 973010
Title:  Another look at MOCX 973010
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:29:36 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  33   Comments: 0
CP 224225
Title:  CP 224225
Description:  One of a pair of clean, green CP boxcars in 288's train.
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:33:06 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
BR 50295
Title:  BR 50295
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:35:51 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  30   Comments: 0
BNSF 7695 chases 288's tail
Title:  BNSF 7695 chases 288's tail
Description:  A better look at the "Golden Swoosh."
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:37:55 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7695(ES44DC)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
CP 5966 in the yard
Title:  CP 5966 in the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:39:47 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5966(SD40-2)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
CP 5966 with SOO caboose 57
Title:  CP 5966 with SOO caboose 57
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:40:51 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5966(SD40-2)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
288 pulls ahead to do its work in a summer thundershower
Title:  288 pulls ahead to do its work in a summer thundershower
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:42:25 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7054(SD70ACU)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Westbound autorack/intermodal train 199 arrives for a crew change
Title:  Westbound autorack/intermodal train 199 arrives for a crew change
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2020  Upload Date: 6/29/2020 7:43:50 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8020(AC4400CWM)
Views:  65   Comments: 0


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