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Viewing Album:  WSOR Madison Subdivision
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:8/21/2006 - 5/24/2024
Album Info:This former Milwaukee Road line was one of several radiating out of the Capital City to be put up for abandonment by the bankrupt carrier in the 1980s, despite the fact that it connected south-central Wisconsin's two largest cities. Along with several of the others, it was rescued by the state DOT and the multi-county Wisconsin River Rail Transit Commission and operated by short line Wisconsin & Calumet until WICT's takeover by the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad, which today operates the line as the Madison Subdivision. It serves as the main line of the WSOR's Southern Division, ferrying traffic north from Janesville bound for points on the branch lines out of Madison, and bringing traffic back from the branches and the Canadian Pacific's line from Portage to Janesville and the outside world. There is also considerable on-line traffic generated in the communities of McFarland, Stoughton, Edgerton, and Milton Junction. Union Pacific ballast trains to and from the quarry at Rock Springs on the Reedsburg line operated in the summers until 2011. The line was upgraded to continuous welded rail in 2010-11 after two major derailments in 2007 contributed to its being slow-ordered to 10 MPH.
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HLCX 6313 third out on T6
Title:  HLCX 6313 third out on T6
Description:  While the relettering/renumbering of the roster was a bit unfortunate, the Watco takeover has brought some interesting power variety to the WSOR system!
Photo Date:  10/19/2017  Upload Date: 10/19/2017 10:17:16 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 6313(SD40-2)
Views:  232   Comments: 1
Eastbound in a southerly fashion
Title:  Eastbound in a southerly fashion
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2017  Upload Date: 10/19/2017 10:30:55 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4171(SD40-2)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
Crossing M-H Town Line Road, which is in the proccess of getting signals
Title:  Crossing M-H Town Line Road, which is in the proccess of getting signals
Description:  WSOR is doing a lot of crossing upgrades lately, the next crossing to the north is also getting a set of lights, bells and gates after being passive (crossbuck and stop signs) for many years.
Photo Date:  10/19/2017  Upload Date: 10/20/2017 9:44:44 AM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4171(SD40-2)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
T006 eases to the south end of the siding off Rotamer Road
Title:  T006 eases to the south end of the siding off Rotamer Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2017  Upload Date: 10/20/2017 3:47:14 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4171(SD40-2)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
T006 power rolls out of the siding after cutting off from the train
Title:  T006 power rolls out of the siding after cutting off from the train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2017  Upload Date: 10/20/2017 3:51:37 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4171(SD40-2)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
HLCX 6313 now leads the T6 light power back north as they run around their train
Title:  HLCX 6313 now leads the T6 light power back north as they run around their train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2017  Upload Date: 10/20/2017 3:54:59 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 6313(SD40-2)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
HLCX 6313 leads the light power back to the north end of the Milton-Janesville siding
Title:  HLCX 6313 leads the light power back to the north end of the Milton-Janesville siding
Description:  This 8,000' siding was installed in 2015. The T004 and T006 trains often set out/interchange cars here rather than take them all the way to the Janesville yard.
Photo Date:  10/19/2017  Upload Date: 10/20/2017 3:55:52 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 6313(SD40-2)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
HLCX 6313
Title:  HLCX 6313
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2017  Upload Date: 10/20/2017 3:57:39 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 6313(SD40-2)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Not the greatest pan shot ever, but it sort of works
Title:  Not the greatest pan shot ever, but it sort of works
Description:  T3 rolls toward Milton at dusk, approaching M-H Town Line Road.
Photo Date:  10/19/2017  Upload Date: 10/21/2017 12:53:35 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 6334(SD40-2)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 backs down onto its five-car L469 train after working the industrial park
Title:  WAMX 3928 backs down onto its five-car L469 train after working the industrial park
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/27/2017  Upload Date: 11/27/2017 5:04:26 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 couples up to its short train
Title:  WAMX 3928 couples up to its short train
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/27/2017  Upload Date: 11/27/2017 5:06:11 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
L469 guns it back to Madison
Title:  L469 guns it back to Madison
Description:  This location was inaccessible from public property until the construction of a new elevated bike/walking path that opened a few months ago.
Photo Date:  11/27/2017  Upload Date: 11/27/2017 5:12:19 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
L469 gets its two MT centerbeams rolling after a quick pit stop
Title:  L469 gets its two MT centerbeams rolling after a quick pit stop
Description:  I'd spotted a train sitting, facing eastbound, on the bridge across Upper Mud Lake from the Beltline and headed into McFarland to investigate. When I got there I found this idling in town, facing westbound! The crew soon returned from a nearby convenience store.
Photo Date:  5/8/2018  Upload Date: 5/8/2018 7:18:43 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
T006 storms under US 51
Title:  T006 storms under US 51
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/8/2018  Upload Date: 5/8/2018 7:21:15 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4171(SD40-2)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
Red, Gray and Green
Title:  Red, Gray and Green
Description:  After a delayed spring that saw three snowstorms in the third week of April and the trees remain dormant well into the fourth, several days of temperatures in the 70s to 80s and a few bouts of rainfall have turned that around quickly!
Photo Date:  5/8/2018  Upload Date: 5/8/2018 7:23:40 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4171(SD40-2)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 shoves its L469 train into the industrial park spur
Title:  WAMX 3928 shoves its L469 train into the industrial park spur
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/8/2018  Upload Date: 5/8/2018 7:29:11 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
After two hours of switching work, L469 sprints for Madison
Title:  After two hours of switching work, L469 sprints for Madison
Description:  Same power and similar location as last November, but a little further west and with the unit facing the right way this time!
Photo Date:  5/8/2018  Upload Date: 5/8/2018 7:29:43 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Nice day on the water
Title:  Nice day on the water
Description:  L469 crosses the short bridge over the Yahara River's channel between Lake Waubesa and Upper Mud Lake. This bridge could previously be only glimpsed from the Beltline Highway in Madison. It was inaccessible from public property until the opening of the new Lower Yahara River Trail boardwalk last August.
Photo Date:  5/8/2018  Upload Date: 5/8/2018 7:31:38 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  182   Comments: 1
L469 power rolls along the passing siding after pulling their pickup from US Oil
Title:  L469 power rolls along the passing siding after pulling their pickup from US Oil
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 4:53:23 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  69   Comments: 1
L469 shoves back on the main to grab their cars for US Oil
Title:  L469 shoves back on the main to grab their cars for US Oil
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 4:55:04 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  63   Comments: 1
L469 motor WAMX 3928 has coupled up to the cars for US Oil
Title:  L469 motor WAMX 3928 has coupled up to the cars for US Oil
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 4:56:03 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  61   Comments: 2
After pulling the outbounds, L469 prepares to shove five tanks for US Oil into the spur
Title:  After pulling the outbounds, L469 prepares to shove five tanks for US Oil into the spur
Description:  The cars they pulled out are coupled behind the lone covered hopper.
Photo Date:  3/12/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 5:02:47 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  29   Comments: 0
WAMX 3928 leads L469 across the short bridge over the Yahara River's inlet to Lake Waubesa
Title:  WAMX 3928 leads L469 across the short bridge over the Yahara River's inlet to Lake Waubesa
Description:  This is the third time I've caught this job utilizing the Lower Yahara Trail boardwalk since it was opened in late 2017, and it's been this unit every time.
Photo Date:  3/12/2019  Upload Date: 3/12/2019 5:06:54 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3928(GP39-2)
Views:  126   Comments: 3
WAMX 3868 sits coupled to a lone hopper on the west side
Title:  WAMX 3868 sits coupled to a lone hopper on the west side
Description:  In the background is the rest of T006's train from Madison, which they left here before working the east side of town.
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 6:14:21 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3868(GP38-2)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
T006 pauses on the Vincent St. crossing after wying the train
Title:  T006 pauses on the Vincent St. crossing after wying the train
Description:  Around 2017, a bunch of the previously passive (crossbuck+Stop or Yield sign) crossings in the Milton area got gated signals with e-bells.
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 6:16:20 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4183(SD40-2)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
Shoving the United pickup back to the rest of the train
Title:  Shoving the United pickup back to the rest of the train
Description:  The 30th Anniversary decals on WAMX 4183 (previously WSOR 4030, prior to that WSOR 4025 numbered/painted for that anniversary in 2005) held up reasonably well for 5-6 years, then started to look really bad around sometime in 2016. Either the short hood has recently been touched up, or the white goose logo that was originally on the nose has peeled off entirely. Underneath it all, the red and gray paint is still in good condition, so if they'd just paint that conductor's side door and scrape the decals all the way off it would look pretty good!
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 6:17:52 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4183(SD40-2)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
WAMX 3868 and 4183 side by side
Title:  WAMX 3868 and 4183 side by side
Description:  ...but they won't be for long. T006's next order of business will be to pick up the Geep.
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 6:19:53 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 3868(GP38-2) WAMX 4183(SD40-2)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
T006 crew runs 4183 ahead of the crossover switch so they can back in and pick up 3868
Title:  T006 crew runs 4183 ahead of the crossover switch so they can back in and pick up 3868
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 6:24:58 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4183(SD40-2)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
Pulling through the crossover with 3868 in tow
Title:  Pulling through the crossover with 3868 in tow
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 6:25:58 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4183(SD40-2) WAMX 3868(GP38-2)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
The new T006 lashup ready to couple up to the train
Title:  The new T006 lashup ready to couple up to the train
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 6:35:07 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4183(SD40-2) WAMX 3868(GP38-2)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
Rolling for Janesville, approaching M-H Town Line Rd.
Title:  Rolling for Janesville, approaching M-H Town Line Rd.
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 6:50:10 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4183(SD40-2)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
T004 shoves across Rotamer to pick up the conductor
Title:  T004 shoves across Rotamer to pick up the conductor
Description:  They've just finished picking up the Chicago-bound cars set out in the siding an hour or so ago by T006.
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 7:11:53 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4171(SD40-2)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Crossing Rotamer headed into town
Title:  Crossing Rotamer headed into town
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 7:14:38 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4171(SD40-2)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
I did a double take when I saw ITFX 1705 with GBW lettering and herald in T004's train!
Title:  I did a double take when I saw ITFX 1705 with GBW lettering and herald in T004's train!
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 7:15:48 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  41   Comments: 0
Not-quite-perfect light on T003
Title:  Not-quite-perfect light on T003
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/2020  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 8:10:06 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4182(SD40-2)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
T003 dropping their train at the west switch to the Rotamer siding
Title:  T003 dropping their train at the west switch to the Rotamer siding
Description:  They'll pick up the cut of covered hoppers there. This siding was built in 2015, stretching from Rotamer Road to Milton-Harmony Town Line Road. The Madison/Horicon trains often leave cars for each other here, freeing up space in the yard and reducing the amount of time road trains have to spend there.
Photo Date:  9/14/2020  Upload Date: 9/15/2020 4:45:03 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
Running light to clear the north (RR west) switch and back into the siding
Title:  Running light to clear the north (RR west) switch and back into the siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/2020  Upload Date: 9/15/2020 4:48:40 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
WAMX 4182 "leads" the backup move into the siding
Title:  WAMX 4182 "leads" the backup move into the siding
Description:  When I last caught this unit (on this same job) back in March, it had a small U.S. flag stuck in the sand hatch. Now it has a larger Old Glory flying from the engineer's side of the cab.
Photo Date:  9/14/2020  Upload Date: 9/15/2020 4:49:50 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4182(SD40-2)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Coupled up to the cut of hoppers in the siding
Title:  Coupled up to the cut of hoppers in the siding
Description:  They then spent a long time sitting here...either they had to pump up the air or the conductor had to undo all the hand brakes. I gave up on waiting for them to move again and started for home.
Photo Date:  9/14/2020  Upload Date: 9/15/2020 4:51:18 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  74   Comments: 1
T004 prepares to make a cut in their train
Title:  T004 prepares to make a cut in their train
Description:  They've spun the train on the wye and shoved it onto the Madison Sub, now they'll pull the first three cars ahead of the crossover and set them out in the siding.
Photo Date:  11/28/2020  Upload Date: 11/29/2020 1:12:44 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
Making their west side setout
Title:  Making their west side setout
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2020  Upload Date: 11/29/2020 1:15:50 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
Putting the train back together
Title:  Putting the train back together
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2020  Upload Date: 11/29/2020 1:17:37 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
Heading for Rotamer Siding
Title:  Heading for Rotamer Siding
Description:  This is about as far as most of the train will get for the day...all but the blue LW boxcar up front will be set out in the siding just across the road to the left.
Photo Date:  11/28/2020  Upload Date: 11/29/2020 1:22:22 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4174(SD40-2)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
Trouble with the South Wye
Title:  Trouble with the South Wye
Description:  I'd see this trio leave the Janesville yard with 4181 leading and 40th Anniversary 4170 trailing. Surprisingly, this was apparently T004. Not sure what they were doing light power in the Janesville yard, having left their train behind at Milton and now going to get it. Due to catching every single red light possible, I wasn't able to get ahead of them again until I found them stopped here. The radio-controlled power switch at the south end of the wye wasn't responding to their tones, and it would cost them about an hour while a maintainer came to sort it out.
Photo Date:  2/26/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:50:29 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4170(SD40-2)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
WAMX 4170 from the dog park
Title:  WAMX 4170 from the dog park
Description:  I was frustrated by the inability to get a closer shot of WAMX 4170's short hood end bathed in sunlight, suspecting (correctly) that the clouds would build back in by the time the wye switch problems were sorted and the train on the move again. A careful study of Google Maps aerial view revealed the existence of a public dog park just south of the substation next to the switch. I picked my way through the melting, but still deep snow and poop piles to the northeast corner of the fence. The view it affords isn't stellar, still partially obstructed by a hill and the vegetation on it, but better than nothing. This is after I had trudged back to my car to retrieve my stepladder for some additional elevation.
Photo Date:  2/26/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:50:39 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4170(SD40-2)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
Highballing at M-H Town Line Road
Title:  Highballing at M-H Town Line Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/26/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:52:11 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4170(SD40-2)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
Stopping to pick up more cars from the siding off Rotamer
Title:  Stopping to pick up more cars from the siding off Rotamer
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/26/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:52:26 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4170(SD40-2)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
WSOR 503196 breast cancer awareness boxcar
Title:  WSOR 503196 breast cancer awareness boxcar
Description:  This was in the cut they picked up from the Rotamer siding...second time I've seen this car since September 2020.
Photo Date:  2/26/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:52:36 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  200   Comments: 0
Switching the Rotamer siding
Title:  Switching the Rotamer siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/2021  Upload Date: 5/8/2021 8:47:49 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
Air testing the assembled train before rolling into town
Title:  Air testing the assembled train before rolling into town
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/2021  Upload Date: 5/8/2021 8:48:09 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WAMX 4173(SD40-2)
Views:  60   Comments: 0

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