40th Anniversary Special paint idles at Janesville roundhouse

Newly repainted SD40-2 4170 leads T005 through Edgerton on a balmy winter night.

After servicing the locomotive, SOO #1003 brings its train south out of Brandon, WI.

A short T-004 rolls through Whitewater, WI on its way to Janesville. The first winter storm of the season was a fun one.

Wisconsin & Southern (Watco) SD40-2 4170 has been painted by NRE-Silvis to honor the railroad's 40th Anniversary. It is seen here on the BNSF interchange track in East Moline, IL. BNSF will delive... (more)

Four WSOR SD40-2s lead T4 south through Colgate.

While waiting around for the BC Rail heritage unit at Ackerville, WSOR L249 made its departure for Milwaukee. The chase was on to nearby Richfield. A trio of GP38-2's are wide open in run 8 as the... (more)

WAMX 3893 switches the small interchange yard in Ackerville, WI on November 7, 2020. A northbound CN freight awaits a new crew on the adjacent track.

Eastbound L351 is about three miles from Spring Grove, where they will switch Scot Forge. Afterwards, they'll run around their outbound cut, and head back West to Janesville.

L351 has just crossed the state line, and is now in Illinois.

L351 is about two miles West of Zenda. Once they get to town, they will set their covered hoppers out at the Farm City elevator.

WAMX 4181 and 4219 lead L351 towards County K, just West of Walworth. The train is doing customer work along the WSOR Fox Lake Sub, and will head all the way down to Spring Grove, IL, where it wil... (more)

WAMX 4192 knocks down Milepost 49 on the WSOR Waukesha Sub. In about another 5 miles, the train will begin rendezvous with MOW and begin dumping ballast.

By now, it's no secret that Chicago's commuter railroad, Metra, has a fleet of specially painted locomotives. It started a few years ago with METX 100, which wore a wrap honoring Chicago's Regiona... (more)

W300 rolls over the switch for the United Ethanol lead, as they head East on the WSOR Waukesha Sub to dump ballast.