Early morning light. Eastbound.
After dropping of coal for the UW heater, the MABLT heads west, off the isthmus. Visible near the horizon from right to left are Lake Monona, the Capital, and a giant tire fire 40 miles away.
2053, in special OLS paint, crosses charter street on a run to the UW heater.
WSOR 2055 shuffles past the old MILW depot during a late season snowstorm.
WSOR 2055 picks up empty coal cars at the UW heater, as the conductor walks down to tie the last cars to the train.
This conductor really loves his job...
CP 5944, in the older paint scheme, leads a newer SD40-2 and an AC4400CW East out of Bensenville Yard.
This is WSOR's turn to Reedsburg over the former CNW line, leaving the yard in Madison on a fine Sunday. Today's train rates 2 ex-IC "skunks"as it drifts past the old roundhouse renovated into co... (more)
WSOR 2051(SD20), 3806(GP38), and 2052(SD20), are the only power in the WSOR's Johnson Street yard on this sunny spring day in Madison WI, and here they idle waiting for their next assignment.
A set of Milwaukee Road Geeps and a leased Precision National SD24 back down into the yard to pick up their train.
PHL 46, a SD20, assembling a train. This was originally a UP SD24B! Rebuilt by ICG at Paducah into a "SD20".
CP 8508 leads 284 Eastbound toward the BRC and points East.
This is the first locomotive in the new BHP Billiton livery
Ex BHP iron ore C36-7Ms now stored at 7mile
