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Viewing Album:  Brian's WSOR
 
By:Brian Connolly
Dates:2/22/2002 - 12/29/2009
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WSOR 4008
Title:  WSOR 4008
Description:  The MEX crew begins to slow their train as they approach Mazomanie. In Mazo is the switch for the spur to Sauk City, the new temporary home for these 39 empty hoppers.
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/9/2009 2:31:59 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
WSOR 4008
Title:  WSOR 4008
Description:  With a Wisconsin River bridge out in Sauk City, this line hasn't seen much action these days. For now, car storage is the name of the game. The train is north of Mazomanie along Highway 78.
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/9/2009 2:44:11 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  818   Comments: 2
WSOR 4076
Title:  WSOR 4076
Description:  The MJ train, handled by a J2 crew, snakes through the isthmus in downtown Madison. The train is about to pass under the Monona Terrace Convention Center.
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/9/2009 1:57:57 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2) WSOR 3808(GP38AC) WSOR 3806(GP38) WSOR 4003(SD40-2) WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  1055   Comments: 3
WSOR 1502
Title:  WSOR 1502
Description:  Smokey the Bandit and Goldie Hawn keep air on a cut of hoppers in WSOR's East Johnson Street yard.
Photo Date:  3/15/2009  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 8:40:34 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1502(MP15AC)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
WSOR 4053
Title:  WSOR 4053
Description:  A few loads are Sun Prairie-bound on the WSOR's Waterloo Sub.
Photo Date:  4/10/2009  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 8:59:25 PM
Location:  Burke, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
WSOR 4053
Title:  WSOR 4053
Description:  The "Grow Wisconsin" loco ambles down the Waterloo sub with a couple of cars.
Photo Date:  4/10/2009  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 8:46:02 PM
Location:  Burke, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  294   Comments: 1
WSOR 4053
Title:  WSOR 4053
Description:  WSOR temporarily interrupts the silence in the tiny community of Deansville.
Photo Date:  4/10/2009  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 9:23:59 PM
Location:  Deansville, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
WSOR 4053
Title:  WSOR 4053
Description:  The crew runs light east towards Waterloo.
Photo Date:  4/10/2009  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 9:15:50 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
WSOR 4053
Title:  WSOR 4053
Description:  The 4053 passes by the solitary wag on the east side of Marshall.
Photo Date:  4/10/2009  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 9:25:53 PM
Location:  Marshall, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  312   Comments: 1
WSOR 4053
Title:  WSOR 4053
Description:  The crew already spotted the centerbeam further down the spur and are about to cut off this boxcar before heading east out of town.
Photo Date:  4/10/2009  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 9:20:15 PM
Location:  Sun Prairie, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
WSOR 4008
Title:  WSOR 4008
Description:  4008 keeps air on what appears to be a Janesville-bound train. It's summertime at WSOR's East Johnson Street yard, and the weeds are staking their claim. One would think that the weed-spraying train, tucked away deep in the yard, will eventually make an appearance on WSOR's branch lines.
Photo Date:  7/3/2009  Upload Date: 7/3/2009 2:31:34 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506
Title:  WSOR 1506
Description:  The tracks in the foreground are WSOR's Cottage Grove sub. The crew sticks to the main as they near the E. Johnston Street yard.
Photo Date:  7/5/2009  Upload Date: 7/5/2009 3:01:02 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506
Title:  WSOR 1506
Description:  The crew continues westward along Campus Drive. The hoppers are being staged for a loading facility further west on the Prairie sub. Campus drive, like seemingly all of downtown Madison, is under construction. The stacks are a part of UW's Walnut street plant, a natural gas burning operation.
Photo Date:  7/5/2009  Upload Date: 7/5/2009 2:45:07 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506
Title:  WSOR 1506
Description:  1506 and crew scoot westward along the Long John siding. In the background are the Babcock Dairy and the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Sciences (red brick).
Photo Date:  7/5/2009  Upload Date: 7/5/2009 2:41:33 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506
Title:  WSOR 1506
Description:  1506 pokes through the canopy on the Prairie sub. The trip out to Middleton today was to retrieve an empty CBF.
Photo Date:  7/5/2009  Upload Date: 7/5/2009 2:51:39 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506
Title:  WSOR 1506
Description:  This light engine move briefly interruptsthe late-morning calm in Shorewood Hills.
Photo Date:  7/5/2009  Upload Date: 7/5/2009 2:48:52 PM
Location:  Shorewood Hills, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506
Title:  WSOR 1506
Description:  Another view of the crew leading their train through downtown on the way back to the yard.
Photo Date:  7/5/2009  Upload Date: 7/5/2009 2:57:51 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506
Title:  WSOR 1506
Description:  1506 passes some old MILW power at the former MILW depot on West Washington avenue. The depot now houses Williamson Bikes and Fitness, and the old passenger equipment contains various shops. UW-Madison's Kohl Center is in the background.
Photo Date:  7/5/2009  Upload Date: 7/5/2009 2:54:40 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  494   Comments: 0
A red and silver kind of morning
Title:  A red and silver kind of morning
Description:  Soakin' up some morning rays in Madison, waiting for a crew to take 'er to Janesville.
Photo Date:  7/29/2009  Upload Date: 8/11/2009 10:59:28 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2) WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  442   Comments: 3
The last rays of light...
Title:  The last rays of light...
Description:  The last amber rays of light were just enough to illuminate the WSOR Prairie job scuttling through Arena.
Photo Date:  9/8/2009  Upload Date: 9/8/2009 10:04:50 PM
Location:  Arena, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
Bird's Eye
Title:  Bird's Eye
Description:  As seen from Festge park, WSOR's Prairie job skirts the countryside at track speed (25mph).
Photo Date:  9/8/2009  Upload Date: 9/8/2009 9:56:43 PM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  345   Comments: 2
MP 163 on WSOR's Prairie sub
Title:  MP 163 on WSOR's Prairie sub
Description:  Weeds are a common sight throughout WSOR's system these days. With a struggling economy affecting traffic levels, spray extras were largely sacrificed this summer.
Photo Date:  9/8/2009  Upload Date: 9/8/2009 10:02:06 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
Reflections...
Title:  Reflections...
Description:  The Prairie job slows while passing the mill pond on the eastern edge of Mazomanie.
Photo Date:  9/8/2009  Upload Date: 9/8/2009 9:59:55 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2)
Views:  725   Comments: 6
WSOR 3801
Title:  WSOR 3801
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2009  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 8:05:12 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38) WSOR 1506(MP15AC) WSOR 3803(GP38AC)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
WSOR 3801 and Company
Title:  WSOR 3801 and Company
Description:  Power rests between jobs at WSOR's E. Johnson street yard.
Photo Date:  10/18/2009  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 7:59:57 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38) WSOR 1506(MP15AC) WSOR 3803(GP38AC)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
From long, long ago...
Title:  From long, long ago...
Description:  Now a bridge for a bike path in Madison. One of four railroad spans over the Yahara River in Madison. Two are active lines, two are bike paths.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 8:36:53 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  240   Comments: 0
WSOR 3801
Title:  WSOR 3801
Description:  This geep sits on the head end of the daily freight to Janesville.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 7:51:29 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  408   Comments: 1
WSOR 3801
Title:  WSOR 3801
Description:  WSOR keeps air on the T6, WSOR's daily Madison to Janesville freight. 18 inches of snow fell in Madison on Wednesday, followed by several days of sub-zero temps and high winds. This Saturday, with the temps in the low 30s and abundant sunshine, was a welcome break.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 7:58:55 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
WSOR 3801
Title:  WSOR 3801
Description:  E. Johnson street yard. The T6 is a healthy train today, nearly the length of the yard.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 8:08:42 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  323   Comments: 1
WSOR 3801
Title:  WSOR 3801
Description:  Waiting in the yard.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 8:15:46 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
WSOR 3801
Title:  WSOR 3801
Description:  Playing the waiting game...
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 8:18:02 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  309   Comments: 0
WSOR 3801
Title:  WSOR 3801
Description:  The crew of this mid-day Saturday extra needed to turn their power. Here they are on the back leg of the wye, crossing the Yahara River in Madison's Isthmus.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 8:31:31 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  399   Comments: 1
WSOR 3801
Title:  WSOR 3801
Description:  A dab of red in an otherwise neutrally-hued scene.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 8:33:35 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  322   Comments: 1
WSOR 3801
Title:  WSOR 3801
Description:  The crew hops down to clear a switch so they can turn their power. 18 inches of snow has a way of slowing everything down...
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 8:44:37 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
WSOR 3806
Title:  WSOR 3806
Description:  The T6 slices through the intersection of John Nolen Drive and Blair, Wilson, and Williamson streets as it snakes through downtown Madison.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 9:20:23 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38)
Views:  311   Comments: 1
Reminds me of a Pepsi One can...
Title:  Reminds me of a Pepsi One can...
Description:  The T6 crew runs alongside John Nole Drive in downtown Madison.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 9:23:05 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38) WSOR 1506(MP15AC) WSOR 1503(MP15AC) WSOR 4005(SD40-2) WSOR 4053(SD40-2) WSOR 3804(GP38)
Views:  533   Comments: 1
WSOR 3806
Title:  WSOR 3806
Description:  Janesville-bound.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 9:25:02 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38) WSOR 1506(MP15AC) WSOR 1503(MP15AC) WSOR 4005(SD40-2) WSOR 4053(SD40-2) WSOR 3804(GP38)
Views:  661   Comments: 2
Horsepower party!
Title:  Horsepower party!
Description:  The T6 is a healthy train today, and the crew has plenty of power. The first 5 ponies are working, while the 3804 is along for the ride back to the shops in Janesville.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 9:06:03 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38) WSOR 1506(MP15AC) WSOR 1503(MP15AC) WSOR 4005(SD40-2) WSOR 4053(SD40-2) WSOR 3804(GP38)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
WSOR 3806
Title:  WSOR 3806
Description:  As the day's light disappears, 3806 shakes the quiet as it passes the gorgeous depot in Edgerton.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 9:44:53 PM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
WSOR 3806
Title:  WSOR 3806
Description:  The T6 heads out of McFarland as it approaches county highway AB.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 9:39:42 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38) WSOR 1506(MP15AC) WSOR 1503(MP15AC) WSOR 4005(SD40-2) WSOR 4053(SD40-2) WSOR 3804(GP38)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
WSOR 3806
Title:  WSOR 3806
Description:  The crew just pulled an empty CBF, and now they're heading back to the rest of their train. I like McFarland's Gazebo, but I wasn't willing to wade through knee-deep snow to check it out!
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 9:32:51 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
Coming and going
Title:  Coming and going
Description:  The extra crew brings their power back into the yard as the T6 crew prepares to couple onto their train and get under way
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 9:02:16 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38) WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
Power party!
Title:  Power party!
Description:  The T6 crew leads 5 other units to the head end of their train as the extra crew backs into the yard with 3801
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 9:04:16 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38) WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
WSOR 4052
Title:  WSOR 4052
Description:  The crew backs a few ponies down the main. They'll keep 4052 for their switching power, and the 4053 will be left to keep air on en eventual Prairie job.
Photo Date:  3/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/4/2010 3:21:09 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
WSOR 4052
Title:  WSOR 4052
Description:  The crew uses 4052 to shuffle some cars around in the yard
Photo Date:  3/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/4/2010 3:26:07 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2) WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
WSOR 4052
Title:  WSOR 4052
Description:  A side view of a clean WSOR SD40-2
Photo Date:  3/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/4/2010 3:13:35 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4052(SD40-2)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
WSOR 4053
Title:  WSOR 4053
Description:  A Sunday afternoon crew returns to the yard after turning a boxcar on the wye
Photo Date:  3/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/4/2010 3:11:36 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
WSOR 4001
Title:  WSOR 4001
Description:  Before entering CN trackage at Waukesha, this WSOR train had to wait for 2 CN freights to pass. After two WB CP freights and an Empire Builder at Dupy delayed them futher, this crew was finally ready to cook. Here they are passing under the UP's Adams sub at Sussex.
Photo Date:  3/21/2010  Upload Date: 4/4/2010 3:28:08 PM
Location:  Sussex, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4001(SD40-2) WSOR 3807(GP38) WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  586   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506
Title:  WSOR 1506
Description:  After cutting off some cement hoppers at Lycon and spotting scrap gons for Sammuel's, L464 continues east on the Waterloo sub. Next stop: Sun Prairie
Photo Date:  4/2/2010  Upload Date: 4/4/2010 4:04:49 PM
Location:  Burke, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
WSOR 1506
Title:  WSOR 1506
Description:  Location is Burke, not Madison. Time should be 1350. Whoops.
Photo Date:  4/2/2010  Upload Date: 4/4/2010 4:07:21 PM
Location:  Burke, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  205   Comments: 0

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