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Viewing Album:  WSOR Prairie du Chien Subdivision
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:8/3/2007 - 8/3/2023
Album Info:The Milwaukee Road's line between Prairie du Chien and Madison was another abandonment candidate in the early 1980s to be rescued by the WRRTC and is today operated by the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad. The line has its western terminus on St. Feriole Island in Prairie du Chien, crosses the BNSF mainline at Crawford Junction, winds its way through the scenic Wisconsin River valley, and cuts through the UW-Madison campus before joining WSOR's Reedsburg Subdivision at Broom Street, which trains coming off the line take to get to the yard at Johnson Street (seen in the album "Ex-C&NW Tracks Around Madison").
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WSOR 3806 nears Whitney Way
Title:  WSOR 3806 nears Whitney Way
Description:  Eastbound PDCM approaches Whitney Way on a fine August afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/3/2007 8:34:27 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  WSOR 3806(GP38)
Views:  817   Comments: 1
Solid roadblock
Title:  Solid roadblock
Description:  The Whitney Way crossing was the first in Madison to get B&B ARMR full-barrier gates, although several others now have that feature as well.
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/3/2007 8:42:39 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  645   Comments: 1
GNWR centerbeam
Title:  GNWR centerbeam
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/3/2007 8:47:09 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  427   Comments: 0
WSOR PDCM crossing Whitney Way
Title:  WSOR PDCM crossing Whitney Way
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/3/2007 9:13:24 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  485   Comments: 1
BNSF 759730 alongside Campus Drive
Title:  BNSF 759730 alongside Campus Drive
Description:  We had to come to a stop to wait for the train to finish crossing Campus Drive. This train is seen again in the album "Ex-C&NW Tracks Around Madison" as it nears the yard.
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/3/2007 9:19:21 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  422   Comments: 0
WSOR 1502 spotting cars for storage on the pass by the Highland Ave. crossing
Title:  WSOR 1502 spotting cars for storage on the pass by the Highland Ave. crossing
Description:  I suspect this string of covered hoppers is destined for points further west on the line currently inaccessible due to recent flooding and washouts.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 6/11/2008 12:43:49 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1502(MP15AC)
Views:  942   Comments: 0
WSOR 1502 running light back to the yard
Title:  WSOR 1502 running light back to the yard
Description:  Crossing Randall Avenue.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 6/11/2008 12:44:51 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1502(MP15AC)
Views:  922   Comments: 2
WSOR 1502 just past Randall Ave.
Title:  WSOR 1502 just past Randall Ave.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 6/11/2008 12:46:00 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1502(MP15AC)
Views:  929   Comments: 2
WSOR 1502 crossing W. Johnson Street
Title:  WSOR 1502 crossing W. Johnson Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 6/11/2008 12:46:50 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1502(MP15AC)
Views:  932   Comments: 1
Ex-Milwaukee Road power WSOR 1502 approaches the former location of the MILW's Madison yard
Title:  Ex-Milwaukee Road power WSOR 1502 approaches the former location of the MILW's Madison yard
Description:  Ahead of the locomotive is a small 3-track yard and a couple spurs for sorting and delivering coal cars for the UW power plant. The Milwaukee Road used to have a massive yard and engine servicing facility here, adjacent to its W. Washington Avenue depot, and the Illinois Central branch from Freeport, IL crossed the MILW at grade to get to the IC yard. Construction of the Kohl Center and other UW buildings finally doomed the railyards after being passed from short line to short line from the late 1970s through the early 1990s.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 6/11/2008 12:48:04 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
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Locomotives:  WSOR 1502(MP15AC)
Views:  1007   Comments: 0
Crawford Junction
Title:  Crawford Junction
Description:  Looking west on the WSOR ex-MILW line. The BNSF (ex-CB&Q, BN) mainline runs north-south across the picture. Just a couple miles beyond here is the western terminus of the WSOR system.
Photo Date:  7/20/2008  Upload Date: 7/25/2008 12:10:53 AM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  577   Comments: 1
HPJX 21246 ex-LEF&C in the intersection of Dayton and Mills Streets
Title:  HPJX 21246 ex-LEF&C in the intersection of Dayton and Mills Streets
Description:  Incoming loads for the UW Heater plant.
Photo Date:  4/30/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 1:27:42 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  458   Comments: 0
WSOR 4053 sorting the coal loads in the Park Street yard
Title:  WSOR 4053 sorting the coal loads in the Park Street yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/30/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 1:39:20 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  438   Comments: 1
WSOR 4053 at Charter Street on the Freeport spur
Title:  WSOR 4053 at Charter Street on the Freeport spur
Description:  Heavy vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic through several unsignaled grade crossings in the campus area make this a hair-raising switching task for train crews.
Photo Date:  4/30/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 1:48:23 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  812   Comments: 2
WSOR 4053 about to pull back towards the plant
Title:  WSOR 4053 about to pull back towards the plant
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/30/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 2:11:47 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
WSOR 4053 on the Dayton Street spur
Title:  WSOR 4053 on the Dayton Street spur
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/30/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 2:16:33 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  610   Comments: 2
WSOR 4008 charges under the Old Middleton Rd. bridge
Title:  WSOR 4008 charges under the Old Middleton Rd. bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 2:05:58 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  686   Comments: 1
WSOR 4008 approaching the Willow Lane crossing west of town
Title:  WSOR 4008 approaching the Willow Lane crossing west of town
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 2:14:06 PM
Location:  Middleton, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  591   Comments: 1
WSOR 4008
Title:  WSOR 4008
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 2:55:11 PM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  662   Comments: 0
WSOR 4008
Title:  WSOR 4008
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 3:04:15 PM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  569   Comments: 1
WSOR 4008
Title:  WSOR 4008
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 3:09:34 PM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  547   Comments: 1
WSOR 4008 highballing past the old MILW depot
Title:  WSOR 4008 highballing past the old MILW depot
Description:  No slow order through here for a change.
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 3:15:04 PM
Location:  Black Earth, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  1222   Comments: 3
Shoving two loaded centerbeams to be spotted
Title:  Shoving two loaded centerbeams to be spotted
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 3:31:37 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  742   Comments: 1
WSOR 4008 departing town
Title:  WSOR 4008 departing town
Description:  Former MILW depot on the right, Old Feed Mill in the background.
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 3:35:14 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  608   Comments: 0
WSOR 4008 passing the depot
Title:  WSOR 4008 passing the depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 3:39:52 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
Another angle of WSOR 4008 passing the depot
Title:  Another angle of WSOR 4008 passing the depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 4:04:54 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4008(SD40-2)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
Sitting at the Highway P crossing while the conductor makes a run to Kwik Trip
Title:  Sitting at the Highway P crossing while the conductor makes a run to Kwik Trip
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 1:14:30 AM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
Lunch break
Title:  Lunch break
Description:  The train sat for almost another half hour after the conductor got back from the Kwik Trip on Highway P.
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 2:47:59 AM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  375   Comments: 1
Almost ready to get underway again
Title:  Almost ready to get underway again
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 3:01:45 AM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  395   Comments: 1
Rounding the curve at Scherbel Road on the way to Black Earth
Title:  Rounding the curve at Scherbel Road on the way to Black Earth
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 3:10:11 AM
Location:  Cross Plains, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
Crossing the Wisconsin River
Title:  Crossing the Wisconsin River
Description:  First of three crossings of this river going west on this line.
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 3:17:20 AM
Location:  Spring Green, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2) WSOR 4006(SD40-2)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
Passing a barn along State Highway 133 between Lone Rock and Avoca
Title:  Passing a barn along State Highway 133 between Lone Rock and Avoca
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 11:35:48 AM
Location:  Avoca, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
Approaching the 6th Street crossing with its single wigwag
Title:  Approaching the 6th Street crossing with its single wigwag
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 12:25:11 PM
Location:  Avoca, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  394   Comments: 0
Hey SUN!
Title:  Hey SUN!
Description:  Passing a farm along Highway 133 just west of town.
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 1:26:46 PM
Location:  Avoca, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  434   Comments: 1
WSOR 4009
Title:  WSOR 4009
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2018 2:24:15 PM
Location:  Muscoda, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  301   Comments: 1
WSOR 4009 ambles west alongside WIS-133
Title:  WSOR 4009 ambles west alongside WIS-133
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 1:59:07 AM
Location:  Muscoda, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  468   Comments: 0
Passing the Kent elevator
Title:  Passing the Kent elevator
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 2:16:45 AM
Location:  Muscoda, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  390   Comments: 2
WSOR 4009 rolls through at a steady 10 MPH
Title:  WSOR 4009 rolls through at a steady 10 MPH
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 9/11/2013 3:55:27 PM
Location:  Muscoda, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
T007 approaching in the distance
Title:  T007 approaching in the distance
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 9/11/2013 4:10:59 PM
Location:  Blue River, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
Approaching Blue River Road
Title:  Approaching Blue River Road
Description:  As much as I would have liked to chase all the way to Prairie du Chien in the increasingly golden light (especially after being dogged by clouds most of the way to Avoca!), I had to be back in Stoughton by 7:00. 2025 edit: LOL, why is this crappy photo marked as an Editor's Pick? More stupid metadata errors stemming from the massive site crash of 2024.
Photo Date:  8/28/2013  Upload Date: 9/11/2013 10:12:35 PM
Location:  Blue River, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4009(SD40-2)
Views:  1122   Comments: 0
WSOR 4012 shoves off the spur and across US 14 after switching the industrial park
Title:  WSOR 4012 shoves off the spur and across US 14 after switching the industrial park
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2013  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:23:31 PM
Location:  Middleton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2)
Views:  497   Comments: 0
Party till the cows come home
Title:  Party till the cows come home
Description:  T007 glides past a pasture approaching Valley Road midway between Cross Plains and Black Earth.
Photo Date:  9/10/2013  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:31:57 PM
Location:  Black Earth, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2) WSOR 4005(SD40-2)
Views:  845   Comments: 1
Crossing Valley Road east of the town
Title:  Crossing Valley Road east of the town
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2013  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:34:16 PM
Location:  Black Earth, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2) WSOR 4005(SD40-2)
Views:  654   Comments: 0
T007 cutting across the farm fields and approaching Olson Road
Title:  T007 cutting across the farm fields and approaching Olson Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2013  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:35:43 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2)
Views:  533   Comments: 1
Nearing Olson Road
Title:  Nearing Olson Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2013  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:39:45 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2)
Views:  536   Comments: 1
Skirting the shore of Lake Marion
Title:  Skirting the shore of Lake Marion
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2013  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:41:03 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2) WSOR 4005(SD40-2)
Views:  664   Comments: 1
Passing behind the Old Feed Mill after doing some switching and changing crews
Title:  Passing behind the Old Feed Mill after doing some switching and changing crews
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2013  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:53:38 PM
Location:  Mazomanie, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
Rocking and rolling through town with RS3K blaring
Title:  Rocking and rolling through town with RS3K blaring
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2013  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:54:29 PM
Location:  Arena, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2)
Views:  601   Comments: 0
WSOR 4012 thunders through
Title:  WSOR 4012 thunders through
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2013  Upload Date: 11/20/2019 5:58:47 PM
Location:  Arena, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4012(SD40-2)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
Prairie du Chien - Where MILW bay window cabooses come to rust
Title:  Prairie du Chien - Where MILW bay window cabooses come to rust
Description:  Not sure who owns these or how they ended up here, but they've been sitting here on this private spur at the end of the WSOR line for at least 10 years.
Photo Date:  10/31/2013  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 3:48:45 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  895   Comments: 0

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