A mile or so into Wisconsin, the B train crosses Cemetary Rd. with cars and a switcher for Janesville. There is a talking detector at this location, today's train is free of defects.
284's train rounds the curve into Columbus.
185's train is a short one on this pleasant February day, 4 frame loads and 1 excess size autoparts box, powered by BNSF, not the usual CP toaster. The Reeseville water tower is 4 miles to the ea... (more)
Widecabs have finally bumped the EMD SD40-2s on what was until recently a spartan-cab stronghold, the ex-CNW Adams sub.
The sun pops out just enough to brighten CP 8793 west rolling through Columbus as storm clouds thicken in the humid afternoon.
Tractors of another kind.
WSOR rolls through Stoughton, passing a cut of cars setout for Furseth Grain, a seasonal corn/soybean loadout.
Mud Lake, behind the trees a few hundred yards, is really a swamp. It has always been prone to spring flooding, dating back to construction by the Milwaukee Road. Legend has it that an attempt b... (more)
Three golden beavers have the 288 rolling after a meet at Wyocena. The DS is giving the CTC keypad a workout keeping trains moving over the Watertown sub after a shutdown of almost a month.
The rock train has been busy lately, flooding & washouts added to the many summertime work duties.
The Ixonia sign is a relic from the Milwaukee Road days still standing along the tracks.
A CP flood detour has just left the CP M&P branch and is on the interchange track at the WSOR yard slowing to stop and pick up a pilot from the WSOR.
UP yard power pulls the B train into the yard after the head end had cut-off with a cut of cars. What will become of UP's operations in Janesville are a topic with the locals after the recent ann... (more)
The "B" train arrives from Proviso with autoparts. GM has announced it is closing the Janesville plant in 2010.
Re-crewed, this CP detour departs Janesville for Chicago over the Harvard sub into the evening.
