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Viewing Album:  Union Pacific Adams, Altoona and Winona Subdivisions
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:1/4/2007 - 6/4/2023
Album Info:The cross-Wisconsin portion of Union Pacific's Chicago-St. Paul main. Also includes the short branch from Wyeville to Tunnel City used by the Adams-Winona, MN trains (west of Tunnel City is via trackage rights over CPKC, dating back to the abandonment of C&NW's trackage in the 1970s).
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UP 1446 sits in the yard
Title:  UP 1446 sits in the yard
Description:  I chased an LTS-71 led by this GP40-2 two weeks ago.
Photo Date:  5/5/2017  Upload Date: 5/8/2017 7:14:23 PM
Location:  Adams, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 1446(GP40-2)
Views:  130   Comments: 1
LTA-42 prepares to yard their train
Title:  LTA-42 prepares to yard their train
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2017  Upload Date: 5/8/2017 7:14:58 PM
Location:  Adams, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2172(SD60)
Views:  157   Comments: 1
Light engines maneuver in the yard
Title:  Light engines maneuver in the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2017  Upload Date: 5/8/2017 7:23:22 PM
Location:  Adams, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5391(AC45CCTE)
Views:  92   Comments: 1
Another look at transfer caboose MP 13791 on LTA-42
Title:  Another look at transfer caboose MP 13791 on LTA-42
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2017  Upload Date: 5/8/2017 7:24:23 PM
Location:  Adams, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  110   Comments: 0
CEFX 1532 is the switcher for the new Smart Sand loading site
Title:  CEFX 1532 is the switcher for the new Smart Sand loading site
Description:  A few miles of the old Omaha main southeast from Wyeville were re-opened last fall to service this sand operation after many years of being used only for car storage.
Photo Date:  5/31/2017  Upload Date: 6/1/2017 3:40:50 PM
Location:  Camp Douglas, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CEFX 1532(MP15DC)
Views:  315   Comments: 1
Through the Valley
Title:  Through the Valley
Description:  After crossing the bridge over the Yellow River (a tributary of the Wisconsin) and CN's ex-MILW Valley Sub, LTS-71 rumbles past Necedah Siding.
Photo Date:  5/31/2017  Upload Date: 6/1/2017 4:00:22 PM
Location:  Necedah, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1008(GP60)
Views:  237   Comments: 1
LTS-71 and its nice GP60/SD40N/SD40-2 set roll west
Title:  LTS-71 and its nice GP60/SD40N/SD40-2 set roll west
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2017  Upload Date: 6/1/2017 4:05:44 PM
Location:  Necedah, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1008(GP60)
Views:  197   Comments: 1
UP 1008 flys through with LTS-71
Title:  UP 1008 flys through with LTS-71
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2017  Upload Date: 6/1/2017 4:07:54 PM
Location:  Shennington, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1008(GP60)
Views:  233   Comments: 1
UP 1990 leads LTA-42 around the curve off the CP and onto the Winona Sub
Title:  UP 1990 leads LTA-42 around the curve off the CP and onto the Winona Sub
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 5:03:51 PM
Location:  Tunnel City, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
UP 1990 ambles through on the ex-CNW stick rail
Title:  UP 1990 ambles through on the ex-CNW stick rail
Description:  The ex-CNW line west of here was abandoned soon after their tunnel collapsed in 1973, and they began using trackage rights on the Milwaukee Road (now CP) to access Winona, MN.
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 5:05:36 PM
Location:  Tunnel City, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
GIMX 516253 carrying Energy Solutions radioactive waste containers!
Title:  GIMX 516253 carrying Energy Solutions radioactive waste containers!
Description:  Second of three of these articulated spine cars near the head end of LTA-42. Don't know if they were loaded.
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 6:03:32 PM
Location:  Tunnel City, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  208   Comments: 0
GIMX 516258, third of three articulated spine cars carrying radioactive waste containers on LTA-42
Title:  GIMX 516258, third of three articulated spine cars carrying radioactive waste containers on LTA-42
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 6:05:56 PM
Location:  Tunnel City, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  156   Comments: 0
LTA-42 crosses the busy US-12
Title:  LTA-42 crosses the busy US-12
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 6:12:00 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
UP 1990 approaches Monroe County Hwy. N
Title:  UP 1990 approaches Monroe County Hwy. N
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 6:16:37 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  246   Comments: 1
Another look at the Energy Solutions radioactive waste containers on LTA-42
Title:  Another look at the Energy Solutions radioactive waste containers on LTA-42
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 6:20:31 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  168   Comments: 0
MP 13791 brings up the rear on LTA-42 as usual
Title:  MP 13791 brings up the rear on LTA-42 as usual
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 6:22:53 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  100   Comments: 1
A long way from Houston
Title:  A long way from Houston
Description:  The stencil above the sill stripe on the battery box reads "Houston Assigned Hauler." This is LTS-71, heading to switch out Hi-Crush Proppants between Wyeville and Valley Junction. The eastbound LTA-42 is holding at the end of the Wyeville Sub for 71 to clear the switch before they can continue east to Adams.
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 7:21:58 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1080(GP60)
Views:  192   Comments: 1
LTA-42 highballs for Adams now on the welded rails of the Altoona Sub
Title:  LTA-42 highballs for Adams now on the welded rails of the Altoona Sub
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 7:23:55 PM
Location:  Shennington, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
UP 1990 east with LTA-42
Title:  UP 1990 east with LTA-42
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 7:25:16 PM
Location:  Shennington, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  170   Comments: 1
UP 3987 leads a sister SD70M and all 16 cars of MAGBU
Title:  UP 3987 leads a sister SD70M and all 16 cars of MAGBU
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 7:27:14 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3987(SD70M)
Views:  164   Comments: 1
Starting the day's work
Title:  Starting the day's work
Description:  Saturday's LTS-71 took the power from the previous day's LTA-42, instead of the power they had the day before with the SP patch 1080 like I'd hoped.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 10:09:50 PM
Location:  Adams, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
Almost ready for blastoff
Title:  Almost ready for blastoff
Description:  The westbound LTS-71 will have just four empty hoppers, for later delivery to Smart Sand on the Camp Douglas spur after they pull loads at Hi-Crush.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 10:18:28 PM
Location:  Adams, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1132(GP60)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
An easy pull for UP 1132 west
Title:  An easy pull for UP 1132 west
Description:  Their quick departure caught me off guard (was expecting much more train assembly to do based on prior observations) and this location, County Hwy. H west of Necedah, was my first opportunity to set up for a runby.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 10:20:47 PM
Location:  Necedah, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1132(GP60)
Views:  148   Comments: 1
UP 1132 and LTS-71 arrive in town with four MTs
Title:  UP 1132 and LTS-71 arrive in town with four MTs
Description:  They'll cross WIS-21 and line the switch to access the siding and Hi-Crush yard to pull 18 loads from there before returning east to spot these MTs at Smart Sand on the Camp Douglas spur.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 10:31:02 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1132(GP60)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
"Hey, we got a foamer up here, what's the deal?"
Title:  "Hey, we got a foamer up here, what's the deal?"
Description:  Someone on the crew of MAGBU said this over the radio as they swung around the curve through Wyeville and spotted me.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 11:10:01 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8138(ES44AC-H)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
UP 8138 leads a good-sized MAGBU
Title:  UP 8138 leads a good-sized MAGBU
Description:  The train was considerably larger than either of the two previous occasions I've seen it. The CSX motor second out was also a nice touch.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 11:11:12 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8138(ES44AC-H)
Views:  137   Comments: 1
CNW 175534 with the "Employee Owned" logo in MAGBU's train
Title:  CNW 175534 with the "Employee Owned" logo in MAGBU's train
Description:  Build date of 5-1976. While "heritage" reporting marks are still used on much UP rolling stock, the majority of it has been repainted and given their ubiquitous shield logo.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 11:12:47 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  68   Comments: 0
WSOX 806465 in MAGBU's train
Title:  WSOX 806465 in MAGBU's train
Description:  These caught my eye, because I've long associated the WSOX reporting mark with the WSOR MoW department (probably because their Jordan spreader No. 9 carries this mark).
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/16/2017 11:22:47 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
LTS-71 eases around the curve back into town eastbound
Title:  LTS-71 eases around the curve back into town eastbound
Description:  They'll stop to cut off from the 18 loads they just picked up from Hi-Crush, and shove their four MTs to the Smart Sand transload site on the Camp Douglas spur.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/17/2017 1:39:22 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
LTS-71 power poses on the South Fork Lemonweir River girder bridge
Title:  LTS-71 power poses on the South Fork Lemonweir River girder bridge
Description:  The crew will cut off the four MTs from the 18 loads just pulled from Hi-Crush, and shove these down the old Omaha Road main to the Smart Sand loading site.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:05:39 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
UP 1990 sits on the South Fork Lemonweir River bridge
Title:  UP 1990 sits on the South Fork Lemonweir River bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:10:08 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  147   Comments: 1
Pulling east with the MTs for Smart Sand
Title:  Pulling east with the MTs for Smart Sand
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:11:54 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
Serious business
Title:  Serious business
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:13:16 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1132(GP60) UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
Keep 'em coming, LTS-71
Title:  Keep 'em coming, LTS-71
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:14:47 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
Screeeeeeeech!
Title:  Screeeeeeeech!
Description:  LTS-71 recedes around the tight curve on the rickety jointed rail of the connecting track from the Altoona Sub to the old Omaha Road main.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:16:19 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  165   Comments: 1
Shove Move
Title:  Shove Move
Description:  They took the power from Friday's LTA-42, so why not the caboose? It's only a few miles from Wyeville to the Smart Sand loading site, but at 10 MPH tops it's a long time to cling to a hopper, with several grade crossings to protect.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:17:54 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  69   Comments: 0
Shoving across County PP
Title:  Shoving across County PP
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:19:21 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
Shoving southeast from County PP
Title:  Shoving southeast from County PP
Description:  This section of the old CStPM&O line between Camp Douglas and Wyeville was out of service apart from car storage from about 1987 until last fall.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:21:02 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  202   Comments: 1
Continuing the shove move past Fulda Avenue
Title:  Continuing the shove move past Fulda Avenue
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:22:36 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
UP 1132 in profile on the Grover Road crossing
Title:  UP 1132 in profile on the Grover Road crossing
Description:  The train pauses to open the derail to access the Smart Sand transload site.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:24:08 PM
Location:  Camp Douglas, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1132(GP60)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
Almost there
Title:  Almost there
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:25:40 PM
Location:  Camp Douglas, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Spotting the MTs for the Smart Sand transload site
Title:  Spotting the MTs for the Smart Sand transload site
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:27:02 PM
Location:  Camp Douglas, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Light power pauses while the crew closes the derail before beginning the return trip
Title:  Light power pauses while the crew closes the derail before beginning the return trip
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:28:10 PM
Location:  Camp Douglas, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  165   Comments: 1
LTS-71 light power rolls back to town on the old CStPM&O
Title:  LTS-71 light power rolls back to town on the old CStPM&O
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:30:37 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  219   Comments: 1
A peek of sun through the woods
Title:  A peek of sun through the woods
Description:  This section of the old Omaha Road main survived the Reedsburg-Elroy-Camp Douglas abandonment of 1987, but was used only for car storage from then until last fall.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:31:59 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
LTS-71 light power rolling across Freedom Road
Title:  LTS-71 light power rolling across Freedom Road
Description:  Almost back to Wyeville.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:34:32 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  234   Comments: 1
Rolling through the former south wye switch onto the connecting track
Title:  Rolling through the former south wye switch onto the connecting track
Description:  The switch was disabled, so the old main toward the Twin Cities and southwest quadrant connecting track are out of service.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:36:17 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1132(GP60)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Easing down the hill, about to round the sharp bend back to the Altoona Sub main
Title:  Easing down the hill, about to round the sharp bend back to the Altoona Sub main
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:41:29 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1132(GP60)
Views:  128   Comments: 1
Reversing west to collect the 18 loads pulled from Hi-Crush
Title:  Reversing west to collect the 18 loads pulled from Hi-Crush
Description:  Those will comprise the return train to Adams.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:48:49 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1132(GP60)
Views:  224   Comments: 1
Throttling up to go east
Title:  Throttling up to go east
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:50:52 PM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1990(SD40N)
Views:  147   Comments: 0

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