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12/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:8/21/2006 - 5/24/2024
Album Info:This former Milwaukee Road line was one of several radiating out of the Capital City to be put up for abandonment by the bankrupt carrier in the 1980s, despite the fact that it connected south-central Wisconsin's two largest cities. Along with several of the others, it was rescued by the state DOT and the multi-county Wisconsin River Rail Transit Commission and operated by short line Wisconsin & Calumet until WICT's takeover by the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad, which today operates the line as the Madison Subdivision. It serves as the main line of the WSOR's Southern Division, ferrying traffic north from Janesville bound for points on the branch lines out of Madison, and bringing traffic back from the branches and the Canadian Pacific's line from Portage to Janesville and the outside world. There is also considerable on-line traffic generated in the communities of McFarland, Stoughton, Edgerton, and Milton Junction. Union Pacific ballast trains to and from the quarry at Rock Springs on the Reedsburg line operated in the summers until 2011. The line was upgraded to continuous welded rail in 2010-11 after two major derailments in 2007 contributed to its being slow-ordered to 10 MPH.
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WSOR 101 coming back into town
Title:  WSOR 101 coming back into town
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 4:56:56 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 101(E9A)
Views:  1335   Comments: 5
Boarding for the next trip
Title:  Boarding for the next trip
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 5:01:45 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 101(E9A)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
Climbing the ladder into WSOR 101
Title:  Climbing the ladder into WSOR 101
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 5:41:23 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 101(E9A)
Views:  522   Comments: 0
WSOR 101 waiting for the all aboard
Title:  WSOR 101 waiting for the all aboard
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 5:49:24 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 101(E9A)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
WSOR 11 getting ready to highball
Title:  WSOR 11 getting ready to highball
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 5:51:57 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  542   Comments: 0
WSOR 101 passing under Terminal Drive
Title:  WSOR 101 passing under Terminal Drive
Description:  Heading back east again.
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 5:55:41 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 101(E9A)
Views:  787   Comments: 0
The conductor hangs on for the ride as NAHX 172347 is shoved
Title:  The conductor hangs on for the ride as NAHX 172347 is shoved
Description:  Dad hoped to beat the business special (see album "Janesville Yard 2008") to Milton Jct., but was too late. However, a Janesville local crew was busy switching in town with the MAJ power.
Photo Date:  10/10/2008  Upload Date: 12/23/2008 1:20:44 AM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  112   Comments: 0
WSOR 4051 & 4002 switching
Title:  WSOR 4051 & 4002 switching
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2008  Upload Date: 12/23/2008 1:24:12 AM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4051(SD40-2) WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
WSOR 4051 & 4002 shove closer to the camera
Title:  WSOR 4051 & 4002 shove closer to the camera
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2008  Upload Date: 12/23/2008 1:25:55 AM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4051(SD40-2) WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  468   Comments: 0
WSOR hi-rail as part of a MoW caravan across the Yahara River/Cooper's Causeway
Title:  WSOR hi-rail as part of a MoW caravan across the Yahara River/Cooper's Causeway
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/6/2023 2:36:41 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  37   Comments: 0
WSOR 4025 crosses Hannerville Rd. with the MAJ
Title:  WSOR 4025 crosses Hannerville Rd. with the MAJ
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/30/2008  Upload Date: 10/30/2008 8:47:50 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4025(SD40-2)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
WSOR 1501 trails on today's MAJ
Title:  WSOR 1501 trails on today's MAJ
Description:  A grab shot of one of the last MP15ACs without WSOR red and gray paint.
Photo Date:  10/30/2008  Upload Date: 10/30/2008 8:49:57 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1501(MP15AC)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
WSOR 4076 leading a MAJ across County Highway N
Title:  WSOR 4076 leading a MAJ across County Highway N
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 12:10:08 AM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
WSOR 4076 and 3808
Title:  WSOR 4076 and 3808
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 12:15:15 AM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2) WSOR 3808(GP38AC)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
A five-unit MAJ ambles through the fields
Title:  A five-unit MAJ ambles through the fields
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 12:24:07 AM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2) WSOR 3808(GP38AC)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
4th and 5th units WSOR 4003 and 1503
Title:  4th and 5th units WSOR 4003 and 1503
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 12:28:10 AM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4003(SD40-2) WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  513   Comments: 0
WSOR 1503
Title:  WSOR 1503
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 12:31:41 AM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
WSOR 4076 on the Rock River bridge
Title:  WSOR 4076 on the Rock River bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 12:39:21 AM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
Five units rumble across the bridge
Title:  Five units rumble across the bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 12:50:23 AM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2) WSOR 3808(GP38AC) WSOR 3806(GP38) WSOR 4003(SD40-2) WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  608   Comments: 0
WSOR 4076 & company pulling hard towards Newville Road
Title:  WSOR 4076 & company pulling hard towards Newville Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 1:44:04 AM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2) WSOR 3808(GP38AC)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
WSOR 4076 about to cross Newville Road
Title:  WSOR 4076 about to cross Newville Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 1:14:23 AM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2)
Views:  674   Comments: 0
WSOR 1503
Title:  WSOR 1503
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 2:48:07 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1503(MP15AC)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
OLSX 173639 ex-CNW
Title:  OLSX 173639 ex-CNW
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 3:03:26 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  243   Comments: 0
OLSX 173660 also ex-CNW
Title:  OLSX 173660 also ex-CNW
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 3:10:34 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  234   Comments: 0
JH highballs northbound towards the Waukesha Sub wye
Title:  JH highballs northbound towards the Waukesha Sub wye
Description:  Approaching Town Line Road.
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 5:48:34 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 3803(GP38AC) WSOR 3801(GP38)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
WSOR 4076 gets started back towards Janesville
Title:  WSOR 4076 gets started back towards Janesville
Description:  The MAJ had tied town on the west side of town to wait for the JH to come up from Janesville and clear the south switch of the wye. Our chase of this train continues in the album "Janesville Yard 2009".
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 2/8/2009 8:00:35 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4076(SD40M-2)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
WSOR 4006 leads a 5-car daylight JMA
Title:  WSOR 4006 leads a 5-car daylight JMA
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/15/2009 9:01:54 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2) WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  549   Comments: 1
WSOR 4006 crossing Skyline Drive
Title:  WSOR 4006 crossing Skyline Drive
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/15/2009 9:22:11 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2) WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  530   Comments: 2
JMA along Door Creek Road
Title:  JMA along Door Creek Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/15/2009 9:30:37 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2) WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  469   Comments: 1
WSOR 4006 about to cross Door Creek Road
Title:  WSOR 4006 about to cross Door Creek Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/15/2009 9:35:08 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2) WSOR 1506(MP15AC)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
The entire 5-car train fits in the picture
Title:  The entire 5-car train fits in the picture
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/2009  Upload Date: 3/15/2009 9:37:37 PM
Location:  McFarland, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 1506(MP15AC) WSOR 4006(SD40-2)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
WSOR 4005
Title:  WSOR 4005
Description:  Stopped on the Madison Sub leg of the wye.
Photo Date:  4/15/2009  Upload Date: 4/17/2009 11:02:52 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4005(SD40-2) WSOR 4011(SD40-2)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
WSOR 4005 idling on the Madison Sub
Title:  WSOR 4005 idling on the Madison Sub
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/2009  Upload Date: 4/18/2009 7:08:01 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4005(SD40-2) WSOR 4011(SD40-2)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Covered hoppers parked outside the grain elevator
Title:  Covered hoppers parked outside the grain elevator
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/2009  Upload Date: 4/18/2009 7:13:58 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
More hoppers outside the grain elevator
Title:  More hoppers outside the grain elevator
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/2009  Upload Date: 4/18/2009 7:19:19 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  89   Comments: 0
Overview of the west corner of the wye
Title:  Overview of the west corner of the wye
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/2009  Upload Date: 4/18/2009 9:22:57 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4005(SD40-2)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
Hoppers under the loader
Title:  Hoppers under the loader
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/2009  Upload Date: 4/18/2009 9:38:41 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  90   Comments: 0
WSOR 4005 shut down for awhile
Title:  WSOR 4005 shut down for awhile
Description:  When they turn off the headlights and suop the motors, it's time to give up on that train.
Photo Date:  4/15/2009  Upload Date: 4/18/2009 10:43:19 PM
Location:  Sixmile Creek, FL
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4005(SD40-2)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
WSOR 4053 ambles through downtown
Title:  WSOR 4053 ambles through downtown
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/18/2009  Upload Date: 4/25/2009 11:34:16 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  275   Comments: 1
WSOR 4053 approaching South Street
Title:  WSOR 4053 approaching South Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/18/2009  Upload Date: 4/30/2009 6:59:08 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
WSOR 4053 cuts across the still-dormant meadows near Dallman Road
Title:  WSOR 4053 cuts across the still-dormant meadows near Dallman Road
Description:  ...but they won't be for much longer. Some buds are starting to appear on the trees in the distance.
Photo Date:  4/18/2009  Upload Date: 4/30/2009 7:17:18 PM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2) WSOR 4006(SD40-2)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
WSOR 4053 approaching Dallman Road
Title:  WSOR 4053 approaching Dallman Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/18/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2009 7:18:33 PM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
WSOR 17196 ex-CNW
Title:  WSOR 17196 ex-CNW
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/18/2009  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 10:01:48 PM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  199   Comments: 0
WSOR 17196 bearing the "Employee Owned" ball and bar logo
Title:  WSOR 17196 bearing the "Employee Owned" ball and bar logo
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/18/2009  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 10:20:25 PM
Location:  Edgerton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  168   Comments: 0
WSOR 4011 leads 4010 and 5 cars to Janesville on a rainy Saturday
Title:  WSOR 4011 leads 4010 and 5 cars to Janesville on a rainy Saturday
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 5/2/2009 9:32:35 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4011(SD40-2)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
WSOR 4011 passing the depot
Title:  WSOR 4011 passing the depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 5/2/2009 9:33:27 PM
Location:  Stoughton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4011(SD40-2)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
WSOR 4003 coming around the west leg of the wye with the JMA
Title:  WSOR 4003 coming around the west leg of the wye with the JMA
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2009  Upload Date: 6/12/2009 2:18:23 AM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4003(SD40-2)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
WSOR 4003
Title:  WSOR 4003
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2009  Upload Date: 6/5/2009 5:10:10 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4003(SD40-2)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
WSOR 4003 west crossing County Hwy. M
Title:  WSOR 4003 west crossing County Hwy. M
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2009  Upload Date: 6/12/2009 2:25:20 AM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4003(SD40-2)
Views:  392   Comments: 1
WSOR 4003 gets closer
Title:  WSOR 4003 gets closer
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2009  Upload Date: 6/13/2009 10:20:01 PM
Location:  Milton Junction, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4003(SD40-2)
Views:  187   Comments: 1


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