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7/4/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:1/13/2020 - 12/31/2022
Album Info:The book is closed on the 2010s, let's see what the 2020s have in store along CP's Chicago-Twin Cities corridor.
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Red Beaver Express
Title:  Red Beaver Express
Description:  Wanted to get 281 this day based on reports it was led by three rebuilt units all in the post-2017 "Golden Beaver" scheme.
Photo Date:  9/9/2021  Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:52:50 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7049(SD70ACU)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Beaver Power
Title:  Beaver Power
Description:  All three locomotives on this train were rebuilt at some point after late 2017, and thus received the re-introduced "Golden Beaver" CP paint scheme.
Photo Date:  9/9/2021  Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:53:06 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7049(SD70ACU)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
CP 5107
Title:  CP 5107
Description:  Rebuilt from CP 5953.
Photo Date:  9/9/2021  Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:54:10 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 5107(SD40-3)
Views:  26   Comments: 0
Nothing but Rebuilds
Title:  Nothing but Rebuilds
Description:  The three units on 281, which is doing a crew change at the yard office, and the two on the yard job to the left have all been rebuilt in some fashion during the last decade or so.
Photo Date:  9/9/2021  Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:55:50 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 2300(GP20C-ECO) CP 5042(SD30C-ECO) CP 7049(SD70ACU)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
281 on the move after a quick crew change
Title:  281 on the move after a quick crew change
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/2021  Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:58:13 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7049(SD70ACU)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Trio of reborn Beavers accelerates 281 from its crew change stop
Title:  Trio of reborn Beavers accelerates 281 from its crew change stop
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/2021  Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:58:26 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 7049(SD70ACU)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
CP 5107 again
Title:  CP 5107 again
Description:  Prior to today, the only one of this group I'd seen was 5108. My only slight complaint with these rebuilds is that they left the empty mount for the old bell between the numberboards, when they installed the new electronic one under the frame.
Photo Date:  9/9/2021  Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:58:41 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 5107(SD40-3)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Six-and-four axle ECOs on a yard job
Title:  Six-and-four axle ECOs on a yard job
Description:  CP 5042 was rebuilt from SD40-2 5742 at Bombardier in Mexico, in a much more extensive fashion than the ten 510X series SD40-3s.
Photo Date:  9/9/2021  Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:58:55 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 5042(SD30C-ECO) CP 2300(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
Yard job pulls ahead
Title:  Yard job pulls ahead
Description:  In the pre-PSR days one could almost always find a pair of smaller road switchers flat-switching the Portage yard as the road trains came and went...now it's a rarity!
Photo Date:  9/9/2021  Upload Date: 9/14/2021 2:59:11 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 5042(SD30C-ECO)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
AMTK 50 leads No. 8 out of town with three PVs up front
Title:  AMTK 50 leads No. 8 out of town with three PVs up front
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2021  Upload Date: 9/30/2021 5:21:11 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 50(P42DC)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
A friendly wave
Title:  A friendly wave
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2021  Upload Date: 9/30/2021 5:45:55 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  AMTK 50(P42DC)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
NYC observation car "America" just behind the power
Title:  NYC observation car "America" just behind the power
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2021  Upload Date: 9/30/2021 6:08:49 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  83   Comments: 0
CB&Q dome car "Stampede Pass" 2/3 PVs heading to Chicago this day
Title:  CB&Q dome car "Stampede Pass" 2/3 PVs heading to Chicago this day
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2021  Upload Date: 9/30/2021 6:10:45 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  89   Comments: 0
Pullman "Pacific Home" 3/3 PVs heading to Chicago this day
Title:  Pullman "Pacific Home" 3/3 PVs heading to Chicago this day
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2021  Upload Date: 9/30/2021 6:11:10 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  87   Comments: 0
Mismatched boards & GE grime on WB autorack/intermodal train 199
Title:  Mismatched boards & GE grime on WB autorack/intermodal train 199
Description:  A typically bland, dingy GEVO leads 199...of course I never catch it on the days things like the military tribute SD70ACUs lead it.
Photo Date:  9/16/2021  Upload Date: 9/30/2021 6:11:46 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8886(ES44AC)
Views:  29   Comments: 0
Tree shadows play on the flanks of CP 9834 and its CSX mate powering EB sand train 680
Title:  Tree shadows play on the flanks of CP 9834 and its CSX mate powering EB sand train 680
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/27/2021  Upload Date: 9/30/2021 6:13:44 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 9834(AC44CW)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
AMTK 50 solo on a shortie No. 7 passing 680's sand cars
Title:  AMTK 50 solo on a shortie No. 7 passing 680's sand cars
Description:  Truncated Chicago-St. Paul route & consist due to the unfortunate incident in Montana a couple days prior.
Photo Date:  9/27/2021  Upload Date: 9/30/2021 6:14:05 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  AMTK 50(P42DC)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
The modern day "Pepsi Can" screams through in the lead of No. 8
Title:  The modern day "Pepsi Can" screams through in the lead of No. 8
Description:  Amtrak painted a second batch of "heritage" units for their 50th anniversary in 2021. This was the one scheme that was overlooked in the 40th anniversary units, applied to the B32-8WH (A.K.A. P32-8BWH) locomotives when they were built in 1991.
Photo Date:  2/10/2022  Upload Date: 2/11/2022 1:40:14 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 160(P42DC)
Views:  105   Comments: 1
New Number, Same Dingy GEs
Title:  New Number, Same Dingy GEs
Description:  This is my first encounter with CP train 247...but not really. It's the new (since late March) symbol for 281, the regular Bensenville-St. Paul manifest. The CN unit and the SD40-3 second and third out add some interest, but the leader manages to be particuarly unattractive with its large scorch mark obfuscating the long hood text.
Photo Date:  5/13/2022  Upload Date: 5/23/2022 2:09:42 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8742(ES44AC)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
CN 3906 second on CP 247
Title:  CN 3906 second on CP 247
Description:  Almost, but not quite as dirty as the majority of the GE power of the chief competitor upon whose rails it is guesting.
Photo Date:  5/13/2022  Upload Date: 5/23/2022 2:14:28 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CN 3906(ES44AC)
Views:  37   Comments: 0
CP 5108 third out on 247 with engine room door open
Title:  CP 5108 third out on 247 with engine room door open
Description:  One of a small group of SD40-2s rebuilt to "SD40-3" in late 2017/early 2018 and renumbered. They were some of the first units to receive the "Golden Beaver" scheme upon its reintroduction. They were intended for yard service and received features such as the strobe lights accordingly. The Canadian-style bells mounted between the numberboards were also removed and replaced with electronic bells in the typical underframe location (visible just above and to the right of the front truck), but the empty mounts were left. To my pleasant surprise, this was not done to the recent SD40-2 repaints such as 6025 and 5973. Fourth time I've seen this unit since April 2018, always trailing on a westbound manifest.
Photo Date:  5/13/2022  Upload Date: 5/23/2022 2:15:00 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 5108(SD40-3)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Eastbound manifest 248 with a pair of rebuilt GE Beavers
Title:  Eastbound manifest 248 with a pair of rebuilt GE Beavers
Description:  This is the new symbol for the old 288, the eastbound manifest that heads to BRC's Clearing Yard.
Photo Date:  5/13/2022  Upload Date: 5/23/2022 2:15:38 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8066(AC4400CWM)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
Naturally cloud-boinked on the WWA after it waited for the two manifests
Title:  Naturally cloud-boinked on the WWA after it waited for the two manifests
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2022  Upload Date: 5/23/2022 2:16:18 PM
Location:  Richwood, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2276(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Burned Rubber
Title:  Burned Rubber
Description:  ...well, that's what I did on Highway 16/60 to get the ballast train again after the cloud-boink at Richwood!
Photo Date:  5/13/2022  Upload Date: 5/23/2022 2:17:18 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2276(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
CP 5973 looking fine
Title:  CP 5973 looking fine
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2022  Upload Date: 5/23/2022 2:17:58 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5973(SD40-2)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
Beaverfied CP 6025
Title:  Beaverfied CP 6025
Description:  I have a shot of this same unit in ballast service from August 2018, in the exact same spot on the Watertown Sub (only leading the empties eastbound) when it was in its old CP Rail Multimark scheme.
Photo Date:  5/13/2022  Upload Date: 5/23/2022 2:18:48 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 6025(SD40-2)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
"Charging" into town right on time
Title:  "Charging" into town right on time
Description:  My first catch of the Siemens ALC-42 or "Charger" which has begun to take over the Empire Builder from the venerable GE Genesis series P42DC as of spring 2022.
Photo Date:  5/28/2022  Upload Date: 5/29/2022 12:56:16 AM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  AMTK 303(ALC-42)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
AMTK 303 whistles off as No. 7 gets underway from its stop
Title:  AMTK 303 whistles off as No. 7 gets underway from its stop
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/28/2022  Upload Date: 5/29/2022 12:58:23 AM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 303(ALC-42)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
No. 7 accelerates out of its station stop
Title:  No. 7 accelerates out of its station stop
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/28/2022  Upload Date: 5/29/2022 12:59:18 AM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 303(ALC-42)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
CP 249 with a special leader
Title:  CP 249 with a special leader
Description:  The new symbol for westbound manifest 287 out of BRC Clearing. 8781 received a special Hapag-Lloyd scheme in late 2021.
Photo Date:  5/28/2022  Upload Date: 5/29/2022 1:00:58 AM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8781(ES44AC)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
CP 8781, the Hapag-Lloyd "Saint John Express"
Title:  CP 8781, the Hapag-Lloyd "Saint John Express"
Description:  Approaching Columbus - Fall River Road at 1900.
Photo Date:  5/28/2022  Upload Date: 5/29/2022 1:02:19 AM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8781(ES44AC)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
Faded Belle heads up a four-pack on 247
Title:  Faded Belle heads up a four-pack on 247
Description:  A newer KCS Tier IV GEVO is second out, and CP 7022 Navy tribute SD70ACU is fourth.
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 10:51:17 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  KCS 4792(ES44AC)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
CP 7022 trailing dead-in-tow on 247
Title:  CP 7022 trailing dead-in-tow on 247
Description:  Second time I've seen this Canadian Navy tribute unit.
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 10:51:36 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 7022(SD70ACU)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
No. 7 rolls into town on a fine summer afternoon
Title:  No. 7 rolls into town on a fine summer afternoon
Description:  Back to the old standard pair of P42s.
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 10:52:02 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  AMTK 78(P42DC)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
Two red and gray Northern Sky Charters cars on the tail of No. 7 today
Title:  Two red and gray Northern Sky Charters cars on the tail of No. 7 today
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 10:53:50 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  27   Comments: 0
GE smoke starts to burble as No. 7 accelerates out of its stop
Title:  GE smoke starts to burble as No. 7 accelerates out of its stop
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 10:58:31 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 78(P42DC)
Views:  37   Comments: 0
A friendly wave
Title:  A friendly wave
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 11:00:14 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 78(P42DC)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
PPCX 800710 "Northern Dreams"
Title:  PPCX 800710 "Northern Dreams"
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 11:01:37 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  36   Comments: 0
PPCX 800588 "Northern Sky"
Title:  PPCX 800588 "Northern Sky"
Description:  The grand touring, railway car deluxe!
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 11:01:53 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  34   Comments: 0
Pumpkin and pony 70ACes power CP 249 west
Title:  Pumpkin and pony 70ACes power CP 249 west
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 11:02:08 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9212(SD70ACe)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
CP TEC train arrives
Title:  CP TEC train arrives
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 1:18:34 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2227(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
CP 2227 accelerates the TEC train into town after a short wait for instructions at the west control point
Title:  CP 2227 accelerates the TEC train into town after a short wait for instructions at the west control point
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 1:18:53 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 2227(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
CP 93, middle car of the TEC train
Title:  CP 93, middle car of the TEC train
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 1:19:23 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  68   Comments: 0
CP 8604 and a UP SD70AH pull off the service tracks
Title:  CP 8604 and a UP SD70AH pull off the service tracks
Description:  They'll later head west light (with UP 8913 in the lead, long hood forward) to collect a sand train.
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 1:22:05 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8604(AC44CW)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
@$$-end first, UP 8913 rolls west through the CP yard
Title:  @$$-end first, UP 8913 rolls west through the CP yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 1:22:22 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 8913(SD70AH)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
A rather filthy CP 8902 is one half of a second CP-UP pairing in the yard today
Title:  A rather filthy CP 8902 is one half of a second CP-UP pairing in the yard today
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 1:23:48 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8902(ES44AC)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
CP 92 leads the TEC train shove move into the service area to tie down
Title:  CP 92 leads the TEC train shove move into the service area to tie down
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 1:24:04 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  77   Comments: 0
CP 93
Title:  CP 93
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 1:24:18 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  66   Comments: 0
CP 94, "front" car of the TEC train
Title:  CP 94, "front" car of the TEC train
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 1:24:42 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  66   Comments: 0
The TEC train is parked
Title:  The TEC train is parked
Description:  They'll continue east the following morning.
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 1:24:56 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 2227(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  77   Comments: 0


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