Three different trains are covered here, M337, an extra grain, and the FURBALL, or Freeport Local. There are three WC SD45s in this video, two on on M337, and one on the grain extra.
Here, we catch the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad's freight train from Janesville to Horicon at Janesville, Milton, Lima Center and Whitewater. There are bridge shots, cantilever crossing shots and wig wag shots
Here, we watch the WSOR Janesville-Monroe train struggle over the entire route. He left Janesville at about 8 p.m and arived in Monroe ar about 2 a.m. That is only a distance of about 43 miles. We caught them at grade crossings at Janesvile, Orfordville, Brodhead, and Monroe.
Here we railfan the Wisconsin & Southern Reedsburg Sub from just North of Madison to Merrimac. In this video, you will see two WSOR EMD SD20s go past the rare barrier gates, canilever crossing signals with gates, and just regular flashers. There is also a large bridge at the end of the video.
A CNIC SD40-2 and a GTW GP38 work hard to pull freight train CN M33891-04 past Stephenson Street and the old IC depot, up grade out of Freeport towards Seward IL, Rockford IL, Genoa IL, and eventually Chicago IL
We chased the WSOR Reedsburg Local from Waunakee WI to West of Merrimac WI. Part I covers from Wanuakee to Lodi WI. You will see several types of crossing signals from cantilevers to wig wags.
Here we see the last unit that sports the C&O letters leading the way on a Wisconsin & Southern Railroad freight that runs from Janesville WI to Monroe WI and back.
To the music of Journey. This is coverage of the Fever River Model Railroad. The first part covers a Greenbay Western mixed freight from Hixton WI to Appleton WI, and the second part covers a long distance Illinois Central local from Erie IL to Chip Yard, near Stanley WI on our layout. Wisconsin.
Here are videos of several train clips taken in 2005 and 2006. I was just using my digital camera for these. Railroads in inlcuded are Bessemer & Lake Erie (B&LE) Canadian National (CN) Grand Trunk Western (GTW) Illinois Central (IC) and Wisconsin Central.
Train CN M33891-28 heads out of Freeport after meeting counterpart train M337 at Wallace Yard in Freeport. This train had two powered engines, and about 150 Cars. The third engine is dead in tow.