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Viewing Album:  UP Harvard Subdivision in Wisconsin + S. Beloit Branch
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:6/21/2008 - 6/21/2023
Album Info:Union Pacific's ex-C&NW mainline from the state line (in Illinois it serves as the Metra Northwest line) to South Janesville Yard. In C&NW days this was part of a through line to Madison via Evansville, and on to Reedsburg and the Twin Cities. The state line to Janesville segment was busy for a time, but experienced a drastic dropoff in traffic with the late 2008 closure of the GM plant and subsequent collapse of Janesville's industrial sector. From their Janesville yard, UP's local also runs down a portion of the old Milwaukee Road Racine & Southwestern line from Clinton to Beloit, where they use trackage rights over a portion of the CP to reach customers in South Beloit, IL on a severed piece of C&NW's Harvard-Beloit-Madison line.
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UP 9446 speeds the CP flood detour toward Chicago as the sun sets
Title:  UP 9446 speeds the CP flood detour toward Chicago as the sun sets
Description:  The detours were alternating between this line and the WSOR Fox Lake Sub for the leg from Janesville to Chicago.
Photo Date:  6/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/13/2008 12:24:38 AM
Location:  Clinton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  696   Comments: 0
UP local starts its return trip from the end of the line
Title:  UP local starts its return trip from the end of the line
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/2010  Upload Date: 6/20/2010 9:40:49 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1362(GP40-2) UP 1421(GP40-2)
Views:  697   Comments: 1
UP 1362 near Prairie Hill Road
Title:  UP 1362 near Prairie Hill Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/2010  Upload Date: 6/20/2010 9:46:29 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1362(GP40-2)
Views:  525   Comments: 0
UP 1421 ex-SP
Title:  UP 1421 ex-SP
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/2010  Upload Date: 6/20/2010 9:56:01 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1421(GP40-2)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
UPY 738 last of the head-end power
Title:  UPY 738 last of the head-end power
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/2010  Upload Date: 6/20/2010 10:00:15 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UPY 738(GP15AC)
Views:  374   Comments: 1
The "DPU" power
Title:  The "DPU" power
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/2010  Upload Date: 6/20/2010 10:06:19 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UPY 686(GP15-1) UPY 718(GP15AC) UPY 559(GP15-1)
Views:  815   Comments: 1
UPY 559 pushing across Prairie Hill Road
Title:  UPY 559 pushing across Prairie Hill Road
Description:  Hmmm this yellow locomotive...needs some neon yellow! #&@! taggers.
Photo Date:  6/20/2010  Upload Date: 6/20/2010 10:14:34 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UPY 559(GP15-1) UPY 718(GP15AC)
Views:  799   Comments: 0
UP 9447 will lead the loaded grain train back to Proviso
Title:  UP 9447 will lead the loaded grain train back to Proviso
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/10/2013  Upload Date: 11/11/2013 7:36:55 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9447(C41-8W)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
Reflected GEs
Title:  Reflected GEs
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/10/2013  Upload Date: 11/11/2013 7:44:41 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9447(C41-8W)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
FXE 3173, Grupo México Transportes
Title:  FXE 3173, Grupo México Transportes
Description:  Third out on a train of grain loads from Landmark at Evansville. Not sure if this is a new or old Ferromex scheme, but I've never seen it before although I prefer the more colorful one found on their GEVOs.
Photo Date:  12/21/2020  Upload Date: 12/21/2020 7:34:42 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  FXE 3173(SD40-2)
Views:  367   Comments: 1
Local Over the Arches
Title:  Local Over the Arches
Description:  This ex-C&NW stone arch bridge (there are actually five arches, one is off-camera to the left but it is obstructed by trees from the south side) is one of the real gems of southern Wisconsin railfanning. Its somewhat off-the-beaten-path location and the sporadic/sneaky nature of train traffic on the line from Harvard to Janesville, particularly westbounds in daylight, means getting a shot here requires some perseverance. I finally did so again almost 11 years after the last one (and that was badly backlit, from the north side in the morning). Now I have to come back and do it again when the sun's out! I believe this is the YJA65 job. I found them just finishing up their work in Clinton, and had plenty of time to get over here and set up.
Photo Date:  1/3/2021  Upload Date: 1/4/2021 9:46:27 PM
Location:  Tiffany, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
UP local trundles along the tree-lined ex-R&SW
Title:  UP local trundles along the tree-lined ex-R&SW
Description:  Running back to Janesvillle after switching DeLong in South Beloit. This is a small remaining segment of the ex-Milwaukee Road Racine & Southwestern Division and one of the few if not the only segments of UP trackage in Wisconsin that is not ex-Chicago & North Western. Other portions are operated by WSOR as their Bardwell-Elkhorn branch and by CN as an industrial spur at Burlington. CP abandoned their segment from Sturtevant to Kansasville a few years ago.
Photo Date:  1/17/2021  Upload Date: 1/19/2021 1:51:56 PM
Location:  Clinton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1107(GP60)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
(Not quite) dashing through the snow
Title:  (Not quite) dashing through the snow
Description:  It's kind of sad to see the GP60s, built for speed with a quite high horsepower rating over four axles, relegated to branch line locals.
Photo Date:  1/17/2021  Upload Date: 1/19/2021 2:28:23 PM
Location:  Clinton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1107(GP60)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
CNW 178532
Title:  CNW 178532
Description:  I've seen a lot of covered hoppers still retaining the C&NW logo and number, but not still running under the company reporting marks.
Photo Date:  1/17/2021  Upload Date: 1/19/2021 2:33:55 PM
Location:  Clinton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  69   Comments: 0
CNW 178087
Title:  CNW 178087
Description:  Second of four hoppers with full C&NW markings in the UP local's train today.
Photo Date:  1/17/2021  Upload Date: 1/19/2021 2:35:21 PM
Location:  Clinton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  78   Comments: 0
CNW 178087 - "Employee Owned"
Title:  CNW 178087 - "Employee Owned"
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/17/2021  Upload Date: 1/19/2021 2:36:42 PM
Location:  Clinton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  73   Comments: 0
CNW 174895
Title:  CNW 174895
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/17/2021  Upload Date: 1/19/2021 2:45:24 PM
Location:  Clinton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  76   Comments: 0
CNW 178297
Title:  CNW 178297
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/17/2021  Upload Date: 1/19/2021 8:07:42 PM
Location:  Clinton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
UP 1145 brings up the rear of the train from South Beloit
Title:  UP 1145 brings up the rear of the train from South Beloit
Description:  It will lead when the train reverses direction to head from Clinton to Janesville. The conductor is already in the cab.
Photo Date:  1/17/2021  Upload Date: 1/19/2021 8:17:41 PM
Location:  Clinton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Climbing the hill into town past Scot Forge
Title:  Climbing the hill into town past Scot Forge
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/17/2021  Upload Date: 1/19/2021 9:03:31 PM
Location:  Clinton, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1107(GP60)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
Five Arches
Title:  Five Arches
Description:  Kind of irritating that the only the north side of this bridge is uncluttered enough to get the entire length in the shot, so you're limited to cloudy days, of which there has been no shortage this January!
Photo Date:  1/17/2021  Upload Date: 1/19/2021 9:05:01 PM
Location:  Tiffany, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
YJA65 departs for a Sunday SoBo run
Title:  YJA65 departs for a Sunday SoBo run
Description:  The three boxcars and the balance of the covered hoppers would be dropped somewhere en route (probably Clinton), the train arrived in Beloit with just two hoppers.
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:23:53 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  118   Comments: 0
Entering the ABS-controlled main at MP 87
Title:  Entering the ABS-controlled main at MP 87
Description:  This local runs with power on each end to facilitate a reversal in direction at Clinton to head down the ex-Milwaukee Road R&SW Division to Beloit and South Beloit (IL). Everything but the two hoppers closest to 1145 will be dropped at Clinton. You can see from the orange conduit sticking out of the ground, preparations are underway for the replacement of the venerable searchlight signals along this portion of the line (which were themselves salvaged by C&NW from an ex-CGW line to replace the original semaphores on this line).
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:24:08 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  155   Comments: 1
Prospect Street
Title:  Prospect Street
Description:  The YJA65 runs parallel to and just on the WI side of the state line, on what was once the tracks of the Milwaukee Road's Racine & Southwestern Division. This portion of the line is owned by, and jointly operated with, CP. Just ahead, the train will bend to the left and switch onto a small remaining portion of the ex-C&NW alignment to reach customers in South Beloit, IL.
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:34:25 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
Colorful tag job on CHTT 720366
Title:  Colorful tag job on CHTT 720366
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:35:16 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  69   Comments: 0
Gateway to Wisconsin
Title:  Gateway to Wisconsin
Description:  The two GP60s bracketing two covered hoppers trundle away. Just beyond the leftward curve in the distance, this ex-Milwaukee Road line once crossed the C&NW line which ran from Harvard (and Chicago) north to Janesville (or direct to Madison via Evansville off a split at Afton). The train will use a small remaining portion of that line to access customers at South Beloit.
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:35:28 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1025(GP60)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Just crossed the state line, cutting off the lead unit to work Behr
Title:  Just crossed the state line, cutting off the lead unit to work Behr
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:39:34 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
Reversing through the switch onto the Behr lead
Title:  Reversing through the switch onto the Behr lead
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:40:21 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Backing down the Behr lead with the rest of the train on the main
Title:  Backing down the Behr lead with the rest of the train on the main
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:42:32 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
Blast the horn and pray
Title:  Blast the horn and pray
Description:  The Behr spur's crossing of the busy Blackhawk Boulevard is marked only by a lone crossbuck on the northbound side.
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:42:45 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
Coupling up to a pair of empties left just east of Blackhawk
Title:  Coupling up to a pair of empties left just east of Blackhawk
Description:  Some loads further back in the spur need to be pulled, then these will be shoved back in so Behr can get to them.
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:42:57 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
Pulling a string of loaded gons from the Behr spur
Title:  Pulling a string of loaded gons from the Behr spur
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:43:09 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
The kamikaze crossing of Blackhawk
Title:  The kamikaze crossing of Blackhawk
Description:  Only a lone crossbuck (on the northbound side of the road, just off camera to the right) marks the Behr spur's crossing of this busy four-lane road.
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:43:20 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
Spotting the two empties back in place for Behr to grab later
Title:  Spotting the two empties back in place for Behr to grab later
Description:  Per satellite views, Behr has a center-cab switcher on their property which they will use to move the cars into position for unloading.
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:43:30 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
Rolling for DeLong as snow and sleet begin to fall
Title:  Rolling for DeLong as snow and sleet begin to fall
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:43:56 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
YJA65 in "push-pull" configuration crosses Blackhawk Boulevard
Title:  YJA65 in "push-pull" configuration crosses Blackhawk Boulevard
Description:  Just south of the barely-marked Behr spur crossing, the "main" line's (ex-C&NW Chicago/Harvard-Janesville/Madison) crossing of Blackhawk Blvd. has four signals on the shoulders and median. Interestingly, photos from the C&NW era show there were gates here then - a rare example of crossing protection being "downgraded."
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:44:12 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 1025(GP60)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
Approaching Prairie Hill Road, DeLong and the end of the line in worsening weather
Title:  Approaching Prairie Hill Road, DeLong and the end of the line in worsening weather
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/21/2021  Upload Date: 2/28/2021 8:44:24 PM
Location:  South Beloit, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1145(GP60)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
KCS 4864 "leads" a triple-DPU on a recently arrived set of Evansville grain MTs
Title:  KCS 4864 "leads" a triple-DPU on a recently arrived set of Evansville grain MTs
Description:  Per the heads up posts on Facebook, the leader on the other end was a KCS SD70ACe.
Photo Date:  7/17/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 8:17:43 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  KCS 4864(ES44AC)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
The empties that came up Sunday morning still waiting to go to Evansville for loading
Title:  The empties that came up Sunday morning still waiting to go to Evansville for loading
Description:  Photo taken Tuesday, July 19th. Myself and several other railfans thought (hoped) the crew that had just brought the loads to the yard would turn around and take this one back, but they didn't. It finally ran on Wednesday afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/19/2022  Upload Date: 7/22/2022 2:18:14 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  KCS 4864(ES44AC)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
Grain train traffic jam
Title:  Grain train traffic jam
Description:  Loads just brought down the branch from Evansville on the right, with local Geeps that had been in front of the four big road units removed (see albums "UP Harvard Subdivision - Evansville Spur" and "Janesville 2019-2022." Next set of empties (GSKNEV-15, parked there since the morning of Sunday the 17th, with two other units on the other end) still waiting to be taken to Landmark.
Photo Date:  7/19/2022  Upload Date: 7/22/2022 2:19:07 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  KCS 4864(ES44AC) UP 6771(AC44CW)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Welcome to Wisconsin
Title:  Welcome to Wisconsin
Description:  The returning UP SoBo local rounds the curve at the former State Line Jct., transitioning from an isolated strech of UP's "native" ex-C&NW rails to the ex-Milwaukee Road Racine & Southwestern, owned by CP at this particular location.
Photo Date:  1/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2023 10:06:19 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 1166(GP60)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
UP 1166 runs parallel to and just on the WI side of the state line approaching Prospect Street
Title:  UP 1166 runs parallel to and just on the WI side of the state line approaching Prospect Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2023 10:06:56 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 1166(GP60)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
Down low crossing Prospect Street
Title:  Down low crossing Prospect Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2023 10:35:17 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1166(GP60)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
CNW 178116
Title:  CNW 178116
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2023 10:39:08 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  36   Comments: 0
UP 1158 going away
Title:  UP 1158 going away
Description:  This train operates with power on each end to facilitate the change in direction at Clinton. 1166 led Janesville-Clinton and S. Beloit-Clinton, 1158 led Clinton-S. Beloit and will lead Clinton-Janesville.
Photo Date:  1/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2023 10:39:49 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 1158(GP60)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
Approaching Colley Road
Title:  Approaching Colley Road
Description:  Easternmost of two crossings on this road, both are ex-MILW rails. The western one is used by CP's local which runs up to Janesville, and UP also has trackage rights to serve Fairbanks-Morse (which I have yet to see them do).
Photo Date:  1/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2023 10:40:52 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1166(GP60)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
CNW 178116
Title:  CNW 178116
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2023 11:40:27 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  29   Comments: 0
The ex-SSW 9644 follows the train across Colley Road
Title:  The ex-SSW 9644 follows the train across Colley Road
Description:  This locomotive has been eluding me since I was living in Milwaukee 10-12 years ago and it was UP 1943. Note the incandescent crossing signal lights, themselves a rarity nowadays.
Photo Date:  1/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2023 11:59:00 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1158(GP60)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Crossing Gateway Boulevard, back on "home" rails
Title:  Crossing Gateway Boulevard, back on "home" rails
Description:  Porters is shown on the map as an unincorporated community that abuts the east edge of Beloit. UP owns the track here having just come off CP trackage rights, an arrangement dating back to when C&NW purchased a portion of this line from the Milwaukee Road.
Photo Date:  1/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2023 11:59:46 PM
Location:  Porters, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1166(GP60)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Cotton Belt patch on "caboose" duty
Title:  Cotton Belt patch on "caboose" duty
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/16/2023 12:00:02 AM
Location:  Porters, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1158(GP60)
Views:  82   Comments: 0

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