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Northbound on the ex-MILW Valley Sub, CN 5430 hammers the diamond with the ex-Soo Line Superior Sub |
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Junction City is one of Wisconsin's busiest railroad hot spots. Over the course of various mergers through the years, both lines here fell under the control of Wisconsin Central LTD in the late 1980s. Their flag fell to CN in 2001. Nineteen years, 354 days elapsed between the last time I shot a train here, and this day. Those pictures are the first ones in this album. I didn't intend for it to happen, but it just kept getting kicked down the road. For some reason I had it in my head that it was a long ways away from me living in Madison, even though it's really only another hour beyond Wisconsin Dells, where I've shot CP(KC) trains on a quite regular basis over the years. The maroon and gold SD45s may be gone, but this pair of SD60s makes for a nice link back to the days when high-horsepower, spartan cab EMDs were the rule rather than the exception. I'll definitely be back again on a much shorter interval! |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:42:32 PM |
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Junction City, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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CN 5430 disturbs the peace of this quaint central Wisconsin town |
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Crossing County Highway P/old US Highway 10 (now routed on a 4-lane bypass just to the north). They're used to it, as numerous CN trains pass through every day, mostly on the ex-Soo Line Superior Sub, but L581 northbound and southbound is one of several daily on the ex-Milwaukee Road Valley Sub. Junction City is classic small-town Wisconsin, with an approximately 1:1 (or possibly higher) ratio of taverns to residents. Many of them have local and/or vintage beer signs, such as Point Beer just behind the crossing signal, and (hard to see) PBR just behind that. The one thing that sets Junction City apart in this day and age is the extremely vibrant railroad presence, while so many similarly-sized communities just have a dirt-paved bike path where C&NW or Milwaukee Road trains once rumbled through, or perhaps stopped at the station. It's all freight in Junction City for over 50 years now, but the action is nearly continuous 24/7/365. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:43:15 PM |
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Junction City, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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L581 just past Cedar Creek coming north for Wausau Yard |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:48:37 PM |
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Rothschild, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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One last runby of the northbound 581, approaching Ross Avenue |
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I broke for lunch at a local pizza place, and got out and back into my car just in time to hear them tone up the RTC for their southbound departure from the Wausau yard! |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:49:14 PM |
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Schofield, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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