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By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:2/16/2017 - 12/31/2019
Album Info:The beat goes on...always more dirty red GEs and fewer spartan cab EMDs. Still, there is a lot of foreign power to add some variety and the occasional real gem!
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Flags waving and lights twinkling, the Holiday Train makes tracks for the Dells
Title:  Flags waving and lights twinkling, the Holiday Train makes tracks for the Dells
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Photo Date:  12/4/2017  Upload Date: 12/4/2017 7:54:06 PM
Location:  Lewiston, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 2246(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
CP 2246 sits on the Wisconsin River bridge while the band plays for the crowd
Title:  CP 2246 sits on the Wisconsin River bridge while the band plays for the crowd
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Photo Date:  12/4/2017  Upload Date: 12/4/2017 7:55:32 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 2246(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  252   Comments: 1
The Holiday Train whistles off and starts to roll away
Title:  The Holiday Train whistles off and starts to roll away
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/4/2017  Upload Date: 12/4/2017 7:56:56 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2246(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Ho, ho, ho, off to Mauston we go
Title:  Ho, ho, ho, off to Mauston we go
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/4/2017  Upload Date: 12/4/2017 8:01:43 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2246(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
UP 5547 is a bit of a surprise leading EB CP intermodal train 198
Title:  UP 5547 is a bit of a surprise leading EB CP intermodal train 198
Description:  Typically, the intermodals are about the only trains on this line where you WON'T find any sort of foreign power, other than the occasional leaser!
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:34:42 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 5547(AC45CCTE)
Views:  84   Comments: 1
CP 8132 third out on 198 is my first sighting of an AC4400CWM
Title:  CP 8132 third out on 198 is my first sighting of an AC4400CWM
Description:  I went trackside this chilly April day on a report that another such unit was LEADING a train! These are rebuilds of some of the 9600-series AC4400s, in the reintroduced "Golden Beaver" scheme!
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:35:23 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CP 8132(AC4400CWM)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
UP 9417 and another UP GE power WB CP train 471 crossing Weyh Rd.
Title:  UP 9417 and another UP GE power WB CP train 471 crossing Weyh Rd.
Description:  This unit and some of its compatriots received a facelift in spring 2015. Prior to that, the only Dash 8W with the "Wings and Flags" was 9448, which has since been retired along with most of the fleet. 9417 is one of only a few to remain.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:36:32 PM
Location:  Lewiston, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  UP 9417(C41-8W)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
Pony and pumpkin accelerate eastbound manifest 286 toward Weyh Road
Title:  Pony and pumpkin accelerate eastbound manifest 286 toward Weyh Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:37:22 PM
Location:  Lewiston, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  NS 1028(SD70ACe)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
NS 1028 and BNSF 6840 power eastbound CP train 286
Title:  NS 1028 and BNSF 6840 power eastbound CP train 286
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:38:10 PM
Location:  Lewiston, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1028(SD70ACe)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
A different kind of 12-axle special
Title:  A different kind of 12-axle special
Description:  A westbound light power move, running as symbol G67 (previously used for Watertown Sub locals, which would often match this axle count with two Geeps and one car) heading to pick up a sand train near Sparta.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:40:06 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8553(AC44CW)
Views:  52   Comments: 1
CP 8572 follows 8553 west around the County Highway O curve
Title:  CP 8572 follows 8553 west around the County Highway O curve
Description:  I heard the dispatcher telling this move that they would hold in Kilbourn Siding to meet eastbound manifest 280, which was the train I went out for.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:41:37 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8572(AC44CW)
Views:  65   Comments: 1
I gotta wear shades...
Title:  I gotta wear shades...
Description:  These refurbished AC4400CWs are resplendent in CP's reintroduced "Golden Beaver" scheme, which has yet to acquire its standard layer of oil and grime!
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:42:59 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  241   Comments: 1
CP 8128 leads similarly shiny rebuilt sister 8121 and an NS motor with eastbound manifest 280
Title:  CP 8128 leads similarly shiny rebuilt sister 8121 and an NS motor with eastbound manifest 280
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:44:49 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Dells, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  212   Comments: 1
CP 8128 is a welcome respite
Title:  CP 8128 is a welcome respite
Description:  ...from the typically faded, peeling, and grimy condition of most of CP's unrebuilt GE widecabs. Here 280 is slowing to enter the Portage yard for a crew change.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:45:38 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  273   Comments: 1
AMTK 20 leads the eastbound 'Builder fresh from its station stop
Title:  AMTK 20 leads the eastbound 'Builder fresh from its station stop
Description:  In the early days of Amtrak, another train (the North Coast Hiawatha) also served this route, and Portage was a "whistle stop" for the Empire Builder. They would highball it if there were no passengers to board or de-train.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:50:07 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  AMTK 20(P42DC)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
A re-crewed 280 with its clean Beavers up front gets underway
Title:  A re-crewed 280 with its clean Beavers up front gets underway
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:51:19 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  240   Comments: 1
CP 8128 and train 280 roll eastward out of town
Title:  CP 8128 and train 280 roll eastward out of town
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:52:23 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
Shades of the early 2000s
Title:  Shades of the early 2000s
Description:  That's about the last time any of CP's AC4400CWs, then factory-original, were this clean and shiny!
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:53:17 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  250   Comments: 1
A gaggle of GEs
Title:  A gaggle of GEs
Description:  Two CP, one NS and two CSX (with a third hidden behind CP 8128), the latter group on a parked westbound unit hopper (potash, phosphate or grain) train.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:54:42 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 7597(ES40DC) CP 8121(AC4400CWM) CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
Rounding the Salisbury Road curve
Title:  Rounding the Salisbury Road curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:55:57 PM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  208   Comments: 1
Great Red Brigade
Title:  Great Red Brigade
Description:  CP appears to be preparing for a major tie replacement project on portions of the Watertown Sub. I could smell the creosote on the stiff northwest breeze!
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:57:50 PM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  273   Comments: 1
A five-headed 281 blasts west approaching Salisbury Road
Title:  A five-headed 281 blasts west approaching Salisbury Road
Description:  Ho-hum leader, but the 2nd through 4th units are quite interesting. It's relatively unusual to see BNSF power on this line, and when it does show up it's usually on unit trains of some sort. The 4th unit is BNSF 740, one of the only three 700-series Dash 9s delivered in HII paint instead of the red and silver "faux Warbonnet" with BNSF lettering.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:58:23 PM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9538(AC44CW)
Views:  195   Comments: 1
CP 9538 West roars across Salisbury Road
Title:  CP 9538 West roars across Salisbury Road
Description:  The 9500s in the CP Rail "Dual Flags" scheme weathered even worse than the later "Golden Beaver" units. It looks like this one has received a touch-up on the cab side numbers, otherwise they would be as badly peeled as the nose "CP" and long hood logo. Its RCMP "Carrousel de la GRC" (Musical Ride) decal is also still legible, which can't be said for all of them.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 1:59:15 PM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9538(AC44CW)
Views:  327   Comments: 2
And I thought the 8100s were clean!
Title:  And I thought the 8100s were clean!
Description:  In addition to the AC4400CWM program, CP has also begun rebuilding and renumbering some of its old standard cab SD40-2s, complete with a shiny red coat of the resurrected Golden Beaver scheme!
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 2:01:37 PM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5108(SD40-3)
Views:  247   Comments: 1
CP 5108, bright and shiny second out on 281
Title:  CP 5108, bright and shiny second out on 281
Description:  Notice the strobe lights, a feature which seemed to fall out of fashion on locomotives and would now appear to be making a comeback. My only slight complaint with these units is that they removed the Canadian-style bell between the numberboards, but left the empty mount. The units now have an e-bell in the standard, underframe location just ahead of the fuel tank on the conductor's side.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 2:02:25 PM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5108(SD40-3)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Eastbound ethanol train 650 now takes its turn around the Salisbury Road curve
Title:  Eastbound ethanol train 650 now takes its turn around the Salisbury Road curve
Description:  After changing crews at Portage, they had to hold again at Wyocena to meet 281.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 2:03:02 PM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8709(ES44AC)
Views:  37   Comments: 0
CP 8709 leads eastbound ethanol train 650
Title:  CP 8709 leads eastbound ethanol train 650
Description:  This is one of CP's first order of GEVOs, on the rails now since 2005. The nose was replaced following a fiery grade crossing accident with a propane truck at Callaway, MN in early 2016, thus why it looks much cleaner than the rest of the locomotive.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 2:03:38 PM
Location:  Rio, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8709(ES44AC)
Views:  55   Comments: 1
CSX 742 and two other CSX GEs idle on a WB unit covered hopper train
Title:  CSX 742 and two other CSX GEs idle on a WB unit covered hopper train
Description:  Not sure what commodity (phosphates, potash or grain). This sat in the Portage East siding all day, the locomotives were idling and would occasionally make whooshing air brake sounds, but I never heard any chatter about a crew for it.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 2:07:04 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 742(ES44AC-H)
Views:  67   Comments: 1
Amtrak 63 and 144 are in charge of tonight's No. 7
Title:  Amtrak 63 and 144 are in charge of tonight's No. 7
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 2:12:14 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 63(P42DC)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
CP 9375 is the sole head end unit on WB autorack/intermodal train 199
Title:  CP 9375 is the sole head end unit on WB autorack/intermodal train 199
Description:  As opposed to 8709 which we saw leading 650, this is one of CP's most recent batch of ES44ACs acquired with a build date of April 2012. It would appear to never have been washed during the ensuing six years on the rails, which is why I wanted to catch some of the recent 8100 series AC4400CWM rebuilds before they build up their CP standard layer of grime! An AC4400CW was DPU'ed midway back in the train. 198/199 are frequently all doublestack containers, but sometimes have some autoracks mixed in.
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 2:16:56 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9375(ES44AC)
Views:  112   Comments: 1
CP 9779 mid-train on 199
Title:  CP 9779 mid-train on 199
Description:  A typically dingy example of an unrebuilt Golden Beaver AC4400CW. Most of the rebuilds to AC4400CWM have come from the 9600 series. Not sure what the plans are for the CP Rail "Dual Flags" 9500s or the 8500-8600 and 9700-9800 series, most of which carry the Beaver scheme. Several were repainted to the logoless red/white lettering scheme following wreck damage while CP was using that, and a few more (such as 9817) have been repainted since they brought back the Beaver!
Photo Date:  4/7/2018  Upload Date: 4/11/2018 2:17:49 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9779(AC44CW)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
Phase IV heritage unit AMTK 184 rounds the bend with Number 8
Title:  Phase IV heritage unit AMTK 184 rounds the bend with Number 8
Description:  Eastbound Empire Builder.
Photo Date:  4/30/2018  Upload Date: 4/30/2018 7:37:03 PM
Location:  Columbus, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 184(P42DC)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
AMTK 74 leads Number 8
Title:  AMTK 74 leads Number 8
Description:  Almost an hour late, even by the delayed schedule they are currently operating under east of MSP.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 2:47:05 PM
Location:  Reeseville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 74(P42DC)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
Sierra Hotel is a nice surprise on the back of Number 8
Title:  Sierra Hotel is a nice surprise on the back of Number 8
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 2:48:53 PM
Location:  Reeseville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  67   Comments: 0
One mile up
Title:  One mile up
Description:  Eastbound manifest 288 has just crested the hill and crossed County BB, 1.1 miles west, as it approaches the double crossover known in the timetable as Tamarack.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 2:54:34 PM
Location:  Reeseville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4248(SD70M)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
UP 4248 leads eastbound CP manifest 288 just past Tamarack
Title:  UP 4248 leads eastbound CP manifest 288 just past Tamarack
Description:  Two other UP motors make up this power consist.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 2:56:52 PM
Location:  Reeseville, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4248(SD70M)
Views:  77   Comments: 1
CP 9662 leads four other big red GEs on westbound 281
Title:  CP 9662 leads four other big red GEs on westbound 281
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 2:58:05 PM
Location:  Astico, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9662(AC44CW)
Views:  137   Comments: 1
Compare to Previous
Title:  Compare to Previous
Description:  Although it has been roaming the rails for less than three months in its new incarnation, the former CP 9601 has already begun to pick up a coat of grime around the edges, and cooked off most of the red paint on the exhaust stack. Even so, it still looks far better than any of its unrebuilt Golden Beaver sisters!
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 3:00:35 PM
Location:  Astico, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8135(AC4400CWM)
Views:  268   Comments: 1
CP 8135 screams past MP 146 with WB autorack/intermodal train 199
Title:  CP 8135 screams past MP 146 with WB autorack/intermodal train 199
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 3:02:52 PM
Location:  Astico, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8135(AC4400CWM)
Views:  240   Comments: 1
CP 9508 mid-train on 199
Title:  CP 9508 mid-train on 199
Description:  This unit evidently received a fresh red dip somewhere along the line, but it pre-dated the reintroduction of the Golden Beaver logo around late 2017. As built it would have received the CP Rail System "Dual Flags" scheme, which faded and peeled so badly that the cab numbers on many units were illegible by the mid-2000s.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 3:03:54 PM
Location:  Astico, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9508(AC44CW)
Views:  118   Comments: 1
Amtrak 7 on its usual dash into the late afternoon glare
Title:  Amtrak 7 on its usual dash into the late afternoon glare
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 3:33:12 PM
Location:  Doylestown, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 196(P42DC)
Views:  71   Comments: 1
Dimmed Brilliance
Title:  Dimmed Brilliance
Description:  Got boinked by one of the pesky cirrocumulus clouds that kept drifting in front of the sun. Not enough to completely block it out, but significantly reduce the luster of the already slightly dirty but still bright red fresh paint of 8135.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 3:35:30 PM
Location:  Doylestown, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8135(AC4400CWM)
Views:  216   Comments: 1
Racks and Racks
Title:  Racks and Racks
Description:  199 creeps up for a crew change, while 281 (sans power) sits in the siding.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 4:08:32 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8135(AC4400CWM)
Views:  188   Comments: 1
Old Soldiers
Title:  Old Soldiers
Description:  199's engineer has just disembarked as the train changes crews. He looks like he's seen a lot of miles for CP. So has 8135, but it has recently received a facelift from GE at Fort Worth.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 4:09:02 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8135(AC4400CWM)
Views:  279   Comments: 1
CP 8708 + 281's three other remaining GEs roll east to retreive the train
Title:  CP 8708 + 281's three other remaining GEs roll east to retreive the train
Description:  They left their train in the siding east of town, and brought their power into the yard to set out one of the five units.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 4:48:06 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8708(ES44AC)
Views:  223   Comments: 1
Side-by-side 1
Title:  Side-by-side 1
Description:  1997 and 2018-vintage CP Golden Beaver paint jobs.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 4:49:46 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9662(AC44CW) CP 8135(AC4400CWM)
Views:  262   Comments: 1
Side-by-side 2
Title:  Side-by-side 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 4:58:56 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9662(AC44CW) CP 8135(AC4400CWM)
Views:  255   Comments: 1
Lights on, the re-crewed 199 is about ready to roll west again
Title:  Lights on, the re-crewed 199 is about ready to roll west again
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 4:59:47 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8135(AC4400CWM)
Views:  257   Comments: 1
CP 8135 has the signal and gets Train 199 on the move again
Title:  CP 8135 has the signal and gets Train 199 on the move again
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/6/2018 1:34:25 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8135(AC4400CWM)
Views:  348   Comments: 1
One last look at the bright red CP 8135 approaching Wauona Trail
Title:  One last look at the bright red CP 8135 approaching Wauona Trail
Description:  This unit was built as AC4400CW CP 9601.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/6/2018 1:40:41 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8135(AC4400CWM)
Views:  337   Comments: 1


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