WC Shotz
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Lots of action going on today in Stevens Point
3 trains in one.....First out today is the Local up to Wausau..Train LO17 and hes on the mainline, we also have a switcher flat switching the busy yard, and we also have the GBW train coming up into town that will switch out Consolidated Papers
With LO17 in the clear the mighty lil SW1500's shove back to the yard
With the switch crew and LO17 out of the way, the GBW gets a green to proceed over the diamond and into the mill
We then catch up to LO17 at Junction City, where he is taking the WYE to head off of the Superior Sub and onto the Valley Sub which will take him into Wausau
All for now :wave:
3 trains in one.....First out today is the Local up to Wausau..Train LO17 and hes on the mainline, we also have a switcher flat switching the busy yard, and we also have the GBW train coming up into town that will switch out Consolidated Papers
With LO17 in the clear the mighty lil SW1500's shove back to the yard
With the switch crew and LO17 out of the way, the GBW gets a green to proceed over the diamond and into the mill
We then catch up to LO17 at Junction City, where he is taking the WYE to head off of the Superior Sub and onto the Valley Sub which will take him into Wausau
All for now :wave:
Heres a map of the area that I am doing and what it all covers
And the trains that you can run are:
Wisconsin Central Operations
T003/004 Stevens Point-South Itasca Daily General Freight/CN Traffic
T005/006 Stevens Point - Withrow,MN Daily BNSF/CP/MNNR/UP Interchange
T007/008 Wausau - Shops Daily General Freight
T009/010 Wisc. Rapids - Shops Daily General Freight
T013/014 Stevens Point - WI Rapids Daily General Freight
T176/177 S. Itasca - Schiller Park Daily CN Intermodal
T205/206 Stevens Point -Withrow,MN Daily BNSF/CP/MNNR/UP Interchange
T340/341 S. Itasca - Schiller Park Daily CN haulage rights
T346/347 S. Itasca - Schiller Park Daily CN haulage rights (no 346 Thurs)
L011/012 Wausau - Bradley Daily
L1112 Wausau - Tomahawk Turn As Needed
L017/018 Stevens Point - Wausau Daily
L022/023 Stevens Point - Neenah Daily
L063/064 Stevens Point - S. Itasca Daily
L7071 Stevens Point - Medford Daily except Sunday
FL072 Stevens Point - Plover Daily except Sunday
FL074 Stevens Point-Golden Sands Daily
FL075/076 Stevens Point - Merrillan Daily
FL088/089 Stevens Point - Green Bay Daily except Sunday
L222/223 Wisconsin Rapids - Neenah Daily Intermodal
L313/314 Wisc. Rapids - Wausau Daily
L365/366 South Itasca - Wisc. Rapids Daily Pulpwood train
Y0911 Wausau Switch Daily
Y0912 Wausau 0700 3-M Switch Daily
Y0913 Wausau 1600 3-M Switch Daily
Y2490 Stevens Point 0600 Switch Daily
Y2491 Stevens Point 1200 Switch Daily
Y2492 Stevens Point WSI Switch Daily
CLPKPE BRC Clearing - CN Pokegama Unit Potash empties
CLPKSE BRC Clearing - CN Pokegama Unit Sulfur empties
CNL/E South Itasca - Chicago Unit Ballast to Grand Trunk in MI
CRLD/EM South Itasca - Chicago Unit Iron Ore to Pittsburgh,PA(Conrail)
CXFFLD/EM South Itasca - Chicago Unit Iron Ore to Fairfield,AL(CSXT)
CXMTLD/EM South Itasca - Chicago Unit Iron Ore to Middleton,OH(CSXT)
EJELD/EM South Itasca - Leithton Unit Iron Ore to Gary, IN
NBSTA/STNBA New Brighton, MN - Point BNSF/CP/MNNR/UP Interchange
NESTA/STNEA Neenah - Stevens Point General freight
PKCLPL CN Pokegama - BRC Clearing Unit Potash loads
PKCLSL CN Pokegama - BRC Clearing Unit Sulfur loads
UPGBC/GBUPX Withrow - Green Bay Coal for Wisconsin Public Service
UPWTC/WTUPX Withrow - Weston, WI Coal for Wisconsin Public Service
WRSPA/SPWRA Wisc. Rapids - Stevens Point General Freight
XFFLD/EM South Itasca - Chicago Second Section Iron Ore to Fairfield, AL (CSXT)
XMTLD/EM South Itasca - Chicago Second Section Iron Ore to Middleton, OH (CSXT)
MPRIT/MITPR South Necedah - South Itasca UP Trackage Rights
And the trains that you can run are:
Wisconsin Central Operations
T003/004 Stevens Point-South Itasca Daily General Freight/CN Traffic
T005/006 Stevens Point - Withrow,MN Daily BNSF/CP/MNNR/UP Interchange
T007/008 Wausau - Shops Daily General Freight
T009/010 Wisc. Rapids - Shops Daily General Freight
T013/014 Stevens Point - WI Rapids Daily General Freight
T176/177 S. Itasca - Schiller Park Daily CN Intermodal
T205/206 Stevens Point -Withrow,MN Daily BNSF/CP/MNNR/UP Interchange
T340/341 S. Itasca - Schiller Park Daily CN haulage rights
T346/347 S. Itasca - Schiller Park Daily CN haulage rights (no 346 Thurs)
L011/012 Wausau - Bradley Daily
L1112 Wausau - Tomahawk Turn As Needed
L017/018 Stevens Point - Wausau Daily
L022/023 Stevens Point - Neenah Daily
L063/064 Stevens Point - S. Itasca Daily
L7071 Stevens Point - Medford Daily except Sunday
FL072 Stevens Point - Plover Daily except Sunday
FL074 Stevens Point-Golden Sands Daily
FL075/076 Stevens Point - Merrillan Daily
FL088/089 Stevens Point - Green Bay Daily except Sunday
L222/223 Wisconsin Rapids - Neenah Daily Intermodal
L313/314 Wisc. Rapids - Wausau Daily
L365/366 South Itasca - Wisc. Rapids Daily Pulpwood train
Y0911 Wausau Switch Daily
Y0912 Wausau 0700 3-M Switch Daily
Y0913 Wausau 1600 3-M Switch Daily
Y2490 Stevens Point 0600 Switch Daily
Y2491 Stevens Point 1200 Switch Daily
Y2492 Stevens Point WSI Switch Daily
CLPKPE BRC Clearing - CN Pokegama Unit Potash empties
CLPKSE BRC Clearing - CN Pokegama Unit Sulfur empties
CNL/E South Itasca - Chicago Unit Ballast to Grand Trunk in MI
CRLD/EM South Itasca - Chicago Unit Iron Ore to Pittsburgh,PA(Conrail)
CXFFLD/EM South Itasca - Chicago Unit Iron Ore to Fairfield,AL(CSXT)
CXMTLD/EM South Itasca - Chicago Unit Iron Ore to Middleton,OH(CSXT)
EJELD/EM South Itasca - Leithton Unit Iron Ore to Gary, IN
NBSTA/STNBA New Brighton, MN - Point BNSF/CP/MNNR/UP Interchange
NESTA/STNEA Neenah - Stevens Point General freight
PKCLPL CN Pokegama - BRC Clearing Unit Potash loads
PKCLSL CN Pokegama - BRC Clearing Unit Sulfur loads
UPGBC/GBUPX Withrow - Green Bay Coal for Wisconsin Public Service
UPWTC/WTUPX Withrow - Weston, WI Coal for Wisconsin Public Service
WRSPA/SPWRA Wisc. Rapids - Stevens Point General Freight
XFFLD/EM South Itasca - Chicago Second Section Iron Ore to Fairfield, AL (CSXT)
XMTLD/EM South Itasca - Chicago Second Section Iron Ore to Middleton, OH (CSXT)
MPRIT/MITPR South Necedah - South Itasca UP Trackage Rights
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Today I was called for the CNE (CN Ballast Train Empties)
We board our train here at Junction City and on our train today we have 2 CN ES locos and 67 ballast cars, that will lead our train up to Mathy, to get a load of ballast....
We aboard our train with the 67 empties and begin to pull our train off the Superior Sub and onto the Valley Sub where it will take this train North up to Mathy
At Knowlton, the train crosses the Wisconsin River
Past a boat landing here at Knowlton
We board our train here at Junction City and on our train today we have 2 CN ES locos and 67 ballast cars, that will lead our train up to Mathy, to get a load of ballast....
We aboard our train with the 67 empties and begin to pull our train off the Superior Sub and onto the Valley Sub where it will take this train North up to Mathy
At Knowlton, the train crosses the Wisconsin River
Past a boat landing here at Knowlton
Set up at Mathy, our train slows to take the ballast pit siding to cut away 27 cars to be filled
Leaving the 27 cars to be filled
We then pull the rest of the train up to Mosinee, where there is a small yard to set out the rest of the ballast cars
All tucked away in the small yard here at Mosinee, we wait for the others to be loaded up at the pit
Leaving the 27 cars to be filled
We then pull the rest of the train up to Mosinee, where there is a small yard to set out the rest of the ballast cars
All tucked away in the small yard here at Mosinee, we wait for the others to be loaded up at the pit
Well today was something we should of never done....We went RR fanning in some pretty bad weather....Its around 3pm and the skies are dark as you can see....There has been some severe thunder storm warnings and some tornado warnings in the area...As you can see....Something might just happen here today.....We then took no time on fooling around out side and took some shots of some pretty cool action that rarely happens here with the ELS and the WC....The ELS is so RR unfriendly and today I dont think they even care if where there shooting them....They prolly think where the dumb ones out here shooting pix of them in this bad weather....Anyways....Onto the pix
Our first pic of the day was we are set up here right at the diamond of the ELS and the WC...As you can see the ELS is holding short of the diamond as a WC train stomps on over the diamond
A shot of the WC power on todays train
As you can see as the WC train heads over the diamond and heads right into the eye of the storm...The train crew and the storm look eye to eye on one another...
With the WC train just about clear of the diamond...The ELS train starts to ease its train up to the diamond
With the WC train long gone...The ELS crew gets the ok to head over the diamond and heads in a clear direction away from the storm
By the time we got home....We didnt get any tornadoes...But some did hit north of here...All we got was some hail and some big boomers from the sky oh and we lost power for about 3 hrs or so
Our first pic of the day was we are set up here right at the diamond of the ELS and the WC...As you can see the ELS is holding short of the diamond as a WC train stomps on over the diamond
A shot of the WC power on todays train
As you can see as the WC train heads over the diamond and heads right into the eye of the storm...The train crew and the storm look eye to eye on one another...
With the WC train just about clear of the diamond...The ELS train starts to ease its train up to the diamond
With the WC train long gone...The ELS crew gets the ok to head over the diamond and heads in a clear direction away from the storm
By the time we got home....We didnt get any tornadoes...But some did hit north of here...All we got was some hail and some big boomers from the sky oh and we lost power for about 3 hrs or so
Today we went down to Waukesha to see what kind of trains we can catch...In town we stopped at McDonalds for some breakfast
We then headed over to the gas station to fill up...Boy to these Hummers suck gas and the way gas is now days we should have taken a different vehicle
Across the street from the gas station was the Army National Guard
So I walked over by the fence and took a pic of some of there toys
We then left the gas station and took a shot of down town Waukesha and way at the end of the street you can see the WSOR tracks
We drove up to where the WSOR connects to the WC here at Grand Ave
We then headed over to the gas station to fill up...Boy to these Hummers suck gas and the way gas is now days we should have taken a different vehicle
Across the street from the gas station was the Army National Guard
So I walked over by the fence and took a pic of some of there toys
We then left the gas station and took a shot of down town Waukesha and way at the end of the street you can see the WSOR tracks
We drove up to where the WSOR connects to the WC here at Grand Ave
We then heard off in the distance a horn we thought it was the CP so we just sat here for a little bit to see what it was....It got louder and louder so we knew it had to be a "Wizzer" train coming up....Sure enuff here comes a WSOR train up from Janesville heading for Slinger train symbol JH
To our surprise we see the WSOR 25th year loco
We raced it to the other side of town where it was starting to pick up speed as it leaves town
Another shot of the helper unit
At Duplainville now where the WC crosses the CP Minnesota to Chicago mainline we see the WSOR just about to stomp over the diamond...Running on WC rails they can go a lot faster rather on there home rails they have to go slow
We then let it go on with its journey and the last train we heard on the scanner was a train coming from Fond du Lac heading for Milwaukee
To our surprise we see the WSOR 25th year loco
We raced it to the other side of town where it was starting to pick up speed as it leaves town
Another shot of the helper unit
At Duplainville now where the WC crosses the CP Minnesota to Chicago mainline we see the WSOR just about to stomp over the diamond...Running on WC rails they can go a lot faster rather on there home rails they have to go slow
We then let it go on with its journey and the last train we heard on the scanner was a train coming from Fond du Lac heading for Milwaukee