Western Railroad Discussion > Foreign Road Visitors in Sunny Southeast Wisconsin

On what was one of the nicest Saturday in several weeks the railfans came out to see and the railroads didn't disappoint.  With blue skies and temps in the 20's.  Yes the 20's are nice after sub zero weather earlier in the week.  The trains were running at Duplainville USA in Sussex, WI.  Almost every train on both the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National had foreign or lease power.  Plus the added bonus of watching a bald eagle do some hunting near the tracks.  It was a great day.  Enjoy the photos.  

Shot 1. Pair of CSX units pull northbound manifest train across the diamond with the CP
Shot 2. One of the only trains on the CN with only CN power on the point.  This was a very long train 
Shot 3. Eastbound CP train with Progress Rail lease unit.  

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Keith

Keith Schmidt
Milwaukee, WI

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More Shots from Duplainville USA in SE Wisconsin  

Shot 4  Another shot of the Progress Rail lease unit.  This is the first one I have seen
Shot 5 Southbound CN stack train with CN and BNSF power on the point.  The train from Shot #2 is in the siding and the Duplainville siding is 13,000ft siding 
Shot 6 Nice Surprise with a BC Rail Mid Train DPU  

Keith

Keith Schmidt
Milwaukee, WI

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They just kept coming on this sunny day.   

Shot 7 Northbound CN Train with UP power in the middle slows to meet a Southbound
Shot 8 Southbound train passes with GECX lease power
Shot 9 Amtrak #8 Empire Builder only about 45 minute late with 3 elephant style 

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Keith

Keith Schmidt
Milwaukee, WI

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The day is still not over.  And the sun is still out. 

Shot 10 Pair of NS units leads a westbound CP Train 287-2nd Section the second unit is very clean. The leader is a DC-AC conversion unit
Shot 11 Pair of CSX units leads an eastbound CP train 286 
Shot 12  The only other CN train with all CN power the leader has the 100 sticker on it.  This was taken at Joseph Road south of the CP diamond 

Almost Done !!  

Keith

Keith Schmidt
Milwaukee, WI

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The final surprise of the day was watching a bald eagle go hunting just north of the CP tracks.  What a sight.  AWESOME !!   I believe he himself a bunny rabbit 

Thanks for looking  

Keith

 

Keith Schmidt
Milwaukee, WI

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Great photos...especially the close ups of the eagle! The CN 75I on the point is pretty neat too! Thanks for sharing

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Great series with really nice variety!!

CP has had 6 of Progress Rail's "Yellow Canaries" running around for a while now. Of course just 6 of them tend to get lost when the roam across CP's system. As far as I know they have been everywhere except east of Montreal and to Albany.

You got some great consists and good action; nice set!

Andy

Great series of photos on what was a very successful outing! The trains and wild life shots are great. Thanks for sharing....

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
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A good day indeed...

Very NICE series! Really like the Bald Eagle shots!

Larry

Great weather, impressive variety, nice shots, and an Eagle, bonus.