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Viewing Album:  Railroad Museums and Static Displays
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:7/9/1992 - 9/11/2024
Album Info:Album for trains that are still around but ain't runnin' no mo.' Also includes operational trains at railroad museums.
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Blowing off some steam
Title:  Blowing off some steam
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 5:57:06 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FCC 75(0-4-0T)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
Steaming out of the station
Title:  Steaming out of the station
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 6:10:12 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FCC 75(0-4-0T)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
ALCo diesels outside the shops
Title:  ALCo diesels outside the shops
Description:  The paint on these two has faded noticeably since I last saw them in 2009. No. 7 is operational and trades off with 1256 on the regular passenger train. 988 has been "close" to operational condition for several years.
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 6:13:56 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1) MILW 988(RSC2)
Views:  749   Comments: 0
Flagg Coal 75 chuffs along the former C&NW mining branch
Title:  Flagg Coal 75 chuffs along the former C&NW mining branch
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 6:29:59 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FCC 75(0-4-0T)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
The caboose and the helper
Title:  The caboose and the helper
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 6:33:11 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 1256(RS-4-TC)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
CBQ 4978
Title:  CBQ 4978
Description:  Guided tours of the preserved equipment, including the locomotive's cab, are available from the depot museum. The bell works, and you can ring it.
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 6:53:39 PM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 4978(2-8-2)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
CBQ 4978 looks good
Title:  CBQ 4978 looks good
Description:  This class O1a Mikado is the centerpiece of the small but well-maintained railroad museum based out of the Mendota Amtrak station. All the connecting rods and valve gear are intact too, instead of being torched off like so many locomotives.
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 6:55:23 PM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 4978(2-8-2)
Views:  499   Comments: 0
Tour group entering MILW 2713
Title:  Tour group entering MILW 2713
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 7:10:01 PM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  183   Comments: 0
The Cadillac & Lake City Railway "American View" dining car
Title:  The Cadillac & Lake City Railway "American View" dining car
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 7:15:23 PM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Former IC bilevel electric commuter cars
Title:  Former IC bilevel electric commuter cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 7:24:11 PM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UDRM 1619(Electric M.U.)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
MCRY 7 leads the 1:00 PM Sunday Snow Train departure
Title:  MCRY 7 leads the 1:00 PM Sunday Snow Train departure
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/2014  Upload Date: 2/18/2014 6:29:45 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
MCRY 7 returns north toward the museum
Title:  MCRY 7 returns north toward the museum
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/2014  Upload Date: 2/18/2014 6:36:47 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
MCRY 1256 follows #7 out of the old quartzite mine with the "extra" mixed train
Title:  MCRY 1256 follows #7 out of the old quartzite mine with the "extra" mixed train
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/2014  Upload Date: 2/18/2014 6:38:03 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MCRY 1256(RS-4-TC)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
MCRY 1256 crosses Ulrich Rd. just south of the museum grounds
Title:  MCRY 1256 crosses Ulrich Rd. just south of the museum grounds
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/2014  Upload Date: 2/18/2014 6:38:50 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 1256(RS-4-TC)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
MCRY 7 approaches Ulrich Rd. with the 2PM Snow Train
Title:  MCRY 7 approaches Ulrich Rd. with the 2PM Snow Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/2014  Upload Date: 2/18/2014 6:40:42 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
MCRY 1256 rounds the S-curves just north of Ulrich Road
Title:  MCRY 1256 rounds the S-curves just north of Ulrich Road
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/29/2014  Upload Date: 12/1/2014 4:14:18 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 1256(RS-4-TC)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
MCRY 1256 emerges from the woods
Title:  MCRY 1256 emerges from the woods
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/29/2014  Upload Date: 12/1/2014 4:17:58 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 1256(RS-4-TC)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
MCRY 1256 approaching Ulrich Road with the first Santa Express excursion of the weekend
Title:  MCRY 1256 approaching Ulrich Road with the first Santa Express excursion of the weekend
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/29/2014  Upload Date: 12/1/2014 4:21:22 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 1256(RS-4-TC)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
MCRY 1256 approaching the park and "station"
Title:  MCRY 1256 approaching the park and "station"
Description:  A little shed with a station sign and a couple of buildings near the County Highway PF crossing are all that remain to mark the location of an early 20th-century mining boomtown.
Photo Date:  11/29/2014  Upload Date: 12/1/2014 4:22:46 PM
Location:  La Rue, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 1256(RS-4-TC)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
1915 Pullman combine CNW 7409 will be used in today's trains
Title:  1915 Pullman combine CNW 7409 will be used in today's trains
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:09:45 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  348   Comments: 0
PLC 2 gets a (so far) rare day basking in the sunlight
Title:  PLC 2 gets a (so far) rare day basking in the sunlight
Description:  The famous 1385 sat forlorn on a siding at the museum for many years until restoration work began in earnest a few years ago, but #2 has been largely hidden from the public eye since it last operated in the year 2000.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:14:21 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PLC 2(2-8-2)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
MCRY 4 sits on the shop leads after being used to adjust #2's positioning
Title:  MCRY 4 sits on the shop leads after being used to adjust #2's positioning
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:15:30 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 4(45Tonner) MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
PLC 2 tender view
Title:  PLC 2 tender view
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:17:14 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PLC 2(2-8-2)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
Old #7 rests on one of the museum's shop tracks
Title:  Old #7 rests on one of the museum's shop tracks
Description:  In the absence of operable steam, this S1 switches off with the 1256 on the museum's regular passenger train. The new coat of paint it received in 2006 has faded considerably.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:18:27 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
New tender tank for #2 bearing its Saginaw Timber Company identity
Title:  New tender tank for #2 bearing its Saginaw Timber Company identity
Description:  The 1912 Baldwin 2-8-2 worked for two logging companies in the state of Washington during its pre-museum career. The museum alternates its apperance to represent both eras.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:19:38 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  STC 2(2-8-2)
Views:  747   Comments: 0
KGBW 49 with its headlight back in place but much faded from its 2006 repaint
Title:  KGBW 49 with its headlight back in place but much faded from its 2006 repaint
Description:  This Consolidation is the only surviving example of Green Bay & Western system steam power. That railroad became better known among railfans in the diesel era for exclusively rostering ALCo units up until its merger with Wisconsin Central LTD in the early '90s, even after the builder ceased to exist and parts became hard to come by.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:21:38 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  320   Comments: 0
Looking pretty sharp for a century old
Title:  Looking pretty sharp for a century old
Description:  This 1915 Pullman combine will be used in today's trains. Typically, the DL&W coaches are the only ones used except for special events.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:22:49 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  303   Comments: 0
MCRY 1256 stands ready to take the first train of the day
Title:  MCRY 1256 stands ready to take the first train of the day
Description:  The somewhat incongrous combo of mid-century diesel switchers hauling early 20th century varnish has ruled at Mid-Continent since the steam locomotives all went out of service. That should change in the near future with the significant progress on #2, and a few more years down the road with 1385. 2024 edit: That statement didn't age well, nearly nine years on from this photo No. 2 is in Orgeon while 1385 is still sl...ow...ly being pieced back together at Spec Machine.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:29:23 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  248   Comments: 0
SOO 2645 remains one of the more complete exhibits in the museum's collection
Title:  SOO 2645 remains one of the more complete exhibits in the museum's collection
Description:  Looks ready to fire up and chuff away if not for the missing main rods.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:32:48 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Activity in the Mid-Continent Railway shops as #2 is prepared for a steam test
Title:  Activity in the Mid-Continent Railway shops as #2 is prepared for a steam test
Description:  While much of the media attention has gone to the C&NW 1385, this locomotive has quietly come much closer to being ready for operation. It last operated in 2/2000.
Photo Date:  7/21/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:11:49 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 4(45Tonner) MILW 988(RSC2) PLC 2(2-8-2)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
Plymouth's Plymouth
Title:  Plymouth's Plymouth
Description:  A 3' gauge gasoline-powered switcher built by Plymouth Locomotive Works of Plymouth, OH and currently owned by the Plymouth Model Railroad Club of Plymouth, WI.
Photo Date:  11/23/2015  Upload Date: 11/25/2015 3:46:45 PM
Location:  Plymouth, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PMRC 100(UNKNOWN)
Views:  98   Comments: 1
The (in)famous Empire State Express 4-4-0 No. 999 displayed in MSI
Title:  The (in)famous Empire State Express 4-4-0 No. 999 displayed in MSI
Description:  As preserved, it is without the giant drivers that made it possible for it to reach unprecendented speeds for its time. Claimed (never confirmed) to be the first engine to break 100 MPH.
Photo Date:  8/26/2017  Upload Date: 8/29/2017 8:34:07 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYC 999(4-4-0)
Views:  512   Comments: 0
Had to stand way back to get all of DMIR 225 and tender in the frame
Title:  Had to stand way back to get all of DMIR 225 and tender in the frame
Description:  The massive Yellowstone sits in a park overlooking the main road (US Highway 2) into Proctor.
Photo Date:  10/5/2017  Upload Date: 10/8/2017 12:42:12 PM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DMIR 225(2-8-8-4)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
DMIR 225, engineer's side
Title:  DMIR 225, engineer's side
Description:  Been many years since I stood up close to a standard gauge articulated steam locomotive (would have been the Big Boy at NRM in 1993). If you thought modern six-axle diesel locomotives were big, well...
Photo Date:  10/5/2017  Upload Date: 10/8/2017 12:48:16 PM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DMIR 225(2-8-8-4)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Off Kilter
Title:  Off Kilter
Description:  The photo's horizon is straight, but the display track on which the massive Yellowstone sits appears to have sunk a bit on the engineer's side.
Photo Date:  10/5/2017  Upload Date: 10/8/2017 12:48:48 PM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DMIR 225(2-8-8-4)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
DMIR 225, fireman's side
Title:  DMIR 225, fireman's side
Description:  Although they had one fewer axle, these behemoth Yellowstones matched or exceeded Union Pacific's famous "Big Boys" in most metrics for size and power among steam locomotives.
Photo Date:  10/5/2017  Upload Date: 10/8/2017 12:49:25 PM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DMIR 225(2-8-8-4)
Views:  325   Comments: 1
DMIR 225 front engine, fireman's side
Title:  DMIR 225 front engine, fireman's side
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2017  Upload Date: 10/8/2017 4:22:10 PM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DMIR 225(2-8-8-4)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
DMIR 225 front engine, engineer's side
Title:  DMIR 225 front engine, engineer's side
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2017  Upload Date: 10/8/2017 4:25:35 PM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DMIR 225(2-8-8-4)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
DMIR 225 rear engine, engineer's side
Title:  DMIR 225 rear engine, engineer's side
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/2017  Upload Date: 10/8/2017 4:29:18 PM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DMIR 225(2-8-8-4)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
CNW 1518 and SP "Santa Fe" No. 975 posed outside Display Barn No. 9
Title:  CNW 1518 and SP "Santa Fe" No. 975 posed outside Display Barn No. 9
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 2:46:09 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 1518(GP7) SP 975(2-10-2)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
GoPro Hero10 fisheye on BN 5383 as it pauses outside the Central Pavilion once again
Title:  GoPro Hero10 fisheye on BN 5383 as it pauses outside the Central Pavilion once again
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 2:49:48 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 5383(U30C)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
BN 5383 engineer's side
Title:  BN 5383 engineer's side
Description:  Can you tell I was fond of this Cascade Green U-boat?
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 2:52:15 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 5383(U30C)
Views:  35   Comments: 0
HILW 1603, an ALCo HH-660 built in 1939
Title:  HILW 1603, an ALCo HH-660 built in 1939
Description:  I wasn't aware of any preserved Milwaukee Road ALCo diesels other than the RSC-2 988 at Mid-Continent Railway (North Freedom, WI), so this was n neat find.
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 2:52:43 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 1603(HH660)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
BN 5383&running long hood forward approaching "Depot Street"
Title:  BN 5383&running long hood forward approaching "Depot Street"
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 2:54:36 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 5383(U30C)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
BN 5383 west of "Depot Street"
Title:  BN 5383 west of "Depot Street"
Description:  While the IRM has a spectacular collection and is well worth the visit for any Midwest railfan, the trolley poles and yires everywhere make photography a challenge!
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 2:54:53 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 5383(U30C)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
CBQ 9911A "Silver Pilot" ready to depart with another Nebraska Zephyr excursion
Title:  CBQ 9911A "Silver Pilot" ready to depart with another Nebraska Zephyr excursion
Description:  Previously, the first and only time I'd seen this unique locomntive (the only survivor out of only 11 E5 A-units built, all specifically for CB&Q's Zephyr trains) was when it along with the Nebraska Zephyr trainset ran a weekend of special excursions from Chicago Union Station to Quincy and back on BNSF's ex-CB&Q Mendota Sub in September, 2012. I caught it heading west at Mendota.
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 2:55:12 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  76   Comments: 0
GoPro closeup on the sharply sloped front of CB&Q 9911A
Title:  GoPro closeup on the sharply sloped front of CB&Q 9911A
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 2:56:58 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9911A(E5A)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
BN 1
Title:  BN 1
Description:  This F-unit in the BN "Executive" scheme is re-engined with a 16-645 like that found in a GP38-2.
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 2:57:32 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1(F9A)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
MTFR 200 along with fellow ALCo C&NW 1689 were power on the "coach" train
Title:  MTFR 200 along with fellow ALCo C&NW 1689 were power on the "coach" train
Description:  This train consisted of 1910s-vintage Pullman coaches, a bit odd to see strung out behind a couple of road switchers. Still, these marked my first ALCo diesels personally seen in action other a few S-series switchers like No. 7 at Mid-Continent Railway.
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 3:01:39 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Minnesota Transfer 200 leads the ALCo pair as it auts away from the train
Title:  Minnesota Transfer 200 leads the ALCo pair as it auts away from the train
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 3:02:41 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MTFR 200(RS3)
Views:  52   Comments: 0

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