Recent Digital Photos
by Mike Condren

The crew of this train returning from Prairie du Chien ran out of time on June 1, 2007. They parked their train on the mainline along side of Campus Drive in Madison, WI.

Before chasing the Reedsburg train, on June 10, 2007 I discovered this SD40-2 in the Johnson Street Yard. Until recently, SD40s have been rare in Madison.

Another SD40-2 came out of the yard and tied onto its train. Here we see it heading out with 30 cars, mostly empty covered hoppers, June 10, 2007.

Here we see the train passing the former C&NW station in Waunakee, WI.

In Dane, WI there are still a pair of working wig-wag crossing signals on N. Militray Road, County Road DM.

Here we see our freight passing one of thses signals.

We have now progressed to the Highway 113 crossing east of Lodi, WI.

After riding across Lake Wisconsin on the Highway 113 Ferry, I caught the freight coming across the bridge.

The last shots of this train were taken across Devil's Lake, at the State Park by that name.

On June 15, 2007, WSOR operated a 4 car passenger train behind their 2 E-units. This train ran from Madison to the Mid-Continent Museum at North Freedom, WI carrying major supporters of the musuem. The chase began at the Commercial St. crossing at the east end of the Johnson Street Yard.

Due to slow orders, I was able to arrive at the station in Waunakee well before the train allowing me to shoot this image.

The train finally arrived at an increased speed.

The special was now traveling faster, making it impossible for me to get the shot that I originally wanted, Plan A. I then decided to shoot a broadside, Plan B, showing both wig-wags but the milk truck got in the way. Plan C was to go into multiple shot mode and create a stop-action video.

Lighting was less than ideal for all of the chase but was not too bad here at the Highway 113 crossing just east of Lodi.

This scene along the shore of Lake Wisconsin is a good example of the poor lighting, back lit and the dark side of the train.

The special finally arrived and crossed the bridge over Lake Wisconsin.