Union Pacific Evansville Turn 9/2/2008 Part 1

MP15DCs UPY 1323 and 1316 head out the UP's Janesville-Evansville branch, which actually continues to Madison. The line north and west of Evansville hasn't seen a train since 1997 and has several grade crossings removed or paved over.

In the first scene the train is crossing the bike path behind Mercy Hospital. Then it is seen crossing Riverside Drive and is paced through the Riverside Golf Course before crossing the County Highway E overpass.

The train is seen next crossing Polzin Road in the township of Leyden. Then it's on to Evansville where we see that a cut of covered hoppers is already sitting on the main just east of the Weary Road crossing. The train arrives and shoves this cut across the road, with the power sandwiched between them and the cars they just brought from Janesville. They cut those cars off just east of the crossing and proceed to shove the hoppers west, toward the west entrance to the Landmark Co-op loop track (the east entrance is the switch seen in the video). At the end is a distant shot as they shove into the loop.

Video by my dad.

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[kristiebug08]

I am from evansville and your right the train doesn't go through as much anymore. but are you sure it has been that long cause when I first moved to evansville I was about 5 and we lived close to the tracks we used to hear it all the time but not as much anymore and I am now twenty so it was like 1994

[HighIronofWisconsin]

In 1994 Chicago and Northwestern Railroad was still using the whole line from Janesville to Madison. Now most Union Pacific traffic from Janesville ends here at the Landmark loop which is southeast of town by County Rd. M. IIRC there is a lumber yard near the old C&NW depot downtown that gets cars once in awhile. Otherwise nothing runs from the Highway 59 crossing northward except sometimes UP parks unneeded freight cars for long-term storage on a few miles of the line north of town.

[PeaTearGriffin45]

did you figure out why it came through after 10 years cause it looked like those buisnesses were pretty old did they just use trucks for a while or something

[HighIronofWisconsin]

This section of the line was never out of service. The part that hasn't seen a train since 1997 is west of here.

[DL2045]

great video. where are you when your dad is filming?

[HighIronofWisconsin]

I was at home at this point. Dad's job involves a lot of driving around southern Wisconsin, and he railfans in the downtime. He called me and I drove down and chased this train from Evansville back to Janesville.

[48alfaone]

Great MP15 Video, i love Road Switching! Thanks for posting, more please, haha!

[JamesTyreeII]

I am a big time switcher fan! Thanks!

[widudeisgod]

Ide say mabye 4 or 5 trains a year, every time I hear that DINGDINGDINGDING I'm like: "ok that makes 3 trains so far this year" lol

I live by the countryside park so yeah

[Evansville64]

I wish the UP took better care of the track after the merger. The line has since been downgraded from "mainline" to "brachline". Now six-axle power in evansville is just a memory. Now thats just dang sad!... I live in evasville, and I hear of people needing to travel to chicago all the time. We all know that evansville shares the Union Pacific northwest line into chicago which is served by metra. So does madison. WAKE UP UNION PACIFIC!!!!!!!!! We need to think of the benifits of this line!!!

[simpsons4567]

Dude way sick video

[wayray69]

Fantastic video for all us switcher fans!