Chase of WSOR 1503 & 4025 Sun Prairie - Waterloo 3/31/2010

Wisconsin and Southern Madison local L464 operates the branch line to Waterloo/Watertown.

1.) Setting out Madison/Sun Prairie cars on the Sun Prairie siding and picking up one empty ballast hopper to take to the quarry just east of Waterloo.

2.) Crossing Highway 19 in Sun Prairie. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGAt0SU6tdo for another view.

3.) County Highway VV crossing east of Sun Prairie.

4.) Berlin Rd. crossing at Deansville.

5.) Bridge along Canal Rd. west of Marshall.

6.) A shot I've wanted to get for a long time, the single WRRS wigwag on Cherry Ln. east of Marshall. This is a unique signal, the only one left in service with a black-painted banner and no crossbuck sign on the wigwag mast.

7.) Finally, the train reaches the end of its outbound journey and starts to switch the quarry, picking up a long string of loads, setting aside the Canadian Pacific's cars on the main, and shoving back in so the single empty they brought out can be loaded as well. I had to leave for home before the run-around for the trip back west.

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• WSOR
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• locomotive
• WRRS
• mini
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• signal

[ctw100s]

Did This Wigwag Retire Or Not? Is The Bell On That Wigwag A WRRS Mini Bell?

[HighIronofWisconsin]

@ctw100s Still there as far as I know. It's a standard size WRRS bell. Mini bells are smaller and higher-pitched.

[HighIronofWisconsin]

@ctw100s For instance, the first (gated) crossing in the video has a mini bell.

[celixdog04]

Awsome Catch of the Waterloo/Marshall Wigwag. You know bout what time they ussually go thru there? Is a a daily route or weekly or?  * would love to get some video of the wigwag in action in person while it's still active.

[HighIronofWisconsin]

@celixdog04 Thanks! I believe it's Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the trips out past Sun Prairie, at least that's the way it was when this was shot. They seem to be getting out of the Madison yard in the early afternoon, although it can take 2-4 hours for them to reach the wigwag depending on the amount of switching needed in Madison and Sun Prairie. Your best bet is to have a scanner with the FRED detecting frequencies programmed into it, and follow the line until you get a bead on them.

[celixdog04]

@HighIronofWisconsin I do have a scanner... beens a bugger finding frquencies at times.. The FRED detector I had no idea about! Would I just google FRED Detection Freq. to find listings?

[HighIronofWisconsin]

@celixdog04 452.9375 and 457.9375. Even if your scanner only displays six digits (161.520 for example), enter them in and it should work. It does with mine.

[uberstupidmove]

What kind of horn is this, it is one of the nicest one's I've heard

[ctw100s]

WRRS Harpes Wigwags Has RALLY FAST BELLS!

[ekoslosky]

nice!