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By:Richard Hopfensperger
Dates:8/31/2000 - 12/31/2003
Album Info:Photos of WSOR taken in early 2000's.
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WSOR 4492
Title:  WSOR 4492
Description:  The 4492 in front of the Horicon depot in 2002. The 4492 was an ex Rock Island unit used on the WSOR 1981 thru 2002 when it was sold to IBCX. (WSOR Story, pg. 172)
Photo Date:  6/21/2002  Upload Date: 1/13/2014 9:23:37 PM
Location:  Horicon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WSOR 4492(GP9)
Views:  251   Comments: 1
WSOR 4494
Title:  WSOR 4494
Description:  At the engine facility inside the Horicon wye.The 4494 was an ex Milwaukee Road unit in use on the WSOR from 1989 thru 2002. ( The WSOR Story, pg. 172)
Photo Date:  6/21/2002  Upload Date: 1/14/2014 8:44:12 AM
Location:  Horicon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  WSOR 4494(GP9) WSOR 2056(SD20)
Views:  615   Comments: 0
The WSOR Yard
Title:  The WSOR Yard
Description:  Along the northeast leg of the wye at Horicon is the yard used to service the lines that radiate from the former Milwaukee Road facility in Horicon. Since this photo. WSOR has also built a yard just past the northwest leg of the wye on the branch that ends at Cambria. The yard is fittingly known as West Yard.
Photo Date:  6/21/2002  Upload Date: 7/25/2015 11:01:45 PM
Location:  Horicon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  131   Comments: 0
WSOR Horicon Station
Title:  WSOR Horicon Station
Description:  The ex Milwaukee Road now Wisconsin and Southern station at Horicon. The building is still used, but has been re-sided with more modern materials in a pale yellow color.
Photo Date:  6/21/2002  Upload Date: 1/14/2014 8:24:07 AM
Location:  Horicon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Yard,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  124   Comments: 1
SOO 411
Title:  SOO 411
Description:  Ex Soo Line unit 411 at the Horicon yard. Another parts donor for the active WSOR fleet, no record in the book WSOR Story of it ever being on the WSOR active roster.
Photo Date:  6/21/2002  Upload Date: 1/14/2014 8:04:00 AM
Location:  Horicon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 411(GP9)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
WSOR 6585
Title:  WSOR 6585
Description:  The 6585 came from the SP in 1992 and was eventually scrapped at an unknown date. (The WSOR Story, pg. 175) This photo is from 2002.
Photo Date:  6/21/2002  Upload Date: 1/14/2014 8:53:02 AM
Location:  Horicon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WSOR 6585(GP35)
Views:  689   Comments: 0
WSOR 4493
Title:  WSOR 4493
Description:  The 4493 in Horicon. Date is approximate, it was taken after 2000 but before 2004.
Photo Date:  12/31/2003  Upload Date: 1/11/2014 7:08:45 AM
Location:  Horicon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WSOR 4493(GP9E)
Views:  245   Comments: 3
Horicon Sand Facility
Title:  Horicon Sand Facility
Description:  Sanding facility for the WSOR around the turn of t•d century, located within the wye at Horicon, WI. An ex Milwaukee Road facility.
Photo Date:  12/31/2003  Upload Date: 1/10/2014 8:32:52 AM
Location:  Horicon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  113   Comments: 0
SOO 377
Title:  SOO 377
Description:  The turn of the century found the engine servicing facility within the wye at Horicon to be full of old units. Units were either to be rebuilt or scavemged. A problem WSOR employees related to me was the theft of number boards on the old units.
Photo Date:  12/31/2003  Upload Date: 1/10/2014 8:36:37 AM
Location:  Horicon, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 377(GP7)
Views:  303   Comments: 1


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