Leaving Wisconsin
L517 had a late start out of Stevens Point, leaving the yard around at around 0300. I had a feeling it would reach the Arcola high bridge sometime in the morning so I got there at 0800 and heard rumors they were still at Chippewa Falls, WI. Simon Thompson was also interested in seeing this move so we went east a ways to go find them instead of waiting hours at Arcola. We found the train at Emerald and lazily chased them to New Richmond before they did their autoport work. Then it was back to Arcola and wait it out, 20 minutes went by and a horn was heard and the train made its appearance over the bridge at 1130. Not a bad way to start the day as I have wanted another sunny shot here even in if it was brown season.
Leaving Wisconsin
L517 had a late start out of Stevens Point, leaving the yard around at around 0300. I had a feeling it would reach the Arcola high bridge sometime in the morning so I got there at 0800 and heard rumors they were still at Chippewa Falls, WI. Simon Thompson was also interested in seeing this move so we went east a ways to go find them instead of waiting hours at Arcola. We found the train at Emerald and lazily chased them to New Richmond before they did their autoport work. Then it was back to Arcola and wait it out, 20 minutes went by and a horn was heard and the train made its appearance over the bridge at 1130. Not a bad way to start the day as I have wanted another sunny shot here even in if it was brown season.