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Here is a list of website updates. You can see the changes made to the site by date so you can view just what's new since you visited last. Generally, you can figure on a box of slides each week!
December 17, 2009
Winter has arrived in the Heartland! Amtrak, Canadian Pacific, and Wisconsin & Southern all battle the season's first blizzard and the snow it left behind...
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December 10, 2009
Wisconsin & Southern scenes late 2009, CSX in West Michigan, and Christmas Day with the Santa Fe in Illinois and Missouri...
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December 3, 2009
Soo Line EMD profiles, Wisconsin and Southern job T6 makes the run to Janesville, classic CNW open hoppers still rolling the rails in the Heartland...
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November 26, 2009
A Thanksgiving feast from the Heartland! CP ES4400AC's Vol. VI, Amtrak's Empire Builder, Union Pacific local power, and Santa Fe Chilli sub action...
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November 19, 2009
Wisconsin & Southern in Janesville, WI., Illinois Central power at Fondy, CP 8800's Vol. V, CN climbs the hill, and UP manifest with vintage CNW cars...
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November 12, 2009
The WSOR executive train waits at twilight, red WSOR switchers brighten the scene, the Union Pacific local LPS15, boxcars-big and small, and Iowa Interstate memories...
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November 5, 2009
Soo Line geeps still serve, Union Pacific to Fort Atkinson: Part IV, Air Force One surveys the Wisconsin & Southern, and Canadian Pacific branchline meanderings...
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October 29, 2009
A Wisconsin & Southern trick or treat, Canadian Pacific ex-Milwaukee GP40's lead the M&P turn back to Portage, and the Union Pacific to Fort Atkinson, Part III...
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October 22, 2009
Amtrak 170 serves as backup power to SP4449, Riding the Rails in Style on the Empire Builder, The Wisconsin & Southern Prairie turn, and SP4449 on the Mississippi PT II...
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October 15, 2009
CP AC4400CW's run past fall colors, IC&E power still abounds, The UP local to Ft. Atkinson Pt II., and SP4449 says goodbye to the Heartland...
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October 8, 2009
CP ES4400AC's rule the road, vintage SOO geeps in IA., KCS runs their business train to IL., UP makes a run to Fort Atkinson, WI., end of the line on the Clyman sub...
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October 1, 2009
The all-EMD update: WSOR MP15AC's at work in Madison, chasing a UP rock train through town, and classic EMD rebuilds from CNW and SOO...
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September 24, 2009
Leased locomotives add some variety! CEFX GE's and EMD's roam WI., CP ES44AC's Vol. 4, and Amtrak's Empire Builder has a couple classic private cars on the rear end...
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September 17, 2009
A Wisconsin & Southern Wednesday, as there is plenty happening in the Madison terminal with two outbound trains departing, plus the Iowa Interstate in the early days...
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September 10, 2009
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe, the roads that later became BNSF Railway, in their last years before the merger, captured in IL. Plus Amtrak's Empire Builder in WI...
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September 3, 2009
A Canadian National super grain train takes a shortcut bypassing Chicago in IL., GTW relics in MI., DM&E 6300's work the Heartland, plus Amtrak, CP, and SOO in WI...
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August 20, 2009
Canadian Pacific GE power works the Watertown sub and the Wisconsin Central last years at Stevens Point, Neenah, and Fond du Lac Wisconsin...
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August 13, 2009
Soo Line power works the M&P turn from Madison to Portage, the Shakopee job leaves St. Paul, a Wisconsin & Southern 10-year retrospective, and Union Pacific in Wisconsin...
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August 6, 2009
The Southern Pacific 4449 Daylight returns home from Trainfest 2009, Amtrak Wolverine Service, BNSF action from Dayton's Bluff, and Canadian Pacific in Wisconsin...
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July 30, 2009
Chasing the Wisconsin & Southern Prairie job in the Wisconsin River valley, more Southern Pacific 4449 Daylight memories, and Amtrak's Empire Builder...
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July 23, 2009
The Southern Pacific Daylight #4449 comes to the Heartland! We follow it from St. Paul, along the Mississippi to the Land of Lincoln and then into Michigan...
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July 9, 2009
Canadian Pacific crews celebrate July 4th, Wisconsin Central EMD products, and Wisconsin & Southern action in the snow...
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June 25, 2009
Amtrak's F40PH carbody, VOL III, BNSF GE dash 9s, more Grand Elk action in West Michigan, and Conrail blue in Michigan and Illinois...
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June 18, 2009
West Michigan's newest RR: The Grand Elk, in action..plus The Cereal City, Battle Creek, still sees considerable rail traffic, and BO Tower in Kalamazoo gets a new roof..a sign that the venerable railroad landmark will serve on???
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June 11, 2009
Leased locomotives from General Electric pull BN's hottest freights and junk trains in the Heartland plus new Herzog hoppers on a CP work train...
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June 4, 2009
The Dri-Line on the Iowa side of the Mississippi, CNW Hawkeye momentos, and the Denver & Rio Grande makes an appearance in the Heartland...
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May 28, 2009
Soo Line steam and diesel edition..EMDs in classic red and white along with candy apple red and Mikado 1003 with the Circus Train in Wisconsin...
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May 21, 2009
GP40's replace GP38's as road switch power across the CP, Electro-Motive Division of General Motors lease fleet Vol. 3, and the WSOR E's pull the Circus Train...
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May 14, 2009
Fast trains edition: Amtrak and Santa Fe action in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa...
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May 7, 2009
Union Pacific EMDs, the first photos of the Soo Line candy-apple red locomotives, and Milwaukee Road 261 makes summertime appearances in the Land of Lincoln...
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April 30, 2009
Amtrak F40PH's in Illinois, CNW past and present in Iowa and Wisconsin, Wisconsin & Southern and Canadian Pacific SD40-2's providing reliable service to the end...
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April 23, 2009
Soo Line candy-apple red, modern tank cars, 2 American icons meet face-to-face, and the last 2 CNW locomotives in the UP fleet make a last hurrah...
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April 16, 2009
The Canadian National in orange & black, Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern SD40-2s serving in Wisconsin, WSOR works a Janesville-Monroe daylight turn, and a BNSF decade...
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April 9, 2009
Warbonnets in the Heartland Vol. VI, CN invades from the north, Soo Line bandits, Chicago Central orange and red...
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April 2, 2009
Norfolk Southern power serves the new Grand Elk RR in Michigan, Milwaukee Road legacy in Wisconsin, and Amtrak locomotion: present and past...
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March 26, 2009
WSOR repaints MP15DC's, South Shore freight billboards and interurbans, CSX slugs, Amtrak Wolverine Service, and CN stripes...
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March 19, 2009
An all-EMD update! UP SD60's and 70's, a GTW Geep labors late it's service life, NS Geeps working on the new Grand Elk Railroad, and a depot built for the ages...
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March 12, 2009
The bandits..VOL V. A temporary patch that has lasted over 20 years. Plus CP's #487 train catches 1980's power assignments...
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March 5, 2009
Amtrak passing interlocking towers, ATSF EMD warbonnets VOL III, and Soo Line bandits pull priority traffic...
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February 26, 2009
Stealthy Amtrak GE's in the rain, BNSF SD70MACs in 3 different paint schemes, plus rare Soo Line "bandits" and colorful EMD's live a long service life...
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February 19, 2009
A Milwaukee Road bandit leads the M&P turn over the branchline, a classic CP consist, and the Mid-Continent Railway presents the 2009 Snow Train...
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February 12, 2009
An all-Wisconsin & Southern update! Follow a WSOR move over the unused Sauk Spur, an old Milwaukee Road branchline, to set out cars for storage...
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February 5, 2009
The All-Milwaukee Road update..starring the 261 carrying the banner of America's Resourceful Railroad in the heartland...
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January 29, 2009
BNSF in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin, and Wisconsin & Southern brings in the Jordan Spreader to battle the winter...
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January 22, 2009
Amtrak Genesis locomotives, Vol. 1., Canadian Pacific ES4400ACs, Union Pacific EMD SD40-2's, and Wisconsin & Southern wintertime snow removal...
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January 15, 2009
Amtrak's "Pepsi-can" locomotives, and the cold snowy winter wrecks havoc with the schedules and timekeeping. Plus, WSOR battles the snow...
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January 8, 2009
An all-1990s retro update: CSX in Michigan, NS towers and signals, SP in Illinois and Iowa, and Amtrak classics...Happy New Year from Heartlandrails.com!
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