Locomotive Roster for the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad

From Railroad Depot

A trio of EMD SD40-2's numbers 4051, 4052 and 4002 are assigned to train HJ in Milton, WI on July 21st, 2006. Photo courtesy of Shane Lambert.

Today's WSOR roster of locomotives has been modernized with new additions in the past several years. WSOR began in 1980 with a small lease fleet of ex-Milwaukee Road SD7's suited for the light rail conditions of the lines radiating out of Horicon. Over the years, GP9's, GP35's, SD18's, and GP20's were acquired to move the growing tonnage. With the arrival of the SD40-2's in 2002, WSOR ushered in an era of "modern" dynamic-braked second-generation motive power.

Today there are four main groups of locomotives: SD40-2's, used on the mainline trains running from Chicago to Horicon via Janesville, and on locals operating out of Janesville to Monroe and Elkhorn; SD20's, used on Janesville-Madison trains and locals/extras out of Janesville and Madison; GP38's, used mostly out of Madison and Horicon terminals on locals/extras; and GP7's used out of Horicon and Milwaukee terminals on locals/extras. Two "executive" E9's are used for the passenger train during specials and inspection trains.

[edit] Current Roster

[edit] See Also

• Wisconsin and Southern Railroad
• Official Roster Page