Under a beautiful early morning Wisconsin Summer sky, a Norfolk Southern EMD SD60 (formerly a Conrail unit) leads eastbound Union Pacific RoadRailer train symbol Z-EMCH as it approaches the Marcy Road grade crossing on the UPs Adams sub just a few miles away from arriving at Butler yard. – July 31st, 2015 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
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The ice of overnight freezing rain is still clinging to the tree branches the morning of December 21st, 2013 as eastbound Union Pacific Roadrailer train ZEMCH-20 passes through approaching North Lake, Wisconsin. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
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Just east of Lebanon, Wisconsin is the UP 8759 Twin Cities RoadRailer train Z-EMCH which is third in a cluster of four eastbound trains trying to make some progress down the Union Pacific’s Adams line the morning of February 26th, 2014.
Ahead was a loaded sand train which had just departed Rock siding with a new crew. – Then an eastbound manifest train which is pulling into Rock ahead of the Z-Train to hold the main and wait for their relief crew. – And behind the Z-Train was another manifest which would have to hold back at Lebanon and wait for an open track down at Butler.
Z-EMCH was eventually able to run through the siding at Rock around the first eastbound manifest and continue on its way. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
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It’s Saturday morning April 19th, 2014 and eastbound Union Pacific Twin-Cities RoadRailer train Z-EMCH with a single BNSF ES44DC locomotive for power is just out of Clyman Junction, Wisconsin with a track warrant to proceed all the way down to the yard at Butler. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
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Here is another shot of the eastbound Z-Train. – Because they had been running at restricted speed on red signals out of Rock, I was easily able to capture this train at five different locations as it proceeded towards Butler. - And in keeping with the farming theme that I had composed into the previous shot, this photo is the BNSF 7322 east (now back up to full track speed) as it passes some heavy-duty farm equipment ready to start working some acreage not far from North Lake, Wisconsin. -- April 19th, 2014 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
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