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May
2nd, 2000
The
Green County Depot Days 2000 site is on line. Click
here to see it.
March
16th, 2000
Submit
Your Information
If you know of a railroad
related event that you would see featured on the web page, click
here to
submit a form detailing the event.
March
8th, 2000
F
Units 901, 102B, & 106 Lined Up in Janesville, WI
The late Glen Monhart's
F units are pictured lined up next to the Janesville roundhouse
at 5 points. Click here to
see the beginning of the story.
February
28th, 2000
Amtrak
to expand service to Janesville, Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac, Janesville
and Walworth County would get new passenger train service under
a nationwide Amtrak expansion plan announced Monday by Gov. Tommy
G. Thompson. Click here
to see the rest of the story.
February
10th, 2000
WHRC
Adds New "CHAT Page" To its Web Site
I never thought
I would do it. I don't even like the thought of chatting! But
when I seen this neat little gismo, I wanted to give it a try.
Click here to check it out.
You should be able to "chat" with anyone else who is
on the page. You will be assigned a guest name. You can change
your name to anything you want to. Have fun.
January
30th, 2000
WHRC
Adds New "Polling Page" Sections To its Web Site
A new section
was added to the WHRC web site. Its called "WHRC Poll" . The purpose
of this page is to let you, a valued WHRC site used have a say
in what you would like to see.
Please look
at the list and check the topic that you either currently enjoy
on this page or would like to see added. We will consider this
information during future development of this web site. Click
here to check it out.
January
26th, 2000
WSOR
Adds New "Excursion Report" Sections To Their Web Site
A new section was added
to the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad web site. Its called "Excursion
Reports" and features trip reports and stories from various railroad
excursions happening on the WSOR. You will find passenger excursions
and other interesting reports there. Click here
to check it out.
Be sure to check out
the latest excursion page to see when the next excursion will
be available.
The story of the 96A
/ 71A locomotive continues. Articles 4 and 5 by Jim Kalrath are
now on the WSOR 'Members' page. This can be accessed from: http://fanclub.wsorrailroad.com/members/96a
Jim Kalrath
WSOR Excursion Reporter
January
17th, 2000
WSOR
71A Called Into Service
The Wsor 71A
locomotive was called into service last weekend. To read the story
please check out the WHRC news
section.
Jim Kalrath
WSOR
Excursion Reporter
January
10th, 2000
Thompson
Bullish On Amtrak Here
Amtrak passenger
train service could return to the Fox Valley and Green Bay as
early as 2004, three years before the state Department of Transportation
estimates, according to Gov. Tommy Thompson. See the WHRC news
section for the complete story.
January
6th, 2000
More
news on the status of the railroad
bridge in Sauk City, WI.
There
is much talk about the Sauk City bridge and the Merrimac
River bridge. Are both these bridges necessary? Much depends on
whether the Badger Army Ordinance Plant will ship all the contaminated
dirt they want to.
Check
the WHRC News section often for updates as they become available
to me.
December
31th, 1999
In July
of 1984, Golden Arrow offered passenger excursions from Madison,
WI to Boscobel, WI. Craig Bluschke provided pictures
and a story about this excursion. Click
here to check it out.
December
30th, 1999
Railroad
Bridge at Sauk City, WI May Be Replaced This Spring
I have heard from a reliable source
that the repairs for the ex Milwaukee Road bridge at Sauk City
may be taking place this coming spring.
- Ed Ripp
Click here
for the story.
December
28th, 1999
SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION BOARD ANNOUNCES PROPOSED BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA
FE-CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD CONTROL TRANSACTION.
Click
here for more information.
December
21st, 1999
Wisconsin Central RR Considers Reactivating
Wiouwash State Trail.
A major
portion of the Wiouwash State Trail between Oshkosh and Hortonville
could return to its original use as a corridor for freight trains
under a concept being considered by the Wisconsin Central Transportation
Corp. Click
here for the story.
December
19th, 1999
The BNSF and the CN Railroad merger is
official.
I just
received this from Dennis Daniels in an e-mail Sunday night.
"I
was at work tonight in the yard at Amory, MS. The yardmaster and
I were talking about the article in the Journal of Commerce when
we received a call for Kansas City notifying us that the merger
would be announced Monday morning. The new name, North
American Railway Company. I hope that they can come
up with a good paint scheme. Maybe orange and white." Click
here for more information!
December
16th, 1999
In May of 1984, the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad offered
a passenger excursion in Madison, WI. Craig Bluschke provided
pictures and a story about this excursion. Click
here to check it out.
December
9th, 1999
The rail
removal crew finishes at the UW Campus. This means the end of
the IC in Dane and Green County. Click here for additional
information in the new section on Page 6 detailing the Ex-IC
railroad removal.
December
5th, 1999
While attempting
to remove the Ex-IC railroad, a large piece of construction machinery
fall off one of the railroad trestles north of Belleville Sunday
morning, Dec. 5th, 1999. Click
here to see the picture and read the story. More information
will be available as it comes in.
December
1st, 1999
As the rail
removal crew nears the UW Campus, work continues with tie removal
and material pickup. Click here for additional
information in the new section on Page 6 detailing the Ex-IC
railroad removal.
November
25, 1999
The National
Millennium Christmas Tree will travel from Wisconsin to Washington
DC by rail on Amtrak. Read more about this in the WHRC News
section.
November
24, 1999
As the rail
removal crew nears the UW Campus, this also means the end of the
IC in Dane and Green County. See additional
information in the section on Page 5 detailing the Ex-IC railroad
removal.
November
19, 1999
High Speed
rail study gets the go ahead in Wisconsin. Check it out in the
WHRC News section.
November
18, 1999
Added Page
5 to the Ex-IC railroad removal section.
November
6, 1999
Created
Page 4 detailing the removal of the Ex- IC Railroad.
October
31, 1999
Byron, Ill Motorcar excursion.
Great Lakes Motorcars had their motorcar excursion in Byron, Ill
on Saturday, October 31, 1999.
October
1st, 1999
Updated the US Railroad Frequency
database.
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