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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 18, 2008
The last warbonnets, ICE branchline action, NS polishes the rail at Milan, and the WSOR and SOO 1003 team up in a movie...Merry Christmas from Heartlandrails.com...
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December 11, 2008
CSX 1990s action in west Michigan, Illinois Central towers, and the Soo Line 1003 pulls the 2008 WSOR Santa Train...
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December 4, 2008
WSOR works Madison on Black Friday, including a rare move on the Oregon Spur, plus Chicago Central action on a short-lived Midwest Regional in Illinois and Iowa...
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November 27, 2008
Metra on UP's North Line, CP as deer hunting season opens in Wisconsin, a CR classic, CSX people and machines, plus: Trixie-the railfan wonderdog! Happy Thanksgiving...
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November 20, 2008
CN on the high iron in the first snow of the season, Illinois Central trains and towers, and WSOR runs a passenger special on the Cambria & Milwaukee subs...
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November 13, 2008
Amtrak in Wisconsin, new life for leasor locomotives, and the Santa Fe in Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas...
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November 6, 2008
WSOR MP15ACs work on Halloween and Election Day 2008, UP switchers, Pennsylvania Railroad relics from the Panhandle, and a Grand Trunk Western EMD sampler...
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October 30, 2008
Farewell to the IC&E and DM&E flags! A special ICE-DME farewell trip, railfans documenting the last trains before becoming CP property..plus, CN in the heartland...
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October 23, 2008
The colorful WSOR serves south-central Wisconsin, boxcars-they still exist-and can be found graffiti-free, Amtrak baggage cars, CNW ghosts, and CN on their superhighway...
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October 16, 2008
A Wisconsin & Southern WRRTC advisory board executive train, plus WSOR switchers in their sharp new uniform, and commemorative boxcar and locomotive...
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October 9, 2008
Fallen Flags in the Heartland VOL 5: Burlington Northern SD60Ms, Soo Line SD60s in red, I&M Rail Link switchers, and Cotton Belt road trains in Illinois...
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October 2, 2008
Leased power on the NS, WSOR runs an excursion with the ex-Metra bilevels, UP under the old CNW coal towers, and ICE action in Northern Illinois...
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September 25, 2008
The Empire Builder in Wisconsin, BNSF coal power, CP SD40-2s in action orange, and Milwaukee Road power still in service...
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September 18, 2008
SOO SD60 fleet Vol. 4, UP wayfreight on the ex-CNW Adams sub, Michigan Central Shops and depots, Wisconsin and Southern commemorative Grow Wisconsin SD40-2...
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September 11, 2008
Southern Pacific EMD tunnel motors rule in the heartland and Santa Fe 4-axle GE warbonnets..the 500 series...Volume II. Chico says check em out..
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September 4, 2008
Norfolk Southern upgrades the switches and signals at a busy N.W. Indiana junction, an active tower and classic depots spotted on the Wolverine corridor in Michigan...
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August 28, 2008
Amtrak in Milwaukee, CP heavy haul in action, and a few more Milwaukee Road momentos for your viewing pleasure...
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August 21, 2008
The Milwaukee Road 261 comes back home for a weekend of trips past the backyards, small towns, and cities of Wisconsin on the rails of the old Milwaukee Road...
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August 14, 2008
More cabooses..CN, CNW, C&O, CB&Q, plus the Milwaukee Road 261 makes a Wisconsin appearance over old home rails...
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August 7, 2008
The Empire Builder chases the setting sun, BNSF power and rolling stock, vintage WSOR, railfan friends get an angle on the shot, and classic signals...
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July 31, 2008
Union Pacific in Wisconsin..Adams sub and Harvard sub action...plus a Wisconsin and Southern executive train and freshly painted switcher...
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July 24, 2008
The Illinois Railway Museum time machine includes the largest locomotive ever built to the small 2-4-4 IC steam engine from 1880, streetcars and interurbans...
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July 17, 2008
The Empire Builder struggles to make time on the UP Adams line, and a CP flood detour takes the long way to Chicago via Madison...
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July 10, 2008
Canadian Pacific detours on the M&P branch, Union Pacific heritage locomotives roam the heartland, and Great Circus World Train memories...
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July 3, 2008
The Great Flood of 2008: the final chapter. CP finally reopens their Watertown sub which had been closed over 3 weeks and Amtrak gets creative with its detour moves...
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June 26, 2008
The Great Flood of 2008 Vol. 2. A CP detour train runs over the WSOR to a flooded Janesville where the UP takes the train for the run into Chicago at twilight...
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June 19, 2008
The Great Flood of 2008..the railroads cope..ICE hurries to serve a customer before their branch is flooded, WSOR and CP team up to run operationally creative detours...
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June 12, 2008
A Cat-powered geep works on the BN, CP GP40s, MILW 261 nears Chicagoland, and ex-Conrail power works the Georgia-Pacific plant in a small town for NS...
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June 5, 2008
Follow WSOR passenger extra on the Madison sub, coal empties on the Soo Line led by Cotton Belt power, BNSF SD75Ms Vol. 1., Milwaukee Road steam momentos...
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May 29, 2008
A WSOR passenger special on the move, riding in an A&M caboose on a mixed train, Illinois Central depots in the Heartland, and Hollywood casts the Milwaukee 261...
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May 22, 2008
The Illinois Railnet puts together a train for the Mt. Morris branch, WSOR works the Prairie Du Sac branch, and Milwaukee 261 stars in a movie...
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May 15, 2008
ICE detours Part II, The Empire Builder in WI., Iowa Interstate Alcos, Union Pacific Janesville action, and Wisconsin Southern at work...
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May 8, 2008
Old Milwaukee Road power visits an ex-Milwaukee Road branch, Montana Rail Link in the Heartland, CP tech train plus modern power, and ICE detour trains in Wisconsin...
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May 1, 2008
Covered hoppers & various rolling stock, WSOR reflections and rubber tired fleet, and a new look for the WSOR executive E 10C as the WSOR 101...
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April 24, 2008
More WSOR bandits captured, plus WSOR yellow jackets pulling passenger cars and freight extras on the Madison sub and the Empire Builder in the Heartland...
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April 17, 2008
WSOR yellowjacket leads the Reedsburg turn, BNSF Aurora sub action, and UP with a CNW flavor including the Centennial DD40X on the Adams sub in Wisconsin...
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April 10, 2008
Its the all-bandit edition--ex-Milwaukee Road power still working today for CP and WSOR--in Milwaukee colors patched by the heirs...
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April 3, 2008
Union Pacific GE Dash 8 power, WSOR crosses the river, Southern Pacific in Illinois, and SOO Line vintage Geeps and expermental power with a passenger extra...
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March 27, 2008
Ex-Milwaukee Road MP15-ACs in action for the WSOR, the Reedsburg turn at sunset, Oakway SD-60s, Metra: modern and classic, plus switching the elevator in the Heartland...
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March 20, 2008
Norfolk Southern in Indiana on the old NYC, Chicago South Shore at the South Bend terminal, Union Pacific action, and Wisconsin Southern in the pits...
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March 13, 2008
Amtrak, Grand Rapids Eastern, and a tour of Chicagoland yards: BNSF Corwith Yard and Belt Railway Clearing Yard...
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March 6, 2008
Union Pacific 844, Santa Fe Southern mixed, Ohio Central, ICE, and Milwaukee Road heritage lives...
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February 28, 2008
The All-Specials update- Wisconsin Southern, Milwaukee Road, Montana Rail Link, Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, and Canadian Pacific at their best...
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February 21, 2008
Snow, snow, and more snow! CP, BN, Santa Fe, Amtrak, IMRL, LLPX, WSOR and SOO all in snow! Hey, the days ARE getting longer and soon spring will come to the heartland!
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February 14, 2008
A new snowfall record, eclipsing the winter of 1978-79, along with extreme temperatures and windchills hit the Heartland..WSOR and CP fight the elements!
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February 7, 2008
Peoria and Pekin Union, Wheeling and Lake Erie, Pittsburgh at night, the Upper Mississippi in Winter, SOO SD60 fleet, WSOR bucks the snow, Milwaukee Road 261...
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January 31, 2008
Burlington Northern in the heart of the old Santa Fe--the Kansas Flint Hills--plus depots from the great terminals to small town branchlines and UP steam...
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January 25, 2008
A Wisconsin Southern Winter..the first run of the MP1500ACs over the Madison sub, plus working the Soya Spur on a below-zero day, and a CP plow train comes to town...
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January 19, 2008
A WSOR Madison-Janesville run on a below-zero day, BNSF in Nebraska, and Union Pacific EMD neo-classic power--GP50s, GP60s, and SD70Ms...
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January 12, 2008
The Heartlandrails.com Winter update: WSOR works the yard in Madison, WI., a UP special prowls the CNW, CP & SOO in the snow, plus BN on the frozen Upper Mississippi...
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January 3, 2008
Happy New Year from the Heartland! In this update, VIA, SOO action up and down the Mississippi, Conrail memories, and more Warbonnets on the Santa Fe...
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