1/20/13: WSOR SD40-2 4050 takes a breather at the Janesville engine terminal between assignments on the evening of December 27, 2012. Paul Swanson 1/13/13: The westbound L597 continues its December 28, 2012 battle with snow showers with a stop at Fairwater on the Markesan Sub to spot a CRYX reefer. Paul Swanson 1/6/13: The westbound L597 works through snow showers at Burnett on its way to Brandon and the Markesan Sub on December 28, 2012. Paul Swanson 12/30/12: WSOR wishes you a Happy and Prosperous New Year with the Janesville yard power tied up at Arch Street on a quiet December 26, 2012 evening. Paul Swanson 12/23/12: Everyone at Wisconsin & Southern wishes you a Happy Holiday with L877 battling the elements at Rock Springs on December 18, 2012. Brent Marsh 12/16/12: Everyone at WSOR wishes you a Happy Holiday with SD40-2 4011 on the headend of the T004 at Milton Jct. on February 24, 2012. Paul Swanson 12/9/12: WSOR 101 leads the Customer Service Special past Lake Monona at Madison, WI on November 28, 2012. John Ryan 12/2/12: WSOR’s Customer Service Special approaches the Monona Terrace Convention Center at Madison on November 28, 2012. John Ryan 11/25/12: WSOR T030, a 100-car unit sand train, crosses Lake Monona at Madison on its way to Janesville, November 27, 2012. John Gruber 11/18/12: Near Pickett, WI, the L595 continues its trek to Oshkosh to switch customers on November 5, 2011. Noah Hofrichter 11/11/12: L243 moves eastbound near Adell after switching customers at Plymouth, in the setting sunlight of October 28, 2012. Paul Swanson 11/4/12: WSOR 101 powers the Toys For Tots special during its stop at McFarland, WI on November 3, 2012. Paul Swanson 10/28/12: A sea of pumpkins greet the L593 as it leaves Horicon bound for Cambria on Saturday, October 27, 2012. Jim Guest 10/21/12: L863 (Rock Springs-Madison turn) passes since-retired wigwag signals at Devils Lake on October 12, 2011. John Ryan 10/14/12: L464 crosses the Maunesha River backwaters near Marshall, WI during its return trip to Madison, October 10, 2012. Ron Cady 10/7/12: 100-car unit sand train T030 passes autumn color at McFarland, WI on October 4, 2012. Paul Swanson 9/30/12: Autumn colors are starting to appear at Devils Lake as L863 makes its thrice-weekly trip through the park, October 13, 2012. John Ryan 9/16/12: L597 passes the Peachy Bros. elevator at Burnett on its way back to Horicon from Brandon on September 5, 2011. Paul Swanson 9/9/12: 3T003 is about to enter the CN at Wuakesha, WI on June 13, 2011. Chris Guss 9/2/12: T007 passes two admirers at Mazomanie on April 26, 2012. Paul Swanson 8/26/12: T006 leaves Madison on its journey to Janesville on July 30, 2011. John Ryan 8/12/12: An eastbound L463 passes Lake Wisconsin near Okee while Wisconsin’s dairy industry looks on, June 24, 2011. Noah Hofrichter 8/5/12: The T008 (PDC to Madison) passes pines near Lone Rock in the early evening hours of July 29, 2011. John Ryan 7/29/12: The T007 chases the setting sun near Avoca, WI en route to Prairie du Chien on July 31, 2011. John Ryan 7/15/12: 3804 and 3807 rest inbetween jobs at Horicon on June 26, 2012. GP38s work most the local assignments out of Horicon. Paul Swanson 7/8/12: T009 switches Seneca Foods at Mayville on June 27, 2012. T009 operates from Milwaukee to Horicon five days a week. Paul Swanson 7/1/12: A late T008 passes piles of new ties awaiting installation at Lone Rock on June 28, 2012. John Ryan 6/24/12: L595 is westbound out of Utley on the Markesan Sub after spotting empties at Badger Mining on April 26, 2012. John Ryan 6/17/12: T007 led by SD40-2 4005 passes the old feed mill restaurant at Mazomanie on its way to Prairie du Chien on April 26, 2012. John Ryan 6/10/12: L595 switches Landmark Coop at Markesan on April 26, 2012. The GP38 fleet reigns over the lines north out of Horicon. Paul Swanson 6/3/12: WSORs T007 crosses the Wisconsin River bridge near Spring Green into a setting sun on April 26, 2012. It’s 60 more miles to the destination of Prairie du Chien. John Ryan 5/27/12: WSOR 4001 leads the T004 across the Rock River at Janesville amid spring blooms on June 3, 2011. The train will pick up cars and add an engine at Janesville. Bill Beecher 5/20/12: WL355R passes fertile fields at Orfordville shortly after dawn on April 29, 2012. The hoppers haul sand and gravel for Bard Materials in Monroe. Paul Swanson 5/13/12: WSOR promoted public safety with an Officer-On-A-Train exercise in May. The train paused at Lake Monona causeway to educate tresspassers. Paul Swanson 5/6/12: An observation passenger car for Iowa Pacific was Horicon paint shop’s latest work, as it poses next to WSOR’s E-units on May 8, 2012. Paul Swanson 4/29/12: Newly painted GP38 3811 leads the L593 through Beaver Dam on the way to Cambria to switch the Didion ethanol plant on April 26, 2012. John Ryan 4/22/12: WSOR 3813 leads the business train westward near Eagle, on its way to Prairie du Chien for a special run, April 23, 2012. 3813 had just been released from the paint shop. John Ryan 4/15/12: WSOR L877 loads grain at Rock Springs while work continues on a new siding for United Coop Elevator on April 12, 2012. The track will increase United’s loading efficiency. John Ryan 4/8/12: WSOR’s E-units headhead the business train through Lima Center, destined for Horicon after hosting the Advisory Board, April 12, 2010. John Ryan 4/1/12: WSOR 4078 leads the T004 on its assault of the 0.67% grade eastward toward Avalon on February 21, 2012. The train will park at Avalon to wait for the night crew. John Ryan 3/25/12: The last throes of a mild winter surround a late T004 as it roars across the diamond at Duplaineville en route to Janesville on March 3, 2012. Ed Knueppel 3/18/12: WSOR 3809 chases the sunset as the eastbound L595 climbs the grade at Reeds Corners near Ripon on a beautiful February 21, 2012. Paul Swanson 3/11/12: WSOR 4052 and 4004 look as steel rings are unloaded from our transload yard at Janesville on March 13, 2012. Paul Swanon 3/4/12: L595 picks up a block of loads from Oshkosh Truck before heading back to Horicon on February 22, 2012. Paul Swanson 2/26/12: The T004 pulls through Milton the morning after a heavy wet spring snowstorm struck the area, February 24, 2012. John Ryan 2/19/12: WSOR T004 pulls 25 loads of grain from Moragra Grain at Zenda, WI to add to the train destined for Chicago on February 21, 2012. Jim Guest 2/5/12: WSOR 4006 switches in the west yard at Janesville in the waning sunlight of January 29, 2012. WSOR’s SD40-2s are regularly used for switching here. Paul Swanson 1/29/12: WSOR L355 is just on the move westbound out of Janesville at dusk on January 29, 2012 with 29 cars for Badger State Ethanol in Monroe. Paul Swanson 1/22/12: WSOR’s snow-fighting arsenal poses at Horicon on January 23, 2012, ready to fight the snows of Winter 2012. Paul Swanson 1/8/12: WSOR 4002 is up in the air at Horicon while its trucks receive new wheel sets on December 6, 2011. Paul Swanson 1/1/12: L595 prepares to depart Ripon east-bound with 50 grain loads and traffic for Horicon on December 29, 2011. Paul Swanson 12/25/11: WSOR 1506 pauses during switching at Briess Malt in Waterloo on a cold December 27, 2011. John Ryan 12/25/11: WSOR’s Janesville engine servicing terminal is quiet on Christmas night 2011. Paul Swanson 12/11/11: WSOR CEO Bill Gardner hosted Santa Claus for Milwaukee School Children on December 8, 2011. Paul Swanson 12/4/11: The morning after the Great Blizzard of 2011, WSOR T004 waits to pull eastward from Avalon, February 2nd. Paul Swanson 11/27/11: WSOR 3809 is the lastest release from the Horicon Paint Shop, seen here at Janesville on November 5, 2011. Paul Swanson 11/20/11: WSOR T004 is on its way to Janesville and Chicago on June 14, 2011, seen here near Sussex, WI on the CN. Bill Beecher 11/13/11: WSOR business train B500 pauses at the new welded rail installation at Waukesha on Veterans Day, November 11, 2011. Paul Swanson 10/30/11: WSOR power lines up at Janesville in a cover pose for our new 2012 Calendar available at the Company Store. Paul Swanson 10/23/11: L595 is on its way along Wisconsin Highway 44, west of Pickett at 10:30am, October 21, 2011. Bill Gardner 10/16/11: Eastbound L463 passes the north shore of Devils Lake on a beautiful October 7, 2011. Scott Lothes 10/9/11: The westbound L463 pierces the autumn colors near North Freedom, WI on October 6, 2011. Paul Swanson 10/2/11: SOO 1003 captivates a future locomotive engineer at Burnett on October 4, 2008. Don Pingel 9/4/11: WSOR 1506 ferries SOO 1003 out of Slinger, destined for the Sterling North Book and Film Festival at Edgerton, October 2010. Chris Guss 8/28/11: Horicon paint shop has repainted our Jordan Spreader. WSOX 9 is now ready to battle the Great Winter of 2011-12. Bill Gardner 8/14/11: WSOR 4030 shines in setting sunlight on the point of the T008 near Boscobel, WI on July 29, 2011. John Ryan 7/31/11: WSOR 3801 splits the wigwags at Baraboo with the eastbound L463 on July 29, 2011. Jim Guest 7/17/11: WSOR 4030 on the headend of the T004 passes the transload operation at Janesville on July 15, 2011. Paul Swanson 7/10/11: The final Windmill Train crosses the Rock River on UP trackage at Janesville, destined for Cambria on June 12, 2011. Paul Swanson 7/3/11: WSOR 4030 poses at Horicon with paint still fresh on June 30, 2011. The engine would soon roam the system to celebrate WSOR’s 30th birthday. Paul Swanson 7/3/11: WSOR 4030 rides the turntable at Janesville on July 2, 2011 before being released for regular service. 4030 commemorates our 30th anniversary. Paul Swanson 7/3/11: Horicon Paint Shop's first completed locomotive for 2011 is the new WSOR 4030, seeing daylight for the first time on June 30 with the paint shop crew. Paul Swanson 6/26/11: Early daylight greets the L249 in Germantown at 7:30am on April 2, 2010. Jeff Hampton 6/19/11: The westbound T003 splits crossbucks near Rubicon in the waning daylight of July 12, 2009. Jeff Hampton 6/12/11: Engineer Sage is at the controls as L595 rolls through Fairwater on its way to switch Badger Mining at Utley, June 13, 2011. John Ryan 6/5/11: WSOR’s T007 passes freshly plowed fields near Black Earth on its way to Prairie du Chien on May 31, 2011. Noah Hofrichter 5/22/11: WSOR’s T006 passes a farm between Stoughton and Edgerton on its way to Janesville on April 22, 2010. John Ryan 5/15/11: 6,000 horsepower WSOR-style meet nine saddled horses at Eagle, WI on April 9, 2011. Tim Hensch 5/8/11: WSOR's business train made a trip to Madison on April 10, 2011. It is seen here near Stoughton with the A-B-A E-unit fleet. Pat Weeden 4/24/11: WSOR T027 transports thirty blades for wind turbines at Milton, WI on April 22, 2011. The special train is destined for Cambria. Paul Swanson 4/17/11: WSOR 4010 spots five loads of steel ingots at Scot Forge in Spring Grove, Illinois on April 12, 2011. Paul Swanson 4/10/11: WSOR operated a 110-car unit wheat train from Horicon to BRC in Chicago on April 6, 2011. It is seen here leaving Milwaukee Amtrak station on CP trackage rights. Bill Gardner 4/3/11: The classic lines of a WSOR SD40-2 contrast against a striking sky near Iron Ridge in a photo by Ryan Schoenfeldt who passed away March 29 at the age of 34. Ryan Schoenfeldt 3/27/11: WSOR CEO Bill Gardner reflects on Wisconsin & Southern’s first thirty years of operations in a scene from a new WSOR video viewable here. WSOR 3/20/11: A Super Full moon sets over the RIP track at Janesville as Car Dept. forces prepare to inspect the T001 at 6:10am on Saturday, March 19, 2011. Paul Swanson 3/13/11: The L355 (Janesville-Monroe) holds at Rockport Road, just west of Janesville, waiting to enter the yard with 25 loads of corn on a frigid February 14, 2011. Paul Swanson 2/27/11: WSOR T004 passes through the Kettle moraines near Palmyra, WI on a crisp January 9, 2010. By late afternoon, the train will be on its way to Chicago. Andy Cummings 2/13/11: WSOR 4025 leads L355 just east of Brodhead in a rare daylight run, February 14, 2011. Paul Swanson 2/6/11: WSOR 3802 prepares to enter CP’s Muskego Yard at Milwaukee with interchange traffic, February 24, 2008. Ryan Schoenfeldt 1/30/11: WSOR 4003 pauses after battle with the Great Blizzard of 2011 near Avalon, February 2, 2011. Paul Swanson 1/23/11: The L863 awaits a crew to load wheat at Rock Springs on a bitterly cold Friday morning, 1/21/2011. Paul Swanson 1/16/11: The westbound T004 passes the CPI grain elevator near Whitewater, WI on January 9, 2010. Andy Cummings 1/2/11: The JH rolls into Milton, Wisconsin with Northern Division traffic on a chilly January 15, 2009. Scott Sasse 12/5/10: Our official company history book The WSOR Story is available at our Company Store. 11/28/10: The T004 rolls through Whitewater on a crisp January 9, 2010. Andy Cummings 11/21/10: The WSOR Story is now available at our Company Store. 11/14/10: WSOR 3805 and 3802 passes a reflective pond near Richfield in the 2nd Place winning photo for our 2011 calendar. Aaron C. Jors 11/7/10: WSOR 4076 on train HM near Richfield, WI at 10:00am on October 18, 2009. Jeff Hampton 10/24/10: The T006 passes pumpkins near Stoughton, WI on its way from Madison to Janesville, October 21, 2010. John Ryan 10/20/10: The T003 crosses the new bridge at Whitewater, 10/20/2010 evening. John Ryan 10/10/10: A Golden Arrow excursion passes through Edgerton in October 1983. Den Adler 10/3/10: WSOR 506 crosses the C&NW diamond at Burnett on March 6, 1981. Bob Welke 9/26/10: Boscobel depot one hundred years ago. Paul Swanson collection 9/19/10: Iron Ridge, WI hosted Milwaukee Road switchers on April 19, 1974. Chuck Porter 9/12/10: The business train visited Horicon on October 29, 2008. Greg Mross 8/22/10: Eagle, WI saw the passing of a Central Wisconsin freight on August 14, 1984. J. David Ingles 8/1/10: Bardwell, WI has changed over the last 20 years. WSOR 3806 holds the siding in 2009. Paul Swanson 7/25/10: WSOR 522 performed the honors at WSOR's official opening, July 26, 1980 during Horicon Marsh Days. Bob Welke 7/18/10: The Horicon High School Marching Band attended WSOR official opening day, July 26, 1980 during Horicon Marsh Days. Bob Welke 7/11/10: Dodge was the make of choice for WSOR hi-rail trucks back in its first year of 1980. Phillip E. Tygum 7/4/10: WSOR 522 pauses at Iron Ridge on the second day of the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad, July 2, 1980. Bob Welke 6/27/10: WSOR 522 works at Horicon on the second day of the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad, July 2, 1980. Bob Welke 6/20/10: On the eve of WSOR's birth in 1980, MILW 547 rests at a barren pre-WSOR Horicon yard. Butch Schwanke 6/13/10: The Sunday afternoon JH pulls into Horicon with a solid string of RBLs, June 24, 2007. Ryan Schoenfeldt 6/6/10: The SOO local switches at Pearl Street in Janesville, WI while WICT 901 looks on, May 18, 1989. Jerry Pyfer 5/30/10: WWSOR 3805 heads west from Beaver Dam on a Cambria turn as the sun sets on May 27, 2008. Justin Hampton 5/16/10: SOO has taken over MILW as seen here at Adell, WI with the Plymouth turn on May 12, 1987. Art Harnack 5/9/10: T006 crosses the Rock River near Edgerton, WI on April 22, 2010. John Ryan 5/2/10: First WICT westbound train from Waukesha at Williams, WI, April 1987. Art Harnack 4/25/10: Spring has sprung on the T006 at McFarland, WI on April 22, 2010. John Ryan 4/18/10: 25 years ago, Indiana Hi-Rail contracted to clear cars off the Waukesha line after CWRC's demise. FM #10 is seen at Whitewater; today it is on display at Milton. Otto Dobnick 4/11/10: The Chicago-bound T002 passes the WSOR business train that is parked in the siding at Spring Grove, IL on Sunday evening, April 11, 2010. John Ryan 3/21/10: WSOR SD40-2 4053 pauses at 2nd Street in Madison after wyeing two cars for customers in the Madison area on March 14, 2010. Paul Swanson 3/14/10: WSOR 4490 and 4492 switch at Horicon in 1984. WSOR 3/7/10: The HM works the CN interchange at Ackerville on November 28, 2008. Aaron C. Jors 2/28/10: Milwaukee Road battles with snow at Palmyra, WI on Feb. 24, 1979. J. David Ingles 2/21/10: The eastbound HJ passes CPI grain bins near Whitewater, WI on February 3, 2007. Ryan Schoenfeldt 2/7/10: 25 years ago, WICT reopened the Freeport line for service. WICT 270 is at Scioto Mills, IL February 17, 1985. David Ingles 1/24/10: WSOR 4011 switches the Farm City grain elevator at Orfordville on the Monroe Sub, January 20, 2008. Matt Heeren