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By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:7/16/2005 - 11/14/2023
Album Info:Preserved 1913 ALCo-built Soo Line L-1 class 2-8-2 Mikado #1003.
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LLTX/"MILW" 02012 will serve as Santa's ride today
Title:  LLTX/"MILW" 02012 will serve as Santa's ride today
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/13/2010  Upload Date: 11/13/2010 8:06:20 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  157   Comments: 0
SOO 1003 blows off steam in the rain
Title:  SOO 1003 blows off steam in the rain
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/13/2010  Upload Date: 11/13/2010 8:12:36 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  293   Comments: 0
SOO 1003 idles waiting for "Santa" to board
Title:  SOO 1003 idles waiting for "Santa" to board
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/13/2010  Upload Date: 11/13/2010 8:22:17 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
SOO 1003 comes into town with the 2010 "Santa Train"
Title:  SOO 1003 comes into town with the 2010 "Santa Train"
Description:  I was disappointed to see that they did not include the WSOR varnish in the train this year.
Photo Date:  11/13/2010  Upload Date: 11/13/2010 8:31:07 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
SOO 1003 steams toward an uncertain future
Title:  SOO 1003 steams toward an uncertain future
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/13/2010  Upload Date: 11/13/2010 8:35:11 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  394   Comments: 0
SOO 1003 undergoing its overhaul
Title:  SOO 1003 undergoing its overhaul
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:09:34 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
SOO 1003 fireman's side drive wheels
Title:  SOO 1003 fireman's side drive wheels
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:17:36 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Stoker and drawbar
Title:  Stoker and drawbar
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:19:24 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
SOO 1003 footplate and firebox
Title:  SOO 1003 footplate and firebox
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:19:48 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
The caboose duo tucked into the back of the shop
Title:  The caboose duo tucked into the back of the shop
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:21:07 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  136   Comments: 0
LLTX 268
Title:  LLTX 268
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:23:29 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  112   Comments: 0
10K gallon 17 1/2 ton capacity
Title:  10K gallon 17 1/2 ton capacity
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:24:49 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
Tender viewed through the doorway of the MILW caboose
Title:  Tender viewed through the doorway of the MILW caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:28:04 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
Caboose porches
Title:  Caboose porches
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:28:49 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  222   Comments: 0
Couplers and handbrake wheel
Title:  Couplers and handbrake wheel
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:29:16 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
Cab of the 1003
Title:  Cab of the 1003
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:30:35 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
Cab of 1003 end view
Title:  Cab of 1003 end view
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:31:31 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Another look at the fireman's side
Title:  Another look at the fireman's side
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:34:18 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
Fireman's side cylinder and valve gear
Title:  Fireman's side cylinder and valve gear
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:40:07 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
Cylinder and valve - piston removed
Title:  Cylinder and valve - piston removed
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:41:27 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
Thanks to hardworking volunteers, SOO 1003 will eventually steam again
Title:  Thanks to hardworking volunteers, SOO 1003 will eventually steam again
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:43:38 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Even cold, silent and stripped down, SOO 1003 still draws admirers
Title:  Even cold, silent and stripped down, SOO 1003 still draws admirers
Description:  This man came to the open shop door and asked the crew if his little grandson (sporting a Thomas cap) could see the locomotive.
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:43:55 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
SOO 1003
Title:  SOO 1003
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:46:29 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
SOO 1003
Title:  SOO 1003
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:49:00 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Boiler work
Title:  Boiler work
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:52:14 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  93   Comments: 0
SOO 1003 engineer's side
Title:  SOO 1003 engineer's side
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:54:46 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Engineer's side drivers
Title:  Engineer's side drivers
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:56:43 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
SOO 1003
Title:  SOO 1003
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 10:58:54 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
SOO 1003 tender
Title:  SOO 1003 tender
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2011  Upload Date: 12/2/2011 11:00:36 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
The home stretch
Title:  The home stretch
Description:  The final touches before she is ready to be steamed up again!
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 9/15/2012 2:57:17 AM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Looking sharp
Title:  Looking sharp
Description:  In the words of one of the owners, "I doubt it looked this good new!"
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 9/15/2012 3:01:37 AM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
Ready for my close-up
Title:  Ready for my close-up
Description:  Production crew from MPTV's Tracks Ahead.
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 9/15/2012 3:13:28 AM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
SOO 1003 raring to roll again
Title:  SOO 1003 raring to roll again
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2012  Upload Date: 9/15/2012 3:14:21 AM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
A telltale cloud of steam...
Title:  A telltale cloud of steam...
Description:  ...rises from the other end of the workshop at the Wisconsin Auto Museum. 1003 is almost ready to go and has been steamed up several times, but hjr volunteer crew is working feverishly to work out the post-rebuild mechanical gremlins before taking her for a spin on the main line.
Photo Date:  10/21/2012  Upload Date: 10/22/2012 12:38:31 AM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
The birthday girl is all dressed up and no place to go
Title:  The birthday girl is all dressed up and no place to go
Description:  SOO 1003 turned 100 years old as of March 2013. Mechanical gremlins left over from the overhaul prevented it from pulling two scheduled Santa Trains last November, and the locomotive has been silent since.
Photo Date:  3/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 3:20:02 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Engineer's side cylinder and piston/valve rods
Title:  Engineer's side cylinder and piston/valve rods
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 3:28:52 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
The vital statistics on LLTX "MILW" 10559
Title:  The vital statistics on LLTX "MILW" 10559
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 10:21:14 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
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Views:  153   Comments: 0
A full load of cocl
Title:  A full load of cocl
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 10:25:40 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
A peek into the engineer's side of the cab
Title:  A peek into the engineer's side of the cab
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 10:28:32 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Fireman's side
Title:  Fireman's side
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 10:33:52 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
Reversing cylinder
Title:  Reversing cylinder
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 10:35:18 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
Restored former Milwaukee Road refrigerator car painted at WSOR's Horicon shop
Title:  Restored former Milwaukee Road refrigerator car painted at WSOR's Horicon shop
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 10:19:54 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  123   Comments: 0
Backing down after swapping around the cabooses for the Santa Train
Title:  Backing down after swapping around the cabooses for the Santa Train
Description:  After a false start in 2012, 1003 is finally back on the rails, under steam and putting on a show!
Photo Date:  11/8/2014  Upload Date: 11/9/2014 3:43:01 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
Highball!
Title:  Highball!
Description:  Starting up for the run into town to kick off Santa Train festivities.
Photo Date:  11/8/2014  Upload Date: 11/9/2014 3:51:46 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
Freak volcano eruption? Nah, it's just Soo Line 1003
Title:  Freak volcano eruption? Nah, it's just Soo Line 1003
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2014  Upload Date: 11/9/2014 4:02:41 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
Getting up to speed for the run into town with Santa
Title:  Getting up to speed for the run into town with Santa
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2014  Upload Date: 11/9/2014 4:05:16 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
Closer
Title:  Closer
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2014  Upload Date: 11/9/2014 4:07:40 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
Closer yet
Title:  Closer yet
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2014  Upload Date: 11/9/2014 4:11:58 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
Simmering after arriving downtown
Title:  Simmering after arriving downtown
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2014  Upload Date: 11/9/2014 4:17:32 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
Steaming is my business...and business is good!
Title:  Steaming is my business...and business is good!
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2014  Upload Date: 11/9/2014 4:21:59 PM
Location:  Hartford, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1003(2-8-2)
Views:  146   Comments: 0


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