Wisconsin Barns
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For the first time we traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to see the State Capital. I took this photograph from a distance and noticed through the image how big this architecture was. Many gathered on the streets singing religious music while others walked by with masks or drove by. Madison was an interesting place to visit for one day.
For a time, flowers seemed to blossom just like Spring, but now Wisconsin is being threatened by a freeze which will wilt these beautiful flowers.
There is something about this section of the Capital that always draws my eye. I like the contrast and the patterns of the stairs.
This shot was taken last winter. I was just thinking to myself, "Man, can you imagine the amount of snow they must have this year?!" Now, that would be a shot! But here, too, I'm not about to travel that far in these blizzard-like conditions. I'll save that for another day! Perhaps we'll have a before and after shot! ha!
When we were still looking at houses to buy in the area, we thought we were about ready to buy a house just 1-2 miles from here. Definitely out in the country here too! I would've enjoyed that. It was actually in a little neighborhood, but the houses were spread out quite a bit, so it would've still been enjoyable and country-like. What I would've enjoyed, was there were several barns in the area that were so photogenic and picturesque! Oh well, it wasn't meant to be; it got bought up before we were ready to start looking seriously.
Hope you all enjoy!
Sparta, Wisconsin
020922
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This impressive tree is locked in a perpetual splits as a stream from the Peshtigo River flows directly underneath. The tree is holding on for dear life - and has for some time. There is a lesson with this tree - in not giving up.
And there is a lesson in this shot for me. I was scanning an older catalog preparing for a few days in the same area. I remember this tree as being of interest but didn’t remember why. When I took my first pass through the images, it didn’t stand out as worthy of adding to my portfolio and so it sat. This area of Wisconsin, the northeast corner bumping up to upper Michigan, has a large selection of waterfalls - and I was far more focused on those.
As I looked at it again - and added some light to the underexposed raw file - this composition stood out as pretty special (by my eyes anyway). We’ll see if I can get a better shot - or if there is even a better shot to be had.
Cheers
Thank you for stopping by. This is for Poetograhy week # 192.
The ocean is a place of skin, rich outer membranes hiding thick juicy insides, laden with the soup of being.
Vera Nazarian
Canadian Pacific broke out the Jordan spreader to help clear the M&P Subdivision between Arlington and Morrisonville, Wisconsin on December 26, 2022.
With patch job ex Union Pacific units dominating Wisconsin & Southern's T004, the obvious choice for road train chasing is the T006 out of Madison, WI in the AM. The power is right. If the sun is shining, that is correct, too.Witness T006 as it slices through Edgerton, WI and what the weather man said would be a completely sun-less day. There wasn't a cloud anywhere.
here in wisconsin, spring comes late (read: may). it's an in-between time, where hope is in the air, yet nothing grows from the ground. so i continue to take photographs of what my husband calls "dead brown things." because there's beauty in the dormancy, especially at sunset.
It looks like a very pleasant afternoon in Lonnie's home town of Edgerton, as he photographs this Madison bound freight rushing through town by The Milwaukee Road's depot. This scene is still somewhat still doable, as the Wisconsin & Southern utilizes this line today. The grass is gone from the right of way and the depot is no longer railroad owned, but the surrounding structures are pretty much still standing, making for some neat "hometown" railroading scenes.
MILW 1510 West
Edgerton, WI.
September 1972
Lonnie Maves photo
D.A.Longley collection
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Holy Hill is located in southeast Wisconsin, on the highest elevation in this part of the state. Situated on 435 acres of rural countryside.
WAMX 4223 leads Wisconsin & Southern train L464 across the Crawfish River at Hubbleton, Wisconsin on March 30, 2023. WSOR movements on this section of its Watertown Subdivision are quite infrequent.
The Wisconsin River in the central part of the state.
Nikon F3 with Nikkor 28mm f/3.5 on Kodak Tri-X
1993
Three SD45s whisk Wisconsin Central train No. 44 southbound across Pebble Brook north of Vernon, Wisconsin, on a sunny July 1, 1995.
This early December afternoon is quite chilly, while the Wisconsin & Southern's Janeseville bound freight rumbles through the farmland east of Whitewater.
WSOR T4
WAMX 4182,4187,4186,3895
Whitewater, WI.
December 13, 2016
Taken a few weeks ago, still not much going on here with anything picturesque...just lots of very cold weather!
Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder approaches Portage Junction in Portage, Wisconsin on April 26, 2023.
Wisconsin & Southern train L595 is about to cross the Eightmile Creek bridge in downtown Fisk, with a grain train on the headpin.
WSOR L595
WAMX 4172,4223
Fisk, WI.
Autumn 2018
PGR 41 heads due north out of Chippewa Falls, WI. Empties trail for Silica Sands to be loaded and then head back south.
I decided to run up this embankment to grab this shot with only seconds to spare I clicked the button and this is the result. Glad my settings were still dialed in for this one.
The blue hour has descended upon a frigid, snow-covered scene as Wisconsin Central train 47, powered by a pair of CSX EMD’s and a WC EMD SD45, raises powdery snow departing Duplainville, Wisconsin, on the eve of January 9, 1997.
In the fading daylight, Amtrak's Veterans unit leads the eastbound Empire Builder out of Columbus, Wisconsin - 3 hours and 12 minutes late - on December 27, 2016.
Built in 1892 with additions 1928 as Milwaukee Malt & Grain Co, it was home of Wisconsin Cold Storage. The original portion of the building has Art Deco elements, but the additions are simply brick with a few parapets as adornments.
High on my bucket list was getting a nice early morning T6 out of Madison with the capitol building. Proper intel, weather, and motive power all came together to make my trip north of the cheddar curtain 100% worth it.
Madison, WI
2021.09.26
Eastbound WSOR T8 creeps through Mazomanie with a short 14 car train as the autumn leaves peak out in central Wisconsin. Oct 18, 2014
WAMX 4196 and sister 4197 lead a Helm rental across Wisconsin's beautiful farm riddled countryside with a grain train for Chicagoland. WSOR's Prairie Sub parallels US 14 across the state in many spots, making chasing rather enjoyable.
Black Earth, WI
2022.07.09
A beleaguered Amtrak Empire Builder, led by a BNSF locomotive, departs Columbus, Wisconsin nearly 23 hours late on a frigid December 22, 2022.
Led by a unique collection of locomotives, Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder has departed Columbus, Wisconsin on a rainy March 18, 2022.