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Owner: Wisconsin & Southern
Model:Rebuilt EMD SD20Built As:UP 408 (SD24)
Serial Number:25366Order No:5602
Frame Number:5602-A9Built:8/1959
Notes:nee UP 408 08/59
Other locos with this serial:  WSOR 2053(SD20) ICG 2009(SD20) CGAX 2053(SD20)
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WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  2053 passes a traffic jam on Campus drive as she's about to pass underneath the pedestrian suspension bridge with some WB cars
Photo Date:  4/15/2003  Upload Date: 12/16/2004 2:41:27 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  1050   Comments: 1
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  The 2053 scoots past the UW-Heater plant on a mild April afternoon. Train crews must be on edge here every day as thousands of UW-Madison students pass by here with little or no regard for passing trains
Photo Date:  4/15/2003  Upload Date: 12/18/2004 6:20:56 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  753   Comments: 1
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/14/2004  Upload Date: 3/11/2007 10:26:46 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Collin Reinhart
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  618   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  2052 returns from working on the Cottage Grove/Watertown subs. The E. Johnson street yard is WSOR's Madison base
Photo Date:  5/16/2004  Upload Date: 12/15/2004 2:46:45 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  557   Comments: 1
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  WSOR (ex-IC) SD20 2053 keeps air pumped on an outbound train in WSOR's E. Johnson St. yard in Madison, WI's upper east side
Photo Date:  7/15/2004  Upload Date: 12/15/2004 1:05:50 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  733   Comments: 1
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  As 2053 keeps the air pumped on a train that will depart under darkness, sister 2056 provides the power for the MALAM crew. The MALAM is making an afternoon run to Madison Gas & Electric's coal burning power plant, located on the isthmus between lakes Mendota and Monona
Photo Date:  7/15/2004  Upload Date: 12/18/2004 6:35:42 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20) WSOR 2056(SD20)
Views:  742   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  2053 passes a park as it approaches Fair Oakes avenue with two empty gons. Samuels recycling will fill the gons with scrap metal
Photo Date:  8/10/2004  Upload Date: 12/16/2004 2:49:58 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  2053 scampers across Winnebago street on Madison's east side with a couple of gondolas
Photo Date:  8/10/2004  Upload Date: 12/18/2004 6:30:27 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  590   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  2053 rounds the bend towards E. Washington Ave. on "the Bullet", WSOR's train that runs out the Watertown line
Photo Date:  8/12/2004  Upload Date: 12/16/2004 2:46:16 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  2053 waits patiently for the crew of the MABLT to take the "Bullet" out the Watertown line.
Photo Date:  8/12/2004  Upload Date: 12/18/2004 6:18:37 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  532   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  2053 and the MALPM crew pass by the sunny Werner beach on the northern shores of Lake Mendota. This is just the start of the MALPM's trip- barely 5 minutes from the E. Johnson St. yard, the end of the line at Rock Springs is hours away
Photo Date:  8/19/2004  Upload Date: 12/18/2004 6:25:23 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
Wisconson & Southern
Title:  Wisconson & Southern
Description:  Look Listen & Live
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/1/2006 11:49:20 AM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Robert J. Grubinskas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/9/2005  Upload Date: 7/13/2005 11:48:59 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Mike Farrell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/9/2005  Upload Date: 8/21/2005 6:06:11 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Todd Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
WSOR 2083
Title:  WSOR 2083
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/19/2005  Upload Date: 3/15/2006 8:49:46 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  matt kuchta
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  661   Comments: 1
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  WSOR 2053 and the MABLT crew "fly" by at track speed (25). Though this may not be as exhilarating as mainline track speeds, I'll take an SD20 over newer stuff any day of the week!
Photo Date:  10/6/2005  Upload Date: 10/6/2005 9:30:59 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  434   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  The engineer throttles up the 2053 as a dozen Middleton-bound cars parallel Campus Drive. I really wish I would have noticed that port-a-john in the lower left corner and... you know... NOT included it in the picture!
Photo Date:  10/6/2005  Upload Date: 10/6/2005 9:17:45 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  477   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  With the switching duties complete, the MABLT crew backs the 2053 towards its train. They still need to place 20 loads on the "Soo pass", a staging siding behind the Kohl Center (home of UW-Bagers basketball and hockey). After that, they'll grab their dozen WB cars and head out the Prairie sub.
Photo Date:  10/6/2005  Upload Date: 10/6/2005 9:08:46 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  The 2053 curves around the UW Heater plant tracks and is about to cross Dayton street. It was hard to hold the camera steady- the 2053 has a very loud horn, and the engineer was laying on it heavily for this crossbuck-only crossing. Out of the shot to my left and right are many UW-Madison students darting across the tracks in front of the train. They're familiar with the prospect of being slightly delayed by the switching moves here and would rather walk in front of a moving train and it's blaring horn than wait a minute or so.
Photo Date:  10/6/2005  Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:58:02 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  WSOR 2053 trundles by Olbrich Park on the Cottage Grove sub. There will be no ice skaters on the rink today- the high today was 51 degrees (F), quite tropical for this time of year in Wisconsin. The train will soon arrive at Junction A, where WSOR's Waterloo sub connects to the Cottage Grove Sub. This train, the OABLT, has some cars to pick up off of the Waterloo Sub at the junction before returning to the yard.
Photo Date:  1/27/2006  Upload Date: 1/28/2006 3:48:23 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  Having pulled a boxcar off of the Madison Central (Cold?) Storage spur, the 3-person crew makes a shove back to Royster Clark to do some switching before returning to the E. Johnson St. yard in Madison. This line used to belong to the Chicago and North Western Railway, and enters Madison from the east. It was the CNW's Milwaukee (Waukesha) to Madison mainline, but now all that remains on the Madison end is the short stub to Cottage Grove.
Photo Date:  1/27/2006  Upload Date: 1/28/2006 3:34:45 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  595   Comments: 1
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  The WSOR's ambassador to the Operation Lifesaver program is SD20 #2053. These extraordinary units are so common in Madison that this railfan takes them for granted. There's nothing quite like them...
Photo Date:  1/27/2006  Upload Date: 1/28/2006 3:43:20 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053 splits the wags
Title:  WSOR 2053 splits the wags
Description:  The MABLT crew and the 2053 lead their train around the rear leg of the wye at Thornton avenue before backing into the E. Johnson street yard in Madison. Moves on the rear leg of the wye are infrequent and unpredictable (compared to other areas), but the operating wig wags on Thornton make the capture of this move really special.
Photo Date:  1/27/2006  Upload Date: 1/28/2006 3:54:29 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  477   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  An extremely late JMA winds through the S curve at the Blair street crossing a few blocks from the Capitol. The inbound JMA was at least 50 cars strong today, but this outbound has around 30.
Photo Date:  2/7/2006  Upload Date: 2/7/2006 7:12:39 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20) WSOR 3806(GP38)
Views:  705   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  The crew of the Bullet brings a small cut of cars back to the yard after switching on Madison's east side.
Photo Date:  4/4/2006  Upload Date: 4/5/2006 2:05:40 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  537   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  The crew brings the Bullet back to E. Johnson street yard, the long way. I love seeing trains rumble down the back leg of the wye.
Photo Date:  4/4/2006  Upload Date: 4/5/2006 2:00:57 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  471   Comments: 1
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  The Bullet shoves back towards the E. Johnson street yard, but their day is long from over.
Photo Date:  4/4/2006  Upload Date: 4/5/2006 2:19:39 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  416   Comments: 0
All roads lead to Dome
Title:  All roads lead to Dome
Description:  Yeah, the title's lame... really lame. It's true, though- the MABLT heads away from downtown Madison while the dome of the state capitol building looms in the distance.
Photo Date:  4/4/2006  Upload Date: 4/5/2006 1:39:58 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  WSOR 2053 and the MABLT crew are busy switching Lycon as they cross Sycamore avenue.
Photo Date:  4/4/2006  Upload Date: 4/5/2006 1:47:53 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  With wig wags a waggin', the MABLT (aka "The Bullet") cuts through Madison's isthmus on their way to the Waterloo line.
Photo Date:  4/4/2006  Upload Date: 4/5/2006 1:26:19 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  499   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  The 2053 and crew pass by the mini-yard by the UW Heater plant. It's the middle of the afternoon on a school day- the UW-Madison students are out in full force, jaywalking and trespassing on the train tracks. The crew must be especially alert in this area.
Photo Date:  4/4/2006  Upload Date: 4/5/2006 2:26:32 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description:  WSOR's spiffy looking Operation Lifesaver SD20 waits to pull some empty ex-D&RGW coal hoppers lonf-hood forward out of the Johnson St. yard.
Photo Date:  8/21/2006  Upload Date: 6/22/2007 9:53:37 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories:  InCab,Station
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  1095   Comments: 1
Wisconsin & Southern on the Elkhorn Branch
Title:  Wisconsin & Southern on the Elkhorn Branch
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2006  Upload Date: 10/16/2006 8:12:55 PM
Location:  Delavan, WI
Author:  Jay Eaton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  510   Comments: 1
WSOR 2056 and 2053
Title:  WSOR 2056 and 2053
Description:  The Janesville-bound JMA hustles through the marsh on a cold morning.
Photo Date:  10/22/2006  Upload Date: 10/22/2006 9:37:12 AM
Location:  Monona, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2056(SD20) WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  594   Comments: 0
WSOR 2056 Derailment
Title:  WSOR 2056 Derailment
Description:  Trailing unit #2056 picked the mainline switch and rolled the rails over.
Photo Date:  12/27/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 8:51:15 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Ben Gifford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2056(SD20) WSOR 2053(SD20) WSOR 2055(SD20)
Views:  745   Comments: 0
WSOR 2056 Derailment
Title:  WSOR 2056 Derailment
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/27/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 8:52:35 PM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Ben Gifford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2056(SD20) WSOR 2055(SD20) WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  672   Comments: 0
WSOR 4054 and her new coat of paint
Title:  WSOR 4054 and her new coat of paint
Description:  The MAJ approaches Blount street in Madison's isthmus on a bitterly cold, windy and snowy day.
Photo Date:  2/13/2007  Upload Date: 2/13/2007 12:40:33 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4054(SD40-2) WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  658   Comments: 0
WSOR 4054 & 2053 on MAJ
Title:  WSOR 4054 & 2053 on MAJ
Description:  Today's MAJ has SD40-2 4054 on the point for the trip back to Janesville. This unit is one of the WSOR's most recent acquisitions, and her coat of paint is less than a week old. Snow, 12 degree air and 30mph winds made this a rough shot to get.
Photo Date:  2/13/2007  Upload Date: 2/13/2007 12:26:13 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4054(SD40-2) WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  600   Comments: 1
WSOR power
Title:  WSOR power
Description:  WSOR power hangs out in Janesville.
Photo Date:  3/31/2007  Upload Date: 4/8/2007 10:34:44 AM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Noah Hofrichter
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  WSOR 2055(SD20) WSOR 2053(SD20) WSOR 3805(GP38) WSOR 4002(SD40-2)
Views:  1151   Comments: 2
WSOR 2053
Title:  WSOR 2053
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/2007  Upload Date: 4/26/2007 12:50:20 AM
Location:  Janesville, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  506   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053 at Jct A
Title:  WSOR 2053 at Jct A
Description:  With the conductor on board again, the engineer of this WSOR train eases 24 covered hoppers into motion. The train is snaking through Junction A on Madison's east side. I'm standing on a bike path and, though you can't see them in the picture, several walkers, bladers and bikers have paused to watch the train go by.
Photo Date:  4/22/2007  Upload Date: 4/25/2007 3:04:22 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
WSOR 2053 at Jct. A
Title:  WSOR 2053 at Jct. A
Description:  It's Sunday afternoon, and a WSOR crew takes 24 WSOR covered hoppers out the Waterloo line. This location is known as Junction A, and it's where the Waterloo line branches off from the Cottage Grove sub. The Waterloo line, ex-MILW, was once the route of the Milwaukee-Madison Hiawathas. The Cottage Grove sub was CNW's Milwaukee-Madison line. The WSOR now operates both lines.
Photo Date:  4/22/2007  Upload Date: 4/25/2007 2:57:43 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
WSOR 4006 and gang on the MJ
Title:  WSOR 4006 and gang on the MJ
Description:  The MJ races out of town as it approaches the Beltline underpass. The weather was cruddy, but I sure do love seeing trains at this spot.
Photo Date:  4/23/2007  Upload Date: 4/25/2007 3:48:04 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2) WSOR 4050(SD40-2) WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  831   Comments: 0
WSOR 4006, 4050 and 2053 on MJ
Title:  WSOR 4006, 4050 and 2053 on MJ
Description:  Power idles on the head end of what will eventually be the Janesville-bound wayfreight. Now that the UP's ballast trains are running for the season, it should be more common to see the JM/MJ trains in daylight.
Photo Date:  4/23/2007  Upload Date: 4/25/2007 3:23:21 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2) WSOR 4050(SD40-2) WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  815   Comments: 0
Cool morning at the yard
Title:  Cool morning at the yard
Description:  Two SD40-2s and an SD20 idle on the main with a Janesville train while the 3806 waits further back in the yard. WSOR's business train is at the right, and two of their bi-levels accompany a privately-owned car.
Photo Date:  4/23/2007  Upload Date: 4/25/2007 3:35:41 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4006(SD40-2) WSOR 4050(SD40-2) WSOR 2053(SD20) WSOR 3806(GP38) WSOR 10C(E9A) WSOR 10A(E9A)
Views:  1247   Comments: 0
WSOR 4005 and gang on JM
Title:  WSOR 4005 and gang on JM
Description:  The JM crew pulls a cut of WSOR sand hoppers out the north end of the E. Johnson street yard. The gondola to the right with the FRED hanging on the rear is the last car on the MJ train. The sand hoppers that the JM crew are pulling will end up on the MJ, along with some other cars that haven't yet entered the yard.
Photo Date:  4/24/2007  Upload Date: 4/25/2007 4:14:36 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 4005(SD40-2) WSOR 2053(SD20) WSOR 3802(GP38)
Views:  669   Comments: 0
Rise and Shine
Title:  Rise and Shine
Description:  The sun's just peaking over the clouds on the horizon this morning as the JM heads through the isthmus. The crew has a heavy train of 82 cars this morning. The train is about to cross Ingersoll street with some of Madison's priciest condos for a backdrop.
Photo Date:  5/23/2007  Upload Date: 5/23/2007 8:09:29 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20) WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  715   Comments: 0
Morning Dew
Title:  Morning Dew
Description:  The JM crew is less than a mile from E. Johnson street and the WSOR's yard there. The sun had a brief stretch and yawn before pulling the cloudy covers back over its face this morning, evidenced by the barely visible capitol building in the background. The capitol looked amber in color less than 10 seconds before I took this shot, precisely why I came to this location. No biggie though... the 82-car train was a good enough show on its own.
Photo Date:  5/23/2007  Upload Date: 5/23/2007 8:16:47 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Brian Connolly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2053(SD20) WSOR 4053(SD40-2)
Views:  706   Comments: 0
CSXT'S Boyles Terminal Sub
Title:  CSXT'S Boyles Terminal Sub
Description:  CSXT Southbound Ballast Train awaiting a fresh crew at the south end of the south yard at CSXT'S Boyles Terminal in Tarrant City, Al.
Photo Date:  6/17/2007  Upload Date: 6/22/2007 6:54:55 PM
Location:  Tarrant City, AL
Author:  william davis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WSOR 2051(SD20) WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
CSXT'S Atlanta Division Boyles Terminal Sub
Title:  CSXT'S Atlanta Division Boyles Terminal Sub
Description:  CSXT Southbound Ballast Train secured in the south yard at Boyles Terminal in Tarrant City, Al. awaiting a fresh crew
Photo Date:  6/17/2007  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 11:12:22 PM
Location:  Tarrant City, AL
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 2051(SD20) WSOR 2053(SD20)
Views:  408   Comments: 6


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