Soo Line 1003 | Lerro Photography

Join Lerro Photography for 2 days of winter railroad images that includes historic Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 in Wisconsin. During this unique constitution, No. 1003 will haul a combined freight practice with caboose alongside the scenic rail strains departing from Hartford, Wisconsin.

Our route will showcase basic Midwestern winter surroundings, together with snow-covered farmland, towering grain elevators, open fields, frozen lakes, and picturesque rural communities. Throughout the weekend, the practice will make quite a few runbys and photograph alternatives designed particularly for photograph constitution.

What makes this occasion particularly vital is that No. 1003 is scheduled to be faraway from service on the finish of 2027 for its federally mandated 15-year inspection. With the locomotive’s long-term future unsure, this constitution is not going to solely mark its first organized winter photograph occasion, however might also signify the ultimate alternative to {photograph} this historic locomotive throughout a professionally staged photograph constitution.

This can be a car-chasing photograph constitution, and all members should be keen to help with carpooling. Our objective is to have three to 4 folks per automobile to attenuate the variety of automobiles touring between places, significantly given the probability of winter climate and snow-covered roads. Carpooling can even assist guarantee environment friendly motion between photograph places and scale back congestion at photograph runby websites.