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QTTX 130650 w/GE Prolec Autotransformer |
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QTTX 130650 was in a string of cars at CN yard, former GB&W McDonald Yard, at North Green Bay, WI on 24 Sep. '14. It is a 330-ton, 12-axle, 32' deck, depressed center flat car; BLT 04-00; Plate C; LD LMT 655000 lbs.; LT WT 280000; length 107'-7 1/4"; loading deck length 32'-0"; loading deck height 2'-10". The load is a GE Prolec Autotransformer. An interesting warning decal, depicted in the next photograph, was affixed to the load. If some of the other cars in the string offer any indication, it looks like it might be heading north on an E&LS train in the near future. |
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9/24/2014 Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:51:13 AM |
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North Green Bay, WI |
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QTTX 130650 w/GE Prolec Autotransformer |
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QTTX 130650 was in a string of cars at CN yard, former GB&W McDonald Yard, at North Green Bay, WI on 24 Sep. '14. It is a 330-ton, 12-axle, 32' deck, depressed center flat car; BLT 04-00; Plate C; LD LMT 655000 lbs.; LT WT 280000; length 107'-7 1/4"; loading deck length 32'-0"; loading deck height 2'-10". The load is a GE Prolec Autotransformer. An interesting warning decal was affixed to the load. If some of the other cars in the string offer any indication, it looks like it might be heading north on an E&LS train in the near future. |
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9/24/2014 Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:51:19 AM |
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North Green Bay, WI |
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SGI |
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Looking northeast along the CN, former SOO rails toward Specialty Granules, Inc. (SGI) at Kremlin, WI on 30 Sep. '14. Established by Staso Milling Co. in 1939 to quarry and produce roofing granules, other owners since then include Central Commercial Co., Ruberoid Corp. and ISP Minerals, Inc. |
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9/30/2014 Upload Date: 10/5/2014 5:17:21 AM |
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Kremlin, WI |
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Loading logs on E&LS siding next to Pembine Union Depot |
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The large open area north of the Pembine Union Depot is used for storing and loading logs on the E&LS, former MILW, siding on the left, as seen at Pembine, WI on 30 Sep. '14. The rails in the foreground are the interchange track; the rails on the other side of the remnants of the passenger platform are the CN, former SOO, rails. The depot sits at the junction of these two lines (out of frame to the left). |
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9/30/2014 Upload Date: 10/5/2014 5:16:28 AM |
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Pembine, WI |
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CN 5646 |
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A CN local passes the site of the former depot and approaches Gasset Rd. as it pulls 9 cars northwest via former SOO rails at Dunbar, WI on 30 Sep. '14. Not sure where train originated, but it was headed for Goodman, WI. Gasset Rd. is a remnant of the Dunbar & Wausaukee right of way, which formed a junction with the SOO just out of frame to the left. The depot was built by the SOO ca. 1887, a photograph of the depot and the junction can be found at: http://www.midcontinent.org/imagedb/postcard_detail.php?record_id=411. Supposedly the depot was moved to Laona where it is used by the Lumberjack Steam Train. The well-groomed ATV/snowmobile trail used to be Depot Rd. |
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9/30/2014 Upload Date: 10/5/2014 5:17:08 AM |
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Dunbar, WI |
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CN 5646 |
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A CN local pulls 9 cars over Hwy. 8 via the former SOO bridge as it slows to prepare to service Goodman Veneer & Lumber Co. at Goodman, WI on 30 Sep. '14. The facility was started in 1908 by the Goodman Lumber Co., but is now a subsidiary of Besse Forest Products Group. |
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9/30/2014 Upload Date: 10/5/2014 5:17:16 AM |
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Goodman, WI |
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ILSX 1338 on E&LS |
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E&LS crew approach Hall Ave. as they sort cars at the former MILW yard at Crivitz (originally Ellis Junction), WI on 30 Sep. '14. I would like to learn more about that little 25-ton Plymouth, but haven’t had any luck so far. |
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9/30/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:07:46 AM |
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Crivitz, WI |
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ILSX 1338 on E&LS |
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E&LS crew passes a ballast regulator and a former Reserve Mining Co. Burro, sans boom, as they sort cars at the former MILW yard at Crivitz (originally Ellis Junction), WI on 30 Sep. '14. I couldn’t see an E&LS road number from this vantage point, but the original road number, RMCX 301747, is visible. The ballast regulator might be Kershaw Model A 26-2-10 Ballast Regulator. |
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9/30/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:08:03 AM |
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Crivitz, WI |
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ILSX 1338 on E&LS |
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E&LS crew approaches Hwy. 141 as it pulls a string of 95 cars out of storage and into the former MILW yard at Crivitz (originally Ellis Junction), WI on 30 Sep. '14. The string, stored on the branch to Marinette, consisted mainly of 2- and 3-bay covered hoppers, but included almost every other type of freight car, other than flat cars. Some cars were returned to that storage spot the next day. |
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9/30/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:08:10 AM |
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Crivitz, WI |
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ILSX 1338 on E&LS |
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E&LS crew crosses Hwy. 141 as it pulls a string of 95 cars out of storage and into the former MILW yard at Crivitz (originally Ellis Junction), WI on 30 Sep. '14. The string, stored on the branch to Marinette, consisted mainly of 2- and 3-bay covered hoppers, but included almost every other type of freight car, other than flat cars. Some cars were returned to that storage spot the next day. |
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9/30/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:08:18 AM |
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Crivitz, WI |
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MILW Cedarville, WI Depot Site |
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Looking southeast along the E&LS, former MILW, rails from Amberg Wausaukee Rd. at Cedarville WI on 1 Oct. '14. There used to be a short siding and tiny flag stop depot here The siding was on the west (right) side of main line, the depot on the east (left). The Cedarville depot, in a subsequent photograph, was moved 3.6 miles north to the Amberg Museum Complex. A historic photograph of the depot can be found at: http://amberghistory.org/tales/cedarville.jpg. |
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10/1/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:08:25 AM |
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Cedarville, WI |
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ELS 500 |
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E&LS train crosses Amberg Rd. as it pulls 54 cars southeast via former MILW rails through a light mist at Amberg (originally Pike), WI on 1 Oct. '14. I don’t know its point of origin, but it was bound for Crivitz, WI. |
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10/1/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:08:58 AM |
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Amberg, WI |
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ELS 500 |
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E&LS train passes the Amberg Veteran’s Memorial and approaches Coleman St./Hwy. V as it pulls 54 cars southeast via former MILW rails at Amberg (originally Pike), WI on a misty 1 Oct. '14. I believe the depot stood right about here, east (right) of the tracks. The depot has been moved to the Amberg Museum Complex about 2 1/2 blocks to the southwest. I don’t know the train’s point of origin, but it was bound for Crivitz, WI. |
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10/1/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:09:06 AM |
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Amberg, WI |
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ELS 500 |
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E&LS train crosses Harrison Ave. and passes the Mid-County Library as it pulls 54 cars southeast via former MILW rails through a light mist in downtown Wausaukee, WI on 1 Oct. '14. I don’t know the train’s point of origin, but it was bound for Crivitz, WI. |
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10/1/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:09:12 AM |
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Wausaukee, WI |
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CN 5646 |
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CN local emerges from the forest into a small clearing as it hauls 9 cars northeast via the former SOO rails at Kremlin, WI on 1 Oct. '14. Train was heading back to MI after servicing Specialty Granules, Inc. (SGI) at Kremlin and setting out 24 cars for the E&LS at Pembine, WI. The train is starting to descend a long grade down to the bridge over the Menominee River. I don't know the percentage of the gradient, but it appears quite a bit steeper than average (not so much here but closer to the river). |
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10/1/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:09:19 AM |
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Kremlin, WI |
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CN 5646 |
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CN local crosses Pemene Dam Rd. and passes the station sign as it hauls 9 cars northeast via the former SOO, rails at Kremlin, WI on 1 Oct. '14. Train was heading back to MI after servicing Specialty Granules, Inc. (SGI) at Kremlin and setting out 24 cars for the E&LS at Pembine, WI. The train is starting to descend a long grade down to the bridge over the Menominee River. I don't know the percentage of the gradient, but it appears quite a bit steeper than average (not so much here but closer to the river). |
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10/1/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:09:26 AM |
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Kremlin, WI |
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CN 8915 and CN 2430 |
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A CN container train crosses Butternut Ridge Rd. at the intersection with Harrington Rd. as it heads southeast via former SOO rails in Town of Waupaca, WI on 4 Oct. '14. |
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10/4/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:09:34 AM |
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Waupaca, WI |
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Buried Diamond at Waupaca, WI |
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An almost invisible reminder of when there was much more rail activity here, a nearly buried diamond amidst the CN, former SOO and GB&W, rails at Waupaca, WI on 4 Oct. '14. The spur coming down from the main line and heading out of frame to the left leads to Waupaca Foundry, Plant 1. The spur heading out of frame at bottom center, as well as the still active spur, ran past the SOO freight depot, which still stands, to numerous rail customers that existed before Waupaca Foundry began, as well as toward the GB&W line into town. The still existing spur and the nearly buried spur curving off to the right lead to an industrial area at the intersection of Oborn St. and Ware St. which no longer receives rail service. The spur that angles off to the lower right crossed Balch St. and paralleled Hibbard St. Looking west from the intersection of Hibbard St. and Balch St. |
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10/4/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:09:40 AM |
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Waupaca, WI |
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IC 9622 |
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CN local shoves a string of hoppers and gondolas as it services Waupaca Foundry, Plant 2 & 3 via former SOO rails at Waupaca, WI on 4 Oct. '14. |
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10/4/2014 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:07:38 AM |
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Waupaca, WI |
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SOO 321 |
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SOO 0-6-0 No. 321 on display at Pinecrest Historical Village in Town of Manitowoc Rapids, Manitowoc Co., WI on 7 Oct. '14. Built as MSSM&A No. 38 by Rhode Island Locomotive Works in Oct. 1887; renumbered SOO No. 321 after MStP&SSM was formed. Later modified as 0-6-0T and renumbered X90 (side tanks added in lieu of the original tender) and assigned as shop switcher at SOO's Shoreham Shops at Minneapolis, MN. At some point after it was retired it underwent cosmetic restoration to its original tender configuration. It is the oldest surviving SOO steam locomotive and 1 of 3 remaining SOO 0-6-0s, unless the internet is lying. In addition to the historic photograph of this locomotive on this website, another can be found at: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/soo/soo-x90dsa.jpg. WC caboose WC 99006 and an unlabeled flatcar are partially visible behind the locomotive. The SOO Collins, WI depot is partially visible on the right. |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 3:32:31 AM |
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Manitowoc Rapids, WI |
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SOO 321(0-6-0) SOO X90(0-6-0) |
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WC 99006 |
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WC caboose WC 99006 on display at Pinecrest Historical Village in Town of Manitowoc Rapids, Manitowoc Co., WI on 7 Oct. '14. The caboose was built in 1886 by Barney & Smith Mfg. Co. Some references state the caboose's current markings are not entirely authentic and it has undergone some modifications over the years. |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 3:32:43 AM |
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Manitowoc Rapids, WI |
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WC 99006 |
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Interior of WC caboose WC 99006 on display at Pinecrest Historical Village in Town of Manitowoc Rapids, Manitowoc Co., WI on 7 Oct. '14. The caboose was built in 1886 by Barney & Smith Mfg. Co. The awesome ‘Smoke Consumer’ No. 240 stove, made by the Estate Stove Co., Hamilton, OH, is on the left. |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 3:32:55 AM |
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Manitowoc Rapids, WI |
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WC 1571 and WC 1570 |
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A pair of sequentially numbered WC cows, WC 1571 and WC 1570, work the north end of the CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI on 14 Oct. '14. That can’t happen everyday. This view would have been prevented by the dominating silhouette of the original Neenah Foundry facility, later known as Plant 1, which stood here for over ¾’s of a century. Established in 1872 as Aylward Plow Works (a.k.a. Aylward & Sons) at 120 N. Lake St., they erected a new foundry at 500 W. Winneconne Ave. in 1918 “in a rural area of southwestern Neenah.” The name of Neenah Foundry was adopted in 1922. Expanded numerous times over the years, it became Plant 1 in 1960 when Plant 2 was constructed in the then rural area at the intersection of Byrd Ave. and the aptly named Aylward St. (followed by Plant 3 in 1967). Plant 1 was closed in 1994, the corporate overlords didn’t want to spend money to update the plant. It stood abandoned for a while and was eventually demolished. |
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10/7/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 3:33:39 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
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WC 1571(SW1500) WC 1570(SW1500) |
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Ancient Navarino, WI Grade Crossing |
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An ancient grade crossing at the intersection of a trail with the CN, former SOO rails, near Milepost 328 in the Navarino Wildlife Area, Town of Navarino, Shawano Co., WI on 11 Oct. '14. Years ago it was a primitive road but now it is mostly a hiking trail, the gate at the trailhead is normally closed to prevent motorized vehicle traffic. Vehicles can no longer (easily) cross here, the railroad ties and gravel that facilitated the crossing have been removed, relatively recently, but the old crossbucks and whistle posts remain (the train still sounds its horn too). |
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10/11/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 3:33:04 AM |
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Navarino, WI |
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GTW 4620 |
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A CN local approaches Milepost 328 as it hauls 6 cars southeast via former SOO rails through the Navarino Wildlife Area, Town of Navarino, Shawano Co., WI on 11 Oct. '14. Train was headed back to Neenah after working Shawano. |
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10/11/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 3:33:16 AM |
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Navarino, WI |
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New Spur at Neenah, WI |
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CN recently installed a new spur for Galloway Co. along the former C&NW rails at Neenah, WI, as seen on 12 Oct. '14. These rails used to be the C&NW mainline through Neenah and Menasha, but now end just short of S. Commercial St. at Galloway Co. The facility was started in 1927 at 601 S. Commercial St. as Neenah Milk Products, Galloway took it over in 1955. The facility has been expanded over the old right of way since the rails were pulled up. When was the last time new rails were laid in the area? |
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10/12/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 3:33:25 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
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GTW 4620 |
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CN local services Neenah Foundry Plant 2 & Plant 3 via former C&NW rails at Neenah, WI on 17 Oct. '14. Plant 2 opened in 1960 and Plant 3 was built in 1967. Plant 1 opened in 1918 and stood about a mile to the north, until it was closed in 1994 and eventually demolished. |
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10/17/2014 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 3:30:59 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
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Industrial heart of North Readfield |
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A couple of strings of 2-bay covered hoppers spotted at Proppant Specialists, with the Larsen Cooperative Grain Terminal looming in the background, at North Readfield, WI on 22 October '14. Both facilities are robust rail customers serviced by CN via former SOO rails. I would have preferred it with a locomotive or two in frame, but the scene piqued my interest none-the-less. |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/27/2014 3:17:11 AM |
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North Readfield, WI |
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CN 5433 and CN 2308 |
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CN container train flies westward via former SOO rails at Fremont Station, WI on 22 Oct. '14. The station sign might say Fremont, but this site is 2 miles northeast of Fremont's village limits. It is historically known as Fremont Station, but it is also labeled Fremont Sidings on some maps. |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/27/2014 3:17:44 AM |
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Fremont Station, WI |
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CN 5433(SD60) CN 2308(ES44DC) |
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HZGX 179 |
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A Herzog MPM XIII, powered by HZGX 179, approaches Milepost 213 as it heads west via CN, former SOO, rails at Weyauwega, WI on 22 Oct. '14. |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/27/2014 3:17:54 AM |
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Weyauwega, WI |
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HZGX 179 |
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A Herzog MPM XIII, powered by HZGX 179, approaches Hwy. 110 and parallels Hwy. X as it heads west via CN, former SOO, rails at Weyauwega, WI on 22 Oct. '14. |
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10/22/2014 Upload Date: 10/27/2014 3:18:05 AM |
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Weyauwega, WI |
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NS 1073 and BNSF 8224 |
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NS's Penn Central heritage unit leads a through freight, CN with leased power I presume, southward via former C&NW rails parallel to S. Main St./Hwy. 45 and the west shore of Lake Winnebago at Oshkosh, WI on 25 Oct. '14. Historically this area was known as South Oshkosh, but that designation has all but faded from use. I wish I could have captured a better shot of this unique locomotive during its rare visit to this area, but I barely got out of my truck in time to snap this less-than-ideal shot after chasing the train from Medina Junction. |
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10/25/2014 Upload Date: 10/27/2014 3:18:14 AM |
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Oshkosh, WI |
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NS 1073(SD70ACe) BNSF 8224(ES44C4) |
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IC 910090, et al. |
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Several CN MoW flatcars spotted alongside the SCA Tissue warehouse at Shawano Junction in the Town of Menasha, WI on 3 Nov. '14. SCA does not currently receive rail service, so it has been quite a few years since railroad freight cars have been spotted on this spur. Obviously it would be much more interesting if there were revenue cars spotted here, but beggars can’t be choosers. |
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11/3/2014 Upload Date: 11/29/2014 4:27:46 AM |
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Shawano Junction, WI |
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Herzog Rail Testing |
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So this is why there weren't any trains running through here. A Herzog rail testing vehicle crosses the junction with the Wiouwash State Trail, former C&NW right of way, as it heads southeast via CN, former SOO, rails at Medina Junction, WI on 5 Nov. '14. |
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11/5/2014 Upload Date: 11/29/2014 4:28:03 AM |
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Medina Junction, WI |
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New Signals for Medina Junction, coming soon |
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It looks like some new signals will soon be installed near Milepost 195 along the CN, former SOO, rails at Medina Junction, WI, as seen on 5 Nov. '14. The junction with the Wiouwash State Trail, former C&NW right of way, is visible in the background (at the cross bucks). |
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11/5/2014 Upload Date: 11/29/2014 4:28:07 AM |
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Medina Junction, WI |
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CN 2439 and CN 5647 |
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CN through freight traverses the s-curve at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 8 Nov. '14. Eggers Industries, a rail customer, is in the background. |
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11/8/2014 Upload Date: 11/29/2014 4:28:12 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
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CN 2439(C40-8M) CN 5647(SD75I) |
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GTW 6228 and GTW 6221 |
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CN local hauls 23 cars northeast via former SOO rails at Shawano Junction on a fog-shrouded 23 Nov. '14. Train was destined for Appleton, Little Chute, and Kaukauna. This spot used to be named Fox River Junction, after several segments of the original C&NW mainline through Menasha and Neenah were removed and a turnout was installed here which allows the bypass of missing C&NW rails by using former SOO rails. |
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11/23/2014 Upload Date: 11/30/2014 4:40:07 AM |
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Shawano Junction, WI |
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GTW 6228(GP38-2) GTW 6221(GP38-2) |
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CN 2230, UP 8507, and GTW 4928 |
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CN through freight heads northeast via former C&NW rails at Neenah, WI on 23 Nov. '14. Train was about to cross over from the former C&NW main line to the former SOO main line. |
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11/23/2014 Upload Date: 11/30/2014 4:40:16 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
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CN 2230(ES44DC) UP 8507(SD70ACe) GTW 4928(GP38-2) |
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GTW 4902, CN 2230, et al. |
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CN through freight overtakes a paused local crew at the former Byrd Ave. grade crossing as it heads northeast via former SOO rails at Neenah, WI on 23 Nov. '14. Through freight had three locomotives, CN 2230, UP 8507, and GTW 4928. Neenah Foundry Plant 2 & Plant 3, which receive rail service, are partially visible on the right. Voith Paper & Fabric Roll Systems, Inc., is partially visible on the left, they are not a current rail customer. |
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11/23/2014 Upload Date: 11/30/2014 4:40:20 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
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GTW 4902(GP38-2) CN 2230(ES44DC) |
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GTW 4902 |
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CN local cuts through heavy fog and approaches the W. Bell St. overpass as it heads southwest via former C&NW rails at Neenah, WI on 23 Nov. '14. The former SOO main line is in the foreground. |
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11/23/2014 Upload Date: 11/30/2014 4:40:24 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
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GTW 4902(GP38-2) |
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GAMX 931, ex-B&M |
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A former B&M, 2-bay covered hopper, now GAMX 931 (General American de Mexico, a subsidiary of Arrendadora Nacional de Carros de Ferrocarril S.A. de C.V. (ANCAF), was part of the consist of a CN through freight halted at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 28 Nov. '14. |
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11/28/2014 Upload Date: 11/30/2014 4:41:06 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
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CN 5521 and CN 5522 |
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CN through freight bisects a marsh in the Rat River Wildlife Area and approaches Medina Junction Rd. as it speeds northwest via former SOO rails at Medina Junction, WI on 30 Nov. '14. Train was pulled by a pair of sequentially numbered cowl units, CN 5521 and CN 5522. |
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11/30/2014 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:27:47 AM |
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Medina Junction, WI |
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CN 5521(SD60F) CN 5522(SD60F) |
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CN 5521 and CN 5522 |
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CN through freight bisects a marsh in the Rat River Wildlife Area and approaches Medina Junction Rd. as it speeds northwest via former SOO rails at Medina Junction, WI on 30 Nov. '14. Train was pulled by a pair of sequentially numbered cowl units, CN 5521 and CN 5522. |
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11/30/2014 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:27:50 AM |
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Medina Junction, WI |
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CN 5521(SD60F) CN 5522(SD60F) |
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GTW 6228 |
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A 12-plus car CN local bisects a frozen marsh in the Rat River Wildlife Area as it speeds southeast via former SOO rails at Medina Junction, WI on 6 Dec. '14. It looks like the train was headed back to Neenah after working Waupaca. |
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12/6/2014 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:27:52 AM |
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Medina Junction, WI |
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GTW 6228(GP38-2) |
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CN 2837 |
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The trailing unit of a CN tank train crests a slight rise as the train heads southwest via former SOO rails at Winnebago, WI on 7 Dec. '14. Train had three locomotives, but I was not in position in time to capture the lead two. |
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12/7/2014 Upload Date: 12/12/2014 4:29:32 AM |
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Winnebago, WI |
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CN 2837(ES44AC) |
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CN 2903 |
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Southbound CN through freight passes a waiting northbound local on former SOO rails at Winnebago, WI on 7 Dec. '14. |
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12/7/2014 Upload Date: 12/12/2014 4:29:52 AM |
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Winnebago, WI |
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CN 2903(ES44AC) |
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CN 2725 and CN 2037 |
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CN ore train approaches the junction with the Wiouwash State Trail, former C&NW right of way, as it speeds southeast via former SOO rails at Medina Junction, WI on 11 Dec. '14. Train had four locomotives, CN 2725 and CN 2037 pulling as well as CN 8858 and CN 5751 pushing. |
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12/11/2014 Upload Date: 12/12/2014 4:29:56 AM |
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Medina Junction, WI |
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CN 2037(C40-8) IC 2725(C44-9W) |
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CN 2725 and CN 2037 |
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CN ore train crosses the junction with the Wiouwash State Trail, former C&NW right of way, and approaches Medina Junction Rd. as it speeds southeast via former SOO rails at Medina Junction, WI on 11 Dec. '14. Train had four locomotives, CN 2725 and CN 2037 pulling as well as CN 8858 and CN 5751 pushing. |
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12/11/2014 Upload Date: 12/12/2014 4:29:59 AM |
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Medina Junction, WI |
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CN 2037(C40-8) IC 2725(C44-9W) |
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CN 8858 and CN 5751 |
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The trailing units of a CN ore train clear the junction with the Wiouwash State Trail, former C&NW right of way, as it speeds southeast via former SOO rails at Medina Junction, WI on 11 Dec. '14. Train had four locomotives, CN 2725 and CN 2037 pulling as well as CN 8858 and CN 5751 pushing. |
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12/11/2014 Upload Date: 12/12/2014 4:30:03 AM |
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Medina Junction, WI |
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CN 8858(SD70M-2) CN 5751(SD75I) |
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CN 8858 and CN 5751 |
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The trailing units slowly push a CN ore train through the north leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 11 Dec. '14. The head of the train was crawling over a mile through Neenah and into Menasha far enough for the train to clear the turnout at the east end of the wye. The train would then take the east leg of the wye into the yard, halt, and eventually head toward Green Bay and points beyond. Train had four locomotives, CN 2725 and CN 2037 pulling as well as CN 8858 and CN 5751 pushing. |
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12/11/2014 Upload Date: 12/12/2014 4:30:06 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 8858(SD70M-2) CN 5751(SD75I) |
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