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Pictures of IC 9601
Owner:
Illinois Central
Model:
EMD GP38-2
Built As:
ICG 9601 (GP38-2)
Serial Number:
74646-2
Order No:
74646
Frame Number:
74646-2
Built:
11/1974
Notes:
Ex-ICG
Other locos with this serial:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
ICG 9601(GP38-2)
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Title:
IC 9601
Description:
CN local heads southwest pulling 6 cars over former SOO rails at Shawano Junction, WI on 2 Aug. '14. Train was returning to the yard at Neenah from Shawano. The locomotive is passing over the turnout that forms the junction for which this locale is named. 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.
Photo Date:
8/2/2014
Upload Date:
8/3/2014 2:08:15 AM
Location:
Shawano Junction, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
200
Comments:
4
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
A crewman is about to close the gate as CN local prepares to depart after exchanging a boxcar at the Neenah Paper mill via remnants of the former C&NW mainline at Neenah, WI on 7 Aug. ’14. The company was founded at Neenah, WI, as the Patten Paper Co. by Azel Wilder Patten in 1873. The original 150’ by 40’ paper mill was built in ‘74 on the former site of the Empire Flour Mill and several smaller businesses (the Old Council Tree sign adorns the southeast end of the orginal portion of the facility). In ‘81, A. W. Patten built a second Patten Paper Co. mill at Appleton, WI. Samuel A. Cook and Frank T. Russell purchased the Neenah mill in early ‘85 and incorporated as the Neenah Paper Co., with A. W. Patten as president. The company was later taken over by the Kimberly family, some references state they acquired a controlling interest in ’93, others state John A. Kimberly, Jr., bought the mill outright in 1900. When the original portion of the paper mill was built, 4 other sizeable industries stood between its west wall and Cedar St., now N. Commercial St. Numerous additions were erected over the years as the mill expanded westward and northward (some additions were built on pilings above the Fox River). By ’26, when their Mediterranean Revival-style office building was constructed, they occupied the entire small peninsula east of Commercial St. Neenah Paper Co. officially became a division of Kimberly-Clark Corp. in ‘56, and operated as such until it was spun off in 2004.
Photo Date:
8/7/2014
Upload Date:
8/9/2014 2:58:17 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
191
Comments:
1
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
CN local approaches N. Commercial St. after exchanging a boxcar at Neenah Paper via the remnants of the former C&NW mainline at Neenah, WI on 7 Aug. ’14. They have temporarily spotted the outbound car at right, on what was once the mainline.
Photo Date:
8/7/2014
Upload Date:
8/9/2014 2:58:21 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
109
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0
Title:
IC 9601 at C&NW Neenah & Menasha, WI Depot
Description:
CN local passes the C&NW Neenah & Menasha depot as it traverses the remnants of the C&NW yard in the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha, WI (this is on the Neenah end) on 7 Aug. ’14. The border between the two cities is about 200 feet north of the depot. The depot, built in 1893, has been restored and is currently home to an architectural firm.
Photo Date:
8/7/2014
Upload Date:
8/9/2014 2:58:24 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
405
Comments:
2
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
CN local approaches Garfield Ave. as it traverses the remnants of the C&NW yard in the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha, WI (this is on the Menasha end) on 7 Aug. ’14. The border between the two cities is at the south end of the building partially visible on the left.
Photo Date:
8/7/2014
Upload Date:
8/9/2014 2:57:43 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
109
Comments:
4
Title:
IC 9601 vs. Inattentive Driver
Description:
CN local has a close call with an inattentive driver in a “quiet zone” as it crosses Washington St., via former C&NW rails, while switching in Menasha, WI on 7 Aug. ’14. The engineer blew the horn when he realized the driver did not see the train and was not stopping, but the truck was on the tracks by the time the driver could stop and start to back up. Both the train and the truck were moving slowly, so the near-collision was easily avoided.
Photo Date:
8/7/2014
Upload Date:
8/12/2014 3:26:28 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
131
Comments:
2
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
CN local crosses W. North Water St. and approaches the former joint MILW/SOO bridge over the South Channel (Neenah Channel) of the Fox River at Neenah, WI on 7 Aug. ’14. Train was headed back to the former SOO yard at Neenah after servicing several industries on Doty Island in the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha.
Photo Date:
8/7/2014
Upload Date:
8/12/2014 3:26:31 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
112
Comments:
2
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
CN local crosses the former joint MILW/SOO bridge over the South Channel (Neenah Channel) of the Fox River at Neenah, WI on 7 Aug. ’14. Train was headed back to the former SOO yard at Neenah after servicing several industries on Doty Island in the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha. There hasn’t been much rain in the past month, so the river is currently low and slow and the algae is in full bloom.
Photo Date:
8/7/2014
Upload Date:
8/12/2014 3:26:34 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
132
Comments:
7
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
CN local parallels Harrison St. as it crosses over from the remnants of the former C&NW mainline to the former SOO mainline at the south end of the yard at Neenah, WI on 10 Aug. '14. Neenah Foundry Plant 2 & Plant 3 are partially visible on the left. 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. I presume the train, with about 40 cars, was returning from a trip to Fond du Lac.
Photo Date:
8/10/2014
Upload Date:
8/12/2014 3:26:40 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
118
Comments:
5
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
CN local parallels Harrison St. and approaches the W. Cecil St. overpass at the south end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 10 Aug. '14. I presume the train, with about 40 cars, was returning from a trip to Fond du Lac.
Photo Date:
8/10/2014
Upload Date:
8/12/2014 3:26:24 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
140
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
CN local heads southwest via former joint MILW/SOO rails enroute back to the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 21 May '15. The corporate headquarters of Plexus, partially visible on the right, occupies part of the site of the former P. H. Glatfelter Co. paper mill, which stood here for 132 years, the oldest part of the original mill was constructed in 1874. Glatfelter purchased the mill from Bergstrom Paper Co. in 1979. Bergstrom had purchased the mill, originally Winnebago Paper, in 1904. Glatfelter moved the jobs to Ohio in June 2006, the mill stood idle for about two years until it was torn down, demolition was completed in May 2009. The vertical steel structure on the left used to carry steam pipes over the tracks to the paper mill from the defunct Fox Valley Energy Center (formerly Minergy Fox Valley Glass Aggregate Plant). The ca. 1871 WC (later SOO) depot stood on the south (right) side of the tracks at the west end of Wisconsin Ave., right about where the middle of the train is. It was built on pilings in the south end of Little Lake Butte des Morts, these tracks were originally on a trestle over the water. All of the earth under and to the left (north) of these rails is landfill, deposited in the south end of the lake by the paper mills starting in the 1950s. That former landfill is now Arrowhead Park. The depot was converted to a freight house when a new depot was constructed on Sherry St. in 1891. The depot that stood here was demolished or moved between 1906 and 1913.
Photo Date:
5/21/2015
Upload Date:
6/28/2015 1:39:47 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
91
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
CN local crosses Millview Dr. as it heads southwest via former joint MILW/SOO rails enroute back to the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 21 May '15. The defunct and partially demolished Fox Valley Energy Center (formerly Minergy Fox Valley Glass Aggregate Plant) looms in the background. Opened in Jan. '98, it has stood idle since 15 Jun. '13. The steel structure on the right used to carry steam pipes over the tracks from the energy center to the former P. H. Glatfelter Co. paper mill, which stood here for 132 years, the oldest part of the original mill was constructed in 1874. Glatfelter purchased the mill from Bergstrom Paper Co. in 1979. Bergstrom had purchased the mill, originally Winnebago Paper, in 1904. Glatfelter moved the jobs to Ohio in June 2006, the mill stood idle for about two years until it was torn down, demolition was completed in May 2009. These tracks were originally laid on a trestle over the water at the south end of Little Lake Butte des Morts. All of the earth under and to the north of these rails is landfill, deposited in the south end of the lake by the paper mills starting circa the 1950s.
Photo Date:
5/21/2015
Upload Date:
6/28/2015 1:39:55 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
93
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 9601 & DMIR C-44
Description:
CN local passes the former SOO freight house and a recently added wooden DM&IR caboose, DMIR C-44, at Waupaca, WI on 4 Jun. '15. The caboose was built by predecessor D&IR in 1906 and rebuilt in 1911. The freight house is the 2nd WC/SOO freight house at Waupaca. It was built in early 1949 after the original freight house burned down in Nov. '48.
Photo Date:
6/4/2015
Upload Date:
7/11/2015 2:04:02 AM
Location:
Waupaca, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
173
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 3137 and IC 9601
Description:
CN local crosses Augustine St. via former C&NW rails on its way to service Expera Specialty Solutions mill (visible in the background) at Kaukauna, WI on 9 Jun. '15. From its founding in 1883 until 26 Jun. '13, the Kaukauna paper mill was Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. (a.k.a. Thilmany, LLC or Thilmany Papers).
Photo Date:
6/9/2015
Upload Date:
7/19/2015 2:00:12 AM
Location:
Kaukauna, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 3137(GP40R)
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
97
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 3137 and IC 9601
Description:
CN local crawls onto the former C&NW bridge over the Fox River as it services Expera Specialty Solutions mill (out of frame to left) at Kaukauna, WI on 9 Jun. '15. Up until a couple of years ago, a train here would have been hidden behind the old Thilmany mill, that pile of rubble on the right is remnants of the old mill. From its founding in 1883 until 26 Jun. '13, the Kaukauna paper mill was Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. (a.k.a. Thilmany, LLC or Thilmany Papers). One of the locks on the Fox River Navigation Canal is in the foreground and is being restored.
Photo Date:
6/9/2015
Upload Date:
7/19/2015 2:00:21 AM
Location:
Kaukauna, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 3137(GP40R)
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
127
Comments:
2
Title:
IC 3137 and IC 9601
Description:
CN local parallels Thilmany Rd. as it services Expera Specialty Solutions mill (out of frame to left) via former C&NW rails at Kaukauna, WI on 9 Jun. '15. From its founding in 1883 until 26 Jun. '13, the Kaukauna paper mill was Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. (a.k.a. Thilmany, LLC or Thilmany Papers). One of the locks on the Fox River Navigation Canal is in the foreground and is being restored.
Photo Date:
6/9/2015
Upload Date:
7/19/2015 2:00:30 AM
Location:
Kaukauna, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 3137(GP40R)
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
86
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 9601, IC 3137, and C&NW Kaukauna, WI Depot
Description:
CN local, with a friendly engineer, passes the south side of the former C&NW depot at Kaukauna, WI on 9 Jun. '15. Local had just completed servicing Expera Specialty Solutions, originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. Designed in the Art Moderne style and built in 1947, it originally had a flat roof. The current gabled roof was added at some point after 1983.
Photo Date:
6/9/2015
Upload Date:
7/19/2015 2:00:48 AM
Location:
Kaukauna, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
IC 3137(GP40R)
Views:
237
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 9601 and IC 3137
Description:
CN local crosses Gertrude St. via former C&NW rails at Kaukauna, WI on 9 Jun. '15. They have just dropped their train by the depot (out of frame to left) and are headed west for more work.
Photo Date:
6/9/2015
Upload Date:
7/19/2015 2:00:57 AM
Location:
Kaukauna, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
IC 3137(GP40R)
Views:
106
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
CN local approaches Towmen Rd. as it hauls 34 cars southwest via former C&NW rails at Shawano Junction in the Town of Menasha, WI on 24 Oct. '15. I'm not sure of the train's origin or destination, but it did not appear to be one of the normal locals. 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, the rails in the foreground.
Photo Date:
10/24/2015
Upload Date:
10/25/2015 3:37:21 AM
Location:
Shawano Junction, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
118
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
A CN local passes the former N. Superior St. grade crossing as it heads northeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 19 May '18. Train was headed for Little Chute and Kaukauna. This grade crossing was removed ca. the 3rd week of Nov. '13. The large building in the background at left is the former H. C. Prange Co. (a.k.a. Prange's) department store, 126 W. College Ave., Appleton, WI. The drab, utilitarian structure was erected ca. 1961, replacing the historic and beautiful Pettibone-Peabody Co. department store (H. C. Prange purchased the company in ‘46). It is currently home to City Hall and a children's museum. A pair of tall buildings loom above the locomotive. The nearest and shorter one is AT&T Communications & Network Services, 221 W. Washington St., Appleton, WI. The taller one is the former Aid Association of Lutherans (AAL) building, 222 W. College Ave., Appleton, WI, erected in 1952. After AAL’s successor vacated the building, it has become home to multiple tenants, and it has been bestowed with the unimaginative moniker of The 222 Building.
Photo Date:
5/19/2018
Upload Date:
6/30/2018 3:29:40 AM
Location:
Appleton, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
84
Comments:
1
Title:
IC 9601 and CN 4721
Description:
A CN local returns to the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 17 Jun. '18. 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 any money to update the plant. It stood abandoned for a while and was eventually demolished.
Photo Date:
6/17/2018
Upload Date:
8/4/2018 4:32:28 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
CN 4721(GP38-2)
Views:
86
Comments:
1
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
A CN local returns to the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 11 Sep. '18. 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. It stood abandoned for a while and was eventually demolished.
Photo Date:
9/11/2018
Upload Date:
10/31/2018 3:12:36 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
42
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
A CN local transitions from the west leg of the wye to the north leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 15 Apr. '19. I am left to wonder why they were compelled to navigate the wye in order to back into the yard. The locomotive is passing the remnants of the foundation from the ca. 1955 masonry SOO depot. There are rail sections supported by concrete blocks and railroad ties stacked upon it. It was built to replace the wooden depot built in 1891 on Sherry St., about 850 ft. to the southeast, which was torn down soon after the new one opened. Eggers Industries, originally Hardwood Products Co., 164 N. Lake St., Neenah, WI, an active rail customer, is visible in the background at left. Clearwater Paper Corp., historically Kimberly-Clark’s Lakeview mill, 249 N. Lake St., Neenah, WI (physically located in Fox Crossing, WI (formerly Town of Menasha, WI until 14 Apr. '16)), an active rail customer, is partially visible in the background at right.
Photo Date:
4/15/2019
Upload Date:
6/5/2019 1:20:30 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
57
Comments:
2
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
A CN local traverses the north leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 15 Apr. '19. I am left to wonder why they were compelled to navigate the wye in order to back into the yard. Beyond the train lies Arrowhead Park, a closed paper sludge landfill. Before the landfill was opened in the '50s, the south shore of Little Lake Butte des Morts came right up to the north leg of the wye. The dump truck and bulldozer in the background rest where a large quantity of fill is being added to the eastern half of the park, in preparation of future improvements. The Fox Valley Energy Center (formerly Minergy Fox Valley Glass Aggregate Plant) dominated the eastern half of the landfill from its opening in Jan. '98 until demolition was completed in the spring of '16.
Photo Date:
4/15/2019
Upload Date:
6/5/2019 1:20:33 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
65
Comments:
1
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
A CN local traverses the north leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 15 Apr. '19. I am left to wonder why they were compelled to navigate the wye in order to back into the yard. Beyond the train lies Arrowhead Park, a closed paper sludge landfill. Before the landfill was opened in the '50s, the south shore of Little Lake Butte des Morts came right up to the north leg of the wye. The Fox Valley Energy Center (formerly Minergy Fox Valley Glass Aggregate Plant) dominated the eastern half of the landfill from its opening in Jan. '98 until demolition was completed in the spring of '16.
Photo Date:
4/15/2019
Upload Date:
6/5/2019 1:20:36 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
61
Comments:
1
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
A CN local traverses the east leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 15 Apr. '19. I am left to wonder why they were compelled to navigate the wye in order to back into the yard. Clearwater Paper Corp., historically Kimberly-Clark’s Lakeview mill, 249 N. Lake St., Neenah, WI (physically located in Fox Crossing, WI (formerly Town of Menasha, WI until 14 Apr. '16)), an active rail customer, is partially visible in the background at right.
Photo Date:
4/15/2019
Upload Date:
6/5/2019 1:20:40 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
61
Comments:
1
Title:
IC 9614 and IC 9601
Description:
A CN local crosses W. Atlantic St. as it heads northeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 26 Apr. '19.
Photo Date:
4/26/2019
Upload Date:
6/13/2019 12:55:53 AM
Location:
Appleton, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:
IC 9614(GP38-2)
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
77
Comments:
1
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
A CN local crosses River St. as it traverses this mostly industrial island (formed when the Fox River navigation canal was excavated) via a combination of former MILW, SOO, and C&NW rails at Menasha, WI, on 30 Mar. '20. TC Transcontinental, Inc., 271 River St., an active rail customer, can be seen in the background. The facility was originally home to the Menasha Printing & Carton Company, formed in 1917 through the merger of two older, neighboring companies, the Menasha Printing Co. and the Menasha Carton Co. Acquired by Marathon Paper (later Marathon Corp.) in '27, it became the Marathon Div. of American Can Co. in '57. James River Corp. acquired American Can in '82. At some point it was acquired by Bemis Co., who sold it to Exopack Holding Corp. (Sun Capital Partners, Inc.) in '10. At some point it became Coveris, until its purchase by TC Transcontinental, Inc. in '18. Simply Incredible Foods, 198 River St., Menasha, WI, is partially visible at the left. Simply Incredible Foods purchased the defunct Menasha Municipal Utilities (Menasha Utilities) plant in Jun. '14.
Photo Date:
3/30/2020
Upload Date:
6/19/2020 1:41:17 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
278
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
A CN local crosses one of four diamonds which remain on this mostly industrial island (formed when the Fox River navigation canal was excavated) as it heads southwest via former joint MILW/SOO rails at Menasha, WI, on 30 Mar. '20. TC Transcontinental, Inc., 271 River St., an active rail customer, can be seen in the background. The site was originally home to the Menasha Printing & Carton Company, formed in 1917 through the merger of two older, neighboring companies, the Menasha Printing Co. and the Menasha Carton Co. Acquired by Marathon Paper (later Marathon Corp.) in '27, it became the Marathon Div. of American Can Co. in '57. James River Corp. acquired American Can in '82. At some point it was acquired by Bemis Co., who sold it to Exopack Holding Corp. (Sun Capital Partners, Inc.) in '10. At some point it became Coveris, until its purchase by TC Transcontinental, Inc. in '18. Looking southeast from River St. The street now jogs to the left, but it used to continue straight ahead here. At some point in the late 1990s or early 2000s, part of River St. was vacated and re-routed to facilitate expansion of this facility.
Photo Date:
3/30/2020
Upload Date:
4/1/2020 3:40:31 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:
304
Comments:
0
Title:
IC 9601
Description:
A CN local approaches the bridge over the North Branch (Menasha Branch) of the Fox River and crosses one of four diamonds which remain on this mostly industrial island (formed when the Fox River navigation canal was excavated) as it heads southwest via former joint MILW/SOO rails at Menasha, WI, on 30 Mar. '20. The locomotive is crossing a remnant of the former C&NW main line. TC Transcontinental, Inc., 271 River St., an active rail customer, is partially visible through the trees at left. The facility was originally home to the Menasha Printing & Carton Company, formed in 1917 through the merger of two older, neighboring companies, the Menasha Printing Co. and the Menasha Carton Co. Acquired by Marathon Paper (later Marathon Corp.) in '27, it became the Marathon Div. of American Can Co. in '57. James River Corp. acquired American Can in '82. At some point it was acquired by Bemis Co., who sold it to Exopack Holding Corp. (Sun Capital Partners, Inc.) in '10. At some point it became Coveris, until its purchase by TC Transcontinental, Inc. in '18.
Photo Date:
3/30/2020
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6/19/2020 1:41:21 AM
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Menasha, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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IC 9601
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A CN local crosses Edna Ave. and approaches High St. as it heads southwest via the former joint MILW/SOO rails on Doty Island at Neenah, WI, on 30 Mar. '20. Levenhagen Oil Corp., 321 High St., can be seen to the left. Previously known as the Standard Oil Depot, the facility dates to at least 1893. The facility used to receive rail service, but has not for some time. It is hard to believe that there used to be four tracks crossing these two streets. Evidently, if you drive a red Cadillac you are allowed to ignore stop signs, as well as approaching freight trains. “NO RULES!” I am quite angered by, and have no sympathy for, people who think that the rules do not apply to them.
Photo Date:
3/30/2020
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6/19/2020 1:41:26 AM
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Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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Title:
IC 9601
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A CN local crosses Edna Ave. and approaches High St. as it heads southwest via the former joint MILW/SOO rails on Doty Island at Neenah, WI on 30 Mar. '20. Local was headed back to the yard in Neenah and had one locomotive, IC 9601. Levenhagen Oil Corp., 321 High St., can be seen to the left. Previously known as the Standard Oil Depot, the facility dates to at least 1893. The facility used to receive rail service, but has not for some time. It is hard to believe that there used to be four tracks crossing these two streets.
Photo Date:
3/30/2020
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4/1/2020 3:40:39 AM
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Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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350
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Title:
IC 9601
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A CN local passes the former MILW depot and approaches W. Forest Ave. as it heads southwest via the former joint MILW/SOO rails at Neenah, WI, on 30 Mar. '20. The depot was built by Milwaukee & Northern (M&N) in 1882 and is home to the Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society, a.k.a. the Neenah-Menasha Model Railroad Club, 323 W. Forest Ave.
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3/30/2020
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6/27/2020 2:30:06 AM
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Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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173
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Title:
IC 9601
Description:
A CN local crosses W. Forest Ave. as it heads southwest via the former joint MILW/SOO rails at Neenah, WI, on 30 Mar. '20.
Photo Date:
3/30/2020
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6/27/2020 2:30:12 AM
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Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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174
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0
Title:
IC 9601 and GTW 5836
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A CN local momentarily fouls De Pere St. (the current street signs have been lazily bastardized to Depere St.) as it switches Intertape Polymer Group (IPG), 741 4th St., via former SOO rails at Menasha, WI, on 1 Apr. '20.
Photo Date:
4/1/2020
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7/3/2020 3:03:45 AM
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Menasha, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
GTW 5836(GP38-2)
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165
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0
Title:
IC 9601, et al.
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A CN works in the former SOO yard as it prepares to shove a quartet of covered hoppers to Intertape Polymer Group (IPG), 741 4th St., on 1 Apr. '20. Local had two locomotives, IC 9601 and GTW 5836. IPG was founded in Menasha in Dec. 1917 as George Banta Paper Co., an affiliate of the George Banta Publishing Co. The name was changed to Central Paper Products Co. (later shortened to Central Paper Co.) ca. Sep. ’20. The facility was acquired by Alco Standard Corp. ca. 29 Sep. ’69, but continued to operate as Central Paper (the name changed to Central Products Co. at some point after ’74). Spinnaker Industries, Inc., purchased it ca. 1 Jul. ‘95. Intertape Polymer Group, Inc., purchased it ca. 12 Apr. ’99.
Photo Date:
4/1/2020
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7/3/2020 3:03:50 AM
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Menasha, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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185
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Title:
IC 9601 and GTW 5836
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A CN works in the former SOO yard as it prepares to shove a quartet of covered hoppers to Intertape Polymer Group (IPG), 741 4th St., Menasha, WI, on 1 Apr. '20. IPG was founded in Menasha in Dec. 1917 as George Banta Paper Co., an affiliate of the George Banta Publishing Co. The name was changed to Central Paper Products Co. (later shortened to Central Paper Co.) ca. Sep. ’20. The facility was acquired by Alco Standard Corp. ca. 29 Sep. ’69, but continued to operate as Central Paper (the name changed to Central Products Co. at some point after ’74). Spinnaker Industries, Inc., purchased it ca. 1 Jul. ‘95. Intertape Polymer Group, Inc., purchased it ca. 12 Apr. ’99.
Photo Date:
4/1/2020
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7/3/2020 3:03:56 AM
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Menasha, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
GTW 5836(GP38-2)
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199
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0
Title:
EJE 703, IC 9601, IC 9568
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Looking south over the north end of the CN, former SOO, yard from the Winneconne Ave. overpass at Neenah, WI, on 18 Apr. '20. Locomotives include EJE 703, IC 9601, IC 9568. I wish I could photograph this scene without the handrail in the foreground, but the morons who designed this overpass (with the tacit approval of the morons who pretend to be the local government) only incorporated a sidewalk on one side of the bridge, the north side. There is no provision for bicycles to safely cross the overpass, except to use the unusually narrow sidewalk. However, the sidewalk is too narrow for bicycles and pedestrians to safely pass each other. Sure, bicyclists are legally entitled to use the roadway, but you will risk your life if you are foolish enough to exercise that legal right. The majority of motorists drive like idiots on Winneconne Ave. (as well as just about every other freeway, interstate, highway, county road, country road, back road, gravel road, dirt road, access road, public street, private street, driveway, pioneer trail, parking lot, and all-too-often sidewalk, in the United States). The Main St. overpass was ill-designed in the same manner. This ineptly designed overpass was constructed ca. 1988, so we will probably have to wait 20 years, or more, for an overpass with sufficient sidewalks and bike lanes on both sides.
Photo Date:
4/18/2020
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7/12/2020 3:17:58 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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EJE 703(GP38-2)
IC 9601(GP38-2)
IC 9568(GP38-2)
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96
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Title:
IC 9568 and IC 9601
Description:
A heavily powered CN local parallels Union St. and passes the former Caroline St. grade crossing at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 2 May '20. The area between the tracks and Union St., from Main St. to Monroe St., used to be the yard. I don't know when the current, significantly larger yard (extending southwestward from Winneconne Ave.) was built, but a map from 1909 shows the yard still here.
Photo Date:
5/2/2020
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8/23/2020 1:35:15 AM
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Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9568(GP38-2)
IC 9601(GP38-2)
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75
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0
Title:
IC 9601 and IC 9568
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A CN local parallels Union St. and passes the former Monroe St. grade crossing at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 9 May '20. Local, with 30 cars for Appleton, Little Chute, and Kaukauna, had two locomotives, IC 9601 and IC 9568, with some unique, expedient hand-stenciling. The area between the tracks and Union St., from Main St. to Monroe St., used to be the yard. I don't know when the current, significantly larger yard (extending southwestward from Winneconne Ave.) was built, but a map from 1909 shows the yard still here.
Photo Date:
5/9/2020
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8/30/2020 2:22:39 AM
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Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
IC 9568(GP38-2)
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83
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Title:
IC 9601, IC 9568
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A pair of CN locals meet along Union St. at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 9 May '20. The historic Neenah Cheese & Cold Storage Co. facility, 434 Sherry St., is partially visible beyond the trains. It was built in 1902 after the original 1892 building was destroyed by fire and is currently used for storage. The Main St. overpass is in the background to the left. The area between the tracks and Union St., from Main St. to Monroe St., used to be the yard. I don't know when the current, significantly larger yard (extending southwestward from Winneconne Ave.) was built, but a map from 1909 shows the yard still here.
Photo Date:
5/9/2020
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9/5/2020 3:56:14 AM
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Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
IC 9568(GP38-2)
GTW 4907(GP38-2)
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164
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Title:
IC 9601 and IC 9568
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A CN local passes the Main St. overpass as it traverses the west leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 15 May '20. The remnants of the foundation from the ca. 1955 masonry SOO depot are partially visible beyond the lead locomotive. There are rail sections supported by concrete blocks and railroad ties stacked upon it. It was built to replace the wooden depot built in 1891 on Sherry St., about 850 ft. to the southeast, which was torn down soon after the new one opened. The east leg of the wye is in the foreground.
Photo Date:
5/15/2020
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9/13/2020 2:17:02 AM
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Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
IC 9568(GP38-2)
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137
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Title:
IC 9601
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A CN local services the Ahlstrom-Munksjö NA Specialty Solutions, LLC, Thilmany Mill via former C&NW rails at Kaukauna, WI, on 18 May '20. The mill's Rail King is positioning a cut of loaded pulpwood cars for the local to pick up. The paper mill was founded as the American Pulp & Paper Co. in 1883. It became Thilmany Pulp & Paper Co. in 1889, after Oscar Thilmany bought out his partners. It became Expera Specialty Solutions on 26 Jun. 2013, after KPS Capital Partners, LP, acquired it and Wausau Specialty Papers. It was acquired by Finland’s Ahlstrom-Munksjö on 10 Oct. ’18. Looking northeast from what was, until recently, Thilmany Rd. It appears that the remnants of Stribley Rd. and Thilmany Rd. will now just be referred to as the latter (at least there are not any street signs to indicate otherwise). Portions of both roads were altered or removed during the destruction of the majority of the original Thilmany complex and simultaneous restoration of the oldest part of that facility (the Eagle Paper & Flouring Mill) in 2013 (behind me to the left).
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5/18/2020
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9/28/2020 3:20:11 AM
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Kaukauna, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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38
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Title:
IC 9601
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A CN local crosses the former C&NW swing bridge over the Fox River Navigation Canal and approaches Augustine St. at Kaukauna, WI, on 18 May '20. The Warren pony truss bridge was built in 1893, according to http://bridgehunter.com. The local has just finished servicing the Ahlstrom-Munksjö NA Specialty Solutions, LLC, Thilmany Mill (historically Thilmany Pulp & Paper Co.), and must now ascend a significant grade back up to the main line.
Photo Date:
5/18/2020
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5/30/2020 2:56:47 AM
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Kaukauna, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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Title:
IC 9601
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A CN local crosses the former C&NW swing bridge over the Fox River Navigation Canal and approaches Augustine St. at Kaukauna, WI, on 18 May '20. The Warren pony truss bridge was built in 1893, according to http://bridgehunter.com. The rehabilitation of the Kaukauna locks was completed in '15. The local has just finished servicing the Ahlstrom-Munksjö NA Specialty Solutions, LLC, Thilmany Mill, and must now ascend a significant grade back up to the main line.
Photo Date:
5/18/2020
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9/28/2020 3:20:15 AM
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Kaukauna, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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100
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IC 9601
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A CN local approaches the former C&NW depot at Kaukauna, WI, on 18 May '20. The depot was built in 1947 at the intersection of Depot St. and Draper St., to replace the old, wooden depot. Designed in the Art Moderne style, it originally had flat roofs. The current gabled roofs were added at some point after 1983. The old depot became known as the north side depot after 1890, when the MLS&W, later C&NW, built their large, ornate depot south of the Fox River. That depot disappeared many years ago.
Photo Date:
5/18/2020
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9/28/2020 3:20:20 AM
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Kaukauna, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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95
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IC 9601
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A CN local pauses behind the former C&NW at Kaukauna, WI, on 18 May '20. The depot was built in 1947 at the intersection of Depot St. and Draper St., to replace the old, wooden depot. Designed in the Art Moderne style, it originally had flat roofs. The current gabled roofs were added at some point after 1983. The old depot became known as the north side depot after 1890, when the MLS&W, later C&NW, built their large, ornate depot south of the Fox River. That depot disappeared many years ago.
Photo Date:
5/18/2020
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9/28/2020 3:20:25 AM
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Kaukauna, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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IC 9601
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IC 9601 works the north end of the CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI, on 26 Jul.'20. 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 any money to update the plant. It stood abandoned for a while and was eventually demolished. The tan 4- or 5-story facility partially visible above the locomotive was Kimberly-Clark Corp. (K-C) Neenah Nonwovens Facility, 1111 Henry St. It was slated to close by 31 May '19. It was purchased by 5K Fibres, based in Greenville, WI, ca. Apr. '20. One use for their melt-blown fabric is N-95 masks.
Photo Date:
7/26/2020
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1/18/2021 12:53:35 AM
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Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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61
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IC 9601
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IC 9601 approaches the former Monroe St. grade crossing as it returns to the north end of the CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI, on 26 Jul. '20. Union St. runs parallel just out-of-frame to the left. The former Sherry St., Caroline St., and Adams St. grade crossings can also be seen. Arrowhead Park and Little Lake Butte des Morts can be seen beyond the Main St. overpass. Adams St. was originally Washington St., until at least 1913. I'm curious to learn what Washington did to incense the "great" City of Neenah. The area between the tracks and Union St., from Main St. to Monroe St., used to be the yard. I don't know when the current, significantly larger yard (extending southwestward from Winneconne Ave.) was built, but a map from 1909 shows the yard still here.
Photo Date:
7/26/2020
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1/25/2021 3:49:43 AM
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Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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Title:
IC 9601
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IC 9601 approaches the Winneconne Ave. overpass as it returns to the north end of the CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI, on 26 Jul. '20.
Photo Date:
7/26/2020
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1/18/2021 12:53:41 AM
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Neenah, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9601(GP38-2)
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