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Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local approaches Milwaukee St. as it heads back to Neenah from the former SOO yard at Menasha, WI on 11 Jun. '17.
Photo Date:
6/11/2017
Upload Date:
7/24/2017 2:45:50 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
168
Comments:
1
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
A CN local emerges from a long, narrow, curved gap between two warehouses as it approaches Garfield Ave. at Menasha, WI on 18 Jun. '17. They have just finished servicing Chemtrade (formerly General Chemical Corp.) east of Washington St. on Doty Island. The scene is framed by the former C&NW depot/yard office at left and the C&NW freight house at right. The station sign says Neenah but it is actually located in Menasha. The border between the Twin Cities is about 750 feet to the south (right). The depot/yard office and freight house were built by the C&NW in 1965.
Photo Date:
6/18/2017
Upload Date:
7/30/2017 3:15:18 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
173
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0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
A CN local emerges from a long, narrow, curved gap between two warehouses as it approaches Garfield Ave. at Menasha, WI on 18 Jun. '17. They have just finished servicing Chemtrade (formerly General Chemical Corp.) east of Washington St. on Doty Island. The scene is framed by the former C&NW depot/yard office at left and the C&NW freight house at right. The station sign says Neenah but it is actually located in Menasha. The border between the Twin Cities is about 750 feet to the south (right). The depot/yard office and freight house were built by the C&NW in 1965.
Photo Date:
6/18/2017
Upload Date:
7/30/2017 3:15:31 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
174
Comments:
3
Title:
CN 4705 and CN 9473
Description:
CN local sorts cars at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 2 Jul. '17. 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. Part of the fence on this side of the tracks has been temporarily removed, they were preparing to replace some of the turnouts on this end of the yard.
Photo Date:
7/2/2017
Upload Date:
7/30/2017 3:18:11 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
CN 9473(GP40-2LW)
Views:
491
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local passes behind the former C&NW depot after servicing Expera Specialty Solutions (originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co.) at Kaukauna, WI on 28 Jul. '17. 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. It 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:
7/28/2017
Upload Date:
9/24/2017 3:19:16 AM
Location:
Kaukauna, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
218
Comments:
1
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local crosses N. Lake St. past Eggers Industries as it heads southeast via former SOO rails at Neenah, WI on 23 Aug. '17. Founded at Neenah, WI, in 1910 as Hardwood Products Co., construction of the facility commenced in Oct. ’10. It was renamed Hardwood Products Corp. as a result of a merger with Mississippi Veneer & Lumber Co. on 20 Apr. ’22 (the latter company was formed by the same businessmen who founded the Neenah company). Eggers Industries acquired Hardwood Products Corp. in 1965 and renamed it Eggers Hardwood Products Corp. Eggers was founded by Fred W. Eggers at Two Rivers, WI in 1884 to make wood baskets used by farmers. They later started making plywood and other wood veneer products. There used to be 3 spurs to service the facility, now there is only 1. Train was likely returning from Waupaca.
Photo Date:
8/23/2017
Upload Date:
9/30/2017 3:52:27 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
185
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local parallels Pacific St. and approaches the east end of Lisbon Ave. as it shoves TBOX 639322 north via former MILW rails at Menasha, WI on 27 Aug. '17. Boxcar was destined for LSC Communications, Inc. (formerly RR Donnelley, originally Banta Corp.) at Midway Rd.
Photo Date:
8/27/2017
Upload Date:
10/7/2017 3:11:54 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
215
Comments:
1
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local shoves TBOX 639322 northeast across Midway Rd. via former MILW rails at Menasha, WI on 27 Aug. '17. Boxcar was destined for LSC Communications, Inc. (formerly RR Donnelley, originally Banta Corp.), just out of frame to right. The construction barrels represent the ongoing reconstruction of the interchange of Hwy. 10/Hwy. 441 (a.k.a. Tri-County Expressway) at Midway Rd., part of the extensive reconstruction and expansion of the nearby Hwy. 41/Hwy. 441 (a.k.a. Tri-County Expressway)/Hwy. 10 interchange (a.k.a. Polish Connection).
Photo Date:
8/27/2017
Upload Date:
10/7/2017 3:11:57 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
207
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local spots TBOX 639322 at LSC Communications, Inc. (formerly RR Donnelley, originally Banta Corp.) via former MILW rails at Menasha, WI on 27 Aug. '17. LSC Communications was spun off from RR Donnelley ca. Nov. '16.
Photo Date:
8/27/2017
Upload Date:
10/7/2017 3:12:01 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
239
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN 4705 crosses Guhl Rd. as it heads northeast via former SOO rails at North Readfield, WI on 4 Sep. '17.
Photo Date:
9/4/2017
Upload Date:
10/16/2017 2:26:40 AM
Location:
North Readfield, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
199
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local passes Arrowhead Park as it heads southeast via former SOO rails at Neenah, WI on 5 Sep. '17. I’m not sure which local it was.
Photo Date:
9/5/2017
Upload Date:
10/16/2017 2:26:52 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
190
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705 and IC 9623
Description:
Three CN trains meet along Union St. at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 6 Sep. '17. A local returns to the yard from Waupaca on the main line in the foreground with two locomotives, CN 4705 and IC 9623. A through freight on the passing siding was preparing to set out and pick up some cars and had two locomotives, CN 2331 and CN 5616. Hidden behind the through freight, another local was returning from Menasha and points beyond with over 30 covered hoppers and had one locomotive, IC 3107.
Photo Date:
9/6/2017
Upload Date:
10/19/2017 2:37:11 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
IC 9623(GP38-2)
Views:
270
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local crosses Appleton St. as it services Intertape Polymer Group, IPG, 741 4th St., Menasha, WI, from the former SOO yard at Menasha, WI on 8 Sep. '17. Founded in Menasha in Dec. 1917 as George Banta Paper Co., an affiliate of the George Banta Publishing Co. They merged with Menasha’s Gebrick Paper Co. in ’19 and continued under the Banta name. The name was changed to Central Paper Products Co. (later shortened to Central Paper Co.) ca. Sep. ’20, about the same time they moved to their new location here on the north side of the joint MILW/SOO tracks. The facility was acquired by Alco Standard Corp., based in Valley Forge, PA, 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 Central Products Co. from Alco ca. 1 Jul. ‘95. Intertape Polymer Group, Inc., from Canada, purchased Central Products from Spinnaker ca. 12 Apr. ’99. The facility at right is currently home to Alliance Industries, 320 Appleton St., Menasha, WI, they apply powder coatings and manufacture sand cores. Founded at Waupaca, WI in 1979, they leased this facility in 2005. They later purchased the facility as well as the adjacent one at 313 Appleton St. The facility was home to Menasha Mill Supply Co. from at least 1939 through the 1970s, they primarily processed waste paper. It clearly used to receive rail service, but it does not seem to currently. The former MILW yard was located on the other (south) side of it; the building could be serviced by both railroads simultaneously.
Photo Date:
9/8/2017
Upload Date:
10/19/2017 2:37:27 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
154
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local approaches Racine St. as it works in the former SOO yard at Menasha, WI on 8 Sep. '17. The facility at right is currently home to Alliance Industries, 320 Appleton St., Menasha, WI, they apply powder coatings and manufacture sand cores. Founded at Waupaca, WI in 1979, they leased this facility in 2005. They later purchased the facility as well as the adjacent one at 313 Appleton St. The facility was home to Menasha Mill Supply Co. from at least 1939 through the 1970s, they primarily processed waste paper. It clearly used to receive rail service, but it does not seem to currently. The former MILW yard was located on the other (south) side of it; the building could be serviced by both railroads simultaneously.
Photo Date:
9/8/2017
Upload Date:
10/19/2017 2:37:32 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
145
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local crosses Racine Rd. and starts to bisect St. Mary's Cemetery as it heads southwest via former MILW rails at Menasha, WI on 8 Sep. '17. Racine Rd. forms the boundary between Menasha, WI (to the left) and Fox Crossing, WI (formerly Town of Menasha, WI until 14 Apr. '16) (to the right) in this area.
Photo Date:
9/8/2017
Upload Date:
10/19/2017 2:37:36 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
162
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local crosses Millview Dr. and prepares to take the east leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 8 Sep. '17. Sadly, there are no longer any mills to be seen along Millview Dr. The P. H. Glatfelter Co. paper mill stood to the left for 135 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 corporate headquarters of Plexus, 1 Plexus Way, Neenah, WI 54956 (out of frame to left), and yet another Affinity clinic at 101 Main St. occupy the sight of the old paper mill. Neenah's newest, modern eyesore, the Gateway office building (also obviously used by Plexus), looms in the background. After razing some more cool, old buildings, construction commenced 4 May '16 and was completed about a year later. Given local obsession with surface parking, as opposed to more efficient use of urban land afforded by parking ramps, numerous old homes were acquired and destroyed for a parking lot out of frame to the right. There is no room for historic buildings and classic architecture in Future Neenah.
Photo Date:
9/8/2017
Upload Date:
10/19/2017 2:37:40 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
173
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705 and GTW 5836
Description:
CN local crosses S. Locust St. as it heads northeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 23 Sep. '17. Train was headed for Little Chute and Kaukauna. This grade crossing will likely be closed as part of Appleton's quest for so-called quiet zone status.
Photo Date:
9/23/2017
Upload Date:
10/29/2017 3:45:02 AM
Location:
Appleton, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
GTW 5836(GP38-2)
Views:
516
Comments:
0
Title:
GTW 5836 and CN 4705
Description:
CN local crosses W. 2nd St. as it departs the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 8 Oct. '17. Train dropped off a cut of cars before continuing on to Little Chute and Kaukauna. Carter's Caboose, partially visible at left, is a small, old, rail side tavern.
Photo Date:
10/8/2017
Upload Date:
11/20/2017 3:01:56 AM
Location:
Appleton Junction, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
GTW 5836(GP38-2)
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
234
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local pauses at St. Paul Switch at Hilbert Junction, WI, before heading back to Menasha via former joint MILW/SOO rails on 22 Oct. '17.
Photo Date:
10/22/2017
Upload Date:
12/4/2017 2:01:10 AM
Location:
Hilbert Junction, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
234
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local passes Sherwood Elevator and crosses Military Rd./Hwy. M at Sherwood, WI, while headed toward Menasha via former joint MILW/SOO rails on 22 Oct. '17. Sherwood Elevator, N599 Military Rd., Sherwood, WI, has been owned, operated, and expanded by the Kress family since they purchased it in 1951. Their grain terminal, out of frame to the right, has a capacity of 1 million bushels. Unfortunately the elevator has not received rail service for quite a while.
Photo Date:
10/22/2017
Upload Date:
12/4/2017 2:01:20 AM
Location:
Sherwood, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
223
Comments:
1
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local passes Intertape Polymer Group, IPG, 741 4th St., Menasha, WI, as it heads west via former joint MILW/SOO rails at Menasha, WI on 22 Oct. '17. Founded in Menasha in Dec. 1917 as George Banta Paper Co., an affiliate of the George Banta Publishing Co. They merged with Menasha’s Gebrick Paper Co. in ’19 and continued under the Banta name. The name was changed to Central Paper Products Co. (later shortened to Central Paper Co.) ca. Sep. ’20, about the same time they moved to their new location at 422 Manitowoc St. on the north side of the joint MILW/SOO tracks. It’s the same facility, but the address changed when a portion of Manitowoc St. was vacated to allow westward expansion ca. ’76-’80. The facility was acquired by Alco Standard Corp., based in Valley Forge, PA, 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 Central Products Co. from Alco ca. 1 Jul. ‘95. Intertape Polymer Group, Inc., from Canada, purchased Central Products from Spinnaker ca. 12 Apr. ’99. The remnants of a spur lead to what was once an overhead door to the left of the locomotive (underneath the company's sign). The rails are still in place, but the turnout was removed quite a while ago (the facility still receives rail service (covered hoppers and tank cars) from the opposite end of the building).
Photo Date:
10/22/2017
Upload Date:
12/4/2017 2:01:31 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
176
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local services LSC Communications, Inc. (formerly RR Donnelley, originally Banta Corp.), 800 Midway Rd., via former MILW rails at Menasha, WI on 22 Oct. '17. LSC Communications was spun off from RR Donnelley ca. Nov. '16.
Photo Date:
10/22/2017
Upload Date:
12/22/2017 2:24:39 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
209
Comments:
2
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local services LSC Communications, Inc. (formerly RR Donnelley, originally Banta Corp.), 800 Midway Rd., via former MILW rails at Menasha, WI on 22 Oct. '17. LSC Communications was spun off from RR Donnelley ca. Nov. '16.
Photo Date:
10/22/2017
Upload Date:
12/22/2017 2:24:45 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
206
Comments:
2
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
A CN local crosses S. Whitman Ave. as it services Quality Carriers, just out-of-frame to the right, at the northwest corner of the wye at the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 19 Dec. '17.
Photo Date:
12/19/2017
Upload Date:
1/8/2018 3:02:08 AM
Location:
Appleton Junction, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
156
Comments:
1
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local slows to pause at S. Mason St. while waiting to return to the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 20 Dec. '17. Train was returning from Kimberly and Combined locks with 12 cars. W. Prospect Ave. is the grade crossing in the foreground.
Photo Date:
12/20/2017
Upload Date:
1/10/2018 3:04:20 AM
Location:
Appleton, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
162
Comments:
1
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
CN local crosses W. Prospect Ave. and S. Outagamie St. while returning to the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 20 Dec. '17. Train was returning from Kimberly and Combined locks with 12 cars.
Photo Date:
12/20/2017
Upload Date:
1/10/2018 3:04:25 AM
Location:
Appleton, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
294
Comments:
1
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
A CN local approaches the Main St. overpass via the west leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 19 May '18. Train may have been returning from Shawano. The north leg of the wye runs through the center of the photograph. In the foreground, fill is being added to a portion of the park in preparation for future improvements to the park.
Photo Date:
5/19/2018
Upload Date:
6/30/2018 3:29:51 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
182
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705 and IC 9605
Description:
A CN local approaches Towmen Rd. as it prepares to transition from the former C&NW rails to the former SOO rails (in the foreground) at Shawano Junction, WI on 22 May '18. This spot used to be named Fox River Junction, after several segments of the original C&NW main line 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. Train was headed back to Neenah after working Appleton, Little Chute, and Kaukauna.
Photo Date:
5/22/2018
Upload Date:
7/23/2018 3:25:20 AM
Location:
Shawano Junction, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
IC 9605(GP38-2)
Views:
194
Comments:
1
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
A CN local heads southwest via the former joint MILW/SOO rails at Menasha, WI on 27 May '18. Locomotive is just coming off of the swing bridge over the Fox River Navigation Canal and is crossing one of four diamonds which remain on this mostly industrial island (formed when the canal was excavated). Local was headed back to Neenah. The facility which dominates the scene is currently home to Simply Incredible Foods, 198 River St., Menasha, WI. They purchased the defunct Menasha Municipal Utilities plant in Jun. '14. The track in the foreground originates at the former C&NW main line (behind me) and is used to service U.S. Paper Mills Corp. on Washington St.
Photo Date:
5/27/2018
Upload Date:
7/27/2018 3:10:47 AM
Location:
Menasha, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
148
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
A CN local approaches the Main St. overpass as it traverses the east leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 23 Jun. '19. Train was returning from Menasha, and likely points beyond. The white building partially visible at right is, or was, Progressive Paper Storage, Inc. (formerly Kimberly-Clark Warehouse (K-C Warehouse)), 135 Millview Dr. It does not receive rail service, but it looks like there may have been a spur on the northwest side of the building in the past. The north leg of the wye can be seen beyond the trees to the left of the locomotive. Beyond that 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.
Photo Date:
6/23/2019
Upload Date:
8/10/2019 1:43:37 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
348
Comments:
1
Title:
IC 9568, CN 4711, CN 4705
Description:
A pair of CN locals face-off on the yard lead at the north end of the former SOO yard along Union St. at the former Adams St. grade crossing at Neenah, WI on 4 Jul. '19. Near local was waiting to return to the yard from Menasha and had one locomotive, IC 9568. Far local, throwing a little smoke, was preparing to cross over to the passing siding and head toward Appleton, Little Chute, and Kaukauna, and had two locomotives, CN 4711 and CN 4705. 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 yard (a few blocks to the south) was built, but a map from 1909 shows the yard here. Adams St. was originally Washington St., until at least 1913.
Photo Date:
7/4/2019
Upload Date:
7/5/2019 12:54:28 AM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
IC 9568(GP38-2)
CN 4711(GP38-2)
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
641
Comments:
1
Title:
EJE 703, CN 4711 and CN 4705
Description:
While EJE 703 sorts cars, a local passes by at the north end of the CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI on 27 Jul. '19. Local had two locomotives, CN 4711 and CN 4705. 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:
7/27/2019
Upload Date:
9/8/2019 10:41:56 PM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
EJE 703(GP38-2)
CN 4711(GP38-2)
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
273
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
A CN local parallels Union St. and passes the former Caroline St. grade crossing as it heads north past the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 24 Aug. '19. It looks like the train was headed for Waupaca. 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 here.
Photo Date:
8/24/2019
Upload Date:
9/14/2019 11:25:42 PM
Location:
Neenah, WI
Author:
T. P. Bruss
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:
236
Comments:
1
Title:
CN 4705
Description:
Looking down the platform of the former C&NW Neenah-Menasha depot reveals a CN local momentarily fouling Garfield Ave. as it works at the north end of the former C&NW Neenah-Menasha yard on Doty Island at Menasha, WI on 2 Sep. '19. The depot was built in 1893 to replace the original ca. 1861 depot. It was restored in 1994 and is currently home to Gries Architectural Group, Inc., and Sturtevant & Associates, LLC, an insurance firm, 500 N. Commercial St. The original C&NW Neenah depot, built ca. 1861, was located on S. Commercial St., near Galloway Co., 601 S. Commercial St. The depot was later moved behind the Jersild Knitting Co., 333 N. Commercial St (about 400-500 feet behind me). It was razed after the new depot was completed. The border between the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha bisects the yard about 200 feet north of the depot.
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9/2/2019
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Neenah, WI
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CN 4705(GP38-2)
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CN 4705
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Looking down the platform of the former C&NW Neenah-Menasha depot reveals a CN local momentarily fouling Garfield Ave. as it works at the north end of the former C&NW Neenah-Menasha yard on Doty Island at Menasha, WI on 2 Sep. '19. The depot was built in 1893 to replace the original ca. 1861 depot. It was restored in 1994 and is currently home to Gries Architectural Group, Inc., and Sturtevant & Associates, LLC, an insurance firm, 500 N. Commercial St. The original C&NW Neenah depot, built ca. 1861, was located on S. Commercial St., near Galloway Co., 601 S. Commercial St. The depot was later moved behind the Jersild Knitting Co., 333 N. Commercial St (about 400-500 feet behind me). It was razed after the new depot was completed. The border between the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha bisects the yard about 200 feet north of the depot. The TC Transcontinental, Inc., facility, historically Marathon Corp. (originally Menasha Printing & Carton Co.), 271 River St., is partially visible in the background.
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9/2/2019
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9/21/2019 10:21:31 PM
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Menasha, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 4705(GP38-2)
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CN 4705
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A CN local crosses the North Channel (Menasha Channel) of the Fox River via the former C&NW bridge as it heads northwest at Menasha, WI on 2 Sep. '19. The TC Transcontinental, Inc., facility, historically Marathon Corp. (originally Menasha Printing & Carton Co.), 271 River St., is partially visible on the north bank of the river in the background. The C&NW bridge is hidden by the nearer, former joint MILW/SOO bridge (also in use by CN). This perspective would have only been obtainable with a boat, until the new Loop the Lake bridge opened to the public (the ribbon cutting ceremony for this and the similar bridge in Neenah was held 23 Jun. '18).
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9/2/2019
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Menasha, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 4705(GP38-2)
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CN 4705
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A CN local pauses on a remnant of the former C&NW main line near the Loop-the-Lake Trail as it prepares to spot a boxcar at U.S. Paper Mills Corp., 69 Washington St., at Menasha, WI, on 2 Sep. '19. The idled Whiting Paper Co., 100 River St., stands at left. The paper machines were shut down on 30 Mar. '16, after 134 years of providing quality paper products and living-wage jobs. Originally the Whiting and Gilbert paper mill, it was built along the Fox River Navigation Canal on the site of an abandoned dry dock in 1882 (1881). The company was a partnership of George A. Whiting and Theodore and William Gilbert. It became the George A. Whiting Paper Mills in 1886, after he bought out the Gilbert brothers. The name was changed to George A. Whiting Paper Co. in 1911. Much of the current facility was built after a devastating fire and explosion on 24 Aug. 1888. The 5th generation of the Whiting family sold the company to Tom Danz, who had joined the company in 1999, in Mar. '14; the name was changed to Whiting Paper Co. When the closure was announced, he claimed the company could not maintain the sales volume needed to remain profitable. The mill produced matte board, scrapbooking, and high-end art paper, and its unique Kona Paper, made from recycled burlap coffee bean bags. The George A. Whiting Airport, at the intersection of Airport Rd. and Appleton Rd. in Menasha, WI, was named in his honor because he donated $5,000 to construct the facility ca. the '20s. Reportedly, it was "Wisconsin’s finest and busiest airport" in the '30s. When the government decreed that there could be only 1 airmail port per county, they chose the airfield at Oshkosh, WI and the George A. Whiting Airport soon faded into history (except for the hanger, currently home to Kitz & Pfeil Ace Hardware). Simply Incredible Foods, 198 River St., can be seen beyond that. Simply Incredible Foods purchased the defunct Menasha Municipal Utilities (Menasha Utilities) plant in Jun. '14. This small, mostly industrial island was formed when the Fox River Navigation Canal was excavated ca. 1856 (when the lock was completed). This view was only available to trespassers until the Loop-the-Lake Trail opened last year. Loop-the-Lake was completed in order to connect existing recreational trails in the Twin Cities. The ribbon cutting ceremony was held 23 Jun. '18.
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9/2/2019
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Menasha, WI
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CN 4705(GP38-2)
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CN 4705
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A CN local momentarily fouls the Loop-the-Lake Trail as it prepares to transition from a remnant of the former C&NW main line to an industrial spur at Menasha, WI on 2 Sep. '19. Local was preparing to switch U.S. Paper Mills Corp. This view was only available to trespassers until the Loop-the-Lake Trail opened last year. Loop-the-Lake was completed in order to connect existing recreational trails in the Twin Cities. The ribbon cutting ceremony was held 23 Jun. '18.
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9/2/2019
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Menasha, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 4705(GP38-2)
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CN 4705
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A CN local pauses at the Loop-the-Lake Trail as it prepares to transition from a remnant of the former C&NW main line to an industrial spur at Menasha, WI on 2 Sep. '19. Local was preparing to switch U.S. Paper Mills Corp., 69 Washington St. This small, mostly industrial island was formed when the Fox River Navigation Canal was excavated ca. 1856 (when the lock was completed). This view was only available to trespassers until the Loop-the-Lake Trail opened last year. Loop-the-Lake was completed in order to connect existing recreational trails in the Twin Cities. The ribbon cutting ceremony was held 23 Jun. '18.
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9/2/2019
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Menasha, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 4705(GP38-2)
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CN 4705
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A CN local shoves a boxcar to U.S. Paper Mills Corp., 69 Washington St., via a remnant of the former C&NW rails Menasha, WI on 2 Sep. '19. The train is passing the idled Whiting Paper Co., 100 River St. The paper machines were shut down on 30 Mar. '16, after 134 years of providing quality paper products and living-wage jobs. Originally the Whiting and Gilbert paper mill, it was built along the Fox River Navigation Canal on the site of an abandoned dry dock in 1882 (1881). The company was a partnership of George A. Whiting and Theodore and William Gilbert. It became the George A. Whiting Paper Mills in 1886, after he bought out the Gilbert brothers. The name was changed to George A. Whiting Paper Co. in 1911. Much of the current facility was built after a devastating fire and explosion on 24 Aug. 1888. The 5th generation of the Whiting family sold the company to Tom Danz, who joined the company in 1999, in Mar. '14; the name was changed to Whiting Paper Co. When the closure was announced, he claimed the company could not maintain the sales volume needed to remain profitable. The mill produced matte board, scrapbooking, and high-end art paper, and its unique Kona Paper, made from recycled burlap coffee bean bags. The George A. Whiting Airport, at the intersection of Airport Rd. and Appleton Rd. in Menasha, WI, was named in his honor because he donated $5,000 to construct the facility ca. the '20s. Reportedly, it was "Wisconsin’s finest and busiest airport" in the '30s. When the government decreed that there could be only 1 airmail port per county, they chose the airfield at Oshkosh, WI and the George A. Whiting Airport soon faded into history (except for the hanger, currently home to Kitz & Pfeil Ace Hardware). Simply Incredible Foods, 198 River St., can be seen beyond Whiting's. Simply Incredible Foods purchased the defunct Menasha Municipal Utilities (Menasha Utilities) plant in Jun. '14. The track in the foreground is a remnant of the former C&NW main line. This small, mostly industrial island was formed when the Fox River Navigation Canal was excavated ca. 1856 (when the lock was completed). This view was only available to trespassers until the Loop-the-Lake Trail opened last year. Loop-the-Lake was completed in order to connect existing recreational trails in the Twin Cities. The ribbon cutting ceremony was held 23 Jun. '18.
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9/2/2019
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10/2/2019 3:52:50 AM
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Menasha, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 4705(GP38-2)
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CN 4705
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A CN local approaches Washington St. as it emerges from U.S. Paper Mills Corp., 69 Washington St., Menasha, WI on 2 Sep. '19. This mill began production in 1891 as the John Strange Paper Co. It was purchased by Menasha Corp. in 1969 and renamed John Strange Paperboard Div. It was sold to U.S. Papers Corp. in 1981. It was sold to Sonoco ca. 2002. I’m not sure who these rails originally belonged to, the MILW, SOO, and C&NW all had access to this small, mostly industrial island for many years. This island was formed when the Fox River Navigation Canal was excavated ca. 1856 (when the lock was completed). Near the center of the scene, you can see a yellow tow motor/fork lift bridge that normally spans the tracks and needs to be raised when the local is servicing the mill. Boy, did I ever receive some suspicious glares from some paranoid employees while I was standing on the public sidewalk, next to the public thoroughfare, waiting for the locomotive to emerge from this facility.
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9/2/2019
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Menasha, WI
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CN 4705
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A CN local crosses Washington St. as it emerges from U.S. Paper Mills Corp. at Menasha, WI on 2 Sep. '19. This mill began production in 1891 as the John Strange Paper Co. It was purchased by Menasha Corp. in 1969 and renamed John Strange Paperboard Div. It was sold to U.S. Papers Corp. in 1981. It was sold to Sonoco ca. 2002. I’m not sure who these rails originally belonged to, the MILW, SOO, and C&NW all had access to this small, mostly industrial island for many years. This island was formed when the Fox River Navigation Canal was excavated ca. 1856 (when the lock was completed). Boy, did I ever receive some suspicious glares from some paranoid employees while I was standing on the public sidewalk, next to the public thoroughfare, waiting for the locomotive to emerge from this facility.
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9/2/2019
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Menasha, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 4705
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A CN local parallels the Fox River Navigation Canal and River St. as it approaches the junction with the former joint MILW/SOO rails at Menasha, WI on 2 Sep. '19. Simply Incredible Foods, 198 River St., looms in the background. Simply Incredible Foods purchased the defunct Menasha Municipal Utilities (Menasha Utilities) plant in Jun. '14. I’m not sure who these rails originally belonged to, the MILW, SOO, and C&NW all had access to this small, mostly industrial island for many years. This island was formed when the Fox River Navigation Canal was excavated ca. 1856 (when the lock was completed).
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9/2/2019
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Menasha, WI
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CN 4705 and IC 9605
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A CN local parallels Ehlers Rd. and approaches Towmen Rd. as it starts to transition from the former SOO rails to the former C&NW rails as it heads northeast at Shawano Junction, Fox Crossing, Winnebago Co., WI (formerly Town of Menasha, Winnebago Co., WI, from 1855 until 14 Apr. 2016) on 20 Sep. '19. Local was headed for Appleton, Little Chute, and Kaukauna. This spot used to be named Fox River Junction, after several segments of the original C&NW main line 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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9/20/2019
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10/25/2019 2:44:06 AM
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Shawano Junction, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 4705(GP38-2)
IC 9605(GP38-2)
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IC 9605 and CN 4705
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A CN local bisects the intersection of N. Appleton St. and W. Packard St./W. North St. as it heads northeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 23 Sep. '19. Train was headed for Little Chute and Kaukauna. There used to be at least five tracks crossing N. Appleton St., only the main line remains. The C&NW freight house stood just out-of-frame to the right, a team track remained for quite a while after the building was removed. The C&NW's downtown passenger depot, one of three in Appleton, would be visible to the left of the lead locomotive if it still stood.
Photo Date:
9/23/2019
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11/5/2019 2:24:11 AM
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Appleton, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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IC 9605(GP38-2)
CN 4705(GP38-2)
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Title:
CN 4705
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A CN local approaches the station sign and Lande St. as it heads northeast with 5 cars via former C&NW rails at De Pere, WI, on 26 Oct. '19. I'm not sure why the station sign stands here, the depot stood at Grant St., about 2,500' to the north. This portion of De Pere was originally West De Pere until 1890.
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10/26/2019
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De Pere, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 4705(GP38-2)
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CN 9515, GTW 5812, CN 4705
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A heavily powered CN local crosses W. 2nd St. as it prepares to set out a string of cars at the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 15 Nov. '19. Local would continue on to Little Chute and Kaukauna. Carter's Caboose, 1428 W. 2nd St., a small, old, rail side tavern, is partially visible at left. It dates to at least 1887, when it was a grocery store operated by Peter Leininger. By 1901 it was a sample room (saloon) operated by John Sigl. By ‘30 it was a soft drink establishment owned by Hubert J. Merkel and August F. Brandt (Prohibition was still in effect). By ’36 it was a tavern operated by Albert Giesen, owned by Mrs. Gretchen Merkel. By ’38 it was Bob’s Tavern, still owned by Mrs. Merkel. It was the Junction Tavern from at least ’43-’71, still owned by Mrs. Merkel until at least ’60 (there were at least two different owners between ’67-’71). At some point in the ‘70s it became Pete’s Junction (possibly Palomino Pete’s Junction). It was called Netticoat Junction ca. the ‘90s (owned by Joanne M. ‘Nettie’ Nett). I haven’t learned how long it has been Carter’s Caboose.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
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12/2/2019 1:05:50 AM
Location:
Appleton Junction, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 9515(GP40-2LW)
GTW 5812(GP38-2)
CN 4705(GP38-2)
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CN 9515, GTW 5812, CN 4705, GTW 6226
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A heavily powered CN local momentarily fouls W. 2nd St. as it prepares to set out a string of cars at the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 15 Nov. '19. Local would continue on to Little Chute and Kaukauna. The current local power rests at right. Carter's Caboose, 1428 W. 2nd St., a small, old, rail side tavern, is partially visible at left. It dates to at least 1887, when it was a grocery store operated by Peter Leininger. By 1901 it was a sample room (saloon) operated by John Sigl. By ‘30 it was a soft drink establishment owned by Hubert J. Merkel and August F. Brandt (Prohibition was still in effect). By ’36 it was a tavern operated by Albert Giesen, owned by Mrs. Gretchen Merkel. By ’38 it was Bob’s Tavern, still owned by Mrs. Merkel. It was the Junction Tavern from at least ’43-’71, still owned by Mrs. Merkel until at least ’60 (there were at least two different owners between ’67-’71). At some point in the ‘70s it became Pete’s Junction (possibly Palomino Pete’s Junction). It was called Netticoat Junction ca. the ‘90s (owned by Joanne M. ‘Nettie’ Nett). I haven’t learned how long it has been Carter’s Caboose.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
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12/2/2019 1:05:58 AM
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Appleton Junction, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 9515(GP40-2LW)
GTW 5812(GP38-2)
CN 4705(GP38-2)
GTW 6226(GP38-2)
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420
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Title:
CN 4711
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CN local pauses while working in the former SOO yard at Menasha, WI on 8 Feb. '15.
Photo Date:
2/8/2015
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2/22/2015 2:00:52 AM
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Menasha, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 4711(GP38-2)
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Title:
CN 4711
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CN local hauls five cars southward via former SOO rails and approaches the junction with the former GB&W right-of-way at Black Creek, WI on 21 Feb. '15. This section of the former GB&W right-of-way is now the Newton Blackmour State Trail. The roadbed of one of the tracks that formed the interchange is visible on the left. Train was returning to Neenah after working Shawano.
Photo Date:
2/21/2015
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2/22/2015 2:01:43 AM
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Black Creek, WI
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T. P. Bruss
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CN 4711(GP38-2)
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644
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