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GTW 4910
Title:  GTW 4910
Description:  CN local services RGL Holdings, Inc. via former GB&W rails at Green Bay, WI on 11 Aug. '15. Previous occupants of the facility include Leicht Transfer & Storage Co. The Cargill Coal Co. occupied the site on the 1907 Sanborn Map. I believe the C. Reiss Coal Co. briquette plant later occupied the site, but I don’t know for sure.
Photo Date:  8/11/2015  Upload Date: 8/29/2015 1:31:07 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2)
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GTW 4910
Title:  GTW 4910
Description:  CN local parallels State St. as it heads back to the main line after servicing RGL Holdings, Inc. via former GB&W rails at Green Bay, WI on 11 Aug. '15.
Photo Date:  8/11/2015  Upload Date: 8/29/2015 1:31:11 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2)
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GTW 4910
Title:  GTW 4910
Description:  CN local passes the former C&NW depot and Mile Post 0/243 at Green Bay, WI on 11 Aug. '15. The depot, designed by Charles Sumner Frost, was built in the Italian Renaissance Revival style and completed in 1899. Passenger train service ceased in 1971 but it was still used by the railroad for years. Since 1996 it has been home to Titletown Brewing Co. The depot is also a stop on the Green Bay Packers' Heritage Trail.
Photo Date:  8/11/2015  Upload Date: 8/29/2015 1:31:15 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2)
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GTW 4910 and CN 4100
Title:  GTW 4910 and CN 4100
Description:  GTW 4910 idles away on the edge of the CN, former C&NW and SOO, yard while CN 4100 services the immense Verso Corp. paper mill (historically Consolidated Papers), mostly just out of frame to the left and right, via former GB&W rails at Wisconsin Rapids, WI on 4 Jul. '17. C&NW and SOO had parallel yards here, approximately 4 tracks each ca. 1973. Both roads used to cross the GB&W just out of frame to the right. A junction of the MILW and GB&W was close to where CN 4100 rests. This portion of Wisconsin Rapids, formerly Grand Rapids, was known as West Rapids, shortened to Westrap on some old maps and railroad documents. The over pass is 4th Ave. N./Hwy. 13/Hwy. 34.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/30/2017 3:19:43 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2) CN 4100(GP9RM)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
GTW 4910
Title:  GTW 4910
Description:  A CN local approaches Kampo Rd. as it heads southwest via former SOO rails at Neenah, WI on 25 Mar. '19. Neenah Foundry Plant 2 & Plant 3 are partially visible at right. 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. A remnant of the former C&NW main line, now relegated to a passing siding, can be seen at right.
Photo Date:  3/25/2019  Upload Date: 5/8/2019 1:44:06 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2)
Views:  373   Comments: 1
GECX 2036, CN 2902, CN 9424, GTW 4910
Title:  GECX 2036, CN 2902, CN 9424, GTW 4910
Description:  A CN through freight parallels W. Butte des Morts Beach Rd. and passes a waiting local as it heads southwest via former C&NW rails at Stroebe, WI on 6 Apr. '18. The local was headed for Appleton, Little Chute, and Kaukauna. Stroebe is a railroad station in Fox Crossing, WI (formerly Town of Menasha, Winnebago Co., WI until 14 Apr. '16). The former SOO rails run parallel on the other side of the trains. Modern maps tend to omit the W. from W. Butte des Morts Beach Rd. for some reason, it is also absent on the current street sign. Some old maps include the W., some old maps omit the W.
Photo Date:  4/6/2019  Upload Date: 5/20/2019 1:50:29 AM
Location:  Stroebe(2), WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GECX 2036(ET44AC) CN 2902(ES44AC) CN 9424(GP40-2LW) GTW 4910(GP38-2)
Views:  551   Comments: 0
GTW 4910
Title:  GTW 4910
Description:  A CN local services Amcor Flexibles Neenah (formerly Bemis until Jun. '19, formerly Curwood, Inc.), 1815 Marathon Ave., via former C&NW rails at Neenah, WI on 12 Dec. '19. The former SOO rails and Harrison St. can be seen in the foreground. Neenah Foundry Plant 2 & Plant 3 are partially visible in the background. 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.
Photo Date:  12/12/2019  Upload Date: 2/23/2020 1:32:02 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
GTW 4910 and CN 9626
Title:  GTW 4910 and CN 9626
Description:  A CN local parallels Ehlers Rd. and approaches Towmen Rd. as it heads northeast at Shawano Junction, WI, on 20 Feb. '22. Local was headed for Appleton, Little Chute and Kaukauna. The local is transitioning from the former SOO rails to the former C&NW rails. 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.
Photo Date:  2/20/2022  Upload Date: 2/22/2022 1:09:04 AM
Location:  Shawano Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2) CN 9626(GP40-2LW)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
IC 9563 and GTW 4910
Title:  IC 9563 and GTW 4910
Description:  A CN local crosses W. Prospect Ave./Hwy. BB, the border between the Town of Grand Chute, WI (to left) and Fox Crossing, WI Fox Crossing, WI (formerly Town of Menasha, Winnebago Co., WI, from 1855 until 14 Apr. 2016) (to right), as it heads northeast via former C&NW rails on 5 Mar. '22. Local was headed for Appleton, Little Chute and Kaukauna.
Photo Date:  3/5/2022  Upload Date: 4/18/2022 1:39:08 AM
Location:  Fox Crossing, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  IC 9563(GP38-2) GTW 4910(GP38-2)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
HLCX 1048, HLCX 1042, IC 9563 and GTW 4910
Title:  HLCX 1048, HLCX 1042, IC 9563 and GTW 4910
Description:  HLCX 1048 and HLCX 1042 rest as a CN local prepares to drop off some cars at the FV&LS (or FOXY), former CN, originally C&NW, yard at Appleton Junction, WI, on 5 Mar. '22. CN local would continue on to Little Chute and Kaukauna.
Photo Date:  3/5/2022  Upload Date: 4/18/2022 1:39:12 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  HLCX 1048(GP38-2) HLCX 1042(GP38-2) IC 9563(GP38-2) GTW 4910(GP38-2)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
CN 5756, CN 2594, and GTW 4910
Title:  CN 5756, CN 2594, and GTW 4910
Description:  A CN train approaches N. Lake St. as it heads southeast via former SOO, originally WC, rails at Neenah, WI, on 2 Jul. '22. Eggers Div. of VT Industries, previously Eggers Industries, founded as Hardwood Products Co. in 1910, 164 N. Lake St., an active rail customer, is partially visible at left.
Photo Date:  7/2/2022  Upload Date: 1/22/2023 11:19:37 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 5756(SD75I) CN 2594(C44-9W) GTW 4910(GP38-2)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
GTW 4910, et al.
Title:  GTW 4910, et al.
Description:  A CN train approaches N. Lake St. as it heads southeast via former SOO, originally WC, rails at Neenah, WI, on 2 Jul. '22.
Photo Date:  7/2/2022  Upload Date: 1/22/2023 11:19:40 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
GTW 4911
Title:  GTW 4911
Description:  CN local works in the former SOO yard at Menasha, WI on 28 Aug. '16. The facility in the background 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:  8/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/2/2016 1:27:04 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4911(GP38-2)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
GTW 4911
Title:  GTW 4911
Description:  CN local services Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) via former SOO rails at Menasha, WI on 28 Aug. '16. 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. George Banta, Sr. continued on as President; George, Jr., assumed the role in ’35 after his father passed away. 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.
Photo Date:  8/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/2/2016 1:27:07 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4911(GP38-2)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
GTW 4911
Title:  GTW 4911
Description:  CN local services Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) via former SOO rails at Menasha, WI on 28 Aug. '16. 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. George Banta, Sr. continued on as President; George, Jr., assumed the role in ’35 after his father passed away. 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.
Photo Date:  8/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/2/2016 1:27:10 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4911(GP38-2)
Views:  156   Comments: 2
GTW 4911
Title:  GTW 4911
Description:  CN local splits old and new Milepost 2 markers and crosses Racine St. as it works in the former SOO yard at Menasha, WI on 28 Aug. '16.
Photo Date:  8/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/2/2016 1:27:13 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4911(GP38-2)
Views:  135   Comments: 1
GTW 4911
Title:  GTW 4911
Description:  CN local shoves past 7th St. to serve a couple of industries via former MILW rails at Menasha, WI on 28 Aug. '16. The cupola of the historic Menasha High School, erected in 1938, is partially visible beyond the trees above the locomotive.
Photo Date:  8/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/2/2016 1:27:16 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4911(GP38-2)
Views:  162   Comments: 1
GTW 4911
Title:  GTW 4911
Description:  CN local parallels Union St. and approaches the former Caroline St. grade crossing with 8 cars as it returns to the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 28 Aug ’16. Train was returning from Menasha and points beyond. The Main St. overpass is in the background.
Photo Date:  8/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/2/2016 1:27:21 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4911(GP38-2)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
GTW 4911 and GTW 5856
Title:  GTW 4911 and GTW 5856
Description:  CN local approaches N. State St. as it heads southwest via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 25 Sep. '16. Train was pulled by a pair of GTW locomotives, GTW 4911 and GTW 5856. This was a chance encounter, otherwise I would have attempted to obtain a better vantage point to capture this pair of locomotives in their original owner's paint scheme. If you happen to be an aficionado of topnotch liquor, beer, and wine, the parking lot of the historic Flanagan's Stop and Shop is on the opposite side of the train.
Photo Date:  9/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/9/2016 12:46:53 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4911(GP38-2) GTW 5856(GP38-2)
Views:  383   Comments: 1
GTW 4911
Title:  GTW 4911
Description:  CN local passes the north end of N. 5th St. as it heads south via former MILW rails at Hilbert, WI on 3 Oct. '16.
Photo Date:  10/3/2016  Upload Date: 10/9/2016 12:46:56 AM
Location:  Hilbert, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4911(GP38-2)
Views:  396   Comments: 1
GTW 4911
Title:  GTW 4911
Description:  CN local passes the former MILW depot as it heads south at Hilbert, WI on 3 Oct. '16. The crossing signals were not working for some reason, so a crew member was preparing to flag the crossing.
Photo Date:  10/3/2016  Upload Date: 10/9/2016 12:46:59 AM
Location:  Hilbert, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4911(GP38-2)
Views:  327   Comments: 1
GTW 4911 and GTW 6226
Title:  GTW 4911 and GTW 6226
Description:  CN local crosses N. Lake St. as it heads northwest via former SOO rails at Neenah, WI on 25 Nov. '16. Eggers Industries, a periodic rail customer, is partially visible behind the train. 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. 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.
Photo Date:  11/25/2016  Upload Date: 1/2/2017 2:23:08 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4911(GP38-2) GTW 6226(GP38-2)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
IC 3123 and GTW 4911
Title:  IC 3123 and GTW 4911
Description:  A CN local crosses S. Perkins St. while headed northeast and preparing to stop at the FV&LS (or FOXY), former CN, originally C&NW, yard at Appleton Junction, WI, on 12 Mar. '22.
Photo Date:  3/12/2022  Upload Date: 3/14/2022 12:26:04 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  () GTW 4911(GP38-2)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 4912
Description:  CN local passes through Telulah Park over former C&NW tracks in Appleton, WI, on 30 Sep. '12.
Photo Date:  9/30/2012  Upload Date: 10/22/2013 12:14:07 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2)
Views:  212   Comments: 2
GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 4912
Description:  CN local passes through Telulah Park over former C&NW tracks and starts down the grade into the flats in Appleton, WI, on 30 Sep. '12.
Photo Date:  9/30/2012  Upload Date: 10/22/2013 12:14:33 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
CN 4100 and GTW 4912
Title:  CN 4100 and GTW 4912
Description:  CN local crosses the Fox River and starts up the grade out of the flats in Appleton, WI on 8 Jun. 13.
Photo Date:  6/8/2013  Upload Date: 10/22/2013 1:21:16 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4100(GP9RM) GTW 4912(GP38-2)
Views:  380   Comments: 1
GTW 4912, IC 9605 and CN 62588
Title:  GTW 4912, IC 9605 and CN 62588
Description:  CN 62588, a Knox Kershaw KBR 925 Ballast Regulator, pauses from its snow plowing duties so an approaching CN local can pass through the former C&NW yard at Kimberly, WI on 20 Feb. '14. Train was pulling 32 cars and was headed back to the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction after servicing Kimberly and Combined Locks.
Photo Date:  2/20/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2014 2:34:24 AM
Location:  Kimberly, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2) IC 9605(GP38-2)
Views:  238   Comments: 2
GTW 4912 and GTW 6221
Title:  GTW 4912 and GTW 6221
Description:  A pair of CN GP38-2s, GTW 4912 and GTW 6221, work in the fog at the south end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 15 Dec. '14. GTW 4912 was sorting cars and GTW 6221 was preparing to service several former C&NW customers along a remnant of that fallen flag’s main line.
Photo Date:  12/15/2014  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 2:21:17 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2) GTW 6221(GP38-2)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
GTW 4912 and GTW 5854
Title:  GTW 4912 and GTW 5854
Description:  CN local approaches S. Perkins St. as it heads southwest throtgh the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 22 Jan. '15. Train was returning to the yard after working Appleton, Kimberly, and Combined Locks.
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 1/28/2015 3:13:35 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2) GTW 5854(GP38-2)
Views:  276   Comments: 3
GTW 4912 and GTW 5856
Title:  GTW 4912 and GTW 5856
Description:  A pair of CN locomotives idle at the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 19 Feb. '15.
Photo Date:  2/19/2015  Upload Date: 2/22/2015 2:01:23 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2) GTW 5856(GP38-2)
Views:  278   Comments: 1
NS 9638, GTW 4912, and GTW 5856
Title:  NS 9638, GTW 4912, and GTW 5856
Description:  NS 9638 leads a train past the depot and a pair of idling locomotives at the CN, former C&NW, yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 19 Feb. '15.
Photo Date:  2/19/2015  Upload Date: 2/22/2015 2:01:31 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  NS 9638(C40-9W) GTW 4912(GP38-2) GTW 5856(GP38-2)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
GTW 5856 and GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 5856 and GTW 4912
Description:  CN local crosses Olde Oneida St. at Mile Post 120 as it pulls 10 cars westward through the Flats via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 26 Mar. '15. Train was heading back to the yard at Appleton Junction after working Kimberly and Combined Locks and had two locomotives, Grand Trunk Western. The train is traversing what used to be a 6-track yard decades ago. In 2014 the last remnant of the yard, a passing siding, was pulled up. The C&NW depot stood where the row of trees is, lower right. The MILW had a small yard off to the right, their depot stood in the grassy area at the middle of the right edge of photograph.
Photo Date:  3/26/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:41:14 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 5856(GP38-2) GTW 4912(GP38-2)
Views:  386   Comments: 2
GTW 5856 and GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 5856 and GTW 4912
Description:  CN local crosses Olde Oneida St. (background left) and parallels W. Edison Ave., originally Mill St., as it pulls 10 cars westward through the Flats via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 26 Mar. '15. Train was heading back to the yard at Appleton Junction after working Kimberly and Combined Locks. The train is passing the site where the C&NW depot stood, the grass strip to the right of the train, this side of Olde Oneida St. The MILW had a small yard and depot at the top of the photograph, off to the right of the C&NW rails.
Photo Date:  3/26/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:41:36 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 5856(GP38-2) GTW 4912(GP38-2)
Views:  367   Comments: 3
GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 4912
Description:  CN local works in the former SOO yard at Menasha, WI on 16 Apr. '15.
Photo Date:  4/16/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:07:00 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2)
Views:  299   Comments: 2
GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 4912
Description:  CN local crosses Millview Dr. as it nears the Yard Limit of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 29 Jun. '15. An Affinity clinic is partially visible on the left, behind the train. It occupies part of the site of the former P. H. Glatfelter Co. paper mill, which stood here for 135 years. 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 metal structure over the train is a remnant of the steam pipes that used to connect the paper mill to the defunct and partially demolished Fox Valley Energy Center (formerly Minergy Fox Valley Glass Aggregate Plant), behind me.
Photo Date:  6/29/2015  Upload Date: 7/27/2015 12:24:09 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2)
Views:  249   Comments: 1
CN 9455 and GTW 4912
Title:  CN 9455 and GTW 4912
Description:  After dropping their train at the far southwestern end of the yard, CN local returns to the northeastern end of the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 27 Jul. '15. Local had 2 locomotives as they returned to the yard after working Kimberly and Combined Locks, but they left IC 3102 with the rest of the train at the far end of the yard and are returning to this end with only CN 9455. It looks like GTW 4912 will be joining CN 9455 for a while. The yard office is partially visible at left.
Photo Date:  7/27/2015  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 1:55:47 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 9455(GP40-2LW) GTW 4912(GP38-2)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
GTW 4912 and CN 9455
Title:  GTW 4912 and CN 9455
Description:  CN local crosses the Fox River Navigation Canal via the former C&NW swing bridge in the Flats at Appleton, WI on 2 Sep. '15. The City has completed some selective brush cleaning along the Newberry Trail, revealing some views of the river and bridge that were not previously available. Train was headed back to the yard at Appleton Junction after working Kimberly and Combined Locks.
Photo Date:  9/2/2015  Upload Date: 9/25/2015 1:35:32 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2) CN 9455(GP40-2LW)
Views:  197   Comments: 1
GTW 4912 and IC 9612
Title:  GTW 4912 and IC 9612
Description:  CN local approaches the W. College Ave./Hwy. 125 overpass as it heads south via former SOO rails with 8 cars at Appleton, WI on 20 Aug. '16. The remnants of the SOO yard are partially visible on the other side of the train. The building on the left, now owned by St. Vincent de Paul, is a lumber shed from the former Stock Lumber, originally the site of Lieber Lumber. The building in the background is Warehouse Specialists, Inc., a periodic rail customer. Train was returning from Shawano and had two locomotives, GTW 4912 and IC 9612. I was hoping to get closer to the apex of the overpass, but the train beat me to it.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 1:31:05 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2) IC 9612(GP38-2)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 4912
Description:  CN local crosses Bohm Dr. while servicing WOW Logistics in the Little Chute Industrial Park via former C&NW rails on 29 Aug. '16. The spur on this side of the train is for Cargill Animal Nutrition, just out of frame to the left.
Photo Date:  8/29/2016  Upload Date: 10/2/2016 1:27:29 AM
Location:  Little Chute, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2)
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GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 4912
Description:  GTW 4912 passes the Winneconne Ave. overpass as it works the north end of the CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI, on 15 May '20. The building in the background, 716 Harrison St., still used by Neenah Foundry, I believe, is in the process of being spruced up with a fresh coat of paint and some new doors.
Photo Date:  5/15/2020  Upload Date: 9/13/2020 2:17:35 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2)
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GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 4912
Description:  A CN container train and a CN local cross the mouth of the Neenah Slough at the south end of Little Lake Butte des Morts as they head northwest via former SOO rails at Neenah, WI, on 21 Jun. '20. In the foreground, a pair of mallards swim past.
Photo Date:  6/21/2020  Upload Date: 12/13/2020 4:30:01 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2)
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GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 4912
Description:  A CN local traverses the east leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 24 Jun. '20. The local was trying to sneak off to Menasha while I was preoccupied with the through freight traversing the west leg of the wye on the right. The local is passing 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. Arrowhead Park, a closed paper sludge landfill, lies in the foreground. 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, which is hidden by vegetation. The Main St. overpass can be seen to the right.
Photo Date:  6/24/2020  Upload Date: 12/13/2020 4:30:35 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2)
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GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 4912
Description:  A CN local crosses Washington St. as it prepares to service Chemtrade (formerly General Chemical Corp.) via former C&NW rails on Doty Island at Menasha, WI, on 24 Jun. '20. The awesome, old building partially visible to the left is currently home to Expert Driveline Truck & Auto Repair, 216 Washington St. Built in '35 for Verbrick's Service Co., Norbert F. Verbrick, proprietor; it operated as such until '84. Designed by Henry Auler in the Tudor Revival style, it and the adjacent building at 214 Washington St. (originally offices of Northwest Electrolyte and Engraving, also designed by Auler in the Tudor Revival style) were erected on what had long been a stave yard for the Menasha Wooden Ware Co. Wayne's Towing and Service occupied this building for quite a while between the original and current occupants. Glass Nickel Pizza, 217 Washington St., purveyors of some mighty tasty pizza, can be seen to the right. I'm not sure of the previous occupants of the building. There used to be a Clark station at that address. It is difficult to imagine that then Washington Ave. was once also Hwy. 41, until that highway was relocated to what was then the rural outskirts of the Fox Cities in the 1940s.
Photo Date:  6/24/2020  Upload Date: 6/27/2020 2:31:34 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2)
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GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 4912
Description:  A CN local crosses Millview Dr. as it prepares to vacate the north leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 3 Jul. '20. The white building partially visible at left 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. Sadly, there are no longer any mills to be seen along Millview Dr. The Fox Valley Energy Center (formerly Minergy Fox Valley Glass Aggregate Plant) stood just out-of-frame to the right, until demolition was completed in the spring of '16. Opened in Jan. '98, it stood idle since 15 Jun. '13. I was standing where the P. H. Glatfelter Co. paper mill had stood 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. Arrowhead Park lies beyond the fence to the right. In the background, a CN through freight rests on the west leg of the wye.
Photo Date:  7/3/2020  Upload Date: 12/26/2020 1:23:48 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2)
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GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 4912
Description:  A CN local clears Hwy. F and approaches the station sign as it heads southeast via former SOO rails at Nichols, WI, on 4 Jul. '20. Train was headed back to Neenah from Shawano.
Photo Date:  7/4/2020  Upload Date: 7/5/2020 2:47:22 AM
Location:  Nichols, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2)
Views:  378   Comments: 2
GTW 5846 and GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 5846 and GTW 4912
Description:  A CN local pauses in order to flag the grade crossing for the sidewalk which skirts the Appvion mill parking lot as it heads northeast via the former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI, on 18 Mar. '22. The sidewalk grade crossing is protected by signals, but they were not functioning properly on this day. The local was headed for Little Chute and Kaukauna.
Photo Date:  3/18/2022  Upload Date: 4/18/2022 1:39:40 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 5846(GP38-2) GTW 4912(GP38-2)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
GTW 5846 and GTW 4912
Title:  GTW 5846 and GTW 4912
Description:  A CN local throws a little smoke as it crosses E. Wisconsin Ave./Hwy. 96 via the former C&NW bridge at Appleton, WI, on 18 Mar. '22. It is neat that the FRVR sign is still present, and undamaged. The identical sign on the opposite side is also present, although it has been damaged due to vandalism. The local was headed for Little Chute and Kaukauna.
Photo Date:  3/18/2022  Upload Date: 4/18/2022 1:39:44 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 5846(GP38-2) GTW 4912(GP38-2)
Views:  166   Comments: 1
GTW 4912 and GTW 5846
Title:  GTW 4912 and GTW 5846
Description:  A CN local parallels Ehlers Rd. and approaches Towmen Rd. 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 2 Apr. '22. Local was headed for Appleton, Little Chute and Kaukauna, and had two locomotives. The local is transitioning from the former SOO rails to the former C&NW rails. 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. The telephone pole to the left stands along an abandoned portion of the C&NW right-of-way.
Photo Date:  4/2/2022  Upload Date: 4/18/2022 1:40:54 AM
Location:  Shawano Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2) GTW 5846(GP38-2)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
GTW 4912 and GTW 5846
Title:  GTW 4912 and GTW 5846
Description:  A CN local parallels Ehlers Rd. and approaches Towmen Rd. as it heads northeast at Shawano Junction, WI, on 2 Apr. '22. Local was headed for Appleton, Little Chute and Kaukauna. The local is transitioning from the former SOO rails to the former C&NW rails. 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.
Photo Date:  4/2/2022  Upload Date: 5/16/2022 2:28:47 AM
Location:  Shawano Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2) GTW 5846(GP38-2)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
GTW 4912 and GTW 5846
Title:  GTW 4912 and GTW 5846
Description:  A CN local, with a friendly engineer, emerges from behind the now idled Clearwater Paper as it heads northwest via former SOO rails at Fox Crossing, Winnebago Co., WI (formerly Town of Menasha, Winnebago Co., WI, from 1855 until 14 Apr. 2016) on 10 Apr. '22. The local was headed for Appleton, Little Chute, and Kaukauna. Clearwater Paper Corp., historically Kimberly-Clark’s Lakeview mill, 249 N. Lake St., Neenah, WI (physically located in Fox Crossing, Winnebago Co., WI (formerly Town of Menasha, Winnebago Co., WI, from 1855 until 14 Apr. 2016)), closed the mill in Jul. '21. It was purchased by KK Integrated Logistics ca. 12 Jan. '22. A new tenant is supposed to be moving into this portion of facility this month. I'm not sure who owns or occupies the blue building to the left, which used to receive rail service but hasn't for some time.
Photo Date:  4/10/2022  Upload Date: 4/18/2022 1:41:10 AM
Location:  Fox Crossing, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4912(GP38-2) GTW 5846(GP38-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 0


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