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By:T. P. Bruss
Dates:3/20/2015 - 6/20/2015
Album Info:Most of the photographs in this album were captured in Northeast Wisconsin in the spring of 2015, so they are mostly CN operating on former C&NW, GB&W, MILW, and SOO rails. Once in a while I try to catch ELS and WSOR on former MILW rails too.
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CN 4788
Title:  CN 4788
Description:  CN local approaches Porter Rd. as it pulls 4 cars southeast via former SOO rails at Town of Waukechon, WI on 21 Mar. '15. Train has just finished working Shawano and was heading back to Neenah.
Photo Date:  3/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:02:13 AM
Location:  Waukechon Township, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 4788(GP38-2W)
Views:  254   Comments: 1
CN 4788
Title:  CN 4788
Description:  CN local passes Mile Post 322 and approaches Porter Rd. as it pulls 4 cars southeast via former SOO rails at Town of Waukechon, WI on 21 Mar. '15. Train has just finished working Shawano and was heading back to Neenah.
Photo Date:  3/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:02:31 AM
Location:  Waukechon Township, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 4788(GP38-2W)
Views:  252   Comments: 1
CN 4788
Title:  CN 4788
Description:  CN local crosses Hwy. 156 as it pulls 4 cars southeast via former SOO rails at Navarino, WI on 21 Mar. '15. New signals and gates were installed when the highway was reconstructed last summer, there were just signals before. Train was heading back to Neenah after working Shawano.
Photo Date:  3/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:02:45 AM
Location:  Navarino, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 4788(GP38-2W)
Views:  314   Comments: 1
CN 4788
Title:  CN 4788
Description:  CN local crosses Krull Rd. as it pulls 4 cars southeast via former SOO rails at Nichols, WI on 21 Mar. '15. Train was heading back to Neenah after working Shawano.
Photo Date:  3/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:02:55 AM
Location:  Nichols, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 4788(GP38-2W)
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CN 4788
Title:  CN 4788
Description:  CN local passes Mile Post 340 and approaches Brandt Rd. as it pulls 4 cars south via former SOO rails at Town of Black Creek, WI on 21 Mar. '15. Train was heading back to Neenah after working Shawano.
Photo Date:  3/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:03:09 AM
Location:  Town of Black Creek, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 4788(GP38-2W)
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CN 4788
Title:  CN 4788
Description:  CN local crosses Brandt Rd. as it pulls 4 cars south via former SOO rails at Town of Black Creek, WI on 21 Mar. '15. Train was heading back to Neenah after working Shawano.
Photo Date:  3/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:03:27 AM
Location:  Town of Black Creek, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 4788(GP38-2W)
Views:  271   Comments: 2
CN 4788
Title:  CN 4788
Description:  CN local crosses Center Valley Rd. as it pulls 4 cars southeast via former SOO rails at Center Valley, WI on 21 Mar. '15. The new gates and signals were installed last year, there were just crossbucks and stop signs before. Train was heading back to Neenah after working Shawano.
Photo Date:  3/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:03:40 AM
Location:  Center Valley, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 4788(GP38-2W)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
CN 4788
Title:  CN 4788
Description:  CN local approaches the station sign as it pulls 4 cars southward through the former SOO yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 21 Mar. '15. Train was heading back to Neenah after working Shawano. The SOO depot stood a few blocks to the southwest, along W. College Ave., on a long spur that ran south from this main line into downtown Appleton. The depot was razed in 1970 and the spur was pulled up a decade or two after that (although the spur is still depicted on CN's interactive system map).
Photo Date:  3/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:03:51 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 4788(GP38-2W)
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CN 2901 and CN 2829
Title:  CN 2901 and CN 2829
Description:  CN through freight crosses the Neenah Slough as it approaches the S-curve at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 22 Mar. '15. Eggers Industries looms in the background. The pedestrian bridge over the slough at Herb and Dolly Smith Park is visible on the right, the fish were bitin’.
Photo Date:  3/22/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:04:03 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 2901(ES44AC) CN 2829(ES44AC)
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CN 2901 and CN 2829
Title:  CN 2901 and CN 2829
Description:  CN through freight enters the S-curve at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 22 Mar. '15. Eggers Industries looms in the background. The pedestrian bridge over the slough at Herb and Dolly Smith Park is visible on the right, the fish were bitin’.
Photo Date:  3/22/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:04:18 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 2901(ES44AC) CN 2829(ES44AC)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
CN 2901 and CN 2829
Title:  CN 2901 and CN 2829
Description:  CN through freight traverses the S-curve at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 22 Mar. '15. Eggers Industries looms in the background. The pedestrian bridge over the slough at Herb and Dolly Smith Park is visible on the right, the fish were bitin’. The remnants of the foundation from the ca. 1955 masonry SOO depot are behind the locomotives. 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.
Photo Date:  3/22/2015  Upload Date: 3/25/2015 2:04:37 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 2901(ES44AC) CN 2829(ES44AC)
Views:  417   Comments: 3
CN 8863 and CN 8957
Title:  CN 8863 and CN 8957
Description:  CN container train passes the W. Cecil St. overpass and parallels Harrison St. as it heads northeast through the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 24 Mar. '15.
Photo Date:  3/24/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:40:47 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 8863(SD70M-2) CN 8957(SD70M-2)
Views:  410   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:  308   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:  292   Comments: 3
GTW 4928 and IC 9571
Title:  GTW 4928 and IC 9571
Description:  CN local approaches N. Lawe St. as it heads northeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 27 Mar. '15. Train was heading for Little Chute and Kaukauna.
Photo Date:  3/27/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:42:06 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4928(GP38-2) IC 9571(GP38-2)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
IC 3133
Title:  IC 3133
Description:  CN local services Sanimax via former GB&W rails at Howard, WI on 28 Mar. '15.
Photo Date:  3/28/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:42:30 AM
Location:  Howard, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  IC 3133(GP40R)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
IC 3133
Title:  IC 3133
Description:  CN local hauls 9 cars southeast via former GB&W rails where they used to form a junction with the MILW at Hudson St. in Green Bay, WI on 28 Mar. '15. The diamond was located just out of frame to the right. Train was headed back the former C&NW yard at North Green Bay.
Photo Date:  3/28/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:42:59 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  IC 3133(GP40R)
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IC 3133
Title:  IC 3133
Description:  CN local crosses Hudson St. as it hauls 9 cars southeast via former GB&W rails where they used to form a junction with the MILW at Green Bay, WI on 28 Mar. '15. The diamond was located just out of frame to the left. Train was headed back the former C&NW yard at North Green Bay. The friendly engineer is waving to a little girl, out of frame to right, who also likes trains. She and her parents were walking the trail on the former MILW right-of-way and they stopped to watch when they noticed the train approaching.
Photo Date:  3/28/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:43:17 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  IC 3133(GP40R)
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IC 3133
Title:  IC 3133
Description:  CN local approaches the former S. Oakland Ave. grade crossing as it hauls 9 cars southeast through the former GB&W Norwood yard at Green Bay, WI on 28 Mar. '15. Train was headed back the former C&NW yard at North Green Bay. Fox River Grain Elevator looms in the background. Fox River Grain Elevator is part of Fox River Valley Ethanol, near Oshkosh, WI. They were formerly GB Elevator and Utica Energy, respectively, until they were purchased and renamed by Ace Ethanol, based in Stanley, WI, in 2013. The elevator was once adorned with a pair of large GB&W logos. Other former names for this elevator include Didion Elevator (partially visible in blue letters at the top) and Strid Elevator. Additional information and photographs of the elevator and the yard can be found at: http://www.greenbayroute.com/.
Photo Date:  3/28/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:43:33 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  IC 3133(GP40R)
Views:  232   Comments: 2
EJE 672
Title:  EJE 672
Description:  CN local parallels Thilmany Rd. and the Fox River in order to service Expera Specialty Solutions via former C&NW rails at Kaukauna, WI on 28 Mar. '15. From its founding in 1883 until 26 Jun. '13, the massive paper mill was Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. (a.k.a. Thilmany, LLC or Thilmany Papers). The rubble in the foreground is the remnants of the old Thilmany mill, which was mostly demolished in 2013. Part of the original mill was saved and will be restored.
Photo Date:  3/28/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:43:50 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  EJE 672(SD38-2)
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EJE 672
Title:  EJE 672
Description:  CN local pauses on the former C&NW bridge over the Fox River while servicing Expera Specialty Solutions, out of frame to left, at Kaukauna, WI on 28 Mar. '15. The rubble in the foreground is the remnants of the old Thilmany mill, which was mostly demolished in 2013. Part of the original mill was saved, partially visible to right, and will be restored. The bridge was built by American Bridge Co. of New York in 1911.
Photo Date:  3/28/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:44:04 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  EJE 672(SD38-2)
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EJE 672
Title:  EJE 672
Description:  CN local shoves a string of inbound cars for Expera Specialty Solutions while the mill's Rail King waits to extract a string of outbound cars at Kaukauna, WI on 28 Mar. '15. From its founding in 1883 until 26 Jun. '13, the massive paper mill was Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. (a.k.a. Thilmany, LLC or Thilmany Papers).
Photo Date:  3/28/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:44:22 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  EJE 672(SD38-2)
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CN 8923 and CN 2024
Title:  CN 8923 and CN 2024
Description:  CN crew reassembles their train after a brief stop at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 2 Apr. '15.
Photo Date:  4/2/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:44:46 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 8923(SD70M-2) CN 2024(C40-8)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
CN 4705 and IC 9625
Title:  CN 4705 and IC 9625
Description:  CN local crosses Oak St./Hwy. E while servicing Waupaca Foundry, Plant 1, out of frame to left, at Waupaca, WI on 4 Apr. '15. The former SOO freight house is partially visible on the right. This 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. The bowling alley next door to the south caught fire and the flames spread to the freight house. The original 1871 WC passenger depot was converted into a freight house after the 2nd depot was completed in Apr. ‘81. The 1st freight house had been moved from its original location to the current freight house location ca. 1901, when the 2nd depot was moved to the west side of Guard St., now Oak St.
Photo Date:  4/4/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:45:23 AM
Location:  Waupaca, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 4705(GP38-2) IC 9625(GP38-2)
Views:  332   Comments: 1
BCOL 4643 and BCOL 4607
Title:  BCOL 4643 and BCOL 4607
Description:  CN through freight heads north at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 6 Apr. '15.
Photo Date:  4/6/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:45:39 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  BCOL 4643(C44-9WL) BCOL 4607(C40-8M)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
TR 526693, et al.
Title:  TR 526693, et al.
Description:  CN through freight passes under the Main St. overpass while an old, formerly rail-served industry on Union St. is being dismantled at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 7 Apr. '15. I don't know what its last primary function was, but it was labeled as an ice house on the 1913 Sanborn map. The parking lot on the left is where the depot stood. The SOO/WC depot was built on the north side of Sherry St. on the east side of the tracks between 1891 and 1895. It replaced the ca. 1871 depot that stood at the west end of Wisconsin Ave. The Sherry St. depot was demolished ca. 1955 when a new depot was built between Main St. and N. Lake St. on the west leg of the wye, about 850 ft. to the northwest.
Photo Date:  4/7/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:46:02 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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AGR 8261, former GB&W
Title:  AGR 8261, former GB&W
Description:  I was thrilled to espy this former GB&W boxcar, now AGR 8261, included in the consist of a CN through freight halted on former C&NW rails at Stroebe, WI on 9 Apr. '15. The original “Green Bay Route” logo has been painted over in white, but the letters still show through.
Photo Date:  4/9/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:46:18 AM
Location:  Stroebe(2), WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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ELS 501
Title:  ELS 501
Description:  A northbound E&LS train, with about a dozen cars, was parked on former MILW rails at Stiles Junction, WI on 11 Apr. '15. The pathetic remains of the once neat, old depot are partially visible on the right.
Photo Date:  4/11/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:46:35 AM
Location:  Stiles Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  ELS 501(SD40-2)
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IC 9625
Title:  IC 9625
Description:  CN local crosses the North Channel (Menasha Channel) of the Fox River via the former joint MILW/SOO bridge as it hauls 6-8 cars southward at Menasha, WI on 12 Apr. '15. Train was heading back to the yard at Neenah.
Photo Date:  4/12/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:06:58 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  IC 9625(GP38-2)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
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:  248   Comments: 2
MOCX 481051, SOO 75293, MOCX 412270
Title:  MOCX 481051, SOO 75293, MOCX 412270
Description:  A well-weathered SOO wheat stalk covered hopper was one of three spotted at Country Visions Cooperative's Rockwood Fertilizer Plant at Rockwood, WI on 16 Apr. '15. The facility is serviced by CN via former C&NW rails. Unfortunately the active rails terminate here and the rest of the old main line from here to Denmark is now the Devil's River State Trail.
Photo Date:  4/16/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:07:03 AM
Location:  Rockwood, WI
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Trackmobile Magnum 4250 TM
Title:  Trackmobile Magnum 4250 TM
Description:  A Trackmobile Magnum 4250 TM appears toy-like as it shuttles flatcar loads of plate steel past the massive Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. facility at Manitowoc, WI on 16 Apr. '15. The facility is serviced by CN via former C&NW rails. Briess purchased the facility from Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc. in 2014, after it had been idle since 2011. It was started by the Rahr brewing family in 1847. They owned it until the Rahr Malting Co., a.k.a. Manitowoc Malting Plant, was sold to Anheuser-Busch in 1962. While the west side is still adorned with familiar Budweiser bottles and cans today, it was adorned with the Kingsbury beer logos when I was a kid.
Photo Date:  4/16/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:07:06 AM
Location:  Manitowoc, WI
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IC 9571 and WC 17
Title:  IC 9571 and WC 17
Description:  CN local shoves a short train north across the former C&NW high bridge over the Manitowoc River at Manitowoc, WI on 17 Apr. '15.
Photo Date:  4/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:07:09 AM
Location:  Manitowoc, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  IC 9571(GP38-2)
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IC 9571 and WC 17
Title:  IC 9571 and WC 17
Description:  CN local shoves a short train north across the former C&NW high bridge over the Manitowoc River at Manitowoc, WI on 17 Apr. '15.
Photo Date:  4/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:07:11 AM
Location:  Manitowoc, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  IC 9571(GP38-2)
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IC 9571
Title:  IC 9571
Description:  CN local heads south across the former C&NW high bridge over the Manitowoc River at Manitowoc, WI on 17 Apr. '15.
Photo Date:  4/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:07:14 AM
Location:  Manitowoc, WI
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Locomotives:  IC 9571(GP38-2)
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IC 9571 and WC 17
Title:  IC 9571 and WC 17
Description:  CN local heads south across the former C&NW bridge over the former SOO rails at Manitowoc, WI on 17 Apr. '15.
Photo Date:  4/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:07:17 AM
Location:  Manitowoc, WI
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Locomotives:  IC 9571(GP38-2)
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IC 9571
Title:  IC 9571
Description:  CN local heads northeast past the power plant via former C&NW rails at Manitowoc, WI on 17 Apr. '15.
Photo Date:  4/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:07:19 AM
Location:  Manitowoc, WI
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Locomotives:  IC 9571(GP38-2)
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IC 9571
Title:  IC 9571
Description:  CN local picks up some empty flat cars from the small yard adjacent to the massive Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. facility via former C&NW rails at Manitowoc, WI on 17 Apr. '15. Briess purchased the facility from Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc. in 2014, after it had been idle since 2011. It was started by the Rahr brewing family in 1847. They owned it until the Rahr Malting Co., a.k.a. Manitowoc Malting Plant, was sold to Anheuser-Busch in 1962. While the west side is adorned with familiar Budweiser bottles and cans today, it was adorned with Kingsbury beer logos when I was a kid. The tracks in the foreground are remnants of the small yard that used to service one of two car ferries that used to tie up at Manitowoc, the slip is out of frame to right. This particular ferry still runs, but it no longer carries rail cars across the floating section of US 10 between Wisconsin and Michigan.
Photo Date:  4/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:07:22 AM
Location:  Manitowoc, WI
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Locomotives:  IC 9571(GP38-2)
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IC 9571
Title:  IC 9571
Description:  CN local is dwarfed by the power plant as it hauls some flat cars southwest via former C&NW rails at Manitowoc, WI on 17 Apr. '15.
Photo Date:  4/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:07:25 AM
Location:  Manitowoc, WI
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Locomotives:  IC 9571(GP38-2)
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WC 104
Title:  WC 104
Description:  WC 104 caboose on display at Smith Park, Menasha, WI on 24 Apr. '15. Built by Haskell & Barker Car Co. and delivered to the WC in Jan. '09. Numbered SOO 99079 while on their roster but restored as WC 104 when it was presented to the Menasha Historical Society by Leonard Murray, president of SOO, in Jul. '71, during 100th anniversary celebration of founding of WC at Menasha. The protective shelter, designed to mimic a SOO depot, was donated by George Banta, Jr., a Menasha industrialist and railfan. The dedication ceremony was held on 18 Jun. '72. The caboose received a recent facelift and will be rededicated on 16 May '15, hopefully it will be open for tours. The shelter originally had station signs with SOO logos on both ends, but those signs have disappeared. A nice plaque was also part of the original display, but has also disappeared.
Photo Date:  4/24/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:07:27 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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CN 2834 and CN 2803
Title:  CN 2834 and CN 2803
Description:  CN through freight passes over Custer Rd. as it hauls 122 cars northwest via former SOO rails at Custer, WI on 25 Apr. '15.
Photo Date:  4/25/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:06:18 AM
Location:  Custer, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 2834(ES44AC) CN 2803(ES44AC)
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IPFX 74089, ex-AMTK 74089
Title:  IPFX 74089, ex-AMTK 74089
Description:  I was surprised to see the remnant of an Amtrak logo speeding by in the consist of a 122-car CN through freight passing over Custer Rd. as it headed northwest via former SOO rails at Custer, WI on 25 Apr. '15. This former ExpressTrak reefer, AMTK 74089, is now IPFX 74089, owned by Heritage Rail Leasing, LLC.
Photo Date:  4/25/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:13:53 AM
Location:  Custer, WI
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CN 2812 and CN 5481
Title:  CN 2812 and CN 5481
Description:  CN through freight is about to pass under the 2nd St. bridge as it heads southeast via former SOO rails at Amherst Junction, WI on 25 Apr. '15. The track for interchange with the former GB&W is rising in the background. This was a chance encounter, otherwise I would have attempted to shoot around the small tree growing on the embankment. While it is clearly visible in the photograph, it was not so visible in the view finder.
Photo Date:  4/25/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:06:52 AM
Location:  Amherst Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 2812(ES44AC) CN 5481(SD60)
Views:  388   Comments: 2
CN 9601
Title:  CN 9601
Description:  CN local crosses S. Pierce St. via a former C&NW bridge as it ascends the grade out of the Flats with 7 cars at Appleton, WI on 1 May '15. Train was headed back to the yard at Appleton Junction after working Kimberly and Combined Locks.
Photo Date:  5/1/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 3:06:55 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 9601(GP40-2LW)
Views:  316   Comments: 2
WC 1564
Title:  WC 1564
Description:  WC 1564 poses for a portrait at the CN, former C&NW, yard at North Green Bay, WI on 2 May '15.
Photo Date:  5/2/2015  Upload Date: 5/29/2015 2:29:19 AM
Location:  North Green Bay, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  WC 1564(SW1500)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
MRMX 606
Title:  MRMX 606
Description:  An unusual and colorful string of loaded flatcars parked on the E&LS, former MILW, rails at Stiles Junction, WI on 2 May '15. There were about 8 dark blue MRMX flatcars, including MRMX 606, each loaded with 6 blue-green storage bins from LogicHaul Logistics.
Photo Date:  5/2/2015  Upload Date: 5/29/2015 2:29:25 AM
Location:  Stiles Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  205   Comments: 0
CN 2803 and CN 2926
Title:  CN 2803 and CN 2926
Description:  CN through freight crosses the bascule bridge over the Fox River as it heads northward via former C&NW rails at Oshkosh, WI on 3 May '15. The bridge was completed in Aug. '13 to replace the 1899 swing bridge.
Photo Date:  5/3/2015  Upload Date: 5/29/2015 2:29:28 AM
Location:  Oshkosh, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 2803(ES44AC) CN 2926(ES44AC)
Views:  344   Comments: 1
CN 2803 and CN 2926
Title:  CN 2803 and CN 2926
Description:  CN through freight has stopped and split its train, the front half is now backing into the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 3 May '15.
Photo Date:  5/3/2015  Upload Date: 5/29/2015 2:29:31 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 2803(ES44AC) CN 2926(ES44AC)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
CN 8801 and CN 8921
Title:  CN 8801 and CN 8921
Description:  CN container train heads north through the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 3 May '15.
Photo Date:  5/3/2015  Upload Date: 5/29/2015 2:29:35 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 8921(SD70M-2)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
GTW 4928
Title:  GTW 4928
Description:  A CN local crosses Oak St./Hwy. E, passes the former SOO freight house, and traverses the high line while servicing local industries at Waupaca, WI on 4 May '15. The former SOO depot is partially visible at the far end of the railroad bridge on the right.
Photo Date:  5/4/2015  Upload Date: 5/29/2015 2:29:38 AM
Location:  Waupaca, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  GTW 4928(GP38-2)
Views:  192   Comments: 2


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