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By:T. P. Bruss
Dates:3/20/2014 - 6/20/2014
Album Info:The photographs in this album were captured in Northeast Wisconsin in the spring of 2014, so they are mostly CN operating on former C&NW, GB&W, MILW, and SOO rails. Once in a while I succeed in catching ELS and WSOR on their former MILW rails too.
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IC 3107
Title:  IC 3107
Description:  CN local approaches the former C&NW swing bridge over the Fox River Navigation Canal as it heads westward through the Flats in Appleton, WI on 24 May ’14. Local was headed back to the yard at Appleton Junction after servicing Kimberly, Combined Locks, and eastern Appleton.
Photo Date:  5/24/2014  Upload Date: 5/31/2014 2:47:56 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IC 3107(GP40R)
Views:  102   Comments: 4
CN 2176
Title:  CN 2176
Description:  CN through freight crosses E. Wisconsin Ave. via the former C&NW bridge as it heads northeast through Appleton, WI on 24 May ’14. Train was headed toward Green Bay from Stevens Point and had two locomotives, CN 2176 pulling and CN 2404 pushing.
Photo Date:  5/24/2014  Upload Date: 5/31/2014 2:49:00 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2176(C40-8W)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
CN 2404
Title:  CN 2404
Description:  CN through freight crosses E. Wisconsin Ave. via the former C&NW bridge as it heads northeast through Appleton, WI on 24 May ’14. Train was headed toward Green Bay from Stevens Point and had two locomotives, CN 2176 pulling and CN 2404 pushing.
Photo Date:  5/24/2014  Upload Date: 5/31/2014 2:50:07 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2404(C40-8M)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
SOO 62112 and MILW 120137
Title:  SOO 62112 and MILW 120137
Description:  SOO 62112 and MILW 120137 coupled together in a long string of hoppers at the CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI on 25 May ’14.
Photo Date:  5/25/2014  Upload Date: 5/31/2014 2:51:52 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  108   Comments: 0
CN 2434, CN 2273, CN 2664, and CN 2017
Title:  CN 2434, CN 2273, CN 2664, and CN 2017
Description:  CN through freight crawls out of the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 26 May ’14. Train had four locomotives, CN 2434, CN 2273, CN 2664, and CN 2017.
Photo Date:  5/26/2014  Upload Date: 5/31/2014 2:53:36 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2434(C40-8M) CN 2273(ES44DC) CN 2664(C44-9W) CN 2017(C40-8)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
SOO 74678
Title:  SOO 74678
Description:  SOO 74678, 3-bay covered hopper, at CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI on 26 May ’14.
Photo Date:  5/26/2014  Upload Date: 5/31/2014 2:55:33 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  44   Comments: 1
IC 3107
Title:  IC 3107
Description:  CN local skirts Vulcan Heritage Park as it ascends the grade from the Flats up to the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI with 17 cars on 27 May '14. Train was heading back to the yard after servicing Kimberly and Combined Locks.
Photo Date:  5/27/2014  Upload Date: 6/7/2014 1:33:35 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  IC 3107(GP40R)
Views:  135   Comments: 2
GTW 5944, IC 3110, WC 9623
Title:  GTW 5944, IC 3110, WC 9623
Description:  CN local shoves an unusually long string of cars into the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 28 May '14. They dropped off 64 cars (the average is about 30 cars, or so) before eventually continuing on with 8 cars for Little Chute and Kaukauna. The depot is partially visible in the background. WC 9623, RMC Typhoon Snow Blower, is on the left.
Photo Date:  5/28/2014  Upload Date: 6/7/2014 1:35:46 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 5944(SD40-3) IC 3110(GP40R)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
CN 9460
Title:  CN 9460
Description:  CN local fouls De Pere St. (the current street signs have been lazily bastardized to Depere St.) as it services Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) via former SOO rails on 28 May '14. Given the number of cars, I suspect the local was returning from Manitowoc.
Photo Date:  5/28/2014  Upload Date: 6/7/2014 1:39:22 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9460(GP40-2LW)
Views:  117   Comments: 4
CN 9460
Title:  CN 9460
Description:  CN local fouls De Pere St. (the current street signs have been lazily bastardized to Depere St.) as it services Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) via former SOO rails on 28 May '14. Given the number of cars, I suspect the local was returning from Manitowoc.
Photo Date:  5/28/2014  Upload Date: 6/7/2014 1:40:46 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9460(GP40-2LW)
Views:  130   Comments: 7
GTW 4924
Title:  GTW 4924
Description:  CN local lumbers past Lopas Pond at Heckrodt Wetland Reserve via the former joint MILW/ SOO rails at Menasha, WI on 30 May '14. The locomotive is crossing a small bridge which allows Lopas Channel to drain into Lake Winnebago. Train was heading back to Neenah, likely after servicing the Hilbert area and points beyond.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/7/2014 1:42:47 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4924(GP38-2)
Views:  126   Comments: 3
CN 2176
Title:  CN 2176
Description:  CN local crosses S. Story St. and approaches the former S. Pierce Ave./W. 8th St. grade crossing as it heads southwest via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 31 May '14. Train was heading from Stevens Point to Green Bay and had two locomotives, CN 2176 pulling and GTW 5856 pushing. For nearly a century this train would have been hidden behind the historic Pierce Manufacturing plant that occupied this city block from 1917 until it was razed ca. 2010-12.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 6/7/2014 1:45:42 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2176(C40-8W)
Views:  272   Comments: 2
GTW 5856
Title:  GTW 5856
Description:  CN local has cleared S. Story St. and crosses the former S. Pierce Ave./W. 8th St. grade crossing as it heads southwest via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 31 May '14. Train was heading from Stevens Point to Green Bay and had two locomotives, CN 2176 pulling and GTW 5856 pushing. For nearly a century this train would have been hidden behind the historic Pierce Manufacturing plant that occupied this city block from 1917 until it was razed ca. 2010-12.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 6/7/2014 1:49:30 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 5856(GP38-2)
Views:  146   Comments: 2
IC 3110
Title:  IC 3110
Description:  CN local emerges from a long, narrow, curved gap between two warehouses as it approaches the former C&NW yard office on Garfield Ave. at Menasha,#WI on 5 Jun. '14. They had just finished servicing a couple of industries on Doty Island in the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha.
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 1:05:01 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  IC 3110(GP40R)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
IC 3110
Title:  IC 3110
Description:  CN local emerges from a long, narrow, curved gap between two warehouses and passes the former C&NW yard office on Garfield Ave. at Menasha, WI on 5 Jun. '14. The station sign says Neenah but it is actually located in Menasha. They had just finished servicing a couple of industries on Doty Island in the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha.
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 1:05:56 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  IC 3110(GP40R)
Views:  151   Comments: 1
IC 3110
Title:  IC 3110
Description:  CN local pauses in the remnants of the former C&NW yard at Menasha, WI on 5 Jun. '14. They stopped to couple to the rest of their train after servicing a couple of industries on Doty Island in the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha. The restored C&NW Neenah & Menasha depot, built in 1893 and currently home to an architecture firm, is partially visible in the background on the right.
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 1:07:51 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  Yard,Station
Locomotives:  IC 3110(GP40R)
Views:  141   Comments: 1
IC 3110
Title:  IC 3110
Description:  CN local pauses in the remnants of the former C&NW yard at Menasha, WI on 5 Jun. '14. They stopped to couple to the rest of their train after servicing a couple of industries on Doty Island in the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha. The restorgd C&NW Neenah & Menasha depot, built in 1893 and currently home to an architecture firm, is on the left. The border between Neenah and Menasha is about where the last boxcar is.
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 1:09:10 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  IC 3110(GP40R)
Views:  160   Comments: 1
IC 3110
Title:  IC 3110
Description:  CN local crosses River St. as it completes the interesting maneuvers required to transition from the former C&NW rails to the former joint MILW/ SOO rails at Menasha, WI on 5 Jun. '14. They were heading back to the Neenah yard after servicing several industries on Doty Island in the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha.
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 1:10:48 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  IC 3110(GP40R)
Views:  120   Comments: 2
IC 3110
Title:  IC 3110
Description:  CN local crosses some diamonds and approaches the former joint MILW/ SOO bridge over the Fox River at Menasha, WI on 5 Jun. '14. Locals have to complete some interesting maneuvers in order to transition from the former C&NW rails to the former joint MILW/SOO rails here. They were heading back to the Neenah yard after servicing several industries on Doty Island in the Twin Cities of Neenah and Menasha.
Photo Date:  6/5/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 1:11:46 AM
Location:  Menasha, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IC 3110(GP40R)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
CN 4705 and IC 3102
Title:  CN 4705 and IC 3102
Description:  CN local bisects the Appvion, originally Appleton Papers, mill and approaches N. Mead St. as it heads southwest via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 8 Jun. '14. Train was heading back to Neenah after servicing Appleton, Little Chute and Kaukauna.
Photo Date:  6/8/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 1:15:52 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4705(GP38-2) IC 3102(GP40R)
Views:  293   Comments: 0
IC 3102 and CN 4705
Title:  IC 3102 and CN 4705
Description:  CN local services Nestlé Pizza Division, originally Jack's Pizza, via former C&NW rails at Milepost 219 at Little Chute, WI on 9 Jun. '14.
Photo Date:  6/9/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 1:17:29 AM
Location:  Little Chute, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  IC 3102(GP40R)
Views:  165   Comments: 1
IC 3102 and CN 4705
Title:  IC 3102 and CN 4705
Description:  CN local services Nestlé Pizza Division, originally Jack's Pizza, via former C&NW rails at Milepost 219 at Little Chute, WI on 9 Jun. '14.
Photo Date:  6/9/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 1:19:00 AM
Location:  Little Chute, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  IC 3102(GP40R) CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
IC 3102 and CN 4705
Title:  IC 3102 and CN 4705
Description:  CN local slows to stop at the siding on former C&NW rails in Little Chute, WI on 9 Jun. '14. Crew had just finished servicing Nestlé Pizza Division, originally Jack's Pizza, and stopped here to rearrange a few cars in order to service the Little Chute industrial park one mile to the east. Train would then service Thilmany Pulp and Paper mill in Kaukauna before heading back to Neenah. Normally they service the Little Chute industrial park after Kaukauna, due to the orientation of the turnout, but today they did it differently. The industry on the left is Crystal Print, Inc., which receives periodic rail service.
Photo Date:  6/9/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 1:20:10 AM
Location:  Little Chute, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  IC 3102(GP40R) CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:  292   Comments: 4
IC 1001
Title:  IC 1001
Description:  CN through freight approaches Stroebe Rd. as it builds up speed after a halt on the former C&NW rails Stroebe, WI on 10 Jun. '14. Train was headed from Stevens Point to Green Bay and had two locomotives, Illinois Central IC 1001 pulling and CN 5672 pushing.
Photo Date:  6/10/2014  Upload Date: 6/12/2014 3:03:01 AM
Location:  Stroebe(2), WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  IC 1001(SD70)
Views:  114   Comments: 3
DUPX 913A, DUPX 913B, and DUPX 913C
Title:  DUPX 913A, DUPX 913B, and DUPX 913C
Description:  DUPX 913A, DUPX 913B, and DUPX 913C were some added interest in a CN through freight heading northeast via former C&NW rails Stroebe, WI on 10 Jun. '14. Train was headed from Stevens Point to Green Bay and had two locomotives, IC 1001 pulling and CN 5672 pushing. These cars are part of the TRANSCAER® (Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response) program, founded by UP and Dow Chemical Co. in '86, but greatly expanded since then.
Photo Date:  6/10/2014  Upload Date: 6/12/2014 3:04:17 AM
Location:  Stroebe(2), WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  201   Comments: 3
CN 5672
Title:  CN 5672
Description:  CN through freight is about to clear Stroebe Rd. as it builds up speed after a halt on the former C&NW rails at Stroebe, WI on 10 Jun. '14. Train was headed from Stevens Point to Green Bay and had two locomotives, IC 1001 pulling and CN 5672 pushing.
Photo Date:  6/10/2014  Upload Date: 6/12/2014 3:05:46 AM
Location:  Stroebe(2), WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5672(SD75I)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
CN 9460, CN 9673, CN 4705, IC 3102, and WC 9623
Title:  CN 9460, CN 9673, CN 4705, IC 3102, and WC 9623
Description:  CN local momentarily halts at the depot while another crew sorts cars at the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI the evening of 10 Jun. '14. Local was heading back to Neenah after working Appleton, Little Chute and Kaukauna and had two locomotives, CN 4705 and IC 3102. The other crew was using CN 9460 and CN 9673. WC 9623, RMC Typhoon Snow Blower, is on the left.
Photo Date:  6/10/2014  Upload Date: 6/12/2014 3:10:42 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9460(GP40-2LW) CN 9673(GP40-2LW) CN 4705(GP38-2) IC 3102(GP40R)
Views:  413   Comments: 2
CN 9460 and CN 9673
Title:  CN 9460 and CN 9673
Description:  CN local prepares to depart the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI the night of 10 Jun. '14. Train had two locomotives, CN 9460 and CN 9673.
Photo Date:  6/10/2014  Upload Date: 6/12/2014 3:12:09 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Yard
Locomotives:  CN 9460(GP40-2LW) CN 9673(GP40-2LW)
Views:  203   Comments: 1
MOCX 412417 and others
Title:  MOCX 412417 and others
Description:  A trio of covered hoppers spotted at Greenville Cooperative in Greenville, WI on 13 Jun. '14. This facility is service by CN via former C&NW rails.
Photo Date:  6/13/2014  Upload Date: 7/15/2014 1:55:04 AM
Location:  Greenville, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  90   Comments: 1
LRC 606
Title:  LRC 606
Description:  LRC 606 spotted at Shawano Paper Mill at Shawano, WI on 13 Jun. ’14. The mill was originally Wolf River Paper & Fiber Co., but is currently a div. of Little Rapids Corp. This facility is serviced by CN via a combination of SOO and C&NW rails. The track in the foreground is a 4-mile remnant of the C&NW mainline that once ran 83 miles from Green Bay to Wausau, WI. That line, minus this segment and a 2-mile stretch in Wausau that still have rails, is now the Mountain-Bay State Trail.
Photo Date:  6/13/2014  Upload Date: 7/9/2014 4:17:02 AM
Location:  Shawano, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  115   Comments: 0
CN 414282, DWC 793501, and others
Title:  CN 414282, DWC 793501, and others
Description:  Seven boxcars spotted at Shawano Paper Mill at Shawano, WI on 13 Jun. ’14. A forklift is unloading one of the boxcars. The mill was originally Wolf River Paper & Fiber Co., but is currently a div. of Little Rapids Corp. This facility is serviced by CN via a combination of SOO and C&NW rails. The tracks by the mill are a 4-mile remnant of the C&NW mainline that once ran 83 miles from Green Bay to Wausau, WI.
Photo Date:  6/13/2014  Upload Date: 7/15/2014 1:54:08 AM
Location:  Shawano, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  138   Comments: 0
GTW 5944 and IC 3138
Title:  GTW 5944 and IC 3138
Description:  CN local with 26 cars halted on the siding along former C&NW rails at Milepost 211 adjacent to W. Butte Des Morts Beach Rd. at Stroebe, WI on 15 Jun. ’14. Local was waiting to be overtaken by the Stevens Point to Green Bay train before it would continue on to Appleton, Little Chute and Kaukauna.
Photo Date:  6/15/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 1:34:12 AM
Location:  Stroebe(2), WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  GTW 5944(SD40-3) IC 3138(GP40R)
Views:  202   Comments: 1
GTW 5944, IC 3138 and CN 5641
Title:  GTW 5944, IC 3138 and CN 5641
Description:  CN through freight pulling 120 cars overtakes a local halted on the siding along former C&NW rails at Milepost 211, adjacent to W. Butte Des Morts Beach Rd. at Stroebe, WI on 15 Jun. ’14. Through freight was headed from Stevens Point to Green Bay and had two locomotives CN 5641 pulling and CN 8947 pushing. Local had a very friendly crew hauling 26 cars for Appleton, Little Chute and Kaukauna.
Photo Date:  6/15/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 1:37:05 AM
Location:  Stroebe(2), WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 5944(SD40-3) IC 3138(GP40R) CN 5641(SD75I)
Views:  186   Comments: 2
CN 8947
Title:  CN 8947
Description:  CN through freight pulling 120 cars crosses Stroebe Rd. as it overtakes a local halted on the siding along former C&NW rails at Milepost 211, adjacent to W. Butte Des Morts Beach Rd. at Stroebe, WI on 15 Jun. ’14. Through freight was headed from Stevens Point to Green Bay and had two locomotives CN 5641 pulling and CN 8947 pushing.
Photo Date:  6/15/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 1:38:59 AM
Location:  Stroebe(2), WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8947(SD70M-2)
Views:  133   Comments: 2
CN Fairmont Tamper, Mark III ESTR
Title:  CN Fairmont Tamper, Mark III ESTR
Description:  CN MoW equipment, either WC 4468 or CN 4468, Fairmont Tamper, Mark III ESTR, srotted at former MILW yard at Hilbert, WI on 22 Mar. '14. This piece of equipment has been parked here for quite a while, but may be getting a workout in the near future.
Photo Date:  3/22/2014  Upload Date: 4/1/2014 2:24:38 AM
Location:  Hilbert, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  1028   Comments: 0


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