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CN 9473 |
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A CN local prepares to spot a boxcar at Luvata (originally Valley Cast, Inc.), 553 Carter Ct., Kimberly, WI, via former C&NW rails at Kimberly, WI on 29 Sep. '17. Valley Cast, Inc. (formerly Valley Cast Wire Co., a division of Appleton Wire), built this facility in Kimberly in 1989 to supplement their facility at 908 N. Lawe St., Appleton, WI (currently known as Luvata Appleton). The boxcar about to be spotted is NADX 11089, formerly GB&W, possibly originally P&W. There used to be sidings on each side of the main line here. As you can see, both sidings were removed about a year or so ago but the turnouts remain. |
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9/29/2017 Upload Date: 11/5/2017 2:02:52 AM |
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Kimberly, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 9473 |
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A CN local returns to the main line after spotting a boxcar at Luvata (originally Valley Cast, Inc.), 553 Carter Ct., Kimberly, WI, via former C&NW rails at Kimberly, WI on 29 Sep. '17. Valley Cast, Inc. (formerly Valley Cast Wire Co., a division of Appleton Wire), built this facility in Kimberly in 1989 to supplement their facility at 908 N. Lawe St., Appleton, WI (currently known as Luvata Appleton). There used to be sidings on each side of the main line here. As you can see, both sidings were removed about a year or so ago but the turnouts remain. |
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9/29/2017 Upload Date: 11/5/2017 2:02:59 AM |
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Kimberly, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 9473 |
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A CN local hauls 11 boxcars westward over Hwy. 441 (a.k.a. Tri-County Expressway) via the former FRVR bridge as it crosses the border from Kimberly into Appleton, WI on 29 Sep. '17. There was no bridge here until the expressway was constructed in the early '90s, completed Sep. '93. The tan building at left is Prolamina (formerly Coating Excellence International (cei)), 3621 E. Newberry St., Appleton, a rail customer. Train was heading back to the former C&NW yard at Appleton, WI after servicing Kimberly and Combined Locks. The vandalism was inflicted since the last time I photographed a train crossing it on 26 Mar. '14. I'm surprised at how long it stood unmarred. |
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9/29/2017 Upload Date: 11/5/2017 2:03:07 AM |
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Kimberly, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN 9473, IC 3107 and IC 9612 |
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A CN local briefly pauses in front of the former C&NW depot/yard office while more local power, CN 9473, rests in the foreground at Appleton Junction, WI on 29 Sep. '17. The local was headed back toward Neenah after working Little Chute and Kaukauna and had two locomotives, IC 3107 and IC 9612. It will pick up a string of cars at the southwest end of the yard before continuing on its way. |
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9/29/2017 Upload Date: 11/11/2017 3:00:46 AM |
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Appleton Junction, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 9473(GP40-2LW) IC 3107(GP40R) IC 9612(GP38-2) |
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CN 9473 |
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CN local pauses next to the station sign while working in the former SOO yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 13 Oct. '17. The depot stood a few blocks to the east, on a long spur that from the main line and along W. College Ave. 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). Local was servicing Presto Products, partially visible at left. Founded in 1961, it is currently possessed by the Rank Group. Previous owners include the Coca-Cola Co., the Reynolds Metals Co., and Alcoa Inc. The facility at right has two indoor spurs, but the turnout leading to them has been gone for quite a while. Most of the large facility seems idle, but some portions of it appear to used by someone. The main line forms the border between the Town of Grand Chute and the City of Appleton for this portion of that often convoluted border. |
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10/13/2017 Upload Date: 11/20/2017 3:03:51 AM |
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Appleton Junction, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN 9473 |
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CN local passes the station sign while servicing Presto Products, 670 N. Perkins St., Appleton, WI (physically located in Town of Grand Chute) from the former SOO yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 13 Oct. '17. Founded in 1961, it is currently owned by the Rank Group. Previous owners include the Coca-Cola Co., the Reynolds Metals Co., and Alcoa Inc. The depot stood a few blocks to the east, on a long spur that from the main line and along W. College Ave. 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 on their website). The main line forms the border between the Town of Grand Chute and the City of Appleton for this portion of that often convoluted border. |
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10/13/2017 Upload Date: 12/4/2017 1:57:45 AM |
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Appleton Junction, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN 9473 |
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CN local approaches N. Lynndale Dr. as it heads southeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 15 Oct. '17. I believe they just picked up an empty centerbeam flatcar from Wisconsin Building Supply. This is the branch that runs to New London, WI, but I'm not sure if the local ran all the way to New London or not. It used to be a main line which ran to Clintonville, where it split to continue northwestward to Eland and points beyond, or continue northeastward to Shawano and points beyond. W. College Ave. crosses the tracks near the center of the scene. |
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10/15/2017 Upload Date: 12/4/2017 1:58:29 AM |
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Appleton, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN 9473 |
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CN local approaches W. Spencer St. as it heads southeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 15 Oct. '17. This is the branch that runs to New London, WI, but I'm not sure if the local ran all the way to New London or not. It used to be a main line which ran to Clintonville, where it split to continue northwest to Eland and points beyond, or continue northeast to Shawano and points beyond. While I usually attempt to avoid telephone poles, I purposefully included this haggard old one because the small, red electrical box with a railroad lock is from a classic RR signal manufacturer (unfortunately I forgot which one). |
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10/15/2017 Upload Date: 12/4/2017 1:58:41 AM |
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Appleton, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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| Title: |
CN 9473 |
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CN local crosses W. Spencer St. as it heads southeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 15 Oct. '17. This is the branch that runs to New London, WI, but I'm not sure if the local ran all the way to New London or not. It used to be a main line which ran to Clintonville, where it split to continue northwest to Eland and points beyond, or continue northeast to Shawano and points beyond. |
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10/15/2017 Upload Date: 12/4/2017 1:58:50 AM |
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Appleton, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 9473 |
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CN local returns to the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 15 Oct. '17. Train has picked up one more boxcar since I saw it at W. Spencer St. in Appleton about 2 hours earlier. 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. The rainbow was more impressive with the naked eye. |
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10/15/2017 Upload Date: 12/4/2017 1:59:04 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN 9473 |
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CN local crosses S. Outagamie St. and W. Prospect Ave. as it heads southeast with a single sad and lonely boxcar via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 30 Oct. '17. It is depressing to see such a short train heading down this branch line; there used to be much more activity. |
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10/30/2017 Upload Date: 12/22/2017 2:24:55 AM |
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Appleton, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 4721 and CN 9473 |
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CN local emerges from behind All About Packaging, Inc., Warehouse #2, 1325 S. Perkins St., and approaches S. Perkins St. as it heads northeast through the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 14 Dec. '17. Train was preparing to drop off a cut of cars before continuing on to Little Chute and Kaukauna. There is a spur along the south side of the building, the wheel stops are partially hidden in the snow, but the turnout for the spur was removed years ago. The oldest part of the building was completed in Mar. '60, the new facility for the Fox Valley Sheltered Workshop. Inc. (started in '55 to created employment opportunities for the disabled). It became Valley Packaging Industries Inc. ca. mid- or late-'80s. After they moved to a new facility, this one has been home to Valley Planing Mill, Inc., followed by Perfect Patterns, Inc. It is currently a warehouse for All About Packaging, Inc., whose main facility is a couple of blocks away at 2200 W. Everett St. Founded at Appleton, WI in '96, they specialize in thermoformed packaging. |
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12/14/2017 Upload Date: 1/4/2018 1:58:39 AM |
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Appleton, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 4721(GP38-2) CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN 4721 and CN 9473 |
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CN local crosses S. Perkins St. as it heads northeast through the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 14 Dec. '17. Train was preparing to drop off a cut of cars before continuing on to Little Chute and Kaukauna. |
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12/14/2017 Upload Date: 1/4/2018 1:58:41 AM |
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Appleton, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 4721(GP38-2) CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN 580 |
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580 switching the yard with CN 9543 - CN 9675 - CN 9473 |
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9/18/2018 Upload Date: 1/7/2019 5:30:11 PM |
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Brantford, ON |
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James Gardiner |
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CN 9543(GP40-2LW) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN 580 |
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CN 9473, CN 7025, and CN 4130 head back to the Dundas Sub after lifting 6 Ingenia cars from the new "interchange point" next to Brant Food Centre. |
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10/18/2018 Upload Date: 1/10/2019 10:11:33 PM |
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Brantford, ON |
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James Gardiner |
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CN 9473(GP40-2LW) CN 7025(GP9RM) CN 4130(GP9RM) |
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CN 580 |
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580 passing under Wayne Gretzky Parkway with CN 4130 - CN 7025 - CN 9473 - CN 9543 and 23 cars |
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11/9/2018 Upload Date: 1/11/2019 11:04:40 PM |
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Brantford, ON |
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James Gardiner |
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CN 4130(GP9RM) CN 7025(GP9RM) CN 9473(GP40-2LW) CN 9543(GP40-2LW) |
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CN A408 |
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5/23/2019 Upload Date: 11/29/2021 6:22:56 PM |
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Centralia, IL |
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Blaise Lambert |
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IC 1018(SD70) IC 1017(SD70) CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN 2223 2511 9473 |
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A432 |
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7/24/2019 Upload Date: 8/28/2019 2:02:15 PM |
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Odin, IL |
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Zachary Walters |
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Roster,Action |
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CN 2223(ES44DC) CN 2511(C44-9WL) CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN 2223 2511 9473 |
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7/24/2019 Upload Date: 8/28/2019 2:03:09 PM |
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Odin, IL |
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Zachary Walters |
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Roster,Action |
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CN 2223(ES44DC) CN 2511(C44-9WL) CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN 9473 |
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Roster Shot. |
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9/21/2019 Upload Date: 3/2/2020 6:49:57 PM |
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Decatur, IL |
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Matthew Schimmel |
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Roster,Action |
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CN 9473(GP40-2LW) |
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CN yard job |
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11/9/2019 Upload Date: 12/1/2021 9:35:17 PM |
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Centralia, IL |
| Author: |
Blaise Lambert |
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CN 9473(GP40-2LW) GTW 6224(GP38-2) |
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