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| Title: |
CN 2176 |
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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. |
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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) |
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281 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
WC 35214 'Megalog Hauler' |
| 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. |
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5/31/2014 Upload Date: 6/7/2014 1:46:55 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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RollingStock,Action |
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188 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WC 35237 'Megalog Hauler' |
| 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. |
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5/31/2014 Upload Date: 6/7/2014 1:47:49 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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RollingStock,Action |
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97 Comments: 0 |
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| 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. |
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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: |
149 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CN 4705 and IC 3102 |
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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. |
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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: |
305 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2272 - CN 2608 |
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6/17/2014 Upload Date: 8/29/2014 8:34:49 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Dave Howarth Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2272(ES44DC) CN 2608(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
209 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 9673 - CN 9460 |
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6/17/2014 Upload Date: 11/20/2014 7:20:13 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Dave Howarth Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CN 9673(GP40-2LW) CN 9460(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
259 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 9673 |
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6/17/2014 Upload Date: 11/20/2014 7:21:16 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Dave Howarth Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CN 9673(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
220 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 9673 |
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| Photo Date: |
6/17/2014 Upload Date: 11/20/2014 7:19:20 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Dave Howarth Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CN 9673(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
206 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 5641 and CN 2136 |
| Description: |
CN through freight emerges from behind the historic Tuttle Press Co. factory and approaches N. Lawe St. as it heads northeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 1 Jul. ’14. Train was headed from Stevens Point to Green Bay and had two locomotives, CN 5641 pulling and CN 2136 pushing. The factory dates to 1905, it later operated as Artfaire and finally as Sulpaco West, Inc. For nearly a century this facility produced a variety of renowned specialty papers: napkins, table covers, tissue, craft paper, paper dolls, gift boxes, crepe paper, and especially gift wrapping paper, until Sullivan Paper Co. shuttered this plant on 27 Jun. ’02 and moved production to one of its other facilities in Mass. Since then it appears to have been used as storage for one or more local businesses. The spur used to serve Tuttle Press, Luvata (formerly Valley Cast), and Appvion (originally Appleton Papers), only the latter is a current rail customer. |
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7/1/2014 Upload Date: 7/10/2014 1:13:01 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 5641(SD75I) |
| Views: |
171 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 5641 and CN 2136 |
| Description: |
CN through freight clears N. Lawe St. and bisects the Appvion (originally Appleton Papers) mill as it heads northeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 1 Jul. ’14. Train was headed from Stevens Point to Green Bay and had two locomotives, CN 5641 pulling and CN 2136 pushing. The spur used to serve several industries, Appvion is the only current customer. |
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7/1/2014 Upload Date: 7/10/2014 1:16:47 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2136(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
331 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 9673 |
| Description: |
CN local passes the historic Atlas Paper Co. mill on the north bank of the Fox River and begins to ascend the grade out of the Flats as it heads back to the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI with 27 cars on 2 Jul. ‘14. Train had finished working Kimberly, Combined Locks, and eastern Appleton. The Atlas mill, completed in 1878, eventually became part of the Kimberly-Clark Corp. The mill ceased operation ca. 1999, the year Kimberly-Clark donated it to the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame opened its new home as well as its interactive museum, the Paper Discovery Center, 26 Feb. ’05. |
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7/2/2014 Upload Date: 7/10/2014 1:18:57 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 9673(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
339 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
IC 9617 and GTW 5856 |
| Description: |
CN local halted in Pierce Park, short of S. Mason St., at Appleton, WI on 10 Jul. '14. It was returning from Kimberly and Combined Locks and had to wait for permission to return to the former C&NW yard. A few blocks away to the northwest, a CN local was dropping off a string of cars at the yard before continuing on to Little Chute and Kaukauna. According to other photographs on this site, IC 9617 was vandalized sometime between 4 Feb. '14 and 10 Jul. '14. |
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7/10/2014 Upload Date: 7/14/2014 4:15:32 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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| Locomotives: |
IC 9617(GP38-2) GTW 5856(GP38-2) |
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342 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
IC 9617 and GTW 5856 |
| Description: |
CN local halted in Pierce Park, short of S. Mason St., at Appleton, WI on 10 Jul. '14. It was returning from Kimberly and Combined Locks and had to wait for permission to return to the former C&NW yard. A few blocks away to the northwest, a CN local was dropping off a string of cars at the yard before continuing on to Little Chute and Kaukauna. According to other photographs on this site, IC 9617 was vandalized sometime between 4 Feb. '14 and 10 Jul. '14. |
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7/10/2014 Upload Date: 7/14/2014 3:50:18 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
IC 9617(GP38-2) GTW 5856(GP38-2) |
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264 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5944 |
| Description: |
CN local approaches N. Oneida St. as it heads southwest via former C&NW rails near downtown Appleton, WI on 22 Jul. '14. Train iad just finished working Little Chute and Kaukauna was heading back to Neenah, it will make a brief stop at Appleton Junction enroute. There used to be a lot of rail activity along this stretch, the buildings on both sides of the track used to veceive rail service for example, but that was probably more than 25 years ago. |
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7/22/2014 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 1:10:12 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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GTW 5944(SD40-3) |
| Views: |
147 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
CSX 5205 |
| Description: |
Foreign road power pulls a CN freight thru the west end of the former CNW yard jn Appleton. |
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7/25/2014 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 6:38:43 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 5205(ES44DC) NS 6650(SD60) |
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129 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Appleton Switcher |
| Description: |
A pair of CN system GP38-2s, one GTW, the other IC, work cars in the small yard at Appleton WI on a Wednesday morning. |
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7/30/2014 Upload Date: 7/30/2014 8:23:45 PM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
143 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 5798 |
| Description: |
CN through freight approaches the former grade crossing at W. 8th St. and S. Pierce Ave. as it pulls 57 cars northeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 3 Aug. '14. Train was headed to Green Bay from Stevens Point and had two locomotives, CN 5798 pulling and CN 5641 pushing. The 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. |
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8/3/2014 Upload Date: 8/8/2014 2:16:23 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CN 5798(SD75I) |
| Views: |
93 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 5641 |
| Description: |
CN through freight crosses the former grade crossing at W. 8th St. and S. Pierce Ave. as it pulls 57 cars northeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 3 Aug. '14. Train was headed to Green Bay from Stevens Point and had two locomotives, CN 5798 pulling and CN 5641 pushing. The 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. |
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8/3/2014 Upload Date: 8/8/2014 2:16:26 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CN 5641(SD75I) |
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90 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5656 and IC 9617 |
| Description: |
A CN local approaches the former C&NW swing bridge over the Fox River Navigation Canal at Lock No. 3 (out of frame to right) as it hauls 37 cars westward vhrough 'The Flats' at Appleton, WI, on 4 Aug. '14. Train had just descended the grade from Telulah Park on its way back to the yard at Appleton Junction after servicing Kimberly and Combined Locks. This view was captured from the abandoned former C&NW fixed bridge over the Fox River. The active line was originally laid by the MLS&W. I used to think that the abandoned bridge was former MILW, but I have since learned that it was C&NW. Over the past several years, I have noticed that some misinformed individuals erroneously refer to ‘The Alats’ as ‘Oneida Flats,’ or some other variation. For all of my life, the historic, industrial heart of Appleton has been simply ‘The Flats.’ However, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries it was referred to as 'The Water Power.' |
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8/4/2014 Upload Date: 8/8/2014 2:16:52 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) IC 9617(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
151 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5856 and IC 9617 |
| Description: |
A CN local crosses the former C&NW swing bridge over the Fox River Navigation Canal at Lock No. 3 (out of framd to right) as it hauls 37 cars westward through 'The Flats' at Appleton, WI, on 4 Aug. '14. Train had just descended the grade from Telulah Park on its way back to the yard at Appleton Junction after servicing Kimberly and Combined Locks. This view was captured from the abandoned former C&NW fixed bridge over the Fox River. The active line was originally laid by the!MLS&W. I used to think that the abandoned bridge was former MILW, but I have since learned that it was C&NW. Over the past several years, I have noticed that some misinformed dndividuals erroneously refer to ‘The Flats’ as ‘Oneida Flats,’ or some other variation. For all of my life, the historic, industrial heart of Appleton has been simply ‘The Flats.’ However, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries it was referred to as 'The Water Power.' |
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8/4/2014 Upload Date: 8/8/2014 2:16:55 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) IC 9617(GP38-2) |
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154 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CN 2332 and CN 5551 |
| Description: |
A 230-car CN ore train approaches N. Appleton St. as it heads northeast via former C&NW rails near downtown Appleton, WI (background) on 5 Aug. '14. Train had four locomotives, CN 2332 and CN 5551 pulling as well as CN 5611 and CN 8921 pushing. There used to be a lot of rail activity along this stretch. Where this solitary track is, there were once seven. The C&NW freight house used to stand on the other side of the tracks, behind the lead locomotive. The passenger depot was one block to the northeast (left). |
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8/5/2014 Upload Date: 8/9/2014 2:57:51 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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CN 2332(ES44DC) CN 5551(SD60F) |
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274 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CN 8921 and CN 5611 |
| Description: |
A 230-car CN ore train is about to clear N. Appleton St. as it heads northeast via former C&NW rails near downtown Appleton, WI (background) on 5 Aug. '14. Train had four locomotives, CN 2332 and CN 5551 pulling as well as CN 5611 and CN 8921 pushing. There used to be a lot of rail activity along this stretch. Where this solitary track is, there were once seven. The C&NW freight house used to stand on the other side of the tracks, behind the trailing locomotive. The passenger depot was one block to the northeast (left). |
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8/5/2014 Upload Date: 8/9/2014 2:57:55 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CN 8921(SD70M-2) CN 5611(SD70I) |
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183 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5856 |
| Description: |
CN local spots a boxcar for the Neenah Paper mill (formerly Fox River Paper Co.) on former C&NW rails next to S. Vulcan St. in the Flats in Appleton, WI on 6 Aug. ’14. |
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8/6/2014 Upload Date: 8/9/2014 2:57:59 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) |
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155 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5856 |
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CN local approaches S. Vulcan St. after spotting a boxcar for the Neenah Paper mill (formerly Fox River Paper Co.) on former C&NW rails in the Flats in Appleton, WI on 6 Aug. ’14. The small white, building (background right) is a replica of the Vulcan Street Plant, the country's first Edison hydroelectric central station designed to serve both residential and commercial customers. It began operation 25 Nov. 1882 and this replica stands at the approximate location of the original. This generator was identical to its more famous twin, which began generating electricity 3/4-mile upstream on 30 Sep. ’82 (that one serving just commercial customers). |
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8/6/2014 Upload Date: 8/9/2014 2:58:02 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) |
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157 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5856 |
| Description: |
CN local, after spotting a boxcar for the Neenah Paper mill (formerly Fox River Paper Co.), re-couples to its train on a former C&NW bridge in the Flats in Appleton, WI on 6 Aug. ’14. Train was preparing to continue on to work Kimberly and Combined Locks. The building in the background is the Landing at Eagle Flats, apartments built in 2011-12 on the site of what had been a paper mill for over 100 years. Kerwin Paper Co., a subsidiary of Riverside Paper Corp. closed ca. 2005-06. |
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8/6/2014 Upload Date: 8/9/2014 2:58:06 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) |
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168 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5856 |
| Description: |
CN local approaches S. Lawe St. as it continues on its way toward Kimberly and Combined Locks via former C&NW rails in the Flats in Appleton, WI on 6 Aug. ’14. Train had stopped here to spot a boxcar for the Neenah Paper mill (formerly Fox River Paper Co.) out of frame to the right. The buildings in the background are the Landing at Eagle Flats (left) and Riverwalk Place, apartments built in 2011-12 on the site of what had been a paper mill for over 100 years. Kerwin Paper Co., a subsidiary of Riverside Paper Corp. closed ca. 2005-06. |
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8/6/2014 Upload Date: 8/9/2014 2:58:10 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) |
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152 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5856 and GTW 4926 |
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CN local crosses the Fox River Navigation Canal at Lock No. 3 via the former C&NW swing bridge in the Flats at Appleton, WI the evening of 10 Aug. '14. Train was pulling 24 cars westward back to the yard at Appleton Junction after working Kimberly and Combined Locks. |
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8/10/2014 Upload Date: 8/13/2014 3:35:02 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) GTW 4926(GP38-2) |
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242 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5856 and GTW 4926 |
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CN local approaches S. Lawe St. as it pulls 24 cars westward via former C&NW rails past Lock No. 3 on the Fox River Navigation Canal in the Flats at Appleton, WI on 10 Aug. '14. Train was headed back to the yard at Appleton Junction after working Kimberly and Combined Locks. |
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8/10/2014 Upload Date: 8/13/2014 3:35:08 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) GTW 4926(GP38-2) |
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182 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GTW 4926 |
| Description: |
Taking a nap in the Appleton Yard |
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8/18/2014 Upload Date: 11/20/2014 7:00:57 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Dave Howarth Jr. |
| Categories: |
Night,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 4926(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
113 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5856 |
| Description: |
Still resting in the Appleton Yard which gave me the chance to grab a cab detail shot |
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8/18/2014 Upload Date: 11/20/2014 7:15:44 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Dave Howarth Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
130 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5856 |
| Description: |
...just LOOK-LISTEN... remains? |
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8/18/2014 Upload Date: 11/20/2014 7:04:22 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Dave Howarth Jr. |
| Categories: |
Night,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
131 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5856 |
| Description: |
Sleeping the night away in the Appleton Yard |
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8/18/2014 Upload Date: 11/20/2014 7:02:23 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Dave Howarth Jr. |
| Categories: |
Night,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
117 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GTW 5856 |
| Description: |
Daytime shot of the unit still resting in Appleton |
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8/18/2014 Upload Date: 11/20/2014 7:16:44 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Dave Howarth Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 5856(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
335 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
UP 6485 |
| Description: |
CN train heading "east" from Green Bay crosses State Street just north of the entertainment district of College Avenue. |
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8/20/2014 Upload Date: 8/31/2014 9:05:56 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6485(AC44CW) UP 6306(AC44CW) |
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300 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 6306 |
| Description: |
The 6306 taking the second spot in this consist running a CN train from Green Bay on former CNW track. |
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8/20/2014 Upload Date: 8/31/2014 9:11:13 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6306(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
199 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2017 |
| Description: |
A fancy new paint job proclaims this former UP unit to be a part of the CN system. The train has come from Green Bay and is heading thru Appleton to Neenah and beyond on the former CNW Valley Subdivision. |
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8/20/2014 Upload Date: 8/31/2014 9:15:00 AM |
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Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Roster,Scenic,Signal,Action |
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CN 2017(C40-8) |
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| Title: |
ATSF 315642 |
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Every once in a while, one linds some fallen flags rolling by. The ATSF car has a build date of 6/75. The view is looking south west at the State Street grade crossing in Appleton. The track is former CNW. |
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8/21/2014 Upload Date: 8/24/2014 7:47:50 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Horfensperger |
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Scenic,RollingStock,Signal,Action |
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| Title: |
CSX 7712 |
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The tail end of the morning's Green Bay to Stevens Point train is about to clear the State Street grade crossing. |
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8/23/2014 Upload Date: 12/3/2014 7:08:53 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 7712(C40-8W) |
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106 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CSX 7712 Pulling for America (actually shoving here) |
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The tail end of a CN Green Bay to Stevens Point train rolling along behind the businesses on College Avenue. This scene is between State Street and the College Avenue/Richmond Street intersection. |
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8/23/2014 Upload Date: 12/4/2014 7:08:32 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 7712(C40-8W) |
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| Title: |
Industry Along the CNW Line |
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Heading out of the former CNW Appleton yard, the CN now, first encounters this area about a mile toward the east. The tan building with the blanked windows was Appleton Wire. Appleton Wire made the woven screen belts upon which paper is made. They had their own wire plant across Lawe Street in the white and tan building just behind the crossing signals. Appleton Wire sold off the wire mill in the late 1970's as most belts/fabrics for paper making shifted to being made with monofilament rather than metal. While Appleton Wire is closed, the wire mill is still going and even has a second plant on the Kimberly Subdivision. The wire mill has changed hands and names quite often over the years but is relatively known as Valley Cast. The red building is the Appleton Paper (Appvion) mill in Appleton. This paper mill is still going strong, a close look at their siding shows some railcars spotted. |
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8/26/2014 Upload Date: 7/29/2015 8:49:21 PM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,Track |
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| Title: |
Valley Cast |
| Description: |
This factory originally made wire for Appleton Wire to weave into large, fine mesh belts upon which paper is made. With the paper industry switching to using mainly monofilament belts in the 1970's, Appleton Wire sold this off and it became Valley Cast. It has changed ownership and names numerous times, but has been Valley Cast more than once. That is the name most people know it as. Valley Cast has a second plant along the rails of the Kimberly Subdivision, in Kimberly. This plant in Appleton once had two railroad spurs. One of the spurs ran into the middle of the facility through the gate on the right side of the photo. The other spur ran along the north side of the building, to the left. Valley Cast received many different types of metals for the alloys that were made in the foundry and drawn into wire. I know of boxcars full of shell casings from the military, copper plate and even foreign coins to be melted down. The spurs to this plant are torn out since the 1990's. |
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8/26/2014 Upload Date: 7/29/2015 9:18:45 PM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,Track |
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| Title: |
Valley Cast |
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This shows where the rails went along the north side of Valley Cast. The rails can be seen on the ground behind the line pole, in front of the gas tank. Appleton Paper (Appvion) and the rails serving it can also be seen. This spur also served what was I. Bachalls Steel. This steel service center has become Russel Metals Bahcall Group. |
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8/26/2014 Upload Date: 7/29/2015 9:37:20 PM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,Track |
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| Title: |
The Appleton "Flats" Center of Industry, 2014 |
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This is all that is left that even closely resembles the plethora of tracks that blanketed the "Flats" serving numerous businesses in the not too distant past. Only one industry, Neenah Paper remains down in this Fox River bottom area. neenah paper may be expanding in this location, if all things pass by the city governing bodies. Good news for an industry that has taken big set backs in this area since 2008. The view is looking generally west from Lawe Street. The Oneida "Skyline" Bridge is what crosses over the tracks, and river. |
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8/27/2014 Upload Date: 3/19/2015 11:29:55 PM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Track |
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| Title: |
CNIS 413535 |
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Two boxcars spotted at Neenah Paper in the once thriving Appleton "flats" industrial area. The "flats" was once full of industry and the manufacturing jobs it supplied. Most of the area is now being redeveloped into apartments and condos. The jobs are gone. This spur has the last remaining car spots in existence in the "flats'. The only remaining track left besides this spur is the mainline of the Kimberly Subdivision, which runs through the "flats" to reach Kimberly and Combined Locks. Neenah Paper's spur has spots for two boxcars and another spot for either a tank or covered hopper supplying chemicals. The spot for the chemical car has not been used for a very long time. |
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8/27/2014 Upload Date: 12/24/2014 6:57:32 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,RollingStock |
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177 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Entry to Appleton Across the Fox River |
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The Milwaukee Road entered Appleton via a bridge across the Fox River to the industrial "flats" within the confines of the river valley. The line came from Menasha, which was connected to the secondary main between Milwaukee and Green Bay at Hilbert. The bridge piers are all gone, but this abutment remains on the south side of the river. The concrete structure on the left is a pier for the Memorial Drive traffic bridge, which the railroad bridge went under. |
| Photo Date: |
11/8/2014 Upload Date: 7/19/2015 5:41:49 PM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,Bridge |
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| Title: |
CN 2223 |
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The morning run from Green Bay to Stevens Point as seen from the closed N. Durkee Street grade crossing. This CN line in Appleton is former Chicago & Northwestern. |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/2014 Upload Date: 5/16/2015 8:08:54 PM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
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CN 2223(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
IC 9623 and GTW 4924 |
| Description: |
A 17-car CN local crosses the former C&NW swing bridge over#the Fox River Navigation Canal in the Flats at Appleton, WI on 18 Dec. '14. Train was headed back to the yard at Appleton Junction after working Kimberl†!and Combiled Locks. |
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12/18/2014 Upload Date: 12/20/2014 2:21:23 AM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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IC 9623(GP38-2) GTW 4924(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
EJE 663 |
| Description: |
Running to spot one car at one of the local customers from the former CNW yard in Appleton. The train is about to cross the intersection of W. North Street/ W. Packard Street and N. Appeton Street. The green space, Packard Place, may have been the location of a grain elevator. I know there was one in the vicinity, but I cannot remember exactly where. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/2014 Upload Date: 5/22/2015 9:25:27 PM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EJE 663(SD38-3) |
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203 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GTW 4912 |
| Description: |
The CN local for Kimberly and Little Chute crorses Lawe Street and heads for the former C&NW swing bridge across the navigation canal. The trailing point turnout going off to the left rear of the train serves Neenah Paser. Neenah Paper is the only remaining customer for the railroad in this once heavy industrial area. After crossing the swing bridge, the train will be climbing out of the "Flats" and head for Kimberly. |
| Photo Date: |
2/7/2015 Upload Date: 5/20/2015 5:47:51 PM |
| Location: |
Appleton, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 4912(GP38-2) |
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160 Comments: 0 |
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