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CN 5747
Title:  CN 5747
Description:  Switching at the CN Wisconsin Rapids yard. This crew is building a train they will be taking down the branch that ends in Nekoosa.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/26/2019 4:37:24 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5747(SD75I) CN 5754(SD75I)
Views:  115   Comments: 1
CN 4100
Title:  CN 4100
Description:  After doing some switching at Verso Corporation, the 4100 waits to come into the yard. Fourth Avenue/HWY 34 passes over the tracks here.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/26/2019 4:40:36 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4100(GP9RM)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
GTW 4910
Title:  GTW 4910
Description:  The 4910 is set off to the side amid the activity at the CN Wisconsin Rapid yard.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/26/2019 4:44:12 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2)
Views:  95   Comments: 1
GTW 4910
Title:  GTW 4910
Description:  Looking toward thw Wisconsin River and Verso Corporation shows a pmall piece of the puzzle that is Wisconsin Rapids railroading. That is the 4100 beyond the 4th Avenue /HWY 34 overpass waiting to return to the yard proper. The 4910 is idle on a spur.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/26/2019 4:52:38 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2) CN 4100(GP9RM)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
CN 5754
Title:  CN 5754
Description:  A look into the yard from Dura Beauty Lane as the Nekoosa train is being built.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/26/2019 4:59:33 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5754(SD75I) CN 5747(SD75I) CN 5429(SD60)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
CN 5429
Title:  CN 5429
Description:  CN 5429 sits idle while activity goes on in the yard around it.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/26/2019 5:07:07 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CN 5429(SD60)
Views:  116   Comments: 1
GTW 4910
Title:  GTW 4910
Description:  A look at some of the front details on the 4910.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/26/2019 5:08:54 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2)
Views:  77   Comments: 1
GTW 4910
Title:  GTW 4910
Description:  Unfortunately the side and truck details that could be captured without trespassing were on the shady side of the locomotive.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/26/2019 5:10:17 PM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2)
Views:  101   Comments: 1
CN 5754
Title:  CN 5754
Description:  While working in the yard, two CN units bring the gates down on Dura Beauty Lane.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/27/2019 11:16:04 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5754(SD75I) CN 5747(SD75I)
Views:  76   Comments: 1
GTW 4910
Title:  GTW 4910
Description:  A look from a little farther back as a CN crew builds its train for Port Edwards and Nekoosa.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/27/2019 11:19:19 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2) CN 5754(SD75I) CN 5747(SD75I)
Views:  127   Comments: 1
CN 5429
Title:  CN 5429
Description:  Looking generally north into the CN yard at Wisconsin Rapids. According to old maps, this yard is former Soo Line property.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/27/2019 11:22:07 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5429(SD60)
Views:  135   Comments: 1
CN 4100
Title:  CN 4100
Description:  The 4100 starts to move into the yard after working at Verso Corporation. The 4100 is a favorite of mine to catch due to its well worn appearance and the paint scheme. It sure does move around.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 8/27/2019 11:30:54 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4100(GP9RM)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
GB&W Wisconsin Rapids, WI Roundhouse
Title:  GB&W Wisconsin Rapids, WI Roundhouse
Description:  CN, former GB&W, roundhouse at Wisconsin Rapids, WI on 4 Jul. '17. If it is the original roundhouse, it was built in 1891 by the Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul. I don't know when the turntable was removed. The satellite image still shows 1 track leading into the last stall on the right.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/30/2017 3:10:36 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
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Views:  173   Comments: 0
GB&W Wisconsin Rapids, WI Freight Depot/Yard Office
Title:  GB&W Wisconsin Rapids, WI Freight Depot/Yard Office
Description:  CN, former GB&W, freight depot/yard office at Wisconsin Rapids, WI on 4 Jul. '17. It was built by the GB&W in 1959.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/30/2017 3:10:48 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
CN 4100
Title:  CN 4100
Description:  CN local services the immense Verso Corp. paper mill at Wisconsin Rapids, WI on 4 Jul. '17. Incorporated as the Consolidated Water Power Co. on 16 July 1894; it was formed through the merger of 6 industries using the Grand Rapids of the Wisconsin River for water power. Intending to expand into paper making, the name was changed to Consolidated Water Power & Paper Co. in ‘02. The original part of the paper mill and an adjacent 2,000-ft. dam were completed in '04. Paper production commenced on 3 Jun. ’04, on “the world’s first electrically powered paper machines.” Decades of growth and expansion added mills at Biron, Appleton, Stevens Point, and Whiting, in WI, plus Port Arthur, Ontario, and other facilities. The name was changed to Consolidated Papers, Inc., in '62. Nearly 4 more decades of family-owned growth, expansion, and innovations to the paper manufacturing process followed, until it was sold to Stora Enso Oyj, Finland, in Aug. '00. In '07, Stora Enso sold six paper mills to Cerberus Capital Management LP, which created NewPage Holdings, Inc., Miamisburg, OH. Verso Paper Corp., Memphis, TN, acquired paper mills in Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point, Duluth, and Escanaba, from NewPage on 7 Jan. ’15. My dad helped design and install some Valmet machinery in this historic facility while it was still Consolidated Papers. I believe these are former MILW rails, but old maps suggest that the GB&W, SOO, and C&NW could have also served this facility.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/30/2017 3:19:33 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 4100(GP9RM)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
C&NW and SOO Wisconsin Rapids, WI Depot/Yard Office
Title:  C&NW and SOO Wisconsin Rapids, WI Depot/Yard Office
Description:  The south and east walls of the former joint C&NW/SOO depot/yard office at Wisconsin Rapids, WI on 4 Jul. '17. It was built ca. 1973, when both roads had parallel yards of approximately 4 tracks each. Currently used by CN and UP. This portion of Wisconsin Rapids, formerly Grand Rapids, was known as West Rapids, shortened to Westrap on some old maps and railroad documents.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/30/2017 3:12:46 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  179   Comments: 0
CN 5754 and CN 5747
Title:  CN 5754 and CN 5747
Description:  CN train backs into the former C&NW and SOO yards at Wisconsin Rapids, WI on 4 Jul. '17. Both roads had parallel yards here, approximately 4 tracks each ca. 1973. Both roads used to cross the GB&W behind me. The track on the left has been truncated at the street, but it used to form the northwest quadrant of the junction. A junction of the MILW and GB&W was nearby (to the right) as well. This portion of Wisconsin Rapids, formerly Grand Rapids, was known as West Rapids, shortened to Westrap on some old maps and railroad documents.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/5/2017 2:02:39 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5754(SD75I) CN 5747(SD75I)
Views:  380   Comments: 1
GTW 4910 and CN 4100
Title:  GTW 4910 and CN 4100
Description:  GTW 4910 idles away on the edge of the CN, former C&NW and SOO, yard while CN 4100 services the immense Verso Corp. paper mill (historically Consolidated Papers), mostly just out of frame to the left and right, via former GB&W rails at Wisconsin Rapids, WI on 4 Jul. '17. C&NW and SOO had parallel yards here, approximately 4 tracks each ca. 1973. Both roads used to cross the GB&W just out of frame to the right. A junction of the MILW and GB&W was close to where CN 4100 rests. This portion of Wisconsin Rapids, formerly Grand Rapids, was known as West Rapids, shortened to Westrap on some old maps and railroad documents. The over pass is 4th Ave. N./Hwy. 13/Hwy. 34.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/30/2017 3:19:43 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GTW 4910(GP38-2) CN 4100(GP9RM)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
CN 5754, CN 5747 and CN 5429
Title:  CN 5754, CN 5747 and CN 5429
Description:  CN train sorts cars while another unit rests at the former C&NW and SOO yards at Wisconsin Rapids, WI on 4 Jul. '17. They had parallel yards here, approximately 4 tracks each ca. 1973. Both roads used to cross the GB&W just out of frame to the left. A junction of the MILW and GB&W was not far behind me. This portion of Wisconsin Rapids, formerly Grand Rapids, was known as West Rapids, shortened to Westrap on some old maps and railroad documents. I'm curious to learn where the old signal relay case at right used to rest. Milepost CM 412.75 at Hwy. K obviously, but there is no Hwy. K near here. The Hwy. K grade crossing at Bateman in Eau Claire Co., WI is a possibility.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/30/2017 3:19:53 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5754(SD75I) CN 5747(SD75I) CN 5429(SD60)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
CN 4100
Title:  CN 4100
Description:  CN 4100 services the immense Verso Corp. paper mill (historically Consolidated Papers), mostly just out of frame to the left and right, at Milepost 96 on the former GB&W main line at Wisconsin Rapids, WI on 4 Jul. '17. The C&NW and SOO had parallel yards here (behind me), approximately 4 tracks each ca. 1973. Both roads used to cross the GB&W just out of frame to the right. A junction of the MILW and GB&W was close to where CN 4100 rests. This portion of Wisconsin Rapids, formerly Grand Rapids, was known as West Rapids, shortened to Westrap on some old maps and railroad documents. The over pass is 4th Ave. N./Hwy. 13/Hwy. 34.
Photo Date:  7/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/30/2017 3:20:04 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 4100(GP9RM)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
Locomotive seeks a cozy tunnel
Title:  Locomotive seeks a cozy tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2018  Upload Date: 7/7/2021 10:36:18 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Edward Weisensel
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40T-2)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
Locomotive seeks a cozy tunnel
Title:  Locomotive seeks a cozy tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2018  Upload Date: 7/7/2021 10:47:24 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Edward Weisensel
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40T-2)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Tunnel motor was upgraded to -3 electronics
Title:  Tunnel motor was upgraded to -3 electronics
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/1/2018 2:11:46 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Edward Weisensel
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  189   Comments: 1
A view of the tunnel motor's grates
Title:  A view of the tunnel motor's grates
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/1/2018 2:13:00 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Edward Weisensel
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  164   Comments: 1
Paper mill adjacent the CN office
Title:  Paper mill adjacent the CN office
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/1/2018 2:13:57 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  Edward Weisensel
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  BLE 908(SD40-3)
Views:  148   Comments: 1
BNSF 3994 CP 9777
Title:  BNSF 3994 CP 9777
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 2:59:08 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3994(ET44C4) CP 9777(AC44CW)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
CP 9777 Unstoppable
Title:  CP 9777 Unstoppable
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:00:47 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9777(AC44CW)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
CP 9777 BNSF 3994
Title:  CP 9777 BNSF 3994
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:00:51 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9777(AC44CW) BNSF 3994(ET44C4)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
CP 9777 "Unstoppable"
Title:  CP 9777 "Unstoppable"
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:00:54 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9777(AC44CW)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387
Title:  ILSX 1387
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:00:57 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35) CN 5433(SD60)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 conductor air intake
Title:  ILSX 1387 conductor air intake
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:01:00 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 conductor side bell
Title:  ILSX 1387 conductor side bell
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:01:14 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 conductor brake booster
Title:  ILSX 1387 conductor brake booster
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:01:25 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 conductor side cab
Title:  ILSX 1387 conductor side cab
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:01:28 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 conductor dustbox
Title:  ILSX 1387 conductor dustbox
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:01:31 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 conductor front step
Title:  ILSX 1387 conductor front step
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:01:36 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 conductor fuel fill
Title:  ILSX 1387 conductor fuel fill
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:01:40 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 conductor hydraulic tank
Title:  ILSX 1387 conductor hydraulic tank
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:07:59 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 conductor radiator
Title:  ILSX 1387 conductor radiator
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:03 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 conductor rear light
Title:  ILSX 1387 conductor rear light
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:06 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 conductor side
Title:  ILSX 1387 conductor side
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:10 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387
Title:  ILSX 1387
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:13 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387
Title:  ILSX 1387
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:17 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387
Title:  ILSX 1387
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:20 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387
Title:  ILSX 1387
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:23 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387
Title:  ILSX 1387
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:27 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 CN 2304
Title:  ILSX 1387 CN 2304
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:30 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35) CN 2304(ES44DC)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 engineer side
Title:  ILSX 1387 engineer side
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:33 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387
Title:  ILSX 1387
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:36 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
ILSX 1387 CN 2304
Title:  ILSX 1387 CN 2304
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2020 3:08:39 AM
Location:  Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1387(GP35) CN 2304(ES44DC)
Views:  133   Comments: 0


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