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IC 3129 |
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A CN local crosses the Wolf River via the former SOO bridge as it heads west with 6 cars at Town of Wescott, Shawano Co., WI on 10 Nov. '18. The middle of the river marks the boundary between the Town of Wescott, to left, and Town of Richmond, to right. Train was headed for the Shawano Paper Mill. |
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11/10/2018 Upload Date: 11/29/2018 1:44:03 AM |
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Town of Wescott, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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| Title: |
IC 3129 |
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A CN local crosses the Wolf River via the former SOO bridge as it heads west with 6 cars at Town of Richmond, Shawano Co., WI on 10 Nov. '18. The middle of the river marks the boundary between the Town of Wescott, to left, and Town of Richmond, to right. Train was headed for the Shawano Paper Mill. |
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11/10/2018 Upload Date: 11/29/2018 1:44:23 AM |
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Town of Richmond, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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IC 3129 |
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A CN local bisects a farm field along Peach Rd. as it transitions from the former SOO rails to a remnant of the former C&NW main line at Town of Richmond, Shawano Co., WI on 10 Nov. '18. Peach Rd. is now the northern terminus of the former SOO (originally W&N) main line that once ran from Neenah to Argonne. This connector track was installed around the time that the C&NW main line was abandoned, to facilitate continued rail service for the nearby Shawano Paper Mill. There is a fair amount of flange squealing as the train traverses this nearly 180 degree arc with an approximately 700 ft. radius. If you zoom in, you can see the former C&NW right-of-way inside the tree line at left. |
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11/10/2018 Upload Date: 11/30/2018 3:28:14 AM |
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Town of Richmond, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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IC 3129 |
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A CN local crosses Hwy. MM as it prepares to switch the Shawano Paper Mill (div. of Little Rapids Corp.) via former C&NW rails at West Shawano, Town of Richmond, Shawano Co., WI on 10 Nov. '18. Founded as the Wolf River Paper & Fiber Co. on 7 Feb. 1894, the name was changed to Shawano Paper Mills ca. Nov. ‘49. The name changed to Little Rapids Corp.-Shawano Mill in ‘93, but it is still commonly referred to as Shawano Paper Mill. The area around the mill, which includes some former company houses, used to be referred to as West Shawano. That name still appears on some property records. The train is running on an approximately 2-mile scrap of the former C&NW mainline which once ran 83 miles from Green Bay to Wausau (this is the only active remnant outside of those two cities). That former main line is now the Mountain-Bay State Trail. It is an awesome bicycle ride, but I (obviously) would prefer to see trains running on it. The fence at right surrounds the paper mill's water treatment facility, which was built upon the former site of the Shawano Brick Yard (a.k.a. Larson Brick Yard). The brick yard, which had its own narrow gauge railway, produced fine white or cream colored brick from 1891 until 1946. The paper mill purchased the property at some point after the brick yard closed and eventually demolished the entire facility. The paper mill's historic office building was constructed in 1901 of brick from that yard. |
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11/10/2018 Upload Date: 11/30/2018 3:28:42 AM |
| Location: |
West Shawano, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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