GTW 4907  Contributor's Pick!       
A CN local enters the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 11 Jul. '20. I was standing in the middle of what was once 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.
Date: 7/11/2020 Location: Neenah, WI   Map Show Neenah on a rail map Views: 86 Collection Of:   T. P. Bruss
Locomotives: GTW 4907(GP38-2)    Author:  T. P. Bruss
GTW 4907
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  Northeast WI, Summer 2020
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