| A CN container train traverses the west leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 11 Jun. '20. Arrowhead Park, a closed paper sludge landfill, occupies the center of the scene. Before the landfill was opened in the '50s, the south shore of Little Lake Butte des Morts came right up to the north leg of the wye. A large quantity of fill is being added to portions of the park, in preparation of future improvements. The Fox Valley Energy Center (formerly Minergy Fox Valley Glass Aggregate Plant) dominated the eastern half of the landfill/park from its opening in Jan. '98 until demolition was completed in the spring of '16. The former C&NW bridge across Little Lake Butte des Morts, now part of the Friendship Trail (often erroneously referred to as the Trestle Trail), can be seen in the background to the left. The Roland Kampo Bridge, a.k.a. the Polish Connection, can be seen beyond that. Train had two locomotives, CN 3238 pulling and CN 3055 pushing. |