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Smooth Grade Crossings and GB&W Manawa, WI Freight House |
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Looking east at Sturm Foods (currently a subsidiary of TreeHouse Foods) at the recently truncated rails that led from the CN, former GB&W, mainline into downtown, as seen from S. Bridge St./Hwy. 22/Hwy. N at Manawa, WI on 30 Nov. '15. Unfortunately it hasn't received rail service for a few years. The small, tan, wood-frame building to the right of the remnants of the spur is the old GB&W freight house, which was built in 1898 and retired by the GB&W in 1951 (http://www.greenbayroute.com/depots.htm). The residents of Manawa, WI have had their complaints of rough grade crossings addressed. Unfortunately the solution does not seem to bode well for the future of rail service there in the near term. On the drive toward Manawa, I was thrilled to see the red flag at Northport had been removed, but my elation suddenly turned to disappointment as I pulled into Manawa on this day. The tracks have been removed from all of the grade crossings in town, the passing siding has been removed, and the tracks leading from the mainline to this spot have been removed. Maybe the fact that the entire line has not been torn up still offers a glimmer of hope for a return of rail service, maybe I am naïve. You can find similar views of this scene in my Northeast WI, Summer 2013 album at http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=96037, or my Wisconsin GB&W Depots and Other RR Structures album at http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=112329. |
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11/30/2015 Upload Date: 2/14/2016 4:02:47 AM |
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Manawa, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 3023 and CN 2873 |
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CN through freight approaches Medina Junction Rd. as it heads northwest via former SOO rails at Medina Junction on 16 Dec. '15. |
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12/16/2015 Upload Date: 2/14/2016 4:02:56 AM |
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Medina Junction, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 3023(ET44AC) CN 2873(ES44AC) |
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CN 9473 and CN 9554 |
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CN local bisects the Rat River Wildlife Area as it hauls 38 cars northwestward via former SOO rails at Medina Junction on 16 Dec. '15. I believe the train was destined for Waupaca. Looking southwest from the Wiouwash State Trail, former C&NW right-of-way. |
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12/16/2015 Upload Date: 2/14/2016 4:03:04 AM |
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Medina Junction, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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CN 9473(GP40-2LW) CN 9554(GP40-2LW) |
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NYC 887758 |
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I do not espy the NYC reporting mark around these parts very often, so I was obligated to capture this NYC/CR 3-bay covered hopper, NYC 887758. It was included in the consist of a CN through freight halted along Harrison St. at the south end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 16 Dec. '15. NYC 887758, BLT 10-69, CR 4-88, LD LMT 197900, LT WT 65200. |
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12/16/2015 Upload Date: 2/14/2016 4:03:14 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
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