WC In The North Woods

Nothing much to see today, just a light engine movement at Hawk Junction evolving GTW SD38 #6253:
GTW-LE-MOV.jpg


Tom :)
 
These will be some of the trains you can run on this route:

Wisconsin Central Operations

Time Freights
Train ID Terminals Frequency Manifest
T019/020 Green Bay - Shops Daily Paper Traffic/General Freight
T044 Green Bay - Shops Daily CSX Interchange
T119 Shops - Green Bay Daily General Freight
T218/219 Green Bay - IC Gateway Daily Intermodal

Local Assignments
Train ID Terminals Frequency
L3637 Gladstone - Pembine,WI Weekdays
L3839 Rhinelander - Gladstone,MI As Needed
L040 Ishpeming - Escanaba Daily
L041/042 Trout Lake,MI-Munising,MI Triweekly
L043 Ishpeming,MI - L'anse,MI As Needed
L045 Escanaba - Ishpeming Turn As Needed
SL046 Quinnesec, MI - Powers,MI Daily
SL048 Quinnesec, MI - Powers,MI Daily
FL081 Shops/Neenah - Green Bay Daily
FL086 Green Bay - MP 234(De Pere) Weekdays
SL087 Green Bay - Marinette Daily except Sunday
FL088/089 Stevens Point - Green Bay Daily except Sunday
SY0251 0530 Quinnesec Switch Daily
SY0252 1600 Quinnesec Switch Daily
Y1969 Green Bay Switch Daily
Y1970 Green Bay Industry Switch Daily
Y1971 Green Bay IM Ramp Switch Daily
FY1972 Green Bay 0600 Switch Daily
FY1973 Green Bay Gencor Switch Daily
FY1974 Green Bay Switch Daily
FY1975 Green Bay Packerland Switch Daily
FY1976 Green Bay Buchanan Switch Daily
FY1977 Green Bay Park Switch Daily
FY1978 Green Bay WPS Switch Daily
FY1979 Green Bay Donald St. Switch Daily
FY1980 Green Bay Downton Switch Daily
FY1981 Green Bay Koch Switch Daily
Y3430 Gladstone 0700 Mead Switch Daily
Y3431 Gladstone 2300 Mead Switch Daily
Y3432 Gladstone Switch Daily

Algoma Central Assignments
Train ID Terminals Frequency Notes
AAGAWA Sault Ste. Marie - Canyon Daily Tour Train
AL005/006 Hawk Jct. - Hearst Daily CN/ON Interchange;connects w/ AL011
AL010 Hawk Jct.-Sault Ste. Marie Daily connects w/ AL005 & AL056
AL011 Sault Ste. Marie-Hawk Jct. Daily
AL021 Hawk Jct. - Michipicoten As Needed
AL056 Hawk Jct. - Oba turn Daily CP Interchange
AP001/002 Sault Ste. Marie - Hearst Daily Canadian-subsidized passenger train
ASNOW Sault Ste. Marie - Canyon Weekends in February
AORELD/EM Hawk Jct.-Sault Ste. Marie As Needed
AY4951 0600 SSM Switch Daily
AY4952 1400 SSM Switch Daily
AY4953 0001 SSM Switch Daily

Alpha Codes
Train ID Terminals Manifest
COKELD/EM Withrow - Green Bay or Chicago Unit Coke
FDGLA/GLFDA Shops - Gladstone General freight
FDGLB/GLFDB Shops - Gladstone General freight
GBSOA/SOGBA Green Bay - Sault Ste. Marie,ON General freight
GBSOB/SOGBB Green Bay - Soo Yard,ON General freight
NSGBC/GBNSX Chicago - Green Bay Coal for C. Reiss
OESST/OSTES Escanaba - DMIR Steelton Unit Iron Ore (Inland Steel)
OTIAC/OACTI Tilden Mine - Sault Ste. Marie Unit Iron Ore (Algoma Steel)
SORE1 0030 Ishpeming Ore Job Unit Iron Ore
SORE2 0630 Ishpeming Ore Job Unit Iron Ore
SORE3 1530 Ishpeming Ore Job Unit Iron Ore
SORE4 2330 Ishpeming Ore Job Unit Iron Ore
UPGBC/GBUPX Withrow - Green Bay Coal for Wisconsin Public Service
 
Well these were taken back when CNW ran to SSAM (If that ever happened :eek:). Today we spotted a CNW local approaching SSAM where it would shunt due to the size of the train and then stable. Our first shot see's the train passing the Paper Mill sidings:
CNW-LCL-1.jpg

Over the river and passing the station (or depot :p):
CNW-LCL-2.jpg

Taken during the shunt:
CNW-LCL-3.jpg

And finally we see the locos stabled at the re-fueling depot:
CNW-LCL-4.jpg


Hopefully we'll catch some Ore action tomorrow :wave:

For now,
Tom :)
 
Well I couldn't resist chasing a Ore train, so I took a couple of shots whilst one was struggling through the countryside:
WC-ORE-1.jpg

WC-ORE-2.jpg


Tom :)
 
Not much to see today, took a shot of the loco depot at Hawk Junction. Hopefully we'll see some big trains soon, it's getting a bit quiet :p
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Tom :)

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Today we are in Menominee MI

As a child, I'd visit Menominee once in a while (both my parents grew up there), but my memories of this place are foggy with age (I visited there around 4-8 years of age, I'm 57 now). I remember the drive up US 41, watching the tracks for a passing train (none ever happened by, unfortunately :( ).

I'm on google maps trying to obtain the exact locations of my grandparent's house (on my father's side). As a child, I never knew the name of the street, after all, other people were doing the driving, and as a 4-year old kid, you don't pay attention to that stuff.

I could swear the house was on 10th avenue there, as I remember crossing a bridge, and just across the house was a street, down from there were tracks and a small train yard (that never had cars on the rails).

There was a diamond crossing just west of that location. I always made it a point to have my dad take me out there to say "Hi" to the huge gates they had there. They'd always be locked so that trains on the "wrong" track would have to stop, swing the gates over to the other side, blocking on-coming trains, go through, then put the gates back into their original location. Unfortuantely, I never got to see THAT happen. Would have been around 10th Avenue and 18th Street.

Looking at the map today, there's still a diamond crossing somewhere up in that area, but it's in the Marinette area, between Madison Ave and Slate Street.

Did they take out the diamond crossing that I'm remembering? I haven't been up that way in eons, but now you've perked my ears up with childhood memories. :)
 
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As a child, I'd visit Menominee once in a while (both my parents grew up there), but my memories of this place are foggy with age (I visited there around 4-8 years of age, I'm 57 now). I remember the drive up US 41, watching the tracks for a passing train (none ever happened by, unfortunately :( ).

I'm on google maps trying to obtain the exact locations of my grandparent's house (on my father's side). As a child, I never knew the name of the street, after all, other people were doing the driving, and as a 4-year old kid, you don't pay attention to that stuff.

I could swear the house was on 10th avenue there, as I remember crossing a bridge, and just across the house was a street, down from there were tracks and a small train yard (that never had cars on the rails).

There was a diamond crossing just west of that location. I always made it a point to have my dad take me out there to say "Hi" to the huge gates they had there. They'd always be locked so that trains on the "wrong" track would have to stop, swing the gates over to the other side, blocking on-coming trains, go through, then put the gates back into their original location. Unfortuantely, I never got to see THAT happen. Would have been around 10th Avenue and 18th Street.

Looking at the map today, there's still a diamond crossing somewhere up in that area, but it's in the Marinette area, between Madison Ave and Slate Street.

Did they take out the diamond crossing that I'm remembering? I haven't been up that way in eons, but now you've perked my ears up with childhood memories. :)

Wow.....Yeah that sure is something on how things can change like that....I am not sure if the diamond is still their or not...I have not been up that way in a while....I might have to wait till next year to get up there...Work and having a kid sure takes a toll on a lot of things now-a-days......Its cool that ya know the area...I am from Green Bay and catch the WC/CN/ELS/BNSF all the time.......I'll have to shoot some more pix of the area up there for ya....If I ever get on the train that makes it up that far :hehe: ......Thanks for sharing your memories and make sure ya keep checking back here for updated pix of this route......Take care :wave:
 
Wow.....Yeah that sure is something on how things can change like that....I am not sure if the diamond is still their or not...I have not been up that way in a while....I might have to wait till next year to get up there...Work and having a kid sure takes a toll on a lot of things now-a-days......Its cool that ya know the area...I am from Green Bay and catch the WC/CN/ELS/BNSF all the time.......I'll have to shoot some more pix of the area up there for ya....If I ever get on the train that makes it up that far :hehe: ......Thanks for sharing your memories and make sure ya keep checking back here for updated pix of this route......Take care :wave:

Thanks, I appreciate that. Don't forget to stop by Mickey-Lu's and have a burger!

http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=16819272&tab=webreviews
http://www.jldr.com/micklu.html

Mickey Lu BBQ
(715) 735-7721
1710 Marinette Ave
Marinette, WI 54143

Best little burgers ever eaten. Every time we went up there, it was mandatory to go there for dinner at least one time.

Sort of like fish returning to spawn. :D

Damn it! Now I have that ......... craving for one.
 
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LOL :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: That was our meeting point for half way to Escanaba for when my cousin and I were little....My cousins dad lives up in Esky and we used to drive him to that place.....I LOVE their food :udrool: .....Funny you would bring that up :wave:...........Small world eh ;)....Where u livin now?¿¿?
 
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LOL :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: That was our meeting point for half way to Escanaba for when my cousin and I were little....My cousins dad lives up in Esky and we used to drive him to that place.....I LOVE their food :udrool: .....Funny you would bring that up :wave:...........Small world eh ;)....Where u livin now?¿¿?

Way down here near the "other" end of US 41. I'm in the Fort Lauderdale area. BTW, about 2 years back, made it up to visit my sister and her hubby near Milwaukee and made a short drive to visit relatives in Appleton. They just happen to live about 3 blocks from a set of tracks that are just busy as all get-out. Trains come by their house nearly on the hour. Sleeping - about 3 trains later, you just filter it out. :p

BTW, I'm originally from Neenah, just 30 miles south of Green Bay. Got my interest in trains from all those tracks all over the place due to all those Kimberly Clark papermills in the area.
 
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BTW, I'm originally from Neenah, just 30 miles south of Green Bay. Got my interest in trains from all those tracks all over the place due to all those Kimberly Clark papermills in the area.

You'd be surprised how much that area has changed since CaNoodle took over... :(

Steve
 
You'd be surprised how much that area has changed since CaNoodle took over... :(

Steve

Oh, yes, noted that the trains no longer run through Neenah anymore although the switching yard is still there (a few of them, actually). The tracks have been pretty much torn up in places.

The train station there is now used as a lawyer's office. :eek:

Oh, the inequity of it all.
 
Yeah.....It does take a toll on RR fans.....But as they say...Out with the old and in with the new :wave:
 
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