Grand Trunk Western (GTW) 4914 - EMD GP38-2

GTW 4914 has just left the siding at Dale after meeting an Intermodal Train, with its mismatched number boards and 4 cars in tow, it heads through Dale.

A CN train parallels Harrison St. as it heads northeast at the south end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 2 Sep. '25. A remnant of the former C&NW main line (now relegated to a spur), runs parallel on the other side of the train.

A CN train parallels Harrison St. as it heads northeast at the south end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 2 Sep. '25. Neenah Foundry Plant 2 & Plant 3 are partially visible to the left. Plant 2 opened in 1960 and Plant 3 was built in 1967. Plant 1 opened in 1918 and stood about a mile to the north, until it was closed in 1994 and eventually demolished. A remnant of the former C&NW main line (now relegated to a passing siding), runs parallel on the other side of the train.

A CN train passes the FV&LS (or FOXY), former CN, originally C&NW, depot after setting out cars at the yard at Appleton Junction, WI, on 29 Dec. '24. Train was headed for Kaukauna. There used to be a diamond right about where the locomotive is, from ca. 1874 until at least 1968, where the MLS&W crossed the C&NW. When the MLS&W was absorbed by the C&NW on 1 Sep. 1893, their line became the Ashland Div. of the C&NW. The white building partially visible in the background is the former home of the Harry H. Long Moving and Storage Co., 1001 S. Douglas St. This building dates to at least 1953, when it was listed in the local directory (it was not listed in ’51). The building has a spur, but it hasn’t been used for quite a while (except for occasional MoW equipment). They moved to a larger facility in Town of Clayton, Winnebago Co., WI in 2001.

A CN train prepares to depart after setting out cars at the FV&LS (or FOXY), former CN, originally C&NW, yard at Appleton Junction, WI, on 29 Dec. '24. Train then headed for Kaukauna.

A CN train crosses W. 2nd St. as it passes the FV&LS (or FOXY), former CN, originally C&NW, yard at Appleton Junction, WI, on 27 Dec. '24.

Roster Shot.

GTW 4914 heads back from the Fuyao Glass Plant (near Mt. Zion, IL.) with the L525 local in Decatur, Illinois. Soon it will cross the WABIC diamonds and work the old IC Grand Yard.

GTW 4914 heads back from the Fuyao Glass Plant (near Mt. Zion, IL.) with the L525 local in Decatur, Illinois. Soon it will cross the WABIC diamonds and work the old IC Grand Yard.

CN local shoves past the Whiting Paper Co., 100 River St., Menasha, WI, on 28 Mar. '14. It was preparing to head back to the former SOO yard in Neenah after servicing several industries in the Twin Cities of Menasha and Neenah. Originally the Whiting and Gilbert Paper mill, it was built along the canal on the site of an abandoned dry dock in 1882 (1881). It became the George A. Whiting Paper Mills in 1886, after he bought out the Gilbert brothers (who then founded a new paper company with their father and another brother). The name was changed to George A. Whiting Paper Co. in 1911. Much of the current facility was built after a devastating fire and explosion on 24 Aug. 1888. The 5th generation of the Whiting family sold the company to an employee in Mar. '14. The name was changed to Whiting Paper Co. The mill produced matte board, scrapbooking paper, high-end art paper, and its unique Kona Paper, made from recycled burlap coffee bean bags. The paper machines were shut down on 30 Mar. '16, after 134 years of providing quality paper products. When the closure was announced, it was claimed the company could not maintain the sales volume needed to remain profitable, which seems to be the catch phrase of every 21st Century American corporation when they shut down any historic industrial facility.

Fake IC and a real GTW head back to Decatur with the CN local.

The 4914 couples up to a cut of tanks at Chem Trade (formerly General Chemical) in Menasha.

Train waiting on the southeast leg of the wye at the north end of the former Soo Line yard in Neenah. The train is all set to go into the Manitowoc Subdivision.

A closer look at the 4914 with some local cars on the north end of the former Soo Line yard in Neena—. The train is located at the former grade crossing of Sherry Street, which is no longer a thru street.

GTW 4914 heading north out of the former Soo Line yard in Neenah with cars for the local industries. The train is across what was once the Sherry Street grade crossing, which was taken out of service with the building of overpasses at Main Street, Winneconne Ave. and Cecil Streets. There are some very interesting old buildings in this area of Neenah.

A CN loc}l switch job crosses Commercial Street just inside the Neenah city limits from its border with Menasha. The train is on the former CNW main to Green Bay, which now serves only as an industrial spur.

GTW 4914 waits with train L595 at Waupaca Foundry plant 2 on the east side of the City of Waupaca.