Canadian National Railways (CN) 2612 - GE C44-9W

M396

CN 2255 - CN 2612 - CN 2249 with 141 cars

CN 5746 - CN 2612 - CN 2790 with 159 cars

CN 2141 - CN 2612 - CN 5648 - BLE 867 - CN 1438 with 160 cars

Built January 2001.

An all-rail pellet train for Louisiana screams up Hawthorne Hill at 1646.

Lite D9s shuffle around the yard.

A CN unit train of tank cars parallels Broad St., passes the former C&NW depot and freight house, and approaches Washington Ave. as it heads south at Oshkosh, WI on 28 Jan. '18. Built by the Chicago firm of Clark & Fuller in 1884 on Broad St. between Washington Ave. and Merritt Ave. at a cost $15,000, it opened on 1 Dec. ’84. The depot was more ornate when completed, some of its interesting architectural elements have been removed over the years. The last passenger train, the Peninsula “400,” departed on 31 Jun. ’71. The depot is currently used by Clarity Care. Train had three locomotives, CN 2612, CN 5731, and CN 8877.

A CN unit train of tank cars approaches Merritt Ave. and parallels Broad St. as it heads south via former C&NW rails at Oshkosh, WI on 28 Jan. '18. The former C&NW depot and freight house stand at left. Built by the Chicago firm of Clark & Fuller in 1884 on Broad St. between Washington Ave. and Merritt Ave. at a cost $15,000, it opened on 1 Dec. ’84. The depot was more ornate when completed, some of its interesting architectural elements have been removed over the years. The last passenger train, the Peninsula “400,” departed on 31 Jun. ’71. The depot is currently used by Clarity Care. Train had three locomotives, CN 2612, CN 5731, and CN 8877.

A CN unit train of tank cars parallels Broad St., crosses Wagoo Ave., and approaches Otter St. as it heads south via former C&NW rails at Oshkosh, WI on 28 Jan. '18. The 2013 bascule bridge over the Fox River, built to replace the 1899 swing bridge, is visible in the background. Train had three locomotives, CN 2612, CN 5731 and CN 8877.

A CN through freight rests along Hwy. 41 at Snells, WI on 28 Jan. '18. I can't tell if it has halted along the former SOO main line or the former C&NW main line, probably the latter. Snells, formerly known as Snell’s Station or Snell’s Crossing, is now little more than a map dot in the Town of Neenah, Winnebago Co. This small, rural community once included a post office, depot, cheese factory, sawmill, school, and stockyard. Snells was located at Mile 183 on the SOO’s Trevor to Somerset line and Mile 173.1 on the C&NW’s Milwaukee to Marinette line. I do not know if each railroad had their own small depot, or if one small depot served both railroads, I suspect it was the latter. It does not look like any real remnants of the original community remain. Even the station sign, erected after the depot was removed, is gone.

CN 2175 - CN 2612

Penn Park at 1318.

Heading over Penn Park at 1318.

K614 thunders through Zoo at 1310.

Bqilt January 2001.

A Canadian Dash 9 duo slides through Nice at 1254 with ethanol loads in tow.

heading south on this Saturday morning both units are elephant style today

heading south on this Saturday morning both units are elephant style today

heading south on this Saturday morning both units are elephant style today

heading south on this Saturday morning both units are elephant style today

Right on time at 11:15.

CN 2612 - CP 9683 - CN 2014 with 149 cars

CN 2612 - CN 5686

IC 2612 (C44-9W) ON POINT WHILE SHOVING ITS TRAIN BACK INTO THE YARD WHILE IC 3103 STILL IN IC PAINT SHOVES A FEW CARS BACK WHILE ON POINT.

CN 2612