A trio of Marion Plywood Corp. bulkhead flatcars, GLVX 22, GLVX 28, and GLVX 18, coupled together at the CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI on 8 May '14.

A trio of Marion Plywood Corp. cars, GLVX 21, GLVX 18, and GLVX 20, at the CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI on 3 Jan. '15. The cars are owned by Marion Plywood Corp. (est. 1894) and will be spotted in New London in a day or two, where the logs will be trans-loaded to trucks for the 24-mile trip to Marion. Marion had rail service, courtesy C&NW from 1879 to 1982.

Marion Plywood Corp. car, GLVX 18, at the CN, former C&NW, yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 8 Mar. '15. The car is owned by Marion Plywood Corp. (est. 1894) and will be spotted in New London in a day or two, where the logs will be trans-loaded to trucks for the 24-mile trip to Marion. Marion had rail service, courtesy C&NW from 1879 to 1982.

GLVX 18 was part of the consist of a CN local preparing to set out a string of cars (including this one) in the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 16 Feb. '17. The car is owned by Marion Plywood Corp. (est. 1894) and will be spotted on a former GB&W team track at New London, WI in a day or two. There the logs will be trans-loaded to trucks for the 24-mile trip to Marion, WI. Marion had rail service, courtesy of C&NW, from 1879 to 1982. The reporting mark is based on Great Lakes Veneer, Inc., a subsidary of Marion Plywood Corp. and co-located at its Marion, WI facility.

Feedstock for Great Lakes Veneer.

CN local slows to halt alongside a string of about six GLVX pulpwood cars at what remains of the former GB&W yard at New London, WI on 21 Feb. '18. Consist included UP 78087. The pulpwood cars are owned by Marion Plywood Corp. (est. 1894) and when loaded cars arrive, the logs are trans-loaded to trucks for the 24-mile trip to Marion, WI. Marion had rail service, courtesy of C&NW, from 1879 to 1982. The reporting mark is based on Great Lakes Veneer, Inc., a subsidiary of Marion Plywood Corp. and co-located at its Marion, WI facility. The GB&W depot once stood here, along the east (right) side of the north end of Avon St. It was later moved two blocks east to the N. Shawano St. grade crossing. It was later moved to a nearby business.

CN local halts short of N. Shawano St./Bus. 45 at what remains of the former GB&W yard at New London, WI on 21 Feb. '18. They have completed a runaround and will re-couple to their train in order to start working their way back to Appleton. The pulpwood cars on the team track in the background are owned by Marion Plywood Corp. (est. 1894). When loaded cars arrive the logs are trans-loaded to trucks for the 24-mile trip to Marion, WI. Marion had rail service, courtesy of C&NW, from 1879 to 1982. The reporting mark is based on Great Lakes Veneer, Inc., a subsidiary of Marion Plywood Corp. and co-located at its Marion, WI facility.

Empty, but still pretty neat.

Four Marion Plywood cars (GLVX 20, GLVX 28, GLVX 30, and GLVX 25) spotted on the team track in New London, WI on 23 Jul. '14. Usually there are only 1 or 2 cars spotted here at a time. This facility is serviced by CN via a combination of former GB&W and C&NW rails from Appleton. The cars are owned by Marion Plywood Corp. (est. 1894); the logs are trans-loaded to trucks for the 24-mile trip to their mill at Marion, WI. Marion had rail service, courtesy C&NW from 1879 to 1982.

A quartet of Marion Plywood Corp. pulpwood cars, GLVX 24, GLVX 22, GLVX 20, GLVX 26, were included in the consist of a CN mixed freight crossing Dixie Rd., headed southwest via former SOO rails at Town of Vinland, Winnebago Co., WI on 10 Nov. '15.

So is it a Local or is it a MOW train?

GLVX 24 is seen in the consist of CSX Q316-14 at Cumberland, MD. Car is ex IC 832738/ICG 822738 and was built 5-79.

A pair of Marion Plywood Corp. cars, GLVX 26 and GLVX 27, wait to be unloaded on the CN, former GB&W, team track in New London, WI on 11 Apr. '14. Marion Plywood Corp. (est. 1894) appears to be the primary user of this team track. The logs are trans-loaded to trucks for the 24-mile trip to their mill in Marion, WI. Their mill had rail service courtesy of C&NW until 1982, when that line was abandoned.

CN local prepares to depart the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI the night of 10 Jun. '14. Train had two locomotives, CN 9460 and CN 9673. Consist included GLVX 27 and GLVX 26, for Marion Plywood Corp.

A pair of Marion Plywood Corp. pulpwood cars, GLVX 26 and GLVX 27, at the CN, former C&NW, yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 17 Jul. '14. They haven't moved too far since they derailed on 10 Jul., although they were re-railed the next day.

CN local fouls Shawano Ave./Bus. 45 as it pulls GLVX 26 from the team track on former GB&W rails at New London, WI in the wee hours of 23 Jul. '14. Train had two locomotives, Grand Trunk Western GTW 5856 and Illinois Central IC 9617.

CN local passes Greenville Co-op/Land O'Lakes Feed and approaches Municipal Dr./Hwy. 76 as it heads southeast via former C&NW rails, at Greenville, WI just before dawn on 23 Jul. '14. Train was heading back to Appleton Junction after servicing New London.