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AAR Class: GBS: Specialty Open top car, having fixed sides, fixed or drop ends and solid bottom.
AAR Type: E536
Detail Info:   Equipped Gondola, Inside Length: 52-61ft, Capacity: 4,000-5,000 cu ft *Light Density Service

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PW 20036
Title:  PW 20036
Description:  The resident bad order car on the Wrentham Branch. An original gondola, its was delivered, in the handsome brown and orange scheme
Photo Date:  10/5/2005  Upload Date: 10/5/2005 4:50:18 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  338   Comments: 0
PW 20036 Super Gondola
Title:  PW 20036 Super Gondola
Description:  Something new on the Providence and Worcester --- a new top welded on an older gondola. Their called Super Gons
Photo Date:  10/17/2006  Upload Date: 10/18/2006 7:42:32 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  405   Comments: 0
PW 20036
Title:  PW 20036
Description:  PW's home-made Super-gon rests quietly in the New England Central yard in Palmer, MA.
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 7/14/2007 9:57:28 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  424   Comments: 0
Home Brew High Sided Super Gondola
Title:  Home Brew High Sided Super Gondola
Description:  over in the Valley Falls yard - been sometime since this gondola has been here
Photo Date:  8/22/2008  Upload Date: 8/22/2008 1:44:22 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  443   Comments: 0
PW 20036
Title:  PW 20036
Description:  Right side view in the Providence & Worcester Railroad yard at Plainfield, CT. Built 10/1980. 4988 cu ft cap. Length 56' 7".
Photo Date:  8/18/2016  Upload Date: 9/2/2016 9:22:41 AM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Leighton Haeseler
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  54   Comments: 0
PW 20036
Title:  PW 20036
Description:  Right side view in the Providence & Worcester Railroad yard at Plainfield, CT. Built 10/1980. 4988 cu ft cap. Length 56' 7".
Photo Date:  10/4/2016  Upload Date: 10/22/2016 8:19:34 AM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Leighton Haeseler
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  51   Comments: 0
TPPX 40101
Title:  TPPX 40101
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/15/2007  Upload Date: 12/23/2007 8:37:13 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Joe Rogers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  272   Comments: 0
TPPX 40101
Title:  TPPX 40101
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/15/2007  Upload Date: 12/16/2007 6:38:48 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Chad Malinovsky
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  243   Comments: 0
TPPX 40113, TPPX 40101, et al.
Title:  TPPX 40113, TPPX 40101, et al.
Description:  E&LS crew shoves a string of cars along the northeast leg of the wye as they sort cars at the former MILW yard at Crivitz (originally Ellis Junction), WI on 30 Sep. '14.
Photo Date:  9/30/2014  Upload Date: 1/6/2017 4:14:05 AM
Location:  Crivitz, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  530   Comments: 0
TPPX 40101
Title:  TPPX 40101
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/2015  Upload Date: 11/18/2021 6:48:00 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Dave Howarth Jr.
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  70   Comments: 0
TPPX 40101
Title:  TPPX 40101
Description:  TPPX 40101 pulpwood gondola was part of the consist of a CN local crossing W. 2nd St. as it headed northeast from the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 19 Feb. '17.
Photo Date:  2/19/2017  Upload Date: 5/1/2017 1:51:29 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  108   Comments: 0
TPPX 40101
Title:  TPPX 40101
Description:  TPPX 40101 pulpwood gondola was part of the consist of a CN through freight paused on the west leg of the wye at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 14 May '17.
Photo Date:  5/14/2017  Upload Date: 7/12/2017 4:21:52 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
TPPX 40101
Title:  TPPX 40101
Description:  TPPX 40101 pulpwood gondola was among a string of cars being staged for pick up by a CN local via former C&NW rails from the Expera Specialty Solutions (originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co.) paper mill on the banks of the Fox River at Kaukauna, WI on 8 Jul. '17.
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 9/9/2017 2:31:28 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  125   Comments: 0
TPPX 40101
Title:  TPPX 40101
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/2023  Upload Date: 3/27/2023 5:37:41 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  26   Comments: 0
TPPX 40102
Title:  TPPX 40102
Description:  TPPX 40102 pulpwood gondola was part of the consist of a CN local emerging from behind Al Dix Concrete, 500 Draper St., Kaukauna, WI, as it headed for the Expera Specialty Solutions (originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co.) paper mill via former C&NW rails on 27 Jan. '17. The depot is out of frame to the right.
Photo Date:  1/27/2017  Upload Date: 2/13/2017 2:45:40 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  161   Comments: 0
TPPX 40102
Title:  TPPX 40102
Description:  TPPX 40102 pulpwood gondola was part of the consist of a CN local crossing Augustine St. as it descended the grade from the main line to service the Expera Specialty Solutions (originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co.) paper mill on the banks of the Fox River via former C&NW rails at Kaukauna, WI on 27 Jan. '17.
Photo Date:  1/27/2017  Upload Date: 2/13/2017 2:45:53 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
TPPX 40102
Title:  TPPX 40102
Description:  TPPX 40102 pulpwood gondola was spotted on CN, former C&NW, rails along Thilmany Rd. at the Expera Specialty Solutions (originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co.) paper mill at Kaukauna, WI on 18 Oct. '17.
Photo Date:  10/18/2017  Upload Date: 12/4/2017 1:55:48 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
TPPX 40102
Title:  TPPX 40102
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/4/2023  Upload Date: 9/19/2023 1:54:29 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  17   Comments: 0
TPPX 40102
Title:  TPPX 40102
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/2023  Upload Date: 12/4/2023 2:13:39 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  35   Comments: 0
TPPX 40103
Title:  TPPX 40103
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/15/2007  Upload Date: 12/23/2007 8:37:17 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Joe Rogers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  158   Comments: 0
ELS 500
Title:  ELS 500
Description:  E&LS train crosses Amberg Rd. as it pulls 54 cars southeast via former MILW rails through a light mist at Amberg (originally Pike), WI on 1 Oct. '14. I don’t know its point of origin, but it was bound for Crivitz, WI.
Photo Date:  10/1/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:08:58 AM
Location:  Amberg, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ELS 500(SD40-2)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
ELS 500
Title:  ELS 500
Description:  E&LS train passes the Amberg Veteran’s Memorial and approaches Coleman St./Hwy. V as it pulls 54 cars southeast via former MILW rails at Amberg (originally Pike), WI on a misty 1 Oct. '14. I believe the depot stood right about here, east (right) of the tracks. The depot has been moved to the Amberg Museum Complex about 2 1/2 blocks to the southwest. I don’t know the train’s point of origin, but it was bound for Crivitz, WI.
Photo Date:  10/1/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:09:06 AM
Location:  Amberg, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  ELS 500(SD40-2)
Views:  611   Comments: 1
ELS 500
Title:  ELS 500
Description:  E&LS train crosses Harrison Ave. and passes the Mid-County Library as it pulls 54 cars southeast via former MILW rails through a light mist in downtown Wausaukee, WI on 1 Oct. '14. I don’t know the train’s point of origin, but it was bound for Crivitz, WI.
Photo Date:  10/1/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:09:12 AM
Location:  Wausaukee, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  ELS 500(SD40-2)
Views:  468   Comments: 0
TPPX 40103
Title:  TPPX 40103
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/2015  Upload Date: 11/18/2021 6:48:32 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Dave Howarth Jr.
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Views:  68   Comments: 0
TPPX 40103
Title:  TPPX 40103
Description:  TPPX 40103 was part of the consist of a CN local servicing Expera Specialty Solutions (originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co.) at Kaukauna, WI on 3 Jan '17.
Photo Date:  1/3/2017  Upload Date: 1/23/2017 2:19:38 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  448   Comments: 0
TPPX 40103, TPPX 40116, and TPPX 40117
Title:  TPPX 40103, TPPX 40116, and TPPX 40117
Description:  Expera Specialty Solutions' Rail King parallels Thilmany Rd. as it extracts a string of TPPX pulpwood gondolas to be picked up by a CN local at Kaukauna, WI on 4 Jan '17. From its founding in 1883 until 26 Jun. '13, this Kaukauna paper mill was Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. (a.k.a. Thilmany, LLC or Thilmany Papers). The 4 TPPX pulpwood gondolas to the left are spotted there to be loaded with pulpwood to be shipped somewhere else. The number boards of the CN local can be seen above the gondolas at left. The Rail King is a Model RK330 G4 Mobile Railcar Mover, weight 51,500 lb., length 181", width 120", height (on road) 142", height (on rail) 134", rail clearance 3", road clearance 10", 4 speeds (forward & reverse), top speed on road 9 mph, top speed on rail 15 mph.
Photo Date:  1/4/2017  Upload Date: 1/23/2017 2:19:45 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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TPPX 40103, TPPX 40116, and TPPX 40117
Title:  TPPX 40103, TPPX 40116, and TPPX 40117
Description:  Expera Specialty Solutions' Rail King parallels Thilmany Rd. as it extracts a string of TPPX pulpwood gondolas to be picked up by a CN local at Kaukauna, WI on 4 Jan '17. From its founding in 1883 until 26 Jun. '13, this Kaukauna paper mill was Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. (a.k.a. Thilmany, LLC or Thilmany Papers). The Rail King is a Model RK330 G4 Mobile Railcar Mover, weight 51,500 lb., length 181", width 120", height (on road) 142", height (on rail) 134", rail clearance 3", road clearance 10", 4 speeds (forward & reverse), top speed on road 9 mph, top speed on rail 15 mph.
Photo Date:  1/4/2017  Upload Date: 1/23/2017 2:19:48 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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TPPX 40103
Title:  TPPX 40103
Description:  TPPX 40103 was part of the consist of a CN local halted along Draper St. by the former C&NW depot at Kaukauna, WI on 3 Feb. '17. The local has just finished servicing Expera Specialty Solutions, originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co., and is waiting to enter the main line and head back to Neenah, WI.
Photo Date:  2/3/2017  Upload Date: 2/26/2017 2:21:06 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  111   Comments: 0
TPPX 40104
Title:  TPPX 40104
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/15/2007  Upload Date: 12/23/2007 8:37:18 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Joe Rogers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  155   Comments: 0
TPPX 40104
Title:  TPPX 40104
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/17/2016  Upload Date: 8/6/2016 8:14:20 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Bob Keenan
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Views:  77   Comments: 0
TPPX 40104
Title:  TPPX 40104
Description:  TPPX 40104 pulpwood gondola was part of the consist of a CN local crossing Thilmany Rd. while servicing the Expera Specialty Solutions (originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co.) paper mill via former C&NW rails at Kaukauna, WI on 28 Jan. '13. It should be labeled Stribley Rd., but it appears that the remnants of Stribley Rd. and Thilmany Rd. will now just be referred to as the latter. Portions of both roads were altered or removed during the restoration of the original Thilmany mill (out of frame to the right) and the creation of its new parking lot.
Photo Date:  1/28/2017  Upload Date: 2/20/2017 3:02:06 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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TPPX 40104
Title:  TPPX 40104
Description:  TPPX 40104 pulpwood gondola was part of the consist of a CN local crossing W. 2nd St. as it headed northeast from the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 19 Feb. '17.
Photo Date:  2/19/2017  Upload Date: 5/1/2017 1:51:27 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  72   Comments: 0
TPPX 40104
Title:  TPPX 40104
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/2023  Upload Date: 6/2/2023 6:46:42 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  17   Comments: 0
TPPX 40104
Title:  TPPX 40104
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/14/2023  Upload Date: 6/4/2023 7:33:42 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  21   Comments: 0
TPPX 40104
Title:  TPPX 40104
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/2023  Upload Date: 7/1/2023 5:28:26 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  21   Comments: 0
TPPX 40106
Title:  TPPX 40106
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/8/2007  Upload Date: 9/16/2007 12:02:23 PM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  Joe Rogers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  128   Comments: 0
TPPX 40106
Title:  TPPX 40106
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2023  Upload Date: 3/9/2023 8:02:58 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  18   Comments: 0
TPPX 40107
Title:  TPPX 40107
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/8/2007  Upload Date: 9/16/2007 12:02:22 PM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  Joe Rogers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
TPPX 40107
Title:  TPPX 40107
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/15/2007  Upload Date: 12/23/2007 8:37:18 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Joe Rogers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  128   Comments: 0
TPPX 40107
Title:  TPPX 40107
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 10:27:06 PM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  Bob Keenan
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Views:  168   Comments: 0
TPPX 40107
Title:  TPPX 40107
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/2015  Upload Date: 11/18/2021 6:49:05 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Dave Howarth Jr.
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
TPPX 40107
Title:  TPPX 40107
Description:  TPPX 40107 pulpwood gondola was part of the consist of a CN local crawling across the former C&NW bridge over the Fox River as it serviced the Expera Specialty Solutions (originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co.) paper mill at Kaukauna, WI on 28 Jan. '13. Bridge was built by American Bridge Co. of New York in 1911.
Photo Date:  1/28/2017  Upload Date: 2/20/2017 3:02:02 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  162   Comments: 0
TPPX 40107
Title:  TPPX 40107
Description:  TPPX 40107 pulpwood gondola was part of the consist of a CN local crossing W. 2nd St. as it headed northeast from the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 19 Feb. '17.
Photo Date:  2/19/2017  Upload Date: 5/1/2017 1:51:24 AM
Location:  Appleton Junction, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  97   Comments: 0
TPPX 40107
Title:  TPPX 40107
Description:  TPPX 40107 is seen on a northbound L523 passing Chapman Ave. in the Fox Crossing, WI.
Photo Date:  6/11/2022  Upload Date: 6/14/2022 10:41:46 PM
Location:  Fox Crossing, WI
Author:  Gabriel Wildeman
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
TPPX 40107
Title:  TPPX 40107
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/5/2023  Upload Date: 2/12/2023 5:30:53 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  36   Comments: 0
TPPX 40107
Title:  TPPX 40107
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Photo Date:  2/5/2023  Upload Date: 2/12/2023 5:32:50 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  45   Comments: 0
TPPX 40107
Title:  TPPX 40107
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Photo Date:  5/20/2023  Upload Date: 7/20/2023 8:20:21 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  17   Comments: 0
ILSX 1338 at E&LS/MILW Crivitz, WI Depot
Title:  ILSX 1338 at E&LS/MILW Crivitz, WI Depot
Description:  E&LS crew crosses Hall Ave. and passes the former MILW depot as they sort cars at the yard at Crivitz (originally Ellis Junction), WI on 30 Sep. '14.
Photo Date:  9/30/2014  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:07:52 AM
Location:  Crivitz, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  ILSX 1338(SD40-2)
Views:  545   Comments: 0
TPPX 40108
Title:  TPPX 40108
Description:  TPPX 40108 pulpwood gondola was part of a string of cars along Thilmany Rd. about to picked up by a CN local via former C&NW rails at Kaukauna, WI on 13 Jun. '17. From its foundicg in 1883 until 26 Jun. '13, the Kaukauna paper mill was Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. (a.k.a. Thilmany, LLC or Thilmany Papers).
Photo Date:  6/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/24/2017 2:43:34 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  109   Comments: 0
TPPX 40108
Title:  TPPX 40108
Description:  TPPX 40178 pulpwood gondola was part of the consist of a CN local crossing W. Prospect Ave., the border between the Town of Grand Chute, WI (to left) and Fox Crossing, WI (formerly Town of Menasha, WI until 14 Apr. '16) (to right), as it headed southwest via former C&NW rails on 25 Jun. '18. Train was headed back to Neenah from Little Chute and Kaukauna. Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co., founded in 1883, became Expera Specialty Solutions on 26 Jun. '13.
Photo Date:  6/25/2018  Upload Date: 9/29/2018 2:30:17 AM
Location:  Fox Crossing, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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