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By:Richard Hopfensperger
Dates:1/1/2000 - 12/31/2020
Album Info:CN locals at work in Little Chute and Kaukauna along the former CNW right of way.
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CN 9452
Title:  CN 9452
Description:  Running out of Neenah, the "Thilmany" job passes the former Chicago and Northwestern depot on the north side of the Fox River at Kaukauna. The CNW had another station on the south side of the river too, which is gone. This one still hangs on to existence, within the confines of fencing put in some time after the Fox River Valley Railroad sold out to the Wisconsin Central.
Photo Date:  8/23/2013  Upload Date: 7/25/2015 1:28:32 PM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9452(GP40-2LW)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
Thilmany Paper
Title:  Thilmany Paper
Description:  The Thilmany job crew plans the work with the plant workers.
Photo Date:  8/23/2013  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 9:56:30 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 9452(GP40-2LW)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
CN Serves Thilmany Paper
Title:  CN Serves Thilmany Paper
Description:  After CN shoved a train into the Thilmany Paper complex, the crew confers with the mill employees about the next move.
Photo Date:  8/23/2013  Upload Date: 5/8/2015 9:02:20 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9452(GP40-2LW)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
CN 4715
Title:  CN 4715
Description:  Running from Neenah to Kaukauna and back, a the Thilmany (Expera Specialty Solutions) Job crosses Washington Street in Little Chute. The train is about to run behind Nestle's former Jacks Pizza plant. This pizza factory receives a fair amount of rail traffic, however, it seems to ship by truck.
Photo Date:  5/27/2015  Upload Date: 7/30/2015 9:08:10 PM
Location:  Little Chute, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4715(GP38-2) IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
IC 9601
Title:  IC 9601
Description:  The Thilmany Job crosses Washington Street in Little Chute on it's way to Kaukauna from Neenah.
Photo Date:  5/27/2015  Upload Date: 7/30/2015 9:17:15 PM
Location:  Little Chute, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  IC 9601(GP38-2)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Expera Specialty Solutions
Title:  Expera Specialty Solutions
Description:  The in plant crew moves woodchip cars at Expera Specialty Solutions. This mill was originally part of the original Thilmany Paper facility in Kaukauna. The original mill was opened in 1883.
Photo Date:  8/11/2015  Upload Date: 10/20/2015 6:32:22 PM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  110   Comments: 0
IC 9562
Title:  IC 9562
Description:  Switching the Expera Specialty Solutions mill in Kaukauna. The train is on a former C&NW bridge which connected the C&NW line from Appleton to Green Bay with the C&NW line from Appleton to Manitowoc. The line to Manitowoc has been pulled up after Appvion Paper (Appleton Paper) in Combined Locks.
Photo Date:  8/11/2015  Upload Date: 10/20/2015 7:16:53 PM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IC 9562(GP38-2) GTW 5854(GP38-2)
Views:  133   Comments: 1
IC 9562
Title:  IC 9562
Description:  A local which serves Little Chute and Kaukauna, working out of Neenah, is on a bridge spanning the Fox River to switch Expera Specialty Solutions. The mill has an in plant crew with a modern high rail to switch inside the mill, but the local will make the swap of outgoing for incoming cars.The old building to the right is one of the original Thilmany Paper buildings. The original plant, started in 1883, is no longer being used by the company, much of it has been razed. Fortunately, this old building is being saved for it's historic significance to the city and will find a new use. The C&NW bridge the train is on used to connect the C&NW lines on both sides of the river. The line on the south side ran from Appleton to Manitowoc via Kaukauna. The line now ends at the Apvion mill in Combined Locks. All the track on the south side of the river in Kaukauna has been removed.
Photo Date:  8/11/2015  Upload Date: 10/20/2015 6:41:30 PM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IC 9562(GP38-2) GTW 5854(GP38-2)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
GTW 5854
Title:  GTW 5854
Description:  After swapping cars at the Expera Specialty Solutions (formerly Thilmany Paper) mill, the CN local to kaukauna from Neenah climbs back uphill from the Fox River to get back to the mainline. Along the way upgrade, the train crosses an old CNW swing bridge across a navigational canal for the Fox River. The canal was out of service and dry for many years, but the locks and navigation system were all re-opened from Green Bay to Lake Winnebago in the fall of 2015. Shortly thereafter, the last lock to Lake Winnebago was closed due to an invasive species of fish being found below the lock.
Photo Date:  8/11/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2015 8:45:55 PM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 5854(GP38-2) IC 9562(GP38-2)
Views:  171   Comments: 2
GTW 5854
Title:  GTW 5854
Description:  A CN local continues to pull upgrade from the Expera Specialty Solutions mill back to the main. The mill is at the end of a branch from the main, down grade, along the Fox River in Kaukauna.
Photo Date:  8/11/2015  Upload Date: 1/12/2016 11:56:43 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 5854(GP38-2) IC 9562(GP38-2)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
IC 3115
Title:  IC 3115
Description:  A CN local working out of Neenah pulls its train past the closed former Chicago and Northwestern depot in Kaukauna. The train will be taking a turn out off the main to head down grade to the Fox River and the the Expera Specialty Solutions (formerly Thilmany) paper mill.
Photo Date:  12/30/2016  Upload Date: 1/19/2018 6:25:43 PM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  IC 3115(GP40R)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
CN 9530
Title:  CN 9530
Description:  CN 9530 is on the point of a local headed f`r the former Thilmany (Expera Specialty Solutions) plant in Kaukauna. The train has stopped to do some work at the Nestle Pizza Division ( started up as Jack's Pizza ) plant in Little Chute. The plant has two spurs leading into it.
Photo Date:  4/3/2017  Upload Date: 8/28/2017 4:54:58 PM
Location:  Little Chute, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9530(GP40-2LW)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
CN 9530
Title:  CN 9530
Description:  Working a turn out of Neenah, this CN train stops to do some work at the Nestle USA (Jacks Pizza) pizza factory. The train will work as needed along the line and end up at Expera Specialty Solutions (Thilmany Paper) in Kaukauna and then return to Neenah.
Photo Date:  4/3/2017  Upload Date: 9/11/2017 8:49:53 PM
Location:  Little Chute, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9530(GP40-2LW)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
Kind of Makes a Train Look Small
Title:  Kind of Makes a Train Look Small
Description:  The turn that works to Thilmany (Expera Specialty Solutions) looks pretty small along side the municipal water tower in Little!Chute.
Photo Date:  4/3/2017  Upload Date: 8/28/2017 5:02:42 PM
Location:  Little Chute, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9530(GP40-2LW) CN 9671(GP40-2LW)
Views:  214   Comments: 0


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