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Owner: Thilmany LLC
Type: Gondola
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
Plate:   B
Max Gross Weight:   220000
Load Limit:   162500
Dry Capacity:   4625
Ext L/W/H:   58' 1" / 10' 5" / 12' 7"
Int L/W/H:   54' 1" / 9' 6" / 9' 0"
User Notes:   built by Midwest Freight Car Co., BLT 1-75, LD LMT 162500, LT WT 57500, IL 54-1, CU 4628

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L540 Sits At Eagle Mills Jct
Title:  L540 Sits At Eagle Mills Jct
Description:  CN engine # 2550 (just out of view) sits with Train L540 at Eagle Mills Jct.
Photo Date:  8/3/2010  Upload Date: 8/7/2010 11:28:00 AM
Location:  Negaunee, MI
Author:  wteven langsford
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
There Goes Today's L540
Title:  There Goes Today's L540
Description:  On today's L540 we had a nice mix of freight cars a covered hopper, Tank car & some pulpwood cars & open hoppers.
Photo Date:  8/3/2010  Upload Date: 8/6/2010 3:00:54 PM
Location:  Negaunee, MI
Author:  Elisabeth Delarye
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2550(C44-9W)
Views:  350   Comments: 1
TPPX 40116
Title:  TPPX 40116
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/17/2016  Upload Date: 8/6/2016 8:17:38 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Bob Keenan
Categories: 
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Views:  59   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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Views:  395   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 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
Categories: 
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Views:  505   Comments: 0
TPPX 40116
Title:  TPPX 40116
Description:  TPPX 40116 was in a string of cars being extracted by Expera Specialty Solutions' (originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co.) Rail King along Thilmany Rd. so they could be picked up by a CN local at Kaukauna, WI on 4 Jan '17.
Photo Date:  1/4/2017  Upload Date: 1/23/2017 2:19:54 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Views:  356   Comments: 0
TPPX 40114
Title:  TPPX 40114
Description:  TPPX 40116 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 Papep 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 2:21:20 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories: 
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Views:  123   Comments: 0


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