Three CN trains (2 through freights and a local) bide their time along Harrison St. at the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 19 Dec. '18. They were waiting for an approaching container train. Local had one locomotive, IC 3107. Southbound through freight had three locomotives, CSX 214, BNSF 8132, IC 9614. Northbound through freight had four locomotives, CN 5707, CN 5475, NS 9708, BNSF 4989. Neenah Foundry Plant 2 & Plant 3 are partially visible in the background at right. Plant 2 opened in 1960 and Plant 3 was built in 1967. Plant 1 opened in 1918 and stood about a mile to the north, until it was closed in 1994 and eventually demolished. |