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Canadian National accelerating work on former Green Bay & Western
Ahh yes…the photo depicts the beautiful Wisconsin countryside between Whitehall and Independence
Congrats Trains, you spelled Frac sand correctly!! You can always tell when somebody does not know the industry when they spell it as “FRACK”
Nice photo. I was not aware Wisconsin had the same size mountains as western Canada.
It would be ironic but not surprising to learn that there are substantial deposits of fracking-quality sand along that now abandoned GB&W line west of Plover WI. That area of Wisconsin is incredibly sandy, which is why there are so many potato famers in the vicinity. I have no idea of the ROW is intact enough to re-lay some rail if it came to that.
It would be ironic but not surprising to learn that there are substantial deposits of fracking-quality sand along that now abandoned GB&W line west of Plover WI. That area of Wisconsin is incredibly sandy, which is why there are so many potato famers in the vicinity. I have no idea of the ROW is intact enough to re-lay some rail if it came to that.
Timely and excellently written
It’s a shame to see what’s left of the beautiful GB & W…
Wondering why the improvements stop at Whitehall. What connection is there? Or is the track already improved from Whitehall to the logical connection at East Winona?
Alright boys, (CN) git- r-done It’s great to some railroads moving forward in this state. Now all we need is an iron mine (hayward) and a couple copper mines (Crandon and Lynn) to make things hum in the northern part and make rails up here busy again one day.
Some good news on some of Wisconsin’s lesser known rail lines. On the East side of the state, work still continues on Wisconsin & Southern’s clearing of right-of-way and relaying of track on the former Chicago & Northwestern branch from Sheboygan to Plymouth. Although I do wonder what the follks in Sheboygan Falls will think of the railroad running down the city sidewalk.