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The Wisconsin Great Northern (WGNS) was founded in 1997
and operates on about 20 miles of former CNW trackage between Springbrook
and Spooner, Wisconsin. They operate a variety of excursion and dinner trains
from Spring to late Fall. In Nov. 2014 WGNS acquired a switching contract
with CN to service Louisiana Pacific's mill and Johnson lumber at Hayward,
WI.
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WGNS 6006 at Hayward, WI, 1/25/15.
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WGNS 423 (built 1949) running at Spooner, WI, 2/24/13.
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WGNS 314, newly acquired from Minnesota Commercial, at Trego,
WI, 10/08/19.
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The Mark Twain Zephyr was purchased and moved to Trego in the Summer
of 2020. In this 6/01/22 photo restoration to operation is nearly
complete on all 5 cars. "Injun Joe" shown here with it's recently installed
"newer" power truck from a later model Alco. YOUTUBE videos document this
restoration process.
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WGNS 1386 at Trego, WI, 8/05/19.
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WGNS 1951/1950 at Trego, WI, 8/31/15. These operational
locomotives were formerly owned by
the late Grand Traverse Dinner
Train. They came to WGNS in 2015 via Columbia Star when the later folded.
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WGNS 862 (built 1940) at Trego, WI, 9/24/17.
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