Wisconsin has a model RR show in Madison Feb 16-17, 2013
Two Trains around Wisconsin Rapids
Sun after the Snow on the railroad.
Trains and Snowflakes January 3013
BrRRRRRuces cold railroad pictures in January 2013.
The model railroad show and sale Artic Run is coming up on January 19-20, 2013 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Snow is going away in early January 2013
Wisconsin Rapids trains in the first days of January 2013.
More Snow in Wisconsin , posted December 29, 2012
More Wisconsin snow on the rails December 20, 2012.
Wisconsin Rapids Sperry Rail Detector seen earlier on the Whitehall sub, before it snowed.
December snow on the rails in 2012.
Soo Line Rail Detector 700 white van in 1977.
Stevens Point Trains the day after Thanksgiving 2012
Night scenes in Wisconsin Rapids with the little gp 7 passing through, and a Mopac caboose.
If this night time black page doesn't appear ok on your monitor with readable words by every picture, please contact me at the address in the box to the right.
Plover Railroading with the little gp's.
Election Day Snow and first snow of this season.
WC 1570 in Rapids October 2012.
Union Pacific through Wisconsin Rapids , a mixed freight train.
Colorful Weston Coal
Switching Wisconsin Rapids
Plover big train October 2012
Rapids crossing September 2012
Indianhead crossing railroading in Chippewa Falls.
Water Street has a new track layout in Stevens Point
Coal train through Wisconsin Rapids
Workin on the railroad at Thiele Clay in Wisconsin Rapids
Black Bridge upgrade in Stevens Point
More sand through Wisconsin Rapids with a study of covered hoppers .
Sand train through Rapids and details of hoppers running on the Whitehall Sub.
Mentone on the Valley Line , about a little station stop that aint there no more.
The first annual Plover celebration, kids parade, arts and crafts, fire works at Lake Pacawa
and Heritage Days in Heritage Park in Plover, was Wis. July 28-29
MOW in Wisconsin Rapids and the CN 1501 inspection car
Magnum Trackmobile at Thiele Clay in Wisconsin Rapids.
Black Bridge maintenance in Stevens Point.
July 4-7, 2012, Adams, Wisconsin, has a RR centennial celebration, copy and paste http://www.cityofadams-wi.gov/
Central Wisconsin Rails in June , catching up on train pix from May and June.
Two blue GT switch jobs in Plover and Whiting, Wisconsin.
Lumber Companies of Park Falls and a historic question about which was which.
the Waupaca model train show WAS June 16-17.
Kenosha Industry , the last page of our visit to southeastern Wisconsin.
Kenosha Street Cars
Other events in central Wisconsin: Iola Strawberry fest is a week after Waupaca.
June 24th, 11-4 at the historic village on Depot St.
See the Iola and Northern RR depot.
More new sand in Marshfield , more big new sand silos in 2012
You are all invited to the Waupaca depot open house on Saturday June 16th 10 AM to 5 PM. during the Strawberry Fest model railroad show held by the Waupaca Area Model Railroaders. It is always a great show with lots of vendors and layouts in two gymnasiums at the Waupaca Recreation Center, says Mike Kirk.
Kenosha vacation , Jelly Belly, and Frank's diner.
CN 4100 in Plover , a classic little CN loco.
There was an airport day, www.stevenspointairshow.com/ , Sunday, June 3, 2012.
Industry that you can model without squeezing a lot out of the plan.
rail news in Wisconsin Rapids , new ballast and ties for the Taylor line.
Blue GT in Plover posted in May 2012.
Friends of the Chief Wawatam, We now have a Chief Wawatam/Facebook Page and also a
website for the Chief at: Chief Wawatam railroad car ferry.
Please share with the R.R. community. Thanks, Doug Taylor 2012
Loram rail grinder in Rapids . . . . . Different week, different Loram than last week.
Loram Shoulder Ballast Cleaner in Rapids
Reflections of a great paper mill
UWSP trivia contest, april 20-22, 2012
March trains 2012
Blueberry Line under high water in the 1890's.
Marshfield Rails and sand in Spring 2012
yellow switch engine NREX 2531 passing through Wisconsin Rapids
Flambeau Paper RR history project
The Western Wisconsin Abandonned Rails history CD is done after so many years. Thank you for waiting.
Wausau Railroading and one view of the 3M shingle granule plant.
Valley Junction Frac Sand 2012
Stora Enso Locomotive 1 in 2005 is an old page moved to an accessible location. Also has links to other web pages of the Wisconsin Rapids paper mill switchers.
HWCX 7132 and 30 new covered hoppers for sand loading.
It snowed 2 inches Feb 10th, 2012. Central Wisconsin now has 3 inches on the ground, and temps in the single digits for a day.
UP Coal in Wisconsin Rapids Feb 2012
CN 4028 in Wisconsin Rapids January 31, 2012.
Saturday Trains in Stevens Point Wisconsin January 21, 2012
The Central Wisconsin Model Railroaders Artic Run Model Railroad Show in Stevens Point was January 21 & 22, 2012.
Snow and cold and switch locomotives
On January 12th, 2012, central Wisconsin got 4 inches of snow. This will last.
Frozen Wisconsin River Again , different day, different engine, same area as last week.
Frozen Wisconsin River January 2012
SD 45 in Wisconsin Rapids in 2004 classic oldies posted Dec 31, 2011
Trains in Stevens Point December 2011
Trains in December 2011 posted mid-December 2011.
Wet Winter trains in Stevens Point in early December 2011.
Paper Mill Flatcar Table and wood chip gons.
Trains around central Wisconsin, November 2011 from November 18 - 24th
Here are pages from 2005 that disappeared from the old geo-cities web site. I updated them and moved them to my current Trainweb site so Phil can see them.
If you see a link on my old indexes and can't get to the page, let me know and I may move the topic to a current web server and then everyone can see the information again.
My Medary Semaphore page was originally wrote in 2005. And in 2011, I added some pictures from 1947.
Follow-up Notes on Medary Semaphore
Trains around central Wisconsin, Autumn 2011 posted Nov 20, 2011.
Whiting Mill 2011 aerial views months after the closing.
On November 9th, it snowed 5 inches in Stevens Point, wet and heavy . . . . . power was out for 4 hours. Antigo had over a foot of snow.
It hasn't melted yet, but it probably will on Sunday in the warmer weather predicted.
Little Critter in Marshfield at the new Texsand frac sand plant.
Stevens Point yard 2011 aerial views
A Charity Challenge offers a funding opportunity to a local historical society.
The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region (based in Appleton, Wisconsin) will be gifting a sizable amount of money to 25 lucky non-profit organizations.
Help the Waupaca Depot by just visiting the webpage of
Waupaca Depot Flickr picture page
or view the Historical Society web site of the
Waupaca Historical Society
Thanks for your help,Mike Kirk, Waupaca Depot Project Manager .
Posted in October of 2011
Oshkosh Drawbridge 2011 , a start of construction.
Autumn color peaked here on Oct 8th, and buy Oct 15 about 1/3 have fallen.
UP coal in Wisconsin
Black Bridge canoe view on two pages.
Stoughton ballast train with some Wisconsin Southern red power.
Marshfield Frac Sand Loading
busy trains in central Wisconsin in September 2011
DOTX 219 in Wisconsin Rapids , the FRA inspection car. Sept 12, 2011
Smiling Tank Car GATX 50892
Here's three web pages about the Chief Wawatam and the Straits.
. . the St. Ignace Ferry Apron Fell in 2011
. . St. Ignace Ferry Apron in 2009 before the tower fell.
. . Link to some newer scans of my old slides of the Chief Wawatam in 1979 . I have older web pages of these, but these are larger scans. Some people have printed from my small scans of these slides years ago, but these are bigger files than what I had on my web page that I made in 2003.
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Crossing Paths with the GTW 4610
The end of the Ontonagan, Michigan, paper mill is on someone else's web page, Pasty cam aerial views
Colorful Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Rapids 2011 with a panoramic view of the mill and railroady scenes like the former GBW east yard.
Appleton Fox River railroading July 2011
Stevens Point railroading July 2011
July railroading 2011 in central Wisconsin
Whit siding
Tie train in Wisconsin Rapids
Here's the best pictures I've seen of OLS in Adams Wisconsin on Sunday July 3rd, 2011. Thanks for posting them.
Taylor Train 2011
Muscatine vacation
Soo 2713 Centennial Celebration
Dusty Plover Railroading
Strawberry Fest train show is coming up ?June 18-19th? in Waupaca, Wisconsin
Nekoosa Railroading May 2011
Centennial for Soo 2713 is coming up May 28, 2011
BLURR Portable Model RR
Hoover Avenue 2011
Reflections 2011 and a glimpse of a new switch engine at Wisconsin Rapids
April Railroading 2011
Sand Plant 2011 , a new industry being built in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Altoona Rails 2011 with some simple rail scenes.
Wisconsin River high 2011
Stevens Point River Aerials 2011
Stevens Point Yard Aerials 2011
New Spur in Wisconsin Rapids
Amherst Junction 2011
Nelson Siding 2011
Plover Railroading March 2011
End of Whiting Paper Mill rail traffic 2011
Snow Plowing Easy As Pie 2011 model RR snow plows, with more pictures than last month's page. Posted February 2011
More variety in Point Rail February 2011 and some Wisconsin Rapids pictures, too
Here's a variety of railroad pictures in Point Rail January 2011 posted Feb 2011
On Feb 2nd, it snowed heaps from Missouri to Indiana, and southeastern Wisconsin, but not here.
Plover River Trestle 2011 posted February 2011
Union Pacific in Wisconsin Rapids January 2011
Frozen River with switch jobs in Wisconsin Rapids, January 2011
Whiting Paper Mill Rails 2011, near the end of a century of rail traffic to this large mill that will close in Feb 2011.
December Train Notes (early Dec 2010) with aerials of Stevens Point yard and the Green Bay push-pull
Note, this is a new index page for 2011. Any page below here has a 'return to index page' link which won't return to THIS page. Use your browser BACK button to return to this page on the TrainWeb site.
Plover Rail Christmas Day 2010
December Train Notes after a foot of snow
Busy at Plover Wye and a short note about New Page Whiting paper mill closing in 2011
Neenah yard 2010
new paint in Plover , new engine for a day in the village.
Stevens Point Rail Tower and an engine heading to out to pick up a Mathy ballast train.
First Inch of Snow
Wisconsin Rapids Rail Reflections posted November 2010
Necedah Loop 2010
Plover River Rails 2010 and the Point to Green Bay push-pull.
Plover Wye aerials 2010 and a 1916 map with the P-line
EJE in Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Rapids trains October
Variety of locos 2010
BNSF Coal Train 2010
Junction City 2010
Wisconsin Rapids flooding Sept 2010
Marshfield Fire Dept 2010 in a new building, and a picture of an old Soo caboose fire. Posted September 2010
with a second page of the Caboose in 1973 with Keith's story of the fire
County J rails September 2010
Coyne Junction and WC 1563 in August 2010
railfan gps route Whiting Wisconsin , posted August 2010
railfan GPS route Wisconsin Rapids , posted August 2010
railfan GPS route Nekoosa , posted August 2010
Hammerhead loco in Point , posted Aug 12, 2010
Hoover Avenue Aerial 2010 , posted August 2010
Powerful Point July 2010 , posted July 2010, note that I corrected the link so it works, Aug 26th
Nekoosa Rails July 2010 , posted July 2010
Ripon Rails July 2010 , posted July 2010
Manawa Rails , posted July 2010
Rapids Rails June 2010
Biron Turn May/ June 2010
Junction City Work June, 2010
More Basic American of Plover potato processing, May, 2010. It's a follow-up to last year's page about a local industry served by the railroad.
GT in central Wisconsin May, 2010
WC 3024 in Plover May 9, 2010; and noted on WCinfo yahoo group
La Crosse CP April, 2010
Onalaska Railroading April, 2010
BC Rail in Wisconsin Rapids April, 2010
New Mazomanie Rail Museum March, 2010
Golden Sands railroading March 20, 2010
two hours in Point March 6, 2010
Point riverside with notes about GBW track, the paper mill, and the Jackson Flour Mill. Posted March 2010
EJE SD-38 close up Feb 2010
Snowy Point Feb 2010
Rapids February , 2010
Switcher and EJE in Plover Feb, 2010
Shawano rails 2008 Feb 1, 2010, with pix from 2008
Plover Sunday Morning rails with an orange J, Jan 31, 2010
Rapids January rails Jan 30, 2010
GT and J in Plover Jan 24, 2010
colorful J in Whiting posted Jan 2010
Frosty WC rails posted Jan 2010
Whiting Wisconsin River Panoramic posted Jan 2010
Vetter Switch 2010
Portage Rails from Dec
Rail Day After Christmas Dec 26th, 2009
Central Wisconsin Christmas Dec, 2009
J and cans in Plover Dec, 2009
GBW yard East of the Wisconsin River, posted Nov, 2009
and the next page, Wis Rapids 1st Street
Sunday Plover Nov, 2009
Plover Bakery Oct, 2009
The J by Plover Sept, 2009
Tank Car Trainer AHCX 2004 Sept, 2009
Rapids Roundhouse and WC 1564, Sept, 2009
GT in Rapids Sept, 2009
Pan Am Boxcar Sept, 2009
Yooper Drive By finally posted Sept, 2009
WC 3022 in Plover Sept 10, 2009
WGN in Point sept 5, 2009
St. Ignace Rail Road Dock 2009
Badger Ferry Ludington, Michigan, July, 2009
Badger Ferry Manitowoc, July, 2009
J in Point July 25, 2009
Waupaca Aer-Rail East July, 2009
Plover trains 2 again July, 2009
Mill going, going, . . . . in Amherst, June24, 2009
Coal Train through Rapids, June19, 2009
Crane WC 9403 June, 2009
Plover trains June, 2009
Taylor train through Rapids May 29, 2009
Bus trip to Milwaukee with pix of a little Amtrak, and the Harley Davidson Museum; May, 2009
Wisconsin River crossing low aerial picture, Wis. Rapids, May 2009
There's a Tree in my Tracks , Foremost industry of Plover, 2009
GMTX 200 paper mill switch engine, April, 2009
Caboose at GreatBigOutlet in La Crosse, Wisconsin, 2009
Point Yard East March, 2009
http://brucerail001.webng.com/w081017yard/a081017.html
and compare with E:\awb08\w081017yard\a081017.html from last Autumn.
New Train in Plover March, 2009
Oshkosh Drawbridge , aerial, March18, 2009
Two Mills on the Wisconsin River, aerial, March 3, 2009
Rudolph hill Feb 27, 2009
GBW crossing on the west side of Wisconsin Rapids. And some mill info. Feb. 2009
Little Mill of Whiting Feb 14, 2009
Plover River Trestle Feb 13, 2009
McCain Plover potato industrial plant, January, 2009
Basic American Plover industrial plant, January, 2009
Little Engine Big World 2 January, 2009
Plover Plow Jan. 21, 2009
Rapids snow Jan. 12, 2009
SW combo Jan. 7, 2009
Viking Ferry 1979 , a re-post, January 2009
(and removed intermediate webaugc1 folder for website index use)
Happy New Year trains variety Jan. 2, 2009
Everything below here won't link from this index page (awb08 folder) but if you see the web pages above and follow the link at the bottom of those pages to see old indexes, you might get easy access.
If you are interested in a subject below, please contact me and I'll correct the link or re-post the page.
Switching to Christmas Dec 2008
Hoffman Construction Railroad Display Dec 2008
Snow in Point and Greg B has pic of Hudson Bay loco; Dec 10, 2008
Thanksgiving Day 2008
Central Wisconsin has 3 inches of snow, Dec 3, 2008
First Snow nov 2008
Junction City aerail, nov 2008
don't put underlines in folder names for Next gen site.
WC 1560 nov 2008
Bridges of Amherst Wisconsin, nov 2008
Street Loco how about a parade? nov, 2008
for wisrail message
Amherst Junction aerail view, Oct/ nov, 2008
not just plain loco variety Oct/ Nov, 2008
Grand Rapids Autumn aerial panoramic view, Oct, 2008
Point yard aerail view, Oct, 2008
Highway J overpass Oct, 2008
Little Engine Big World Oct, 2008
WC 1560 SW 1500, Sept, 2008
Two Plover trains Sept 29, 2008
WC 3012 on Taylor train, and a GN sky blue boxcar, Sept 25, 2008
BC Rail blue unit through Point, Sept 18, 2008
Wendy rail car grafitti 2008 not on public site yet
Okray mural and Plover Patrol, 2008
Rapids three WC 2008
August rail variety around Wisconsin Rapids, 2008
Taylor Train arriving in Wisconsin Rapids, 2008
Two Old Soldiers , WC gp 40's in Wisconsin Rapids
w080814wc/a080814
Black Bridge and notes about the draw down of the Wisconsin River.
not for public use yet:
Bridge details for Harry in Canada.
Afternoon Plover Patrol in Stevens Point, and a Model A picture
a Sunday Plover Patrol
Wisconsin Rapids yard aerail pictures and history notes
June Notes and railroad pictures
June Variety of RR scenes
Kenner Hydro-Dynamic Building Set
air show Stevens Point, Wis with B-25 Miss Mitchell
air show for newspaper, large pix, posted June 1, 2008
/w080607dogpark1/a080608.html
and it is in folder e / awb08 / w080525bliss /
E:\awb08 \w080525bliss\w080607dogprk1\a080608.html
dog park for newspaper and park commission, large pix, posted June 6, 17, 2008
Wisconsin Rapids posted June_+, 2008
Wisconsin River panoramic posted May 2_+, 2008
Bright CN little gp posted May 20+, 2008
County J overpass pre-construction photo, posted May _ 11+, 2008
Amherst Mill to be torn down, posted May 8, 2008
Little Dinky moved in Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, posted April __ 2008
Car Shop and Roundhouse aerail, April 4, 2008; posted April __
KLSX flatcar, posted April __ 2008
Vetter Switch aerail, March 24, 2008; posted March __
Stockton Old Highway 18 crossing closure discussion, aerial views, March 19, 2008; posted March
Stockton Wisconsin aerial, March 19, 2008 posted March
Marshfield Veterans Walkway and some century-old Railroad possibilities. posted 2008 March 15
Dual Decal March 11, 2008 posted March 15
Plover February Feb 27, 2008 posted March 7
Oakway SD ex GM blue demostrator, Feb 29, 2008
some WC this week Feb 21, 2008
New Gates Feb, 2008
Kershaw Snow Plowing Feb 3, 2008
Rail Flaw Detector and some locomotives in the area, posted Jan 31, 2008
Wind towers special loads posted Jan 28, 2008
plow by the depot posted Jan ?, 2008
Not linked frm this page:
spreader W 80 and others, re-posted from 2005
Whiting and the Commercial job posted Jan 18, 2008
Plover Patrol posted Jan 10, 2008
Minnesota CNW 1977 posted Jan ?, 2008
Minn. SNOW PLOW from 1977, posted Jan 5, 2008
new index in 2008, and web site index is still in awebindex06, but make new folder for 08.
everything below here won't link from this page.
Point variety posted Dec 29, 2007
Snowing in Wisconsin posted Dec 23, 2007
Tupelo final end posted Dec 21, 2007
Marshfield Door Plant posted Dec, 2007
Snowy December 1st posted Dec 1, 2007
On the web index, four towns links put together for easy use.
note some are on Yahoo links, like Dorchester and old Medf
Dorchester Rails , Nov 26, 2007
Medford Creamery , Nov 22, 2007
Abbotsford New Depot, posted Nov 20, 2007
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links below here are from earlier folders, such as w0705.
won't link from here. And many old links removed to lessen size of notepad file. See index in w0705 folder for best listing.
Brewery aerial view, and a little of the WC car shops. posted Nov 16, 2007
MNTX BN 6234 green sd 9 locomotive in Point, Oct 31, 2007
Biron Autumn color Oct, 2007
Autumn color Oct 20, 2007
GBW former roundhouse sept x, 2007
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb/w070924am/a070924.html
Nelsons Siding oct x, 2007
Plover Patrol CN Power sept x, 2007
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb/w070928jc/a070928.html
Jct. City sept x, 2007
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb/w070922gbart/a070922.html
Art Train in Wisconsin Green Bay, Sept 22, 2007
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb/w070921/a070921.html
Paper Mill sold aerial, Sept 2x, 2007
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb/w070918nek/a070918.html
Nekoosa Rails aerials, posted Sept 20, 2007
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb/w070914pp/a070914.html
Plover Patrol in DAY light with 3 engines, posted Sept 15, 2007
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb
/w070826/a070826.html
Eau Claire Ramblings posted Aug 30, 2007
Steam Train open house Aug 18, posted Aug 16, 18; 2007; and put on geo free site.
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb
/w070811pbr/a070811.html
Plover River bridge posted Aug 11, 2007; and put on geo free site.
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb
/w070802spnr/a070802.html
Spooner posted Aug 3, 2007; and put on geo free site.
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb
/w070723/a070723.html
Commercial Job with IC posted July 25, 2007 and put on geo free site.
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb
/w070708roth/a070708.html
Bridge under Trestle posted July 10, 2007 and put on geo free site.
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb
/w070706patch/a070706.html
Patch Street Bike Lane posted July 7, 2007 and put on geo free site.
Tupelo no mo' posted July 1, 2007 and put on geo free site.
http://www.geocities.com/bruceoldnb
/w070630tup/a070630.html
Readfield, Wisconsin posted June 15, 2007 and put on geo free site.
Dale, Wisconsin posted June 9, 2007 and put on geo free site.
Stevens Point depot and near by, posted June 2, 2007 and put on geo free site.
Stetsonville posted May
Milladore posted may 5, 2007
WC 3026 on Plover Patrol Posted April 27, 2007
Junction City trains Posted April 27, 2007
Whiting and WC 1563 Posted April 21, 2007
Menomonie Railroading 1996 Posted April 14, 2007
Sample Contents of Western Wisconsin Abandonned Rails Cd picture collection. Posted April 6, 2007
Eagle River Oldies posted Jan 12, 2007
HPJX5001 Flatcar and Weather Shield Windows, posted Dec, 2006
Icy Plover River , and Whiting mill Dec 9, 2006
ANYTHING BELOW THIS DOESN'T LINK TO THIS PAGE, IT'S IN FOLDER aw0607/
Spencer ARC Park and wye notes, posted Sept, 2006
Medford tracks posted August, 2006
Cans , and WC 1237 little SW, posted August, 2006
Point yard seen from Morgan Park kite flite, posted August, 2006
Green Beans cannery from kite pix, posted August, 2006
Grand Opening GBW caboose 617; posted June 30, 2006
Model Railroads of best friends, posted September 30, 2005.
Note, drive E in use for this now. June 8 2005
next index on E drive, folder awb05/aw0506 2005/ 2005 June
and none of the previous pages are linked. Only the page for web site posting will be complete, and only on the web site.
All links below this are on C drive and not linked to here.
Follow-up Notes on Medary Semaphore, posted April 30, 2005.
Medary Semaphore , posted April 24, 2005.
BNSF along the River , posted April 8, 2005.
Weather Shield flat car, updated page, posted March 22, 2005.(released for public viewing March 22)
Stora Enso Locomotive 1 new paint and rebuild, posted March 11, 2005.
old Medford Notes about depot and nearby rail stuff of Medford, Wiscsonsin; posted January 28, 2005
Junction City Wisconsin, posted Sept 16, 2004
Wisconsin Rapids Power and CPI 1; posted August 5, 2004
Amherst Junction Wisconsin, posted June 26, 2004
Whiting and the Woods posted May 21, 2004
The Chief pages definitely won't link from this page after June 2010, they are on Core yet. I will have to move them to another host, they are popular.
CHIEF WAWATAM 1978 Ferry 'Oldies but Goodies', posted January 23, 2003.
Page 2 of CHIEF WAWATAM , collection of the replies and information after people saw the first page; posted January 26, 2003.
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Page wrote May 21, 2010
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