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And that evening I saw the tail end of a southbound empty coal train with one UP loco on the rear, moving 20 mph and tying up traffic at the 5 o'clock rush hour.
I haven't asked or looked if there is a schedule to these new trains through this city.
A few years ago, the coal trains sometimes did a crew change in town by stopping for a few minutes at the yard office.
Which blocked some big grade crossings in town.
There's a comment on Yahoo groups that CN built a new siding between Necedah and Wisconsin Rapids to handle the extra trains.
It's called Whit. . . . . (Is that because the Whittlesey Cranberry Company bog is nearby?)
Maybe County Road GG about 4 miles west of Nekoosa. I haven't looked.
That area is flat wet sand country with woods, except for two miles of cranberry bogs.
Here is oleroadslug's picture of a
train in the siding and you'll have to use BACK to return to here.
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