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Brett Barker's Collection
 
3/28/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Brett Barker
Dates:7/15/2005 - 10/1/2005
Album Info:Here's where I put everything else from WI.
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Wausau Papers Switcher
Title:  Wausau Papers Switcher
Description:  This S2, built in 1944, still switches the Wausau Papers mill at Brokaw. It is usually on private property, so always ask permission to enter and photograph.
Photo Date:  8/5/2004  Upload Date: 8/28/2005 4:48:19 PM
Location:  Brokaw, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Locomotives:  RE 1026(S2)
Views:  1027   Comments: 2
The Last Car Flies By
Title:  The Last Car Flies By
Description:  The end of a westbound train headed for Superior passes the station and water tower at Owen, Wisconsin. The WC splits here, with lines to both Superior and the Twin Cities.
Photo Date:  7/15/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 10:45:54 AM
Location:  Owen, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Views:  399   Comments: 0
Wisconsin Northern 1500 "City of Barron"
Title:  Wisconsin Northern 1500 "City of Barron"
Description:  The Wisconsin Northern began operation late last year, and the paint is barely dry on the City of Barron.
Photo Date:  7/15/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 10:32:42 AM
Location:  Chippewa Falls, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Locomotives:  PGR 1500(SD40M-2)
Views:  1236   Comments: 0
Wisconsin Northern 1501 "City of Bloomer"
Title:  Wisconsin Northern 1501 "City of Bloomer"
Description:  In fresh paint, the WN 1501, City of Bloomer, idles at the industrial park on the north side of town.
Photo Date:  7/15/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 10:33:51 AM
Location:  Chippewa Falls, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Locomotives:  PGR 1501(SD40M-2)
Views:  1200   Comments: 0
Returning to the Depot
Title:  Returning to the Depot
Description:  The Wisconsin Great Northern excursion returns to the depot at Spooner, Wisconsin.
Photo Date:  7/15/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 10:34:49 AM
Location:  Spooner, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Locomotives:  WGN 423(F7A)
Views:  586   Comments: 0
The Lonely Depot Stands Vigil
Title:  The Lonely Depot Stands Vigil
Description:  Once at a busy junction, the depot at Prentice, Wisconsin, now sees fewer trains and one of the tracks, because of realignment, no longer runs past the depot.
Photo Date:  7/17/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 10:36:14 AM
Location:  Prentice, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Views:  417   Comments: 0
The 4 Spot
Title:  The 4 Spot
Description:  The 4 Spot, a Vulcan 2-6-2 built in 1916, prepares to take passengers on the short run to Camp 5 Logging Museum.
Photo Date:  7/19/2005  Upload Date: 8/27/2005 10:56:36 PM
Location:  Laona, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  LNO 4(2-6-2)
Views:  887   Comments: 0
Smoke and a Semaphore
Title:  Smoke and a Semaphore
Description:  The Laona & Northern "4 Spot," a 2-6-2 Vulcan, puts on a show as it backs out of the station at Laona, Wisconsin.
Photo Date:  7/19/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 10:39:56 AM
Location:  Laona, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Locomotives:  LAONANORTH 4(2-6-2)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
The Francis J. Wiener
Title:  The Francis J. Wiener
Description:  The WC 1, an SW1 named in honor of Francis J. Wiener, now resides at the end of the line at the Camp 5 Logging Museum in Laona, Wisconsin.
Photo Date:  7/19/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 10:39:07 AM
Location:  Laona, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Locomotives:  WC 1(SW1)
Views:  7146   Comments: 14
A Soo Line Old-Timer
Title:  A Soo Line Old-Timer
Description:  This outside-braced boxcar sits at the end of the Camp 5 Logging Museum's line at Laona, Wisconsin. The car number is hard to read, it looked like 2371 to us, with the 71 smaller than the 23, but this is just a guess.
Photo Date:  7/19/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 10:41:15 AM
Location:  Laona, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  799   Comments: 0
Thunder Lake Lumber 5 Spot
Title:  Thunder Lake Lumber 5 Spot
Description:  This Baldwin 2-8-0 was built in 1880 as #51 for the DSP&P. It eventually worked for a lumber company in northern Wisconsin, and is today on display at the museum in Rhinelander.
Photo Date:  7/19/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 10:42:12 AM
Location:  Rhinelander, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Locomotives:  TLLC 5(2-8-0)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
Log Car at Museum
Title:  Log Car at Museum
Description:  This car is on display with the Thunder Lake Lumber 2-8-0 at Rhinelander.
Photo Date:  7/19/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 10:43:17 AM
Location:  Rhinelander, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Views:  290   Comments: 0
Plymouth Gives Rides
Title:  Plymouth Gives Rides
Description:  This narrow-gauge Plymouth gives rides at Eland Days. It once worked at the Ringle Brick Company.
Photo Date:  8/14/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 11:31:00 AM
Location:  Eland, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Views:  425   Comments: 1
Depot and Abandoned Right-of-Way
Title:  Depot and Abandoned Right-of-Way
Description:  This view looks south down the old C&NW line towards the depot at Eland. The grassy path to the right is the old wye track.
Photo Date:  8/14/2005  Upload Date: 9/4/2005 11:29:38 AM
Location:  Eland, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Views:  540   Comments: 0
The "City of Barron"
Title:  The "City of Barron"
Description:  Here is another view of WN 1500 that shows the Progressive Rail nose herald. This is the same pair of engines I saw here in July.
Photo Date:  10/1/2005  Upload Date: 10/2/2005 8:52:39 PM
Location:  Chippewa Falls, WI
Author:  Brett Barker
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Locomotives:  PGR 1500(SD40M-2)
Views:  787   Comments: 2


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