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1/28/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Thilmany LLC
Type: Gondola
AAR Class: GT: Open top car, having high fixed sides and fixed or hinged ends and solid bottom, suitable for unloading on dumping machines only.
AAR Type: J303
Detail Info:   Gondola, Load Limit: 185,000 and greater, Flat Bottom, Inside Length: 52-61ft
Plate:   C
Max Gross Weight:   263000
Load Limit:   188900
Dry Capacity:   6500
Ext L/W/H:   63' 9" / 10' 8" / 15' 0"
Int L/W/H:   59' 6" / 9' 6" / 10' 6"
User Notes:   built by Ortner Freight Car Co., BLT 1-71, LD LMT 183600, LT WT 79400, EXW 10-8, H 3-4, IL 59-6, IW 9-6, CU FT 6500, ca. '19 full repaint

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TPPX 70050
Title:  TPPX 70050
Description:  TPPX 70050 woodchip gondola was part of the consist of a CN local parallel to Thilmany Rd. while servicing the Expera Specialty Solutions (originally Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co.) paper mill on the banks of the Fox River via former C&NW rails at Kaukauna, WI on 27 Jan. '17.
Photo Date:  1/27/2017  Upload Date: 2/13/2017 2:45:56 AM
Location:  Kaukauna, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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TPPX 70050
Title:  TPPX 70050
Description:  TPPX 70050 woodchip gondola was part of the consist of a CN local approaching the former S. Pierce Ave./W. 8th St. grade crossing as it headed northeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 22 Apr. '17. Train was headed for Little Chute and Kaukauna. The train would have been hidden behind the historic Pierce Manufacturing plant that occupied this city block from 1917 until it was razed in 2011. This plot of land has been divided into lots for Habitat for Humanity and some homes have sprung up to partially obscure thg view.
Photo Date:  4/22/2017  Upload Date: 7/7/2017 3:56:43 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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TPPX 70050
Title:  TPPX 70050
Description:  TPPX 70050 woodchip gondola was part of the consist of a CN through freight setting out and picking up cars along Union St. at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 4 Apr. '20. Founded as the American Pulp & Paper Co. in 1883, it became Thilmany Pulp & Paper Co. (a.k.a. Thilmany, LLC or Thilmany Papers) in 1889, after Oscar Thilmany bought out his partners. It became Expera Specialty Solutions on 26 Jun. 2013, after KPS Capital Partners, LP, acquired it and Wausau Specialty Papers. It was acquired by Finland’s Ahlstrom-Munksjö on 10 Oct. ’18 and is currently known as Ahlstrom-Munksjö NA Specialty Solutions, LLC, Thilmany Mill.
Photo Date:  4/4/2020  Upload Date: 6/27/2020 2:28:40 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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TPPX 70050
Title:  TPPX 70050
Description:  TPPX 70050 was part of the consist of a CN through freight crossing N. Lake St. as it headed northwest via former SOO rails at Neenah, WI, on 23 May '20. Founded as the American Pulp & Paper Co. in 1883, it became Thilmany Pulp & Paper Co. (a.k.a. Thilmany, LLC or Thilmany Papers) in 1889, after Oscar Thilmany bought out his partners. It became Expera Specialty Solutions on 26 Jun. 2013, after KPS Capital Partners, LP, acquired it and Wausau Specialty Papers. It was acquired by Finland’s Ahlstrom-Munksjö on 10 Oct. ’18 and is currently known as Ahlstrom-Munksjö NA Specialty Solutions, LLC, Thilmany Mill.
Photo Date:  5/23/2020  Upload Date: 10/24/2020 2:22:21 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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TPPX 70050
Title:  TPPX 70050
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Photo Date:  4/13/2023  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 3:12:00 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  9   Comments: 0
TPPX 70050
Title:  TPPX 70050
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Photo Date:  7/13/2023  Upload Date: 9/23/2023 2:23:05 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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TPPX 70050
Title:  TPPX 70050
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Photo Date:  7/28/2023  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 10:44:20 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  ~ Loadstone
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Views:  16   Comments: 0


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