CN through freight approaches the former grade crossing at W. 8th St. and S. Pierce Ave. as it pulls 57 cars northeast via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 3 Aug. '14. Train was headed to Green Bay from Stevens Point and had two locomotives, CN 5798 pulling and CN 5641 pushing. The train would have been hidden behind the historic Pierce Manufacturing plant that occupied this city block from 1917 until it was razed ca. 2010-12. |