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Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad
The Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad operates a historic train line centered in Trego, Wisconsin on 26 miles of track, between Spooner, Wisconsin and Springbrook, Wisconsin. It was founded on April 1, 1997. The line runs dinner trains, bed and breakfast trains, and scenic sight seeing tours. Locomotives * LS&M #41 - GE 50-Ton Diesel Locomotive (likely built in 1941) * WGN #314 - Former Green Bay & Western Alco C424 Diesel Locomotive (privately owned) * WGN #423 - Former Chicago & North Western EMD F7 * WGN #600 - Former B&OCTRR EMD SW1 * WGN #862 - Former Milwaukee Road EMD SW1 * WGN #891 - Former Milwaukee Road or Erie Railroad EMD SW1 * WGN #1280 - Former American Can/Marathon Southern EMD SW600 * WGN #1386 - Former TP EMD GP35M * WGN #1387 - Former MP EMD GP35M * WGN #1388 - Former TP EMD GP35M * WGN #1950 - Former Great Northern EMD F7 * WGN #1951 - Former Great Northern EMD F7 * WGN #6006 - Former Algoma Central Railway SD40-2, used for freight * WGN #8760 - Rebuilt 1949 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trego, Wisconsin
Trego is a town in Washburn County, Wisconsin. The population was 885 at the time of the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Trego is located in the town. Trego is located at the junction of U.S. Highway 53 and U.S. Highway 63, at north-northeast of Spooner. Trego has a post office with ZIP code 54888. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which 35.9 square miles (93.1 km) of it is land and 0.8 square miles (2.2 km) of it (2.28%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 885 people, 347 households, and 242 families residing in the town. The population density was 24.6 people per square mile (9.5/km). There were 528 housing units at an average density of 14.7 per square mile (5.7/km). The racial makeup of the town was 96.95% White, 0.11% African American, 1.47% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, and 1.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spooner, Wisconsin
Spooner is a city in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,573 at the 2020 census. The city is located mostly within the southwest corner of the Town of Spooner, with a small portion extending into the Town of Beaver Brook on the south, the Town of Bashaw on the southwest, and the Town of Evergreen on the west. The city's nickname, Crossroads of the North, is a reference to the city's location at the junction of two U.S. highways, 53 and 63, and State Highways 70 and 253. History Originally a town in the year 1889, and thereafter officially incorporated a city in the year 1909, Spooner's history is closely interlaced with that of railroad history. In the year 1879, the North Wisconsin Railway was constructed due north of the present-day city of Spooner. Following that, the operations of that railroad were moved south where it then joined the Chicago and Northwestern at what was then coined as Chicago Junction. The community, then initially only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springbrook, Wisconsin
Springbrook is a town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 536 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Earl and Springbrook are located in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 34.7 square miles (89.8 km2), of which, 34.2 square miles (88.5 km2) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) of it (1.47%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 536 people, 227 households, and 150 families residing in the town. The population density was 15.7 people per square mile (6.1/km2). There were 300 housing units at an average density of 8.8 per square mile (3.4/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 96.64% White, 0.19% African American, 1.49% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 1.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.68% of the population. There were 227 households, out of which 25.6% had c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMD F7
The EMD F7 is a model of diesel-electric locomotive produced between February 1949 and December 1953 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD) and General Motors Diesel (GMD). Although originally promoted by EMD as a freight-hauling unit, the F7 was also used in passenger service hauling such trains as the Santa Fe Railway's ''Super Chief, & El Capitan and Ontario Northland's Northlander''. History The F7 was the fourth model in GM-EMD's successful line of F-unit locomotives, and by far the best-selling cab unit of all time. In fact, more F7s were built than all other F-units combined. The F7 succeeded the F3 model in GM-EMD's F-unit series, and was replaced in turn by the F9. Final assembly was at GM-EMD's La Grange, Illinois, plant or GMD's London, Ontario, facility. There was no F4, -5 or -6 model; "7" was chosen to match the contemporary twin-engine E7, and was also applied to the new GP7 road-switcher. The F7 differed from the F3 primarily in inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMD SW1
The EMD SW1 is a diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation (later Division) between December 1938 and November 1953. Final assembly was at EMD's plant at LaGrange ( McCook) Illinois. The SW1 was the second generation of switcher from EMD, succeeding the SC (cast frame) and SW (welded frame). The most significant change from those earlier models was the use of an engine of EMD's own design, the then-new 567 engine, here in V6 form. 661 locomotives of this design were built, with a gap in production between March 1943 and September 1945 due to World War II. The SW1 was the start of a long line of SW series switchers produced by EMD. It was complemented by the SW7 in 1949 and the SW8 in 1950. SW1 production ceased in November 1953, with its replacement, the equally powerful SW600, starting production in February 1954. Locomotive name EMD arrived at the name SW1 based on the locomotive's power (S for 600 hp) and fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMD SW600
The EMD SW600 is a diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between February 1954 and January 1962. Power was provided by an EMD 567C 6-cylinder engine, which generated 600 horsepower (450 kW). Original owners 15 examples of this model were built for American railroads and industrials. See also *List of GM-EMD locomotives The following is a list of locomotives produced by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). Streamlined power cars and early experimental locomotive ... References * * A J Kristopans GM Locomotive Serial Number Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20141012110456if_/http://utahrails.net/ajkristopans/SWITCHERS201Aand567.php#sw600 SW0600 B-B locomotives Diesel-electric locomotives of the United States Railway locomotives introduced in 1954 Standard gauge locomotives of the United States {{diesel-loco-stub Shunti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMD GP35M
EMD may refer to: Finance and commerce * Emerging market debt * Earnest money deposit, in the United States, a security deposit, especially for real estate Medicine * Electromagnetic diaphragm * Electromechanical dissociation * Emergency medical dispatcher * Enamel matrix derivative * Esophageal motility disorder * Merck Group, known as EMD in Canada and the United States, a German pharmaceutical company Science and technology * Electrolytic manganese dioxide * Emerin * Empirical mode decomposition * Equilibrium mode distribution * ReadyBoost, disk-caching software Transport * East Midlands Parkway railway station, in England * Electro-Motive Diesel, an American locomotive manufacturer * Electronic Miscellaneous Document in the airline industry * Emerald Airport, in Queensland, Australia Other uses * Schneider Electric EMD a Armenian-Serbian electric company * EMD (band), a Swedish band * Earth mover's distance * European Marketing Distribution, a European purchas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alco S2M
The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer of locomotives, diesel generators, steel, and tanks that operated from 1901 to 1969. The company was formed by the merger of seven smaller locomotive manufacturers and Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory of Schenectady, New York. A subsidiary, American Locomotive Automobile Company, designed and manufactured automobiles under the Alco brand from 1905 to 1913. ALCO also produced nuclear reactors from 1954 to 1962. The company changed its name to Alco Products, Incorporated in 1955. In 1964, the Worthington Corporation acquired the company. The company went out of business in 1969. The ALCO name is currently being used by Fairbanks Morse Engine for their FM, ALCO line. Foundation and early history The company was created in 1901 from the merger of seven smaller locomotive manufacturers with Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory of Schenectady, New York: *Brooks Locomot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwest Rail Rangers
Midwest Rail Rangers is a non-profit organization specializing with on-board educational programs to railroad passengers in the Midwestern United States with information regarding history, ecology, and geology. Guides with Midwest Rail Rangers provide interpretive programs on-board the South Shore Line between Chicago, Illinois and South Bend, Indiana. The organization is based in Barron, Wisconsin. History The Midwest Rail Rangers was officially chartered on July 20, 2015. The organization is modeled after Trails & Rails, a formal partnership between Amtrak and the National Park Service. In 1999, The National Park Service established the Trails & Rails program. Docents associated with the park service travel aboard select Amtrak long-distance passenger trains to provide educational commentary. Docents would point out interesting landmarks along the way to passengers, including the history of various towns the train was passing through, ecology, and geology of the landscape. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi-Level
The Hi-Level was a type of bilevel intercity railroad passenger car used in the United States. Car types included coaches, dining cars, and lounge cars; a sleeping car variant was considered but never produced. Most passenger spaces were on the upper level, which featured a row of windows on both sides. Boarding was on the lower level; passengers climbed up a center stairwell to reach the upper level. Vestibules on the upper level permitted passengers to walk between cars; some coaches had an additional stairwell at one end to allow access to single-level equipment. The Budd Company designed the car in the 1950s for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ("Santa Fe") for use on the ''El Capitan'', a coach-only streamliner which ran daily between Los Angeles and Chicago. The design was inspired by two recent developments in railroading: the dome car, employed in intercity routes in the western United States, and bilevel commuter cars operating in the Chicago area. Budd built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lounge Car
A lounge car (sometimes referred to as a buffet lounge, buffet car, club car or grill car) is a type of passenger car on a train, in which riders can purchase food and drinks. The car may feature large windows and comfortable seating to create a relaxing diversion from standard coach or dining options. In earlier times (and especially on the "name" trains), a lounge car was more likely to have a small kitchen, or grill and a limited menu. Food was prepared to order and often cooked, though items such as club sandwiches would have usually been part of the offerings. The cars were often operated by the Pullman Company, and in other cases by the railroad directly as part of the dining car department (on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway the Fred Harvey Company operated the food concession). Lounge cars operated by Pullman were exclusively for the use of sleeping car passengers, while those operated by the railroad were available to coach as well as first-class travelers. Buff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison, Kansas, Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The railroad reached the Kansas–Colorado border in 1873 and Pueblo, Colorado, in 1876. To create a demand for its services, the railroad set up real estate offices and sold farmland from the land grants that it was awarded by United States Congress, Congress. Despite being chartered to serve the city, the railroad chose to bypass Santa Fe, due to the engineering challenges of the mountainous terrain. Eventually Santa Fe Southern Railway, a branch line from Lamy, New Mexico, brought the Santa Fe railroad to its namesake city. The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at various times, it operated an airline, the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway, and the fleet of Santa Fe Railroad Tugboa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
