In the 70's and the early 80's CNW assigned many geeps to service in the Wisconsin Rapids area. They usually worked the switch/yard jobs during the day and made an Adams turn overnight. The nightl... (more)

For the longest time CNW and Soo assigned geeps to the locals and switch jobs that worked the Wisconsin Rapids paper making area. This pair, the CNW 4318, 4329 are working toward Nekoosa with 21 c... (more)

GBW train 2 normally arrived in Wisconsin Rapids in the early afternoon. It was worked there and then made an evening departure for Green Bay. This shot of train 2 with 316,310 and 115 cars was sh... (more)

The Milwaukee was not a major player in the traffic around Wisconsin Rapids although after rebuilding the line from New Lisbon to Wausau for coal trains they definitely had the best track in the a... (more)

On a humid, scorching, late August day that smelled oh so much of paper mill the 315 and 312 arrive at the west end of the Wisconsin Rapids terminal with 60 cars. The 315 was my favorite GB&W unit... (more)

Soo 410,2412 are at Wisconsin Rapids with the normal assortment of box cars for paper loading, tanks with chemicals and wood pulp for the paper mills. The train is on the joint Soo-CNW track that ... (more)

GB&W 317 is getting ready to depart Wisconsin Rapids with the Plover job at 11AM on a bright late August morning. The caboose is parked near the yard office and in the distance you can see the Wis... (more)

CNW rebuilt Ex CR GP40's 5507,5534 head east out of Wisconsin Rapids with the nightly turn to Adams.

Two of three units in WC paint in this area. Used for local switching and train service.

Train #2's crew swaps out power with train #3's crew near the Wisconsin Rapids locomotive terminal. #309 will go east back to Norwood for inspection and maintenance.

I chased the Plover Way Freight the 15 miles from Plover to Wisconsin Rapids hoping to a low-sun nose shot of the 313. It wasn't until the train entered Wisconsin Rapids yard that the huge cloud t... (more)