Wisconsin Northern switching at Birchwood Manufacturing

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Uploaded by on Mar 11, 2010

This is my favorite video. The guy sitting on the bridge fishin is common so i seen him their and took a shot and then the GP15's are heading to drop off a car loaded with logs at Birchwood Manufacturing notice the cars that don't stop for the train when it crosses in downtown Rice Lake. I jumped when they hit the horn when they went back across the road in downtown. Awesome horns. The crossings with the lights are so bad that they have too slow down and wait a little to get them to activate. You can hear them hittin the brakes.

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  • I don't think they deliver to Birchwood Manufacturing anymore.. :(

  • @KAdE21pf They haven't takin in about 8 months but their is still four log cars sitting in birchwood Manufacturings yard and i was up their on the Fifth of July of this year and they sprayed the tracks to kill the weeds so if they did that they must be planning something.

  • @1995cnw1 Great news!!!!! I used to see the CN deliver here when I lived in Rice Lake, there was more service when the other business was there, but I believe it burnt down, not sure, I was too little to remember.

  • @KAdE21pf Yes it is great news. The short line company is outstanding. When I was up their the fifth I stumbled upon a brand new spur they built for a business in Bloomer and they are building a sand plant in Chippewa on the shortline and a few other business's that are looking at the line and talk of them putting the tracks back in to a north industrial park in Rice Lake where Toys scrap is.  I love railfanning these guys.

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  • Cool video. Single car Railroading is where it's at. Hopefully, they can score a deal and keep serving that company. RiceLake, it that the end of the line for them. As far North as the Wisconsin Norhtern goes? Do they have a weekday turn up the line?

  • Two of these Wi Northern engines were parked in New Auburn, wi last weekend. NEver saw one before in my life til then. Caught my eye. Love the green

  • That is a good RS3L!

  • @KAdE21pf north to Bloomer for the WN. If you have a Yahoo! account you should join the Wisconsin Northern group. It tells a lot of information about the railroad and has pictures, etc.

  • @1995cnw1 My dad see's them a lot in chetek when he is working. I was told by my Yahoo! Group that they just sprayed the track because they sprayed the whole line. I was also told they have been trying to get service with B.M. but the competition with trucks is too hard. Not the greatest news.. But there's always a chance.. The spur in Bloomer is for WRR, a company in Eau Claire that used to have an unloading station in Chippewa Falls but CN doesn't ship the right materials anymore so they moved

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