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Job 01 3M Wausau 6-2-87
The biggest customer the C&NW had in Wausau was the 3M roofing granule plant, located on the near west side perpendicular to Thomas St.
The plant was reached via a spur that split from the "main" (once part of the Green Bay-Merrillan secondary main) near Stewart Avenue.
Once the crew dropped inbound cars (mostly empty two-bay covered hoppers), they'd gather the outbound loads and shove west back to Stewart Avenue.
For years, one of the C&NW's FM switchers was assigned to Wausau's local jobs. While they were rated at 1,200 horsepower, they were excellent pullers. They were replaced with Geeps (including the "Katy Baldwins") after 1976. In the late 1980s, C&NW's ex-Conrail GP40s started showing up in Wausau with some regularity, providing plenty of horse power to handle the heavy 3M loadings.
Job 01 3M Wausau 6-2-87
The biggest customer the C&NW had in Wausau was the 3M roofing granule plant, located on the near west side perpendicular to Thomas St.
The plant was reached via a spur that split from the "main" (once part of the Green Bay-Merrillan secondary main) near Stewart Avenue.
Once the crew dropped inbound cars (mostly empty two-bay covered hoppers), they'd gather the outbound loads and shove west back to Stewart Avenue.
For years, one of the C&NW's FM switchers was assigned to Wausau's local jobs. While they were rated at 1,200 horsepower, they were excellent pullers. They were replaced with Geeps (including the "Katy Baldwins") after 1976. In the late 1980s, C&NW's ex-Conrail GP40s started showing up in Wausau with some regularity, providing plenty of horse power to handle the heavy 3M loadings.