Trains & Railroads

All my train and railroad photos will be in this gallery. The Railroad Collection

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The brand new yard is being built for the Superior Silica sand plant located at Poskin near Clinton, Wisconsin. Now Canadian National, this line used to be operated by the Soo Line railroad and then Wisconsin Central. The Wisconsin Northern use to lease this line up to Barron which is just east of here.

Railroad canadian national frac sand mow poskin superior silica sands yard road crossing

$Construction crews use excavators to lift a prefab switch into place in Cameron, Wisconsin. Canadian National has taken control back from Wisconsin Northern when the frac sand plant opened up on the line.$
$SW1500 leased from CIT pushes sand hoppers through the frac sand hopper on this foggy day in New Auburn, Wisconsin.$
$A CIT switcher sits outside a frac sand plant near New Auburn, Wisconsin as piles of sand rise towards the sky in the background.$