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On the west side of Plover, Wisconsin, is an industry that used to have rail service. Most of the spur is still there, but I have never seen a railcar on it in 11 years.
Foremost is a milk whey processor. Liquid comes in stainless tank trucks, dry milk powders leave. |
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More than one tree is growing between the rails. When the street crossing was rebuilt, I guess in 2004, the switch was left out. |
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Winter view looking south at the whole area.
The rails are hidden by snow.
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I remember when this tree was just knee-high.
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Another place in Wisconsin to see a few trees between the rails is north of the paper mill of Rothschild. There's a quarter mile left of the former CNW spur to the mill, and it's not likely to be put back in service. Those rails were still there in . . . . . 2008? . . . and the poplar trees were 30 feet tall.
I'm going to guess the 'grandaddy of trees' might be found on a half-mile of former CNW track somewhere north of Bessemer or Wakefield, Michigan. I haven't been there in 20 years. The area was swampy, and the rails were never removed.
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A week later, I decided to process my pictures further. The wind was gusty for kite camera pictures, so I only had a few that would stitch together to make a panoramic. This one will also be placed in the files or photos sections of Yahoo GBW and the WC2scale groups, and I presume some historical discussion may develop. I may copy some of those notes to this page. It may take a while, this free Next Gen site sometimes needs a day to update if I make changes to existing material.
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I haven't seen a specific name for the double-ended siding on the west side of Plover. The picture shows some green cars with wood chips. I've heard it called the 'new siding' (even though it's probably been there 40 years) and 'that little siding west of the Y' |
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