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Jeff Baumann gives his reports on what's happening to the ex-GB&W in and around Green Bay.


Jeff's reports are insightful, mixing the current news with information on the history of the railroad and speculation on the future.

April 2008: Pipeline unloaded at Norwood Yard

 

There has been lots of activity in Norwood Yard in the last month. There have been lots of TrailerTrain-type flatbed railcars full of green large-diameter pipes arriving in Norwood Yard by the CN Railroad. CN/WCL crews have been unloading the pipe from these cars, and have been lining them up in rows facing North-South in the large field where the old GB&W shops and turntable once stood. The rows of pipe were started at the Eastern edge of the yard working West. The rows also take up an area from the current tracks to the Southern edge of the yard. I'm not sure what this project is about. They will get maybe 7 or 8 carloads of pipe in at a time and unload them. Then they will pull the empty cars out of the yard and bring in another 7 or 8 cars. If I can get pics, or can find out what the pipe is intended for, I'll pass the information on.

In other news, the line from Norwood Yard out to Anamax and Samuels Recycling is doing a steady business. Several trains each week are still serving these businesses.

In the last month, I took a few loads out to Luxemburg. The line is still intact from Green Bay to Luxemburg.

And finally, CN is still serving the Manawa area, though I've noticed a slowdown in rail freight into and out of New London.

- Jeff Baumann
April 1, 2008

Past issues of the Baumann Report

Past issues of the Baumann Report:

April 2008:
Pipeline unloaded at Norwood Yard
May 2007:
Manawa Trail
April 2006:
Car storage at Black Creek
September 2005:
Black Creek and Packerland Industrial Park still see service
July 2004:
Sturm Foods, Wolf River Lumber & Amherst Junction bridge still see traffic
January 2004:
Track removal complete to Oneida.
September 2003:
Track removal in Seymour; trail in Black Creek?
June 2003:
Seymour - Black Creek removal; changes in New London.
March 2003:
Seymour - Black Creek removal continues.
January 2003:
Seymour - Black Creek removal; Manawa going strong
November 2002:
WC spur to Wolf River Lumber; Sturm in Manawa
August 2002:
MILW removals; Shiocton news; abandonment speculation
August 2002:
GBW remnants; WC trains, Green Bay yards
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