The Marshfield & Texas Railroad
Marshfield, Wisconsin
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M&T-165 Trains On The M&T.jpg (below, 647 x 511, 22-1)
From the Ready Lens of George Winkler, a shot of a Lake States or early Wisconsin Central days train returning from the Power Plant caught by George between 6th and 5th streets a 1/2 block from where I live. The Power Plant was on it's last days, and traffic was down to 3 cars of coal every-other-day. In this instance, the train is returning with empties, so they didn't go down with any cars.

During Lake States, multiple unit diesels were not uncommon, versus what we had seen under Soo Line operations. The only time I had seen two engines together being used on the M&T would be on a Sunday, when the crew on the Sunday Tramp would use the Nekoosa Line power to switch with, the thinking being that they could get more done with two units versus one.

Here we have an ex-Milwaukee Road GP-38-2 and a Soo Line GP9 toddling along on the M&T.

Keith

M&T-166 Trains On The M&T.jpg (below, 651 x 510, 22-2)
Getting closer to West 5th St., also from George Winkler.

Keith

M&T-167 Trains On The M&T.jpg (below, 508 x 499, 22-3)
When I was shooting the M&T, Lake States was still making the trip to switch both the Canning Company and the Power Plant yet. I had just gotten done shooting the Curve around the backside of the Johnson Garment Company and I heard the Train coming, so I got off the track and waited. Lo, here came a three-unit, all-Soo engine consist pulling a single Fruit Growers Express insulated Box Car for the Canning Company. Leading was this unit, an ex-550-series Soo Line engine renumbered into the 4220-series, itself no stranger to the M&T.

Keith

M&T-168 Trains On The M&T.jpg (below, 509 x 500, 22-4)
The middle unit, GP35 # 731, of the consist from M&T-167. I caught this as the train returned from the Canning Co. headed back uptown by the west 5th Street crossing.

Keith

M&T-169 Trains On The M&T.jpg (below, 509 x 499, 22-5)
Same train as in M&T-167 after it passed me at West 3rd Street on it's way to the Canning Company.

Keith

M&T-170 Trains On The M&T.jpg (below, 508 x 499, 22-6)
Same train as M&T-167, but this is their trailing unit now the leading unit coming back from the Canning Co., caught at West 5th Street.

Keith

M&T-171 Trains On The M&T.jpg (below, 509 x 499, 22-7)
I really hadn't gotten very far shooting the M&T when the train captured in M&T-167 returned from the Canning Co. Here I caught them at the West 4th Street crossing after they had passed me at West 5th Street, toting their single car of canned goods.

Keith

M&T-172 Trains On The M&T.jpg (below, 510 x 498, 22-8)
On another Saturday, I was as far shooting the M&T as Park Street, south of where I live, when the "Local" came back from the Canning Co. I couldn't located the companion photo to this one of the engine crossing Park St. On this day, they had but one locomotive.

Keith

M&T-173 Trains On The M&T.jpg (below, 507 x 497, 22-9)
Same train as M&T-172, now crossing West 7th Street.

Keith

SooLineHistory Group Index and Map 1 - The Story 2 - Pictures
3 - Pictures 4 - Pictures 5 - Pictures 6 - Pictures
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19 - Pictures 20 - Pictures 21 - Pictures 22 - Pictures
23 - Pictures 24 - Speculations

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