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A new contributor, Mike Yuhas, joins us along with more from Louis Wilson & Mark Llanuza. Thanks, Mike, Louis & Mark! Other contributions are welcome and appreciated. Please send them to the webmaster. Unless noted, all the photos on this page are from Louis Wilson.
On
the left, shoving eight cars and a waycar west, is the |
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Mitchell Yard closed early in January 2008 with the last two assignments being LPA54 & YMI57. Pictured are: Bob Alba, John Schoettel, Frank Librizzi and Brian Stemp. |
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Here’s Track Inspector
Charlie Cavanaugh in this March
1983 photo going in to the |
Retired Section Foreman
William Neville was “caught” by Louis Wilson on |
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Also
in March 1983; on the left is Ed
Reichhoff, Signal Maintainer at |
Here’s retired Agent-Telegrapher Loren Mulvaney on the job at Merrillan, WI on November 10, 1968. Loren started his railroad career on the Wabash and then went to the SOO Line on the Winnipeg Division. Then, he came to the Omaha Road in 1951 and retired from the C&NW in 1989 with 38 years of service. Loren resides in Merrillan. |
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From
Lance Wales, we have this fine
photo of Allan Schamberger taken
at Belvidere, IL in the Fall of 1981 while he was doubling 97's extra at the
west end of the yard. Allan passed away in the early
1990’s. |
Here’s former C&NW Engineer Dave Allenson (left) and retired C&NW Engineer Phil Weibler. Dave is now with the CN/IC. Photo by Mark Llanuza in October 2007. |
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Here are two Signal Dept. men at Mile Post 22 east of Arlington Heights, IL in June 1982. Left to right, they are Dan Corcoran and George Raether. Dan was a Lead Signalman then and now is in management in Commuter Operations with 30+ years of service. George was a Signal Supervisor at that time and retired many years ago with equivalent service. |
Here is Dean Johnson replacing broken angle bars on the Merrillan Section in May 2001. Dean retired a while back with over 30 years of service and currently lives in Black River Falls, WI. |
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Joe Davis is shown digging a hole for
a signal foundation in |
Don Knuth, Signal Maintainer at |
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Phil
Singletary, Lead Signal
Maintainer at Clyman Jct. Phil retired several years ago with
well over 30 years of C&NW service.
He still lives in Clyman, Jct.
This picture is from the early 1980’s. |
Toby
Jameson (left) and Marlin [Minnow] Farber, both
Signalmen on a Travel Crew in the early 1980’s, pictured here at Clyman
Jct.. Toby is still working, now Signal Maintainer at Adams, with over
30 years of C&NW & UP service.
Marlin had way over 30
years of service when he retired and unfortunately passed away about 5 years
later. He lived in Reedsburg. |
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Here's Al Stoik, who retired on June 21, 2005. Al was a Track Inspector, working between Altoona and Adams and sometimes between Altoona and Hudson. He had over 30 years of service on the C&NW and UP and now lives in Rice Lake, WI. |
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Signal Crew is at Madison, WI near East Johnson St., removing an old signal
foundation in December 1987. Left to
right, are Don Tobias, John German,
and Randy Roberts. They are all
still with the railroad, Tobias
and Roberts with over 30 years of
service and German with very close
to that. |
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