That green varied a great deal over the years and on different units. The unit started on NYC, then went to PC, then CR and ended up at the Alco orphanage. Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collec... (more)

CNW 4487 leads a local out of Appleton, WI in August of 1984. This area generated an amazing amount of business when all the paper mills were still open.

HLCX 1042 makes its first Fox Valley & Lake Superior Rail System trip down to Kimberly under the ID of AP201. HLCX 1042 was rebuilt from a CNW unit returning to home country under a new paint sche... (more)

L521 trundles over the Fox River with 5 loads of paper from Combined Locks. Watco's future looks promising for the line, with just over one month to go until the supposed takeover date.

CN L521 heads back to Appleton and across the Fox River with a string of boxcars and a GTW GP9R as the sole power for the day.

GTW 4623 crosses the Appleton Lawe Street Swing bridge as it enters the Appleton Flats with a sizeable train in tow.

Illinois Central GP40R 3108 takes the New London, WI local back towards Appleton WI, on the northwest side of Appleton.

CN's L523 has just finished picking up 6 cars from the Appleton Yard in Appleton Wisconsin, and are now on their way back to Neenah Wisconsin. L523 works industries along CN's Fox River Subdivisio... (more)

NB CN Local L523 bucks some drifts as they continue north during Blizzard Evelyn.

A Roger Puta Photograph

One of FRVR's repainted GP9's brings a freight thru the intersection of Memorial and College in downtown Appleton, WI in December of 1992.