A Fox River Valley freight cross the long bridge over Little Lake Butte Des Morts at Menasha, Wisconsin, on May 13, 1990. A colorful locomotive set from the Chicago & North Western spin-off short line provides the motive power—former CB&Q/Burlington Northern EMD SD24 No. 2402, former LS&I “alligator” Alco RSD-15 No. 2407 and former Southern Railway EMD SD35 No. 2500. Unfortunately, unless you want to walk or cycle across this bridge, this part of the C&NW line to Green Bay is abandoned onto the bridge and north, now called the “Friendship Trail.”

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A northbound Fox River Valley Railroad freight passes a dairy farm between Campbellsport and Eden, Wisconsin, on March 25, 1990. Three of FRVR’s six-axle locomotives pull the train—the pair of EMD SD24s, Nos. 2401 and 2402, and still hidden behind the barn, the railroad’s sole former Southern Railway SD35 No. 2500. This portion of the C&NW’s “Air Line” from Milwaukee to Fond du Lac (and eventually Green Bay) is abandoned from just south of West Bend to Eden and is now the Eisenbahn State Trail.

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A northbound Fox River Valley freight approaches Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on May 13, 1990, powered by a trio of FRVR six-axle locomotives—former CB&Q/BN EMD SD24 No. 2402, former Lake Superior & Ishpeming Alco RSD15 No. 2407 and former Southern Railway EMD SD35 No. 2500. Today, expanding urbanization from the City of Fond du Lac has changed this scene considerably.

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A northbound Fox River Valley Railroad freight passes a Wisconsin dairy farm south of Eden on August 30, 1992. The train is powered by the road’s pair of EMD SD24s bracketing an EMD SD35, along with a pair of Chicago & North Western EMD GP50s. Today, nothing but bikes and hikers pass by on the old, abandoned grade now called the Eisenbahn State Trail.

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A northbound Fox River Valley freight passes over the Fond du Lac River at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on March 25, 1990. The train has FRV’s two SD24s and the lone SD35 for power.

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