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6 was built by Baldwin in May 1916, #43340.  It was transferred as Ontonagon RR 6 in 1928 and became Huss Lumber Co 6 in 1932.  It was purchased by National Container Corp and became Huss-Ontonogon Pulp & Paper Co 6 in 1955.  The company was sold as Hoerner Boxes Inc in November 1962 and consolidated with Hoerner-Waldorf Co in June 1966.

Menomonee River Sugar Co.

Menomonee Sugar Co.

25 was built by Alco-Cooke in June 1918 for stock.  It was sold as United States Ordnance Department 7 and sold as MRSCo 25.  The company changed in January 1933 and donated to National Railroad Museum in September 1963.  It was sold to Clint Jones, Mineral Range RR, in 1984.  It was sold to Buckley Old Engine Show and rebuilt as 7.

Michels Corp.

502, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1951, #12934, as St Louis-San Francisco 572.  It was sold to Precision National and operated as PNC 572. It was sold in March 1980 as Chicago & North Western 4460 on April 24, 1980.  It was retired in May 1994 and sold to OmniTrax in October 1994.  It became Great Western 4460 and sold as SP Construction Services 502.  It was sold as MPCX 502 in March 2003.

Miller Compressing Co.

105, 60 Ton, was built by General Electric-Ingersoll in October, 1937, #12237, as Milwaukee Solvay Coke Co 105. In February 1970, it was sold to Miller and used by them as 105.  In July 1976 it became Algoma RR 105, operating on what had been the Ahnapee & Western. I don't know what happened to it after that.

Milwaukee Cement Co.

"Flora".

82 was built by Sandley Light Railway Equipment Co at Wisconsin Dells in 1958, #5.  It was purchased by the Milwaukee Journal for the Zoo. It was displayed in the front windows of the Journal at 3^rd & Juneau for some time prior to the completion of the railroad line at the zoo. It was traded back to the preservation society for a gas-hydrostatic built by them in 1995.

1916 was built by Sandley at Wisconsin Dells in 1961, #6.  It was purchased by the Milwaukee Journal for the Milwaukee County Zoo. It is still in service.

901, F7A, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1949, #8358, FN E1157-A14, as Denver & Rio Grande Western 564D, Class DE4(B-B)226.  It was renumbered as 5644, Class DE4(B-B)226, in 1950 and rebuilt by Electro-Motive in 1957.  It was reclassified Class B-B 60 in 1962 and retired on August 27, 1969.  It was sold as American Crystal Sugar Co 64 in January 1970 and sold to Glen Monhart in 1980.  It was painted as Chicago Madison & Northern 564 and became Wisconsin & Calumet RR 901 in 1985.  It was sold as MRAX 901 in 1992.  It was sent to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay and later sold as Escanaba & Lake Superior 901. 

On the far north side of Milwaukee, where the belt line is joined by the Fox Valley line of the Chicago & North Western is Granville. Here was a small station which kept getting run into since it was located at a jog in Highway 100, the highway around Milwaukee. One of the main industries a half-century ago was the Moss Tie Company. One day I caught their 2 Spot which was a narrow gauge Davenport. They say that the 1 Spot was a mule, but I can't verify that. I would imagine that this is all long gone.

Andrew Roach sent us the following updated information. The Moss Tie Co. was bought by Kerr-McGee and closed around 1978. It is now a Super Fund site with a 26 million price tag to clean up. Kerr-McGee said they could not clean it up and gave Milwaukee county several acres of land there for a park. The C&NW built an auto unloading ramp there in the early 80's. Now the feds want Kerr-McGee, Milwaukee County, and the CNW/UP to help clean up the land ground water and possibly reroute a river there.

Brian Rumary adds the following from England. The system was 2 foot gauge. He lists two Davenport locos for the site. One was an 18 tonner, #3062 built in December, 1947, for this location. It went to Moss-American at Avoca, PA in December, 1976. The other locomotive was a 20 tonner. It is uncertain, but it was possible built in December, 1947, #3084, for National Pole & Timber Co. of Minneapolis, MN. It went to Moss-American, Meridian, MS, also in December, 1976. This is probably the locomotive in the photo. Since both locomotives left in December, 1976, it would seem this was the likely date for closure of the place.

We have a full page on this line.

62, NW2, was built by Electro-Motive on September 16, 1948, #5761, FN E946-5, as Detroit Toledo & Ironton 914.  It was sold as Mississippi Export RR as 62 in September 1961 and sold to George R Silcott in March 1966.  It was sold as Marinette Tomahawk & Western 62 and resold as NBNR 62.

103, 65 Ton, was built by Whitcomb in September 1944, #60503, as U S Army 8497. It was sold as government surplus after WWII by Laona & Northern 103. It later became NBNR 103 in 1984.

Northern Railcar Corp.

1, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive in November 1940, #1184, as Chicago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific 1631, Class DE-6.  It was reclassified Class 6E-S.  It was renumbered 975 in 1959 and 947 in 1972.  It was renumbered 879 in January 1973 and retired in May 1980.  It was sold as Superior Tie & Timber Co 7 in October 1980 and resold as NRC 1.  It was sold to Didion Milling but never relettered.

Northern Railcar Leasing Co.

Oconto Co.

10 was built by Lima October 1, 1923, #3240.  It was scrapped in 1943.

Prairie Sand & Gravel Co.

No number, 65DE19A, was built by Whitcomb in November 1943, #60340, as United States Army 7970.  It was sold as Materials Services Co 49-0144 and sold to Pillsbury Corp in 1978.  It was sold to PS&GCo no number.