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Viewing Album:  Black River Northern No. 1 Steam Engine
 
By:Matthew Zisi
Dates:7/3/2022 - 7/3/2022
Album Info:You never know what you're going to find in railroading, or where you're going to find it. This steam engine was built in 1906 for the Warren & Ouachita Valley Railroad, a 16-mile line in Arkansas. Through a series of moves, it has ended up in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, a town that no longer actually has railroad tracks - but does have this interesting train and coaches. If you are ever on Interstate 94 between Milwaukee and Minneapolis, be sure to stop off and give it a look - it is just off the highway. Enjoy!
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Clyde Beatty Circus Flat Car
Title:  Clyde Beatty Circus Flat Car
Description:  CWM 67. Purchased from the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin. With the folding of Ringling Bros, they have enough other flat cars lying around Baraboo that they can display.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:08:46 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  183   Comments: 0
Black River & Northern 1
Title:  Black River & Northern 1
Description:  Actually from the Warren & Ouachita Valley Railroad - I dont think there ever was a Black River & Northern Railroad.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:10:22 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  WOV 1(4-6-0)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
Black River & Northern 1
Title:  Black River & Northern 1
Description:  The Warren & Ouachita Valley Railroad was a 16-mile line from Warren to Banks, Arkansas.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:11:39 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  WOV 1(4-6-0)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
Signal
Title:  Signal
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:12:21 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  178   Comments: 0
Black River & Northern 1
Title:  Black River & Northern 1
Description:  The engine was built by Burnham, Williams, and Company (predecessor to Baldwin) in 1906.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:13:21 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  WOV 1(4-6-0)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
Black River & Northern 1
Title:  Black River & Northern 1
Description:  Its railroad connected to the Rock Island, and in 1949, it was sold to the Rock Island.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:14:19 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  WOV 1(4-6-0)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Black River & Northern 1
Title:  Black River & Northern 1
Description:  With the Rock Island, it was numbered 801, then 19. It was at the 1949 Chicago Railroad Fair.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:15:30 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  WOV 1(4-6-0)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Black River & Northern 1
Title:  Black River & Northern 1
Description:  Serial Number
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:16:11 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  WOV 1(4-6-0)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
Black River & Northern 1
Title:  Black River & Northern 1
Description:  Bell
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:16:48 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  WOV 1(4-6-0)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
Black River & Northern 1
Title:  Black River & Northern 1
Description:  Sold to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum (https://www.midcontinent.org/) in 1965, the engine gave excursion rides for 10 years before developing severe boiler problems.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:18:31 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  WOV 1(4-6-0)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
Clyde Beatty Circus Flat Car
Title:  Clyde Beatty Circus Flat Car
Description:  The engine is now owned by the Hoffman Construction Company, who probably supplied the bulldozers.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:19:55 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  189   Comments: 0
Bulldozer
Title:  Bulldozer
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:23:11 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  120   Comments: 0
Bulldozer
Title:  Bulldozer
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:24:08 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Bulldozer
Title:  Bulldozer
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:24:48 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  133   Comments: 0
Rock Island 799
Title:  Rock Island 799
Description:  This coach, a parlor car, was also displayed at the 1949 Chicago Railroad Fair.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:26:48 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  185   Comments: 0
Black River & Northern 1
Title:  Black River & Northern 1
Description:  The engine was sold to the Kettle Moraine Railway in North Lake, WI, in 1979. The railroad hoped to restore it but never was able to.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:28:10 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  WOV 1(4-6-0)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Rock Island 799
Title:  Rock Island 799
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:29:00 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  162   Comments: 0
Nickel Plate 708
Title:  Nickel Plate 708
Description:  This coach was originally built for the Nickel Plate Railroad (according to https://www.rgusrail.com/wiwov1.html)
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:30:21 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  201   Comments: 0
Nickel Plate 708
Title:  Nickel Plate 708
Description:  This coach was rebuilt as a cafe coach, then converted into a business car, then sold to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:34:43 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  206   Comments: 0
Hoffman Construction Company Headquarters
Title:  Hoffman Construction Company Headquarters
Description:  Architecture clearly inspired by a railroad depot.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:35:53 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  142   Comments: 0
Hoffman Construction Company Headquarters
Title:  Hoffman Construction Company Headquarters
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:36:38 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  143   Comments: 0
Train
Title:  Train
Description:  That Drumhead is for the construction company :)
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:37:34 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  WOV 1(4-6-0)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
Buffers
Title:  Buffers
Description:  In case they get it moving.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:38:16 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Views:  156   Comments: 0
Baggage Wagon
Title:  Baggage Wagon
Description:  What is a station without one?
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:39:00 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  156   Comments: 0
Nickel Plate 708
Title:  Nickel Plate 708
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:39:40 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Hoffman Construction Company Headquarters
Title:  Hoffman Construction Company Headquarters
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:40:18 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Hoffman Construction Company Headquarters
Title:  Hoffman Construction Company Headquarters
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 9:40:56 AM
Location:  Black River Falls, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  148   Comments: 0

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