This pre-war photo shows 4-4-0 engine #10 waiting with an eastbound train at the depot in Manawa.  Engine #10 goes back to the early days of the Green Bay Route; it was built in 1874 for the Green Bay & Minnesota. It was retired from the roster in 1923 along with six other locomotives -- bumped from service by a fleet of heavier 2-6-0 engines which began appearing on the railroad after the turn of the century.

The train is probably passenger train No. 2 or No. 4.  Number 2 traveled from Wisconsin Rapids to Green Bay in the afternoon; No. 4 was the morning train.

The postcard was postmarked at Royalton, Wis. on August 12, 1912. 

A thanks goes out to Scott Janz for sharing this postcard.