Cross-state trains Nos. 1 & 2 -- a staple of the Green Bay Route going back to the 1800s -- were annulled in December 1986 in an effort to reduce operating costs.
Instead of a single cross-state train on the timetable, traffic was moved over the railroad by a series out out-and-back turns: Job A operated daily between Green Bay and Manawa, where cars were swapped with Job B which operated daily between Wisconsin Rapids and Manawa. The west end of the railroad was handed by Job C which operated between Wisconsin Rapids and East Winona on an out one day, back the next basis.
Andrew Nelson captured Job C passing through Alma Center as it returned to Wisconsin Rapids in January, 1987. GBW management eventually won concessions to limit the size of train crews and Train Nos. 1 and 2 were reestablished in mid-1987.
For more of Andrew's work, see his bookGreen Bay & WesternColor Pictorial (2003), available fromFour Ways West Publications .
Andrew
Nelson photo, January 1987.
This photo may not be reproduced without permission.
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