Heres a list of equipment for sale at the Kettle Moraine Auction on Sat Dec 1st. in North Lake Wis.:

Inspection at 8 AM Auction starts at 9 AM

Items for auction:

1912 Milw Rd Caboose

1907 Day coach for rest ????

4 man pump speeder

Velocipede ( a must have )

Depot roof brackets

Crossing Tower ( probably the old Oconomowoc gate tower ---- rather in bad
shape if thats it, IMHO )

16" loco bell & Headlite

2 arm semaphone train order board ( See pix on my web page )

Iron crossing bucks & other signs

Baggage cart

Switch stands, lamps and locks

Street car air horns

Milw Rd & other collectables

1940 calendars

1926 Model T complete ( but disassembled ) a kit maybe???? :-)

15 hp air compressor, 3 phase power

Other power and hand tools

Ice saw

Spray pot ????

Gas engines, generator,

Several steam whistles and governors

Display cases

2 seat English riding carriage

Bob Sled

Blacksmith tools

Overhead bellows, blowers, tire shrinker & setting plate

Cault tapper ?????

More info? Paul Auction Company Kewaskum, WI 262-338-3030

On another Wisconsin note, Wisconsin Central has retired all of thier ex-Soo and ex-CNW GP30s. The GP30 era on WC ended when #711 pulled into Shops on Nov. 22nd and put in the dead line. It is expected that all GP35s and GP30s remaining in the deadline at Shops and the Point will be forwarded to IC's Woodcrest shop for scrapping in the next month or two.

LSTM has sent a letter requesting the class unit of the ex-Soo units, #700, from Canadian National. Are IRM, MTM or any other museums classic peices of midwestern railroading? Better hurry before its all gone!

P.S. WC has been very genarous over recent years with donated equipment, but how receptive has CN been?


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Any developments on where the Kettle Moraine steam locomotives and coaches will be going? Any new homes promised? Just curious!

> Heres a list of equipment for sale at the
> Kettle Moraine Auction on Sat Dec 1st. in
> North Lake Wis.:

> Inspection at 8 AM Auction starts at 9 AM

> Items for auction:

> 1912 Milw Rd Caboose

> 1907 Day coach for rest ????

> 4 man pump speeder

> Velocipede ( a must have )

> Depot roof brackets

> Crossing Tower ( probably the old Oconomowoc
> gate tower ---- rather in bad
> shape if thats it, IMHO )

> 16" loco bell & Headlite

> 2 arm semaphone train order board ( See pix
> on my web page )

> Iron crossing bucks & other signs

> Baggage cart

> Switch stands, lamps and locks

> Street car air horns

> Milw Rd & other collectables

> 1940 calendars

> 1926 Model T complete ( but disassembled ) a
> kit maybe???? :-)

> 15 hp air compressor, 3 phase power

> Other power and hand tools

> Ice saw

> Spray pot ????

> Gas engines, generator,

> Several steam whistles and governors

> Display cases

> 2 seat English riding carriage

> Bob Sled

> Blacksmith tools

> Overhead bellows, blowers, tire shrinker
> & setting plate

> Cault tapper ?????

> More info? Paul Auction Company Kewaskum, WI
> 262-338-3030

> On another Wisconsin note, Wisconsin Central
> has retired all of thier ex-Soo and ex-CNW
> GP30s. The GP30 era on WC ended when #711
> pulled into Shops on Nov. 22nd and put in
> the dead line. It is expected that all GP35s
> and GP30s remaining in the deadline at Shops
> and the Point will be forwarded to IC's
> Woodcrest shop for scrapping in the next
> month or two.

> LSTM has sent a letter requesting the class
> unit of the ex-Soo units, #700, from
> Canadian National. Are IRM, MTM or any other
> museums classic peices of midwestern
> railroading? Better hurry before its all
> gone!

> P.S. WC has been very genarous over recent
> years with donated equipment, but how
> receptive has CN been?

I haven't heard anything, but that 2-6-2 would have looked great pulling a train of wooden coaches out of North Freedom!

Dave Crosby

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