Reminders of M&N Update

  • Post last modified:December 15, 2021
News 1883

When I recently found the article at left, headlined “Railroad Rumpus,” from the Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wis.), 24 May 1883, I knew that I had to add it to the web site. The article describes a heated moment in the rivalry between the Milwaukee & Northern (M&N) and the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western (MLS&W) at the Atlas Paper Co. mill in ‘The Flats’ at Appleton, Wis. Some recent photographs of the facility are included.

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The Atlas Paper Co. mill and the former M&N Appleton Branch in 'The Flats' at Appleton, Wis., on 4 April 2020. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
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The Atlas Paper Co. mill and the former M&N Appleton Branch in 'The Flats' at Appleton, Wis., on 4 April 2020. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
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A CN local parallels W. Water St. as it passes the historic Atlas Paper Co. mill along the M&N Appleton Branch in 'The Flats' at Appleton, Wis., on 1 June 2019. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
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A CN local passes the historic Atlas Paper Co. mill along the M&N Appleton Branch in 'The Flats' at Appleton, Wis., on 2 July 2014. Photograph by Tom Bruss.