| A neat and interesting string of shiny, new WFRX 3-bay covered hoppers, leased by Grains Connect Canada, were part of the consist of a through freight paralleling Hwy. 41 and approaching the Hwy. G overpass while headed northeast via CN, former SOO, rails at Snells, WI on 30 Jan. '19. Snells, formerly known as Snell’s Station or Snell’s Crossing, is now little more than a map dot in the Town of Neenah, Winnebago Co. This small, rural community once included a post office, depot, cheese factory, sawmill, school, and stockyard. It does not look like any real remnants of the original community remain. Even the station sign, erected after the depot was removed, is gone. The former C&NW rails run parallel on other side of the train. Grains Connect Canada is a relatively new "strategic joint venture between GrainCorp (originally from Australia and big in the malting business) and the Zen-Noh Grain Corp. (a subsidiary of the Japanese agricultural co-operative Zen-Noh)." |