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| P2101 Kohler Factory and Design Center - Monday 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
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| Tour Cost - $25.00 |
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| Kohler
is a manufacturer of kitchen and bath fixtures, furniture, small engines and
portable power systems. We will tour the pottery, brass, foundry and enamel
shops which are located in buildings that recently received a historic
designation. We will also tour the design center featuring various ideas on
how to use their products in your home. |
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| P2403 Pleasant Prarie Power Plant & Kenosha
Street Cars and Shops - Monday 8:20
AM - 3:20 PM |
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| A box lunch and
bottled water will be provided on this tour.
Tour Cost - $35.00 |
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Wisconsin Electric power plant receives unit trains of Powder River Basin
coal from the Union Pacific. These cars are unloaded by car dumper. Come
watch the process and tour the plant. The city of Kenosha's new street car
line runs from the lakefront to the Metra commuter station. Take a ride and
visit the repair and maintenance facilities. |
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| P2462 Badger Air Brush Company
- Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
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| Tour Cost - $20.00 |
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a Made in America manufacturing operation and check out trains at the
Franklin Park freight yard. Join us as Badger Air Brush Company hosts a tour
of its Franklin Park manufacturing facility. There will be no airbrushing or
airbrush clinic on this tour. We would leave Milwaukee about 9:00 AM, arrive
at Badger around 10:45, tour until about noon, eat lunch until 12:45 PM, go
to freight yard at 1:00, stay as long as everyone wants (no later than 3:00)
then head back up. It will be a full day. |
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| Kalmbach Publishing |
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| P2295 - Monday 12:50 PM - 2:35 PM Tour Cost - $20.00 |
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| P2296 - Monday 2:00 PM - 3:35 PM Tour Cost - $20.00 |
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| P2297 - Monday 3:10 PM - 4:35 PM Tour Cost - $20.00 |
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| Kalmbach
is the publisher of Model Railroader, Trains, Classic Trains, Classic Toy Trains, Garden Railways, and Fine Scale Modeler magazines. Visit
your favorite authors and the MR&T layout. |
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| P2209 Quad Graphics - Monday
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
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| Tour Cost - $20.00 |
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| With 12,000 employees and $2 Billion in annual sales Quad is the
largest privately held printer in the nation. They primarily print magazines
such as Newsweek and Scientific American as well as catalogs
and other commercial products. Kalmbach uses them to print Model Railroader, Trains and Classic
Toy Trains as well as other magazines they produce.
Most if not all of their plants are served by rail. We will tour the Sussex
plant and the three private railroad cars owned by Quad. |
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| P3416 Circus World & Mid-Continent RR Museums - Tuesday 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
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| A box lunch and
bottled water will be provided on this tour.
Tour Cost - $65 |
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| Circus
World Museum located in Baraboo WI where Barnum & Bailey Shows started
has the world's largest display of original circus wagons and vehicles
including RR cars and circus acts and attractions. The Mid-Continent is a
Golden Age of Steam railway museum and has various operating steam engines
and the world's only restored "fish car". A train ride on vintage
equipment is inlcuded in this tour. |
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| P3419 Wisconsin Southern RR Shops - Tuesday 8:10 AM - 1:40 PM |
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| A box lunch and
bottled water will be provided on this tour.
Tour Cost - $35.00 |
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| The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. (WSOR) is a privately
owned and managed regional railroad company operating in the southern half of
Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois. Wisconsin & Southern operates 700
miles of branch and mainline track traversing a total of 21 counties in
Wisconsin and Illinois. Wisconsin & Southern Railroad is Wisconsin’s
third largest railroad. This tour requires long pants, hard
soled shoes, hard hats and safety glasses, |
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| P3218 Bucyrus International & Vulcan
Materials . - Tuesday
8:20 AM - 2:20 PM |
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| A box lunch and
bottled water will be provided on this tour.
Tour Cost - $35.00 |
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| Bucyrus is a world leader in the design and manufacture of high
productivity mining equipment for surface and underground mining. Surface
equipment is used for coal, copper, iron ore, oil sands and other minerals
while underground is primarily for coal. Equipment types include mining
shovels, walking drag lines, and rotary blast drills which are shipped
disasembled by rail. Vulcan Materials
is the nation's leading producer of construction aggregates primarily crushed
stone, sand and gravel. The Racine Quarry is one of 30 locations owned by
Vulcan and ships 30 railroad cars of crushed stone and gravel a day.Come and
watch the loading and departure process. This tour requires
long pants, hard soled shoes, hard hats and safety glasses, |
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| P3422 Badger Air Brush Company
- Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
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| Tour Cost - $20.00 |
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| See
a Made in America manufacturing operation and check out trains at the
Franklin Park freight yard. Join us as Badger Air Brush Company hosts a tour
of its Franklin Park manufacturing facility. There will be no airbrushing or
airbrush clinic on this tour. We would leave Milwaukee about 9:00 AM, arrive
at Badger around 10:45, tour until about noon, eat lunch until 12:45 PM, go
to freight yard at 1:00, stay as long as everyone wants (no later than 3:00)
then head back up. It will be a full day. |
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| William K. Walthers |
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| P3289 Tuesday 12:50 PM - 2:35
PM Tour Cost
- $20.00 |
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| P3298 Tuesday 2:00 PM - 3:35
PM Tour Cost
- $20.00 |
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| P3299 Tuesday 3:10 PM - 4:35
PM Tour Cost
- $20.00 |
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| Wm. K. Walthers is dedicated to manufacturing and distributing
high quality model railroad equipment worldwide. See how products are
designed and distributed and visit with the staff that provides these
services to you. |
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| P4140 Case New Holland -
Wednesday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| Tour Cost - $20.00 |
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| CNH
Case New Holland is a world leader in the manufacture of agricultural and
construction equipment. We will visit the Racine assembly plant that makes
the large agricultural Maxxum and Magnum tractors which are shipped
predominately by rail. You will see complete assembly including
transmissions, robotic painting, windshield and tires being mounted, and the
drive off the line. |
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| P4434 Illinois RR Museum -
Wednesday 8:10 AM - 4:10 PM |
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| A box lunch and
bottled water will be provided on this tour. Tour Cost - $45.00 |
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| Visit
America's largest railroad museum containing over 375 pieces of motive power
and equipment from various midwestern railroads, electric railways and
transit systems. There are train and bus/trolley rides available on this very
large site located in Union Illinois. |
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| P4235 East Troy Electric Railway Museum - Wednesday 11:30
AM - 5:00 PM |
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| Tour Cost - $30.00 |
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railway operates on 7 original miles of Milwaukee Electric Railway &
Light Company trackage. Visit this volunteer run museum and shops and ride on
its vintage equipment. The line interchanges with the Wisconsin Central at
Mukwonago and still hauls some freight today. It has a roster of 21 vehicles. |
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| P4238 Avalon Rail Inc. & The Rexnord Company
- Falk Plant -
Wednesday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| Tour Cost - $20.00 |
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| Avalon Rail Inc. is a rebuilder of passenger rail cars including
commuter, stainless, heavyweight or antique. They do everything from
repairing wrecks to complete rebuilds and perform AMTRAK inspections. They
are located in a 60,000 foot building on the historic Allis-Chalmers grounds
and are served by the UP. Rexnord
represents the most comprehensive portfolio of power transmission and
conveying components in the world with brands like Falk, Rexnord and Link
Belt. Come see large scale machining and manufacture at its best. Many
components of manufacture are shipped by rail. This tour
requires long pants, hard soled shoes, hard hats and safety glasses, |
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| P4231 Charter Steel. -
Wednesday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| Tour Cost - $20.00 |
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This modern wire mill located in Saukville WI takes scrap metal
delivered by CN, melts it in an electric arc furnace, then pours it in a
continous casting process to form billets which are then rolled into wire
forms. This tour requires long pants, hard soled shoes,
hard hats and safety glasses.
Hard hats and safety glasses will be provided. |
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| P5445 National RR Museum & WI Maritime Museum - Thursday 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM |
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| A box lunch and
bottled water will be provided on this tour. Tour Cost - $60.00 |
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| Located in Green Bay the RR museum boasts a collection with over
70 cars and engines including UP Big Boy 4017 and a Pennsy GG1. The Maritime
museum has the World War II fleet submarine USS COBIA (SS-245) and a host of
maritime models and displays. Before going to Manitowoc cruise by Lambeau
Field the home of the Packers. |
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| P5251 Harley Davidson Motor Cycles - Thursday 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
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| Tour Cost - $35.00 |
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| Founded in Milwaukee in 1903 by William Harley and Arthur
Davidson in a 10 x 15 wooden shed, the Harley-Davidson Motor Cycle company
has become world famous. Come and tour one of the manufacturing plants then
go the new Harley Davidson Museum which just opened in 2008. |
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| Prototype Tour
Registration is on Form #7 |
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