Alcophile???

The back of this post card tells us that the ALCO C-424 locomotive on the front of this post card, while now belonging to the Green Bay & Western Railroad, is still wearing Wisconsin Rapids Railroad colours.

A couple of weeks ago I posted some information about the Green Bay & Western Railroad. Today, I will provide all the information that I could find about the Wisconsin Rapids Railroad. There is a private Facebook page that contains this information: "Wisconsin Rapids Railroad, L.L.C. ("WRR"), a non-earner, hereby files this notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. § 1150.31, et seq. to lease and operate a rail line of Wisconsin Central Ltd. ("WCL") extending from approximately milepost 0.4 to approximately milepost 1.5 in Biron, Wisconsin, a distance of approximately 1.1 miles (the "Biron Lead"). Based on projected revenues for the Biron Lead, WRR expects to be a Class III rail carrier.” And this site https://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php/Wisconsin_Rapids_Railroad tells us the following: “The Wisconsin Rapids Railroad is a short industrial railroad running from Wisconsin Rapids to Biron. The railroad is owned by ND Paper and operated by Watco. WRR interchanges with CN at Wisconsin Rapids.” The caption on the back of the post card reads like this: Attention Alcophiles! The green Bay & Western has long been an all-ALCO Diesel railroad, making it a must visit for die-hard ALCO fans, better known as Alcophiles. C424 #312 still displays vintage colors of Wisconsin Rapids in 1969. This post card is published by RAILCARDS.COM, that ever-elusive publisher of 204 of the railroad postcards in my collection.