DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.

Years ago, the Allis-Chalmers tractor factory in West Allis was switched from the south by Chicago and North Western, with a long spur off their Milwaukee freight bypass, and switched from the north by The Milwaukee Road, whose Air Line brought freight trains from the west directly into the Milwaukee classification yards.  That was also the way Royal American Shows brought their itinerant carnival to the Wisconsin State Fair.

The Air Line is now the Hank Aaron trail for hikers and cyclists, what remains of the Allis-Chalmers factory has become loft buildings, and the other industries between the factory and the North Western long since stopped shipping by rail.

And thus, Union Pacific has closed their end of the Allis-Chalmers connecting line.  Look what had to be fished out first.

The car apparently belongs to Penzey's Spices, one of those companies run by the sort of petty-bourgeois conscience cowboy who would rather sell to the converted.  Their one outlet is near Union Pacific's Butler Yard, across the expressway from, fittingly, Currie Park.