Eastbound Train No. 2 passes the Merrillan depot painted in "C&NW 400" colors.

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Alco C-424 #313 approaches the diamond at Merrillan in this 1976 photo.  The depot is painted in a unique green and gold paint scheme to match the C&NW's "400" trains.  The depot got this paint job in the 1950s, and by the mid-70s it had begun to show its age.  By 1978 it was repainted gray with white trim.

This photo was taken by Bob Larson of Portola, California. He's a pro, as proven by his photos in the book Western Pacific Trackside with Bob Larson (Morning Sun books, 2000).  He grew up in Eau Claire and recently retired as a Union Pacific engineer on the Feather River division.

Related material:

• St. Paul Extension (ca. 1892) - A map published by the Village of Merrillan shows the proposed Green Bay Route's extension with Merrillan as a major division point.
• Omaha Road Crossing (1907) - The GB&W and Omaha Road crossing at Merrillan.
• Trains in Merrillan (1913) - Lots of trains thru Merrillan, Wisconsin.
• Merrillan Map (1916) - Right-of-way map of Merrillan issued by the Green Bay & Western in 1916.
• Turntable Wreck (1920) - An overturned coach sits next to the Merrillan turntable.
• Merrillan Bridge Collapse (1968) - The wreck at the East Fork of Halls Creek on the east edge of Merrillan when the bridge collapsed in August 1968. 
• Plow Train (1969) - A westbound plow train approaching Sand Road on the west edge of Merrillan.
• Merrillan (2001) - Ex-GBW / Omaha Road Merrillan Depot, now used by the Union Pacific.