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Title: |
SOO 4448 |
Description: |
A couple units still in SOO paint wait between assignments at the former Milwaukee Road facility at Portage, WI. |
Photo Date: |
2/7/2013 Upload Date: 2/13/2014 7:55:29 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfenspergeq |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
SOO 4448(GP38-2) SOO 4405(GP38-2) |
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247 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
CP 4422 |
Description: |
Two units in CP paint between assignments in Portage. Portage was a junction point for multiple Milwaukee Road subdivisions. |
Photo Date: |
2/7/2013 Upload Date: 2/14/2014 9:40:34 AM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
CP 4422(GP38-2) CP 4602(GP40) |
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174 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 4422 |
Description: |
Two sets of CP's renown broom holders at Portage. Portage was on the Milwaukee Roads mainline from Milwaukee to St. Paul. After the SOO purchased the Milwaukee, they dumped their original route to the Twin Cities for this one. |
Photo Date: |
2/7/2013 Upload Date: 2/14/2014 9:57:45 AM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Track |
Locomotives: |
CP 4422(GP38-2) CP 4602(GP40) SOO 4448(GP38-2) SOO 4405(GP38-2) |
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210 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CEFX 1007 |
Description: |
A lease unit powers a CP train thru the former Milwaukee Road yard at Portage. An Amtrak shelter is visible under the wind sock. The tan/brown building is where passengers can board or get off the Empire Builder. This rail once hosted the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha's. |
Photo Date: |
6/26/2014 Upload Date: 7/6/2014 3:00:47 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
CEFX 1007(AC44CW) |
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152 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CP 9368 |
Description: |
A couple of CP units and their train idle the time away on the back side of the Portage yard. Portage was a significant hub for local service for the Milwaukee Road, and seems to be doing the same for the CP. |
Photo Date: |
6/26/2014 Upload Date: 7/7/2014 7:56:12 PM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
Locomotives: |
CP 9368(ES44AC) CP 9837(AC44CW) |
Views: |
299 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 3013 |
Description: |
A unit waiting off by itself for an assignment at the former Milwuakee Road facility at Nahant. |
Photo Date: |
6/27/2014 Upload Date: 7/9/2014 8:05:44 AM |
Location: |
Nahant, IA |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
CP 3013(GP38AC) |
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306 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 3013 |
Description: |
CP 3013 at the former Milwaukee Road yard at Nahant, just west of Davenport. |
Photo Date: |
6/27/2014 Upload Date: 7/9/2014 8:11:53 AM |
Location: |
Nahant, IA |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Yard |
Locomotives: |
CP 3013(GP38AC) |
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305 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
DME 4000 |
Description: |
The DME 4000m and an obscured CP unit between assignments next to storage tanks lettered for the ICE. The facility is the former Milwaukee Road's Nahant Yard, now part of the CP system. |
Photo Date: |
6/27/2014 Upload Date: 7/9/2014 8:16:23 AM |
Location: |
Nahant, IA |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
DME 4000(GP40) |
Views: |
336 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
DME 4006 |
Description: |
Looking generally north along a former Milwaukee Road right of way just north of Cordova, IL. The right of way is now a part of the CP system with BNSF trackage rights. This train is parked on a siding near the 3M plant with a nice sized cut of tanks a couple hundred feet from the "Nitrin" station sign. |
Photo Date: |
6/29/2014 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 7:17:48 AM |
Location: |
Cordova, IL |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Track |
Locomotives: |
DME 4006(GP40) |
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239 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
DME 4006 |
Description: |
The DME 4006 and a healthy cut of tanks sit on a siding just north of Cordova at the Nitrin. There is plenty of business in this area receiving rail traffic on this former Milwaukee Road line. |
Photo Date: |
6/29/2014 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 6:17:14 PM |
Location: |
Cordova, IL |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Track |
Locomotives: |
DME 4006(GP40) |
Views: |
278 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
CP 2221 |
Description: |
Ready to get to work in Portage at the former Milwaukee Road yard. |
Photo Date: |
10/16/2015 Upload Date: 10/16/2016 10:55:36 AM |
Location: |
Portage, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfenspergcr |
Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Yard |
Locomotives: |
CP 2221(GP20C-ECO) |
Views: |
200 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 9374 |
Description: |
I am unsure of the exact location and name of this place. We came across this inter-modal facility shortly after departing the Union Station in Chicago on the Capitol Limited. |
Photo Date: |
3/20/2016 Upload Date: 4/16/2016 8:38:20 PM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic |
Locomotives: |
CP 9374(ES44AC) |
Views: |
213 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 2202 |
Description: |
A CP train rolls along the water front under the approach to CN (DMIR) Dock No. 6. |
Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:20:51 PM |
Location: |
Duluth, MN |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 2202(GP20C-ECO) CP 2223(GP20C-ECO) |
Views: |
334 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CP 2202 |
Description: |
A CP train moving along the water front in a generally south direction as it approaches CN (DMIR) Dock No. 5. |
Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:23:25 PM |
Location: |
Duluth, MN |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 2202(GP20C-ECO) CP 2223(GP20C-ECO) |
Views: |
338 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 2202 |
Description: |
This CP train has crossed under the approach to CN (DMIR) Dock No. 6 and nears Dock No. 5 (inactive since 1985). |
Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:26:31 PM |
Location: |
Duluth, MN |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 2202(GP20C-ECO) CP 2223(GP20C-ECO) |
Views: |
351 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CP 2202 |
Description: |
A CP train heads under the approach to CN (DMIR) Dock No. 5 (inactive since 1985). |
Photo Date: |
6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:29:28 PM |
Location: |
Duluth, MN |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 2202(GP20C-ECO) CP 2223(GP20C-ECO) |
Views: |
337 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Former Milwaukee Road Shop Facility |
Description: |
Some bridge pieces at the CP Rail former Milwaukee Road Shop facility in Tomah, WI. Tomah was once the location for the Milwaukee's Maintenance of Way Shops. It included the Bridge Works, equipment shop, frog shop rail mill and served as the stores department. The facility served the entire Milwaukee Road system. The facility also repaired M.o.W. equipment. The Milwaukee Road Bridge Works started up here in 1890 and the Milwaukee's Frog Shop followed in 1907. The entire facility covered 100 acres. Following the Soo take over of the Milwaukee, the facility gradually closed down. The equipment shop closed in 1985, the rail mill closed in 1991, the frog shop closed in 1992 and the Stores Department closed in 1998. Not much remains in 2016. ( Wisconsin Historical Society; Milwaukee Road Historical Association, TMR 2nd Qtr 2016 ) |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 12:22:08 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Bridge,Yard |
Locomotives: |
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83 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Bridge Works Office |
Description: |
Constructed in 1890 for the Milwaukee Road Bridge Works facility. It was moved to this location within the Milwaukee Road property, following the demolition of the original Bridge Works shop in the mid 20th century. This spot is located just to the south side of where the Frog Shop was. The foundation for the Frog Shop is still in place. The old office is kept in good repair and still in use by the CP. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 12:47:31 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
Locomotives: |
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72 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Loading Dock at Former Milwaukee Road Tomah Shops |
Description: |
Toward the north side of the property, west of N. Superior Avenue, this old loading dock still serves the CP. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 12:57:58 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
78 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Kershaw Tie Crane |
Description: |
A Kershaw tie crane waits on a track in Tomah. The crane has a SOO stencil above the "H" and "A" in "KERSHAW". Tomah was once a sprawling Milwaukee Road facility. Most of the tracks and equipment has been removed since the Soo Line and subsequent CP takeover. This white half round structure is a modern post CP takeover addition. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/8/2018 4:49:53 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Yard |
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111 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Former Milwaukee Road Property in Tomah, WI |
Description: |
Looking generally southwest into the property of the Canadian Pacific from N. Superior Avenue in Tomah. The acreage here was once home to some of the Milwaukee Roads shops. As of 2016, there is not much remaining that would indicate the importance the location in railroad history. The covered hoppers are most likely going to or have come from the Unimin Corp. sand quarry a few miles west of Tomah on the west side of the bore at Tunnel City. Unimin is the closest user of rail service to Tomah. The Coveris factory, reaching from the left side to the center of the photo does not have a spur. The quonset hut style structure in this photo dates from the Milwaukee Road era and can be seen in aerial views from the early 1970's. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/8/2018 6:14:14 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
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86 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Milwaukee Road Depot in Tomah |
Description: |
Some sources state this former Milwaukee Road depot dates from 1903, others only state "early 1900's". The station is still a stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder along the route of the famed Hiawatha which ran 410 miles between Chicago and St. Paul on a 6.5 hour schedule. The steam locomotive powered Hiawatha sustained speeds of 100 miles per hour. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 1:07:15 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Station |
Locomotives: |
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80 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CP Rail Yard in Tomah |
Description: |
Covered hoppers await their next move in the stub yard at Tomah. The modern fabric half round structure does not date from the Milwaukee Road era. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 1:36:20 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
Locomotives: |
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70 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AOKX 494863 |
Description: |
Looking west from N. Superior Avenue into the CP Rail stub ended yard. The property was once a part of the vast Milwaukee Road mainline. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 1:39:02 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Yard |
Locomotives: |
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93 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP Rail Main in Tomah |
Description: |
Looking east from N. Superior Avenue along the CP Rails former Milwaukee Road line at Tomah. The area to the left of the track was the eastern half of the M.o.W. Shops that was split by N. Superior Ave. The track that can be seen to the left of the main in the distance is the tail of a switch back to gain access to Keene's Transfer. It does not appear that Keene's utilizes the railroad currently. Also about five miles east of Tomah is another sand quarry. Smart Sand is located in Oakdale. Smart Sand has a busy rail-load network. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 1:43:50 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
Locomotives: |
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61 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Sheffield Car Company Hand Car |
Description: |
A former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific (Milwaukee Road) hand car on display at the Amtrak station in Tomah. The car was built by the Sheffield Car Company of Three Rivers, MI around 1920 and donated to the city of Tomah in September of 2000. This old had car is a fitting display considering Tomah's past as the Milwaukee's system wide Maintenance of Way shop. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:02:09 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
67 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Milwaukee Road Bridge Works Office |
Description: |
Built in 1890, the former Milwaukee Road Bridge Works office still serves the CP Rail M.o.W. in Tomah. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:09:30 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
71 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
A View from the Amtrak Platform in Tomah |
Description: |
Covered hoppers in the yard at Tomah. This stub ended yard is located between about mid way between the Unimin and Smart Sand quarries. Covered hoppers are a common sight in the 2010's. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:16:16 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
66 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
1903 Built Milwaukee Road Depot |
Description: |
Built by the Milwaukee Road in 1903 and still in use by Amtrak, and owned by the CP in 2016. This is the northwest corner of the structure, and is trackside. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:21:44 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station |
Locomotives: |
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70 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Harper Leaf Tobacco Company |
Description: |
Tomah Lumber occupies the former site of the Harper Leaf Tobacco Company. The company was located within the Milwaukee Road's shops property east of N. Superior Avenue. The structure dates before 1930, which is when the tobacco company also incorporated the buildings of the Tomah Co-operative Elevator Association Inc. into their complex. The Harper Leaf Tobacco Company steamed, cured and packaged tobacco. The company had a spur coming in from the eastern side of the complex, but has been removed. Tomah Lumber does not use rail service, at least not directly at this location. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:28:18 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic |
Locomotives: |
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70 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
N. Superior Avenue Grade Crossing Junction Box in Tomah |
Description: |
Looking at Tomah Lumber's old Harper Leaf Tobacco Company structures from the station platform in Tomah. The historic complex, especially the part with blanked windows, would make an interesting subject for a rail served business on a model railroad. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:43:56 PM |
Location: |
Tomah, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
58 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP Rail Rolls at Tunnel City |
Description: |
A CP train heads west toward the bore at Tunnel City. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:53:06 PM |
Location: |
Tunnel City, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 8847(ES44AC) |
Views: |
97 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Heading West at Tunnel City |
Description: |
A CP Rail train heads west toward the bore at Tunnel City. The jointed rail in the foreground is a Union Pacific former CNW branch to Medary (LaCrosse). The CNW had its own bore through the ridge at Tunnel City, which collapsed in 1973. After the cave in, the CNW acquired trackage rights to share the line through with the Milwaukee Road. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:55:03 PM |
Location: |
Tunnel City, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 8847(ES44AC) |
Views: |
89 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 8847 |
Description: |
A CP freight heads west toward the bore at Tunnel City. The ridges in the area cast interesting shadows in the morning light. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 3:07:10 PM |
Location: |
Tunnel City, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 8847(ES44AC) CP 9366(ES44AC) |
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165 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Mainline at Tunnel City |
Description: |
Looking west from County Road M at Tunnel City. The connection from the old CNW right of way comes in from the right. CNW had their own route through town, with a tunnel of their own. The CNW bore collapsed in 1973 after which, the CNW built a connection track to the Milwaukee so they could both use the same bore. The CNW line west of the Tunnel was abandoned, as the CNW then used the Milwaukee Road track to Medary. (east side of La Crosse ) The Union Pacific now uses these trackage rights. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 3:15:51 PM |
Location: |
Tunnel City, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
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87 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 8847 |
Description: |
Though I was not technically chasing this train, I caught it in La Crosse swapping cars after I had seen it a couple hours earlier running through Tunnel City. The train is at the grade crossing at the intersection of St. Cloud and Liberty. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 3:44:05 PM |
Location: |
La Crosse, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 8847(ES44AC) CP 9366(ES44AC) |
Views: |
154 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CP Rail Former Milwaukee Road La Crosse Station |
Description: |
This beauty was built in 1926 along the route of the 100 mph Hiawatha. It now is a stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 3:52:21 PM |
Location: |
La Crosse, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Station |
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98 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Swapping Cars in La Crosse |
Description: |
A CP road train swaps cars in La Crosse. The train is west bound and approaching the Rose Street overpass, in front of the Amtrak station. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 3:56:55 PM |
Location: |
La Crosse, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 9366(ES44AC) CP 8847(ES44AC) |
Views: |
153 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 8847 |
Description: |
A west bound CP road train does some work in La Crosse on the former Milwaukee Road line to the Twin Cities. There are plenty of people watching the work. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 4:02:25 PM |
Location: |
La Crosse, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 8847(ES44AC) CP 9633(AC44CW) |
Views: |
101 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
La Crosses Station |
Description: |
The Milwaukee Road built this station in 1926. The view is looking railroad west at the Rose Street (nearest) and Copeland Avenue overpasses. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 4:22:08 PM |
Location: |
La Crosse, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Station |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
63 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 8847 |
Description: |
A west bound CP road freight does some work in La Crosse along the former Milwaukee Road. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 4:35:33 PM |
Location: |
La Crosse, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 8847(ES44AC) CP 9366(ES44AC) |
Views: |
151 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SOO 4405 |
Description: |
Power between assignments in La Crosse. Taken from Car Street. |
Photo Date: |
11/5/2016 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 4:42:12 PM |
Location: |
La Crosse, WI |
Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
Categories: |
Roster,Scenic |
Locomotives: |
SOO 4405(GP38-2) CP 3018(GP38AC) |
Views: |
117 Comments: 2 |
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