RE: (rshsdepot) Extant Structures of Wisconsin

[MCamp_@_utnet.utoledo.edu]

I knew I would be hearing from you after noting your many contributions
on Wisconsin depots to the e-mail list. I certainly appreciate your
imput and will add the material right away.  Thanks again.
Mark

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> From: 	Verne and Joan Brummel
> Reply To: 	rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net
> Sent: 	Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:32 PM
> To: 	rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: 	Re: (rshsdepot) Extant Structures of Wisconsin
> 
> Hi Mark,
> Thanks for doing the Wisconsin depot list! I appreciate the time &
> effort
> you put into this, as well as the contributions from Bob, Dave and
> Cliff. I
> would like to update this list with some corrections and additions,
> listed
> by county:
> BAYFIELD COUNTY: The ex-NP line at Iron River was abandoned by the BN
> in the
> late 1980's.
> BROWN COUNTY: The IC never served Brown County. Bellevue was located
> along
> the C&NW Shore Line, which had no tunnels.
> COLUMBIA COUNTY: Several additions here: In Portage, the former
> CMStP&P
> depot was razed in 1995, but the CP has a new yard office building
> here, as
> well as a brick passenger shelter for Amtrak. There is also an old
> freight
> depot still standing on the south side of the yard, in private use.
> Also in
> Portage, the old MStP&SSM / WC depot still stands, along a short
> stretch of
> track kept by CMStP&P after the branch from Stevens Point was
> abandoned in
> 1945. Over in nearby Pardeeville, the CMStP&P depot was moved out of
> town in
> 1970 and converted into a house.
> CRAWFORD COUNTY: The CB&Q depot in Prairie Du Chien is currently used
> by
> BNSF, not W.W.
> DANE COUNTY: The upper half of the old IC depot in Basco exists as a
> house
> in that town; Evansville is in Rock County; The IC freight station in
> Madison has been used by U-Haul for many years; The Mt.Horeb depot was
> destroyed by the local fire department in 1981.
> DODGE COUNTY: Add the former C&NW depot in South Beaver Dam, a wood
> combination depot built in 1911, and still used by UP.
> FOND DU LAC COUNTY: Both the C&NW and CMStP&P depots in Ripon are
> gone.
> GREEN COUNTY: The IC line is abandoned through Belleville and Monroe.
> IOWA COUNTY: The Arena depot was moved from the track about 1955 to a
> location just outside the town along Highway 14, and converted into a
> bar;
> The Barneveld depot was gone before 1973, and would not have survived
> the
> massive tornado here in 1984, which destroyed all buildings along the
> former
> C&NW right-of-way (and most of the town); Add the old C&NW depot in
> Dodgeville, it is located a couple miles north of town at the
> "Don-Q-Inn"
> resort.
> JEFFERSON COUNTY: At Johnson Creek, the track is active, but the C&NW
> depot
> is now gone; The CMStP&P depot in Watertown was razed in 1994.
> MARATHON COUNTY: Both the C&NW and (original) CMStP&P depots still
> stand in
> Wausau, both in private use.
> MARQUETTE COUNTY: The depot at Oxford is C&NW, not CStPM&O, still used
> by UP
> as of May,2001.
> ONEIDA COUNTY: Both the C&NW depot and track are gone at Woodruff.
> RICHLAND COUNTY: "Gothan" is spelled Gotham, the depot here was closed
> in
> the late 1940's, but is nicely restored today, located a short
> distance away
> from where the track used to be; The Richland Center depot has also
> been
> restored, still at its original site; the Lone Rock depot was gone by
> April,
> 1973.
> ROCK COUNTY: At Clinton, the depot and tower were both demolished a
> few
> years ago; the interurban substation south of Janesville was the RB&J,
> not
> the AB&J.
> SAUK COUNTY:The MStP&SSM tower at North Freedom was formerly located
> at a
> highway crossing north of Soo Line's yard at Neenah,WI; Rock Springs
> now has
> a "depot" again, as the C&NW built a small new depot/office (complete
> with
> station signs on it) in 1991, I'm not sure if it is currently in use;
> The
> depot at Spring Green was demolished sometime between 1970 and early
> 1973.
> WALWORTH COUNTY: The Darien depot is still at its original site, in
> private
> use and modified; At East Troy, the TMER&L interurban depot still
> stands (in
> addition to the substation) and is used as a house; The depots at
> Elkhorn
> and Lake Geneva have been gone for many years; The Lyons depot was
> moved to
> Springfield, where it is close to the Springfield depot; the
> Springfield
> depot itself was moved a short distance away from the track in 1960.
> WAUKESHA COUNTY: The tower at Duplainville was closed in 1991 and
> razed the
> same year; and unless it was torn down in recent years, there is still
> a
> TMER&L interurban depot at Oconomowoc, made into a house.
> 
> In addition, there are several depots on the list that I've heard have
> been
> torn down, but having not been to those locations recently, I can't
> confirm
> any of them.
> Thank you again for doing this list;  I look forward to any future
> corrections and additions from other contributors.
> 
> Verne Brummel,
>              ----- Original Message -----
> From: <MCamp_@_utnet.utoledo.edu>
> To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 6:11 PM
> Subject: (rshsdepot) Extant Structures of Wisconsin
> 
> 
> > I have just uploaded data for the state of Wisconsin on the Railroad
> > Station Historical Society website (www.rrshs.org).  It is far from
> > complete and I'm requesting help from all viewers to correct and
> > supplement the listings.  I'll be adding more data on bridges soon.
> > Mark J. Camp
> >
> > =================================
> > The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of
> existing
> > railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
> >
> >
> 
> 
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> The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of
> existing
> railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
> 
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org

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