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Re: (rshsdepot) Tomah, WI
Just for Reference, Two views of what the Depot looked like in 2005, I don't
think it has changed much in the last 4 years
http://www.pbase.com/trailryder/image/48261735
http://www.pbase.com/trailryder/image/48261734
Later Bill
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Subject: (rshsdepot) Tomah, WI
>
> Former Milwaukee Road depot in Tomah, WI.
>
> Railroad depot to receive funds
>
> http://www.tomahjournal.com/articles/2009/06/21/news/00lead.txt
>
> Thanks to Alco83 on the railhan.net forum for the heads up.
>
> Henry
>
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> Railroad depot to receive funds
> By Paul Medinger
>
> The City of Tomah.s Amtrak Station is slated to receive $509,000 in
> stimulus
> money to improve the aging railroad depot in the center of the city.
>
> Tomah City Administrator Jim Bialecki said Tuesday that the Amtrak Station
> will receive the funding in federal railroad administration grants through
> the
> American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
>
> The depot sits on a 61-acre property owned by Canadian Pacific Railway,
> which
> has been in contact with Tomah city officials about selling the property
> along
> both sides of Superior Avenue in the center of the city.
>
> The Tomah Amtrak Station is one of eight stations in Wisconsin. The depot
> has
> seen steady ridership increases throughout the past decade. According to
> Amtrak, 9,477 riders got on or off a train in Tomah from October 2006
> through
> September 2007. The depot is also a potential stop for a proposed
> high-speed
> passenger rail service between Chicago and the Twin Cities -- via Tomah,
> La
> Crosse and Winona, Minn.. that could begin in the next five years. Tomah
> Mayor
> Ed Thompson said that improvements to the depot may help make high-speed
> rail
> a reality in Tomah.
>
> "The high-speed rail is still in the works, and with half of a million
> (dollars) in here, it looks like there is some emphasis on rail in Tomah,"
> Thompson said. "This is not small money. Hopefully it means a brand new
> depot."
>
> The possibility of obtaining the railroad property has been a priority
> interest of the city.s newly formed Long-Range Planning Committee since
> February. Canadian Pacific is interested in selling the land and announced
> in
> May that it had hired Vandewalle and Associates of Madison to develop a
> plan
> and market the property. Bialecki said that improvements to the depot
> would be
> beneficial for possible development of the land.
>
> "I think the community will be quite pleased to hear this," Bialecki said.
> "Recently, there have been some complaints regarding the facility, and I
> think
> this will promote redevelopment in that area."
>
> Representatives from Vandewalle and Associates will update the city's
> Long-Range Planning Committee on its progress planning uses for the land
> in
> July. Bialecki said that he will know more about plans for improvements to
> the
> depot after the July meeting and that he expects the stimulus dollars to
> make
> an impact.
>
> "I think this will be a big benefit for Vandewalle," Bialecki said. "They
> know, as well as we do, the impact this can have on that area. I think
> this
> could be an anchor for development."
>
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