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CN 2128, CN 2163, and CN 8867 |
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A southbound CN unit train of 2-bay covered hoppers passes the depot/yard office and the sad remnants of the former C&NW yard at Oshkosh, WI on 29 May '17. The depot/yard office sits at the approximate location of the C&NW’s South Oshkosh depot, a smaller, plainer structure than their once ornate Oshkosh depot which still stands less than a mile to the north. Historically, everything south of the Fox River was once known as South Oshkosh. The C&NW South Oshkosh depot was saved from demolition, but its current fate is unknown to me. I have seen post-relocation photographs of it on the internet, but they do not reveal its precise location. Some references state it was moved to downtown Oshkosh, others state it was moved to a park in Oshkosh. If it still survives, I have not found it yet. The yard was torn up in Aug. '16. There had been no cars spotted here since at least 31 Jan. '16. They did leave the passing siding and team track. |
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5/29/2017 Upload Date: 7/12/2017 4:24:31 AM |
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Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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CN 2128(C40-8) CN 2163(C40-8W) CN 8867(SD70M-2) |
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BNSF 8465, CN 2128, CN 8004, et al. |
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A CN unit train of gondolas passes a halted through freight along Union St. at the former Sherry St. grade crossing as it heads north at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 5 May '19. Moving train had two locomotives, BNSF 8465 and CN 2128. Halted through freight included CN 8004. The historic Neenah Cheese & Cold Storage Co. facility, 434 Sherry St., is partially visible at left. It was built in 1902 after the original 1892 building was destroyed by fire and is currently used for storage. The historic Murer House, 432 Sherry St., is partially visible beyond that. It was built by Felix Murer in 1892 and is currently home to Sherry Town Station. The WC (later SOO) depot stood on the opposite side of Sherry St. from those two buildings; it was built on the north side of Sherry St. on the east side of the tracks in 1891. It replaced the ca. 1871 depot that stood at the west end of Wisconsin Ave. The Sherry St. depot was demolished ca. 1955 when a new depot was built between Main St. and N. Lake St. on the west leg of the wye, about 850 ft. to the northwest. The area between the tracks and Union St., from Main St. to Monroe St., used to be the yard. I don't know when the current, significantly larger yard (extending southwestward from Winneconne Ave.) was built, but a map from 1909 shows the yard here. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/2019 Upload Date: 6/27/2019 11:56:52 PM |
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Neenah, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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BNSF 8465(SD70ACe) CN 2128(C40-8) CN 8004(SD70M-2) |
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