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Viewing Album:  Wisconsin SOO Depots and Other RR Structures
 
By:T. P. Bruss
Dates:10/17/2012 - 12/31/2020
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SOO Stevens Point, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Stevens Point, WI Depot
Description:  SOO, now CN, depot in Stevens Point, WI on 10 Jul. '13. Depot was designed in the Prairie School Style by Christian Madsen and built at 1625 Depot St. in 1918 by his Withee Construction Co. Stevens Point was originally known as Shaurette Rapids.
Photo Date:  7/10/2013  Upload Date: 7/22/2014 2:37:40 AM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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SOO Stevens Point, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Stevens Point, WI Depot
Description:  SOO, now CN, depot in Stevens Point, WI on 10 Jul. '13. Depot was designed in the Prairie School Style by Christian Madsen and built at 1625 Depot St. in 1918 by his Withee Construction Co. Stevens Point was originally known as Shaurette Rapids.
Photo Date:  7/10/2013  Upload Date: 7/22/2014 2:38:09 AM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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SOO Shawano, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Shawano, WI Depot
Description:  The southeast and northeast walls of the SOO depot in Shawano, WI on 30 Jul. '13. It was built by the Wisconsin and Northern in 1906, in the Victorian style. This depot was removed sometime between 30 Jul. and 23 Nov. ’13. I say removed because my foolish, optimistic side hopes that it was somehow saved and moved to some as yet unknown location. However, my realistic side suspects that the CN unceremoniously bulldozed it and hauled the remains to a landfill.
Photo Date:  7/30/2013  Upload Date: 7/18/2014 1:24:03 AM
Location:  Shawano, WI
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SOO Shawano, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Shawano, WI Depot
Description:  The east wall of the SOO depot in Shawano, WI on 30 Jul. '13. United Co-op is partially visible on the left. The depot was built by the Wisconsin and Northern in 1906, in the Victorian style. This depot was removed sometime between 30 Jul. and 23 Nov. ’13. I say removed because my foolish, optimistic side hopes that it was somehow saved and moved to some as yet unknown location. However, my realistic side suspects that the CN unceremoniously bulldozed it and hauled the remains to a landfill.
Photo Date:  7/30/2013  Upload Date: 7/18/2014 1:24:48 AM
Location:  Shawano, WI
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SOO Shawano, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Shawano, WI Depot
Description:  The northwest and southwest walls of the SOO depot in Shawano, WI on 30 Jul. '13. The depot was built by the Wisconsin and Northern in 1906, in the Victorian style. This depot was removed sometime between 30 Jul. and 23 Nov. ’13. I say removed because my foolish, optimistic side hopes that it was somehow saved and moved to some as yet unknown location. However, my realistic side suspects that the CN unceremoniously bulldozed it and hauled the remains to a landfill.
Photo Date:  7/30/2013  Upload Date: 7/18/2014 1:25:47 AM
Location:  Shawano, WI
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SOO Shawano, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Shawano, WI Depot
Description:  The southwest wall of the SOO depot in Shawano, WI on 30 Jul. '13. The depot was built by the Wisconsin and Northern in 1906, in the Victorian style. This depot was removed sometime between 30 Jul. and 23 Nov. ’13. I say removed because my foolish, optimistic side hopes that it was somehow saved and moved to some as yet unknown location. However, my realistic side suspects that the CN unceremoniously bulldozed it and hauled the remains to a landfill.
Photo Date:  7/30/2013  Upload Date: 7/18/2014 1:26:15 AM
Location:  Shawano, WI
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SOO Shawano, WI Depot and EJE 660
Title:  SOO Shawano, WI Depot and EJE 660
Description:  CN at the United Co-op adjacent to the former SOO depot in Shawano, WI on 30 Jul. 13.
Photo Date:  7/30/2013  Upload Date: 10/14/2013 10:54:44 PM
Location:  Shawano, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  EJE 660(SD38-3)
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WC/SOO Rhinelander, WI Roundhouse
Title:  WC/SOO Rhinelander, WI Roundhouse
Description:  CN, former SOO, originally WC roundhouse at the yard in Rhinelander, WI on 11 Oct. '13. Built in 1899, originally four stalls, a six-stall addition was built in 1903. It was reduced to 5 stalls at some point and the turntable was removed. The brick wall on the left side used to be a firewall separating the two halves of the roundhouse.
Photo Date:  10/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:07:38 AM
Location:  Rhinelander, WI
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SOO Collins, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Collins, WI Depot
Description:  West and south walls of restored SOO Collins, WI depot on display at Pinecrest Historical Village, in Town of Manitowoc Rapids, Manitowoc Co., WI on 7 Oct. '14. It was built in 1896 and was probably located between the railroad tracks and Main St., just east of Milwaukee St., in Collins. If that was the correct location, then this photograph depicts the northeast and northwest walls. Depot was moved to Pinecrest in 1972.
Photo Date:  10/7/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 3:32:12 AM
Location:  Collins, WI
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SOO Waupaca, WI Freight House
Title:  SOO Waupaca, WI Freight House
Description:  CN local passes behind the former SOO freight house as it approaches Oak St./Hwy. E while servicing Waupaca Foundry, Plant 1, out of frame to left, at Waupaca, WI on 4 Apr. '15. This is the 2nd WC/SOO freight house at Waupaca. It was built in early 1949 after the original freight house burned down in Nov. '48. The bowling alley next door to the south caught fire and the flames spread to the freight house. The original 1871 WC passenger depot was converted into a freight house after the 2nd depot was completed in Apr. ‘81. The 1st freight house had been moved from its original location to the current freight house location ca. 1901, when the 2nd depot was moved to the west side of Guard St., now Oak St.
Photo Date:  4/4/2015  Upload Date: 4/12/2015 2:45:05 AM
Location:  Waupaca, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  IC 9625(GP38-2) CN 4705(GP38-2)
Views:  457   Comments: 1
CN 8881
Title:  CN 8881
Description:  After a brief halt, a CN through freight, powered by a pair of sequentially numbered locomotives, CN 8881 and CN 8882, pulls out past the former SOO depot to continue westward from Stevens Point, WI on 19 May '15. The depot was designed in the Prairie School Style by Christian Madsen and built at 1625 Depot St. in 1918 by his Withee Construction Co. Stevens Point was originally known as Shaurette Rapids.
Photo Date:  5/19/2015  Upload Date: 6/8/2015 1:37:53 AM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 8881(SD70M-2)
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CN 8881 and CN 8882
Title:  CN 8881 and CN 8882
Description:  After a brief halt, a CN through freight, powered by a pair of sequentially numbered locomotives, pulls out past the former SOO depot to continue westward from Stevens Point, WI on 19 May '15. The depot was designed in the Prairie School Style by Christian Madsen and built at 1625 Depot St. in 1918 by his Withee Construction Co. Stevens Point was originally known as Shaurette Rapids.
Photo Date:  5/19/2015  Upload Date: 6/8/2015 1:37:57 AM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 8881(SD70M-2) CN 8882(SD70M-2)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
SOO/CN Lomira, WI Depot
Title:  SOO/CN Lomira, WI Depot
Description:  North and east walls of the CN, former SOO, depot at Lomira, WI on Memorial Day, 25 May '15.
Photo Date:  5/25/2015  Upload Date: 6/28/2015 1:40:59 AM
Location:  Lomira, WI
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SOO North Fond du Lac, WI Depot
Title:  SOO North Fond du Lac, WI Depot
Description:  The southwest wall of the SOO, originally WC, North Fond du Lac, WI depot, now located at the Historic Galloway House & Village at Fond du Lac, WI, as seen on 31 May '15. I believe this would have been the north wall when it was at its original site. The depot was built ca. 1906, after the Wis. Railroad Commission ordered the WC to do so. After about 7-9 years of appeals by the new village to the WC went unanswered, a group of about 30 business owners filed a petition with the Commission in 1905. I haven’t been able to pinpoint the original site of the depot, but the Commission ordered it erected “immediately south of the point where the south line of Clinton street would intersect said line of railway if the same were extended in an easterly direction to such line of road, and that a right of way be furnished over and across the yard of the respondent Railway Company from the east line of Marcou street to said depot, sufficient for the purpose of enabling teams and foot passengers to pass over the same.” The depot was acquired from the railroad and moved to its current location ca. 1974, thanks to the efforts of Fred A. Weller.
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 7/11/2015 2:02:23 AM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
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SOO North Fond du Lac, WI Depot
Title:  SOO North Fond du Lac, WI Depot
Description:  The northwest and northeast walls of the SOO, originally WC, North Fond du Lac, WI depot, now located at the Historic Galloway House & Village at Fond du Lac, WI, as seen on 31 May '15. I believe these would have been the east and south walls when it was at its original site. The depot was built ca. 1906, after the Wisconsin Railroad Commission ordered the WC to do so. After about 7-9 years of appeals by the new village to the WC went unanswered, a group of about 30 business owners filed a petition with the Commission in 1905. I haven’t been able to pinpoint the original site of the depot, but the Commission ordered it erected “immediately south of the point where the south line of Clinton street would intersect said line of railway if the same were extended in an easterly direction to such line of road, and that a right of way be furnished over and across the yard of the respondent Railway Company from the east line of Marcou street to said depot, sufficient for the purpose of enabling teams and foot passengers to pass over the same.” The depot was acquired from the railroad and moved to its current location ca. 1974, thanks to the efforts of Fred A. Weller.
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 7/11/2015 2:02:28 AM
Location:  North Fond du Lac, WI
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Crossing Shanty, possibly SOO
Title:  Crossing Shanty, possibly SOO
Description:  A crossing shanty preserved at the Historic Galloway House & Village at Fond du Lac, WI, as seen on 31 May '15. I did not notice a plaque or documentation identifying which railroad it belonged to or which crossing it used to protect. If one presumes the colors of both structures are historically accurate, one can presume the previous owner.
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 7/11/2015 2:02:44 AM
Location:  Fond du Lac, WI
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Crossing Shanty, possibly SOO
Title:  Crossing Shanty, possibly SOO
Description:  Interior of a crossing shanty preserved at the Historic Galloway House & Village at Fond du Lac, WI, as seen on 31 May '15. The stove is a ‘Smoke Consumer’ No. 140, made by the Estate Stove Co., Hamilton, OH. I did not notice a plaque or documentation identifying which railroad the shanty belonged to or which crossing it used to protect. The exterior paint scheme is identical to that of the former SOO depot out of frame to the left. If one presumes the exterior colors of both structures are historically accurate, one can presume the previous owner.
Photo Date:  5/31/2015  Upload Date: 7/11/2015 2:02:50 AM
Location:  Fond du Lac, WI
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CN 2880, CN 2037, CN 207
Title:  CN 2880, CN 2037, CN 207
Description:  CN autorack train passes the former SOO depot as it heads northwest through Waupaca, WI on Independence Day, 4 Jul. '15. This depot was built by WC in 1907 and opened in 1908; it is the 3rd WC depot at Waupaca. Passenger service ended in Jan. ‘65, but the railroad continued to use the depot until 1987. It stood vacant and decaying for many years until restoration began after it was purchased from the CN in 2004. The previous wooden depot had burned down on 5 May 1907. That 2nd depot was completed in Apr. 1881, when the original ca. 1871 depot was converted into a freight house. That original depot, then freight house, burned down in Nov. ’48. That led to the construction of the current brick freight house in early 1949, it is partially visible to the right of the lead locomotive. Train had three locomotives, CN 2880, CN 2037, and CN 207.
Photo Date:  7/4/2015  Upload Date: 7/27/2015 12:24:16 AM
Location:  Waupaca, WI
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Locomotives:  CN 2880(ES44AC) CN 2037(C40-8) CN 207(Yard Slug)
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CN 9455
Title:  CN 9455
Description:  CN local passes the former SOO depot in order to execute a run around while servicing Waupaca Foundry, Plant 1, at Waupaca, WI on Independence Day, 4 Jul. '15. This depot was built by WC in 1907 and opened in 1908; it is the 3rd WC depot at Waupaca. Passenger service ended in Jan. ‘65, but the railroad continued to use the depot until 1987. It stood vacant and decaying for many years until restoration began after it was purchased from the CN in 2004. The previous wooden depot had burned down on 5 May 1907. That 2nd depot was completed in Apr. 1881, when the original ca. 1871 depot was converted into a freight house. That original depot, then freight house, burned down in Nov. ’48. That led to the construction of the current brick freight house in early 1949, it is partially visible to the right of the locomotive.
Photo Date:  7/4/2015  Upload Date: 7/27/2015 12:24:24 AM
Location:  Waupaca, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 9455(GP40-2LW)
Views:  276   Comments: 1
CN 2890, CN 9455, et. al
Title:  CN 2890, CN 9455, et. al
Description:  CN container train passes the former SOO depot as it heads northwest through Waupaca, WI on Independence Day, 4 Jul. '15. A CN local, servicing Waupaca Foundry, Plant 1, is partially visible on the right. This depot was built by WC in 1907 and opened in 1908; it is the 3rd WC depot at Waupaca. Passenger service ended in Jan. ‘65, but the railroad continued to use the depot until 1987. It stood vacant and decaying for many years until restoration began after it was purchased from the CN in 2004. The previous wooden depot had burned down on 5 May 1907. That 2nd depot was completed in Apr. 1881, when the original ca. 1871 depot was converted into a freight house. That original depot, then freight house, burned down in Nov. ’48. That led to the construction of the current brick freight house in early 1949, it is partially visible to the right of the lead locomotive.
Photo Date:  7/4/2015  Upload Date: 7/27/2015 12:24:31 AM
Location:  Waupaca, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 2890(ES44AC) CN 9455(GP40-2LW)
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SOO Loyal, WI Depot (replica)
Title:  SOO Loyal, WI Depot (replica)
Description:  A replica of the second SOO depot at Loyal, WI on 21 Aug. '15. The original depot was built by WC ca. 1891 when the line was laid. It stood at intersection of E. Depot St. and E. Mill St., it burned down ca. May '17. The second depot was completed in Nov. '17, at 24' x 90' it was the largest depot on that branch. It was dismantled in '68. The Irban and Leona Aumann family constructed a replica of the second depot in '00. They donated it to the Loyal Area Historical Society for a museum in '05 and moved to its present location at 501 E. Elm Dr./Hwy. 98, about 1,500 ft. NE of the original site. A reduced scale replica of the water tower that stood next to the depot has also been built. A collection of SOO station signs, most from northern WI, adorns the water tower.
Photo Date:  8/21/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 2:10:40 AM
Location:  Loyal, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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SOO Loyal, WI Depot (replica)
Title:  SOO Loyal, WI Depot (replica)
Description:  A replica of the second SOO depot at Loyal, WI on 21 Aug. '15. The original depot was built by WC ca. 1891 when the line was laid. It stood at intersection of E. Depot St. and E. Mill St., it burned down ca. May '17. The second depot was completed in Nov. '17, at 24' x 90' it was the largest depot on that branch. It was dismantled in '68. The Irban and Leona Aumann family constructed a replica of the second depot in '00. They donated it to the Loyal Area Historical Society for a museum in '05 and moved to its present location at 501 E. Elm Dr./Hwy. 98, about 1,500 ft. NE of the original site. An unmarked Fairmont MT 14, Car No. 251309, is displayed at right. This speeder was built by Fairmont Railway Motors, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, CAN, as opposed to their facility in MN.
Photo Date:  8/21/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 2:10:46 AM
Location:  Loyal, WI
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SOO Marshfield, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Marshfield, WI Depot
Description:  Southeast and northeast walls of the former SOO depot at 112 E. Veterans Parkway, Marshfield, WI on 22 Aug. '15. This is the 3rd WC/SOO depot at Marshfield. The original wooden depot was built ca. 1872 on S. Chestnut Ave. at S. Depot St., it burned down 27 Jun. '87. The 2nd wooden depot was built on S. Depot St. between Central Ave. and Maple St. and was completed ca. Aug. '87. It measured 20' x 125' with 16' walls, 20' x '36 freight room on east end, 12' x '12 baggage room, 18' x '20 ladies waiting room, '20 x '20 men’s waiting room, and 12' x '20 office. It burned down almost exactly 20 years after the 1st one on 16 Jun. '07. Construction of the 3rd and current stone depot commenced soon after at the site of the 2nd depot. Passenger service ended in '65 but the railroad continued to use the depot for many years. The depot was moved ca. '02 in preparation of the Hwy. 13/Veterans Parkway construction project, which opened to traffic 9 Oct. '03. The new road encompassed S. Depot St., so the depot had to be moved about 125' south of its original location. Some references claim the depot was rotated 180 degrees from its original orientation when it was moved. In comparing old photographs, it doesn't look like it was rotated to me. The depot is now home to Royal Tokyo restaurant.
Photo Date:  8/22/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 2:10:48 AM
Location:  Marshfield, WI
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SOO Marshfield, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Marshfield, WI Depot
Description:  Northwest wall of the former SOO depot at 112 E. Veterans Parkway, Marshfield, WI on 22 Aug. '15. This is the 3rd WC/SOO depot at Marshfield. The original wooden depot was built ca. 1872 on S. Chestnut Ave. at S. Depot St., it burned down 27 Jun. '87. The 2nd wooden depot was built on S. Depot St. between Central Ave. and Maple St. and was completed ca. Aug. '87. It measured 20' x 125' with 16' walls, 20' x '36 freight room on east end, 12' x '12 baggage room, 18' x '20 ladies waiting room, '20 x '20 men’s waiting room, and 12' x '20 office. It burned down almost exactly 20 years after the 1st one on 16 Jun. '07. Construction of the 3rd and current stone depot commenced soon after at the site of the 2nd depot. Passenger service ended in '65 but the railroad continued to use the depot for many years. The depot was moved ca. '02 in preparation of the Hwy. 13/Veterans Parkway construction project, which opened to traffic 9 Oct. '03. The new road encompassed S. Depot St., so the depot had to be moved about 125' south of its original location. Some references claim the depot was rotated 180 degrees from its original orientation when it was moved. In comparing old photographs, it doesn't look like it was rotated to me. The depot is now home to Royal Tokyo restaurant. At one point there was a section of track and a speeder displayed in the patch of ballast to the left of that stack of old ties.
Photo Date:  8/22/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 2:10:51 AM
Location:  Marshfield, WI
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SOO Marshfield, WI Depot and a Stealthy CN Container Train
Title:  SOO Marshfield, WI Depot and a Stealthy CN Container Train
Description:  This CN container train snuck up on me while I was photographing the southwest and southeast walls of the former SOO depot at 112 E. Veterans Parkway, Marshfield, WI on 22 Aug. '15. Darn quiet zones! Unfortunately I did not catch the road number. This is the 3rd WC/SOO depot at Marshfield. The original wooden depot was built ca. 1872 on S. Chestnut Ave. at S. Depot St., it burned down 27 Jun. '87. The 2nd wooden depot was built on S. Depot St. between Central Ave. and Maple St. and was completed ca. Aug. '87. It measured 20' x 125' with 16' walls, 20' x '36 freight room on east end, 12' x '12 baggage room, 18' x '20 ladies waiting room, '20 x '20 men’s waiting room, and 12' x '20 office. It burned down almost exactly 20 years after the 1st one on 16 Jun. '07. Construction of the 3rd and current stone depot commenced soon after at the site of the 2nd depot. Passenger service ended in '65 but the railroad continued to use the depot for many years. The depot was moved ca. '02 in preparation of the Hwy. 13/Veterans Parkway construction project, which opened to traffic 9 Oct. '03. The new road encompassed S. Depot St., so the depot had to be moved about 125' south of its original location. Some references claim the depot was rotated 180 degrees from its original orientation when it was moved. In comparing old photographs, it doesn't look like it was rotated to me. The depot is now home to Royal Tokyo restaurant.
Photo Date:  8/22/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 2:10:54 AM
Location:  Marshfield, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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SOO Spencer, WI Crossing Shanty
Title:  SOO Spencer, WI Crossing Shanty
Description:  Former SOO crossing shanty preserved on S. Park St. next to the CN, former SOO, rails at Spencer, WI on 22 Aug. '15. It was constructed in 1910 on the west side of the tracks at Clark St./Hwy. 98/Hwy. C, about 300 ft. out of frame to left. Henry Fenhouse was the flagman who worked out of it, almost exclusively, 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, until he was replaced by automated signals in Jun. 1949. The shanty was moved to his house north of town and used as a playhouse. Later it was sold to a friend named Weis and moved to his farm 5 miles east of town on Hwy. C where it was used as a smokehouse. It was probably Vernal or Ray Weis, who jointly operated the farm on Hwy. C started by their grandfather. A subsequent owner of the farm donated it to the Village of Spencer so it could be preserved, it was moved back to town on 28 Jul. 1986.
Photo Date:  8/22/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 2:11:00 AM
Location:  Spencer, WI
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SOO Milladore, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Milladore, WI Depot
Description:  The former SOO depot sits near the CN tracks at Milladore, WI, on 22 Aug. '15. Milladore was originally known as Mill Creek, the name was changed when the post office was established because a post office with that name already existed in Richland Co. The depot closed in '61. It was moved elsewhere in town in '63 and used as an appliance shop, R. Ulman Electric, owned by Rudy Ulman. At some point it was moved again to its current location where it is used for a shed on a farm. I believe the depot stood between the tracks and Main St./Hwy. P (formerly Hwy. 10), between Haynes St. and Wheeler St. If I hadn’t been on a time schedule, I would have been tempted to seek permission from the property owner to get better photographs.
Photo Date:  8/22/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 2:11:06 AM
Location:  Milladore, WI
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CN 2815 and CN 2914
Title:  CN 2815 and CN 2914
Description:  CN mixed freight crosses Park St. and approaches Water St. as it slows to halt at the former SOO yard at Stevens Point, WI on 22 Aug. '15. It would briefly halt in front of the former SOO depot before disappearing into the yard. The depot was designed in the Prairie School Style by Christian Madsen and erected by his Withee Construction Co. in 1918. Madsen constructed numerous depots for the SOO. Stevens Point was originally known as Shaurette Rapids.
Photo Date:  8/22/2015  Upload Date: 9/25/2015 1:34:36 AM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Locomotives:  CN 2815(ES44AC) CN 2914(ES44AC)
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SOO Colby, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Colby, WI Depot
Description:  The north and east walls of the former SOO depot at Colby, WI on 22 Jun. '16. The depot was built by the WC in 1872 on the east side of the main line on the south side of W. Spence St. along S. 1st St. (Front St.). It originally measured 30' x 60' but a 24' addition was built in '13 making it 30' x 84'. Initially known as Station 51 (51 miles from Stevens Point), it and the small community growing up around it were renamed Colby, after Charles L. Colby, son of Gardner L. Colby, president of the Phillips and Colby Construction Co., the lead contractor for construction of the rail line. Some references claim it was named for Gardner L. Colby, by Charles, who was treasurer of Phillips and Colby. Charles was later vice-president, later president of the WC. The Clark Co. Historical Society purchased it from the railroad in ‘71 and moved it in ‘72. It is currently part of the Rural Arts Museum at the east end of W. Salter St.
Photo Date:  6/22/2016  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 2:11:31 AM
Location:  Colby, WI
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SOO Colby, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Colby, WI Depot
Description:  The south and west walls of the former SOO depot at Colby, WI on 22 Jun. '16. The depot was built by the WC in 1872 on the east side of the main line on the south side of W. Spence St. along S. 1st St. (Front St.). It originally measured 30' x 60' but a 24' addition was built in '13 making it 30' x 84'. Initially known as Station 51 (51 miles from Stevens Point), it and the small community growing up around it were renamed Colby, after Charles L. Colby, son of Gardner L. Colby, president of the Phillips and Colby Construction Co., the lead contractor for construction of the rail line. Some references claim it was named for Gardner L. Colby, by Charles, who was treasurer of Phillips and Colby. Charles was later vice-president, later president of the WC. The Clark Co. Historical Society purchased it from the railroad in 1971 and moved it in 1972. It is currently part of the Rural Arts Museum at the east end of W. Salter St.
Photo Date:  6/22/2016  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 2:11:35 AM
Location:  Colby, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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SOO Owen, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Owen, WI Depot
Description:  The northwest and southwest walls of the CN, former SOO, depot at Owen, WI on 22 Jun. '16. I haven't been able to learn much about this depot, but it dates to at least '12.
Photo Date:  6/22/2016  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 2:11:39 AM
Location:  Owen, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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SOO Stanley, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Stanley, WI Depot
Description:  The northeast and northwest walls of the former SOO depot at Stanley, WI on 22 Jun. '16. It was built by the WC between '00 and '07 according to the Sanborn maps.
Photo Date:  6/22/2016  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 2:11:58 AM
Location:  Stanley, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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Superior, WI SOO Depot
Title:  Superior, WI SOO Depot
Description:  The south wall of the SOO depot, 1615 Winter St., Superior, WI on 26 Jun. '16. It was built in the Craftsman style by the WC in '08 or '09. Passenger service ended in '67 and the railroad closed the depot in '89.
Photo Date:  6/26/2016  Upload Date: 7/31/2016 1:51:35 AM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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SOO Gresham, WI, Depot
Title:  SOO Gresham, WI, Depot
Description:  The east and north walls of the SOO depot at Gresham, WI, on 13 Jun. '20. The depot was built by the W&N in 1906. The first scheduled train arrived in Gresham from Shawano at 1155 hours on 11 Feb. 1907. The W&N was purchased by the SOO in 1921. The depot was closed in 1963. The depot was moved in 1974, through the efforts of the Gresham Women’s Club, a former depot agent and his wife, and numerous other village members. Now the Gresham Depot Museum, 1311 N. Main St., it currently stands about 200 ft. north of its original location and has been turned about 45 degrees from its original orientation. An awesome photograph of the Gresham depot, taken from the cab of a locomotive, can be seen at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_SOO_Line_Gresham,_Wisconsin_Depot_in_September_1963_(28222945190).jpg.
Photo Date:  6/13/2020  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 4:28:43 AM
Location:  Gresham, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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SOO Gresham, WI, Depot
Title:  SOO Gresham, WI, Depot
Description:  The west wall of the SOO depot at Gresham, WI, on 13 Jun. '20. The depot was built by the W&N in 1906. The first scheduled train arrived in Gresham from Shawano at 1155 hours on 11 Feb. 1907. The W&N was purchased by the SOO in 1921. The depot was closed in 1963. The depot was moved in 1974, through the efforts of the Gresham Women’s Club, a former depot agent and his wife, and numerous other village members. Now the Gresham Depot Museum, 1311 N. Main St., it currently stands about 200 ft. north of its original location and has been turned about 45 degrees from its original orientation. An awesome photograph of the Gresham depot, taken from the cab of a locomotive, can be seen at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_SOO_Line_Gresham,_Wisconsin_Depot_in_September_1963_(28222945190).jpg.
Photo Date:  6/13/2020  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 4:28:51 AM
Location:  Gresham, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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SOO Medford, WI Depot
Title:  SOO Medford, WI Depot
Description:  The southeast and southwest walls of the SOO depot at Medford, WI, on 1 Aug. '21. The current depot was built in Nov. 1913, at a cost of $7,087.00. It was built after the previous depot was destroyed by fire on 10 Oct. 1912. That depot was built in 1885, but remodeled and expanded ca. Jul. 1912, by order of the Wis. Railroad Commission. That depot replaced the original depot, which had been built in Sep. 1873, but was destroyed by fire, along with most of the downtown, on 28 May 1885. The railroad used this depot until 1985. The depot and some of the surrounding property were sold to the city on 8 Mar. 1990.
Photo Date:  8/1/2020  Upload Date: 8/29/2021 2:02:00 AM
Location:  Medford, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
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