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| Title: |
CN 2317 |
| Description: |
As the locals refer to it, "behind the Coke Plant" (Coca -Cola Bottling) is a breakwater on Lake Winnebago that many people fish from. The old CNW line to Green Bay also runs there. Here a CN maniline freight runs through, and enters the south end of the yard at Oshkosh. The black specks are swarming lake flies that appear every spring. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/2013 Upload Date: 3/10/2014 7:21:12 AM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2317(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
315 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN Heading into Oshkosh |
| Description: |
On the northern outskirts of Oshkosh a CN train heads compass direction south on the old Soo alignment. As the line approaches Harrison Street it will curve to the old CNW alignment. Note the old trackside line poles still standing. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/2013 Upload Date: 1/26/2014 10:59:59 AM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
251 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2600 Crossing the Fox on the new bridge, part 1 |
| Description: |
Croosing the new bascule bridge over the Fox River in Oshkosh. This bridge replaces the swing bridge the CNW had installed decades before. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/2013 Upload Date: 1/20/2014 7:40:53 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2600(C44-9W) IC 1012(SD70) |
| Views: |
305 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 2600 Crossing the Fox on the new bridge, part 2 |
| Description: |
The train led by the 2600 a little further across the new bascule bridge in Oshkosh. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/2013 Upload Date: 1/20/2014 7:58:54 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2600(C44-9W) IC 1012(SD70) |
| Views: |
356 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2123 |
| Description: |
Manifest train at the south end of the ex CNW yard heads north toward the Fox River crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/2013 Upload Date: 1/20/2014 7:17:41 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2123(C40-8) IC 2726(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
348 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oshkosh yard |
| Description: |
An early morning in November finds a northbound manifest heading through the Oshksh yard for the new bascule bridge over the Fox River. The yard is former CNW. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/2013 Upload Date: 12/28/2013 7:32:17 AM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
275 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Along Broad Street |
| Description: |
Lead unit 8926 and trailing unit 2716 kicking up snow past the former CNW depot in Oshkosh. Train came too fast to include the depot in the shot. A nice balmy day of 4 degrees. |
| Photo Date: |
1/22/2014 Upload Date: 1/22/2014 3:48:16 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 8926(SD70M-2) IC 2716(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
327 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Along Broad Street |
| Description: |
Lead unit 8926 and trailing unit 2716 rolling along toward the new bridge over the Fox River. The trains come quiet and quick thanks to reduced number of grade crossings and a no horn ordinance. This train had distributed power in its middle, but I wasn't ready for it and missed it. |
| Photo Date: |
1/22/2014 Upload Date: 1/22/2014 3:56:44 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 8926(SD70M-2) IC 2716(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
292 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 5679 |
| Description: |
Having just crossed the Fox River on the new in 2013 bascule lift bridge, a CN manifest train enters the north end of the former CNW yard. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/2014 Upload Date: 2/4/2014 6:11:30 AM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5679(AC44CWCTE) CN 2417(C40-8M) CN 5559(SD60F) |
| Views: |
318 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CN 2302 Dist. Power part 1 |
| Description: |
CN stack train running through Oshkosh on the former CNW alignment. The SOO alignment was parallel to the CNW along this stretch to Neenah. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/2014 Upload Date: 2/2/2014 7:31:52 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2302(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
308 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2302 Dist. Power part 2 |
| Description: |
A CN stack train with distributed power rolls compass direction north through Oshkosh, WI. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/2014 Upload Date: 2/2/2014 5:52:40 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2302(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
320 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 2302 Dist. Power part 3 |
| Description: |
Mid train unit on a CN stack train rolling through Oshkosh,WI. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/2014 Upload Date: 2/2/2014 7:04:14 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 2713(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
254 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TBOX 661101 |
| Description: |
Before the CN tore out the former CNW yard along Pioneer Drive, this was a common sight. Unfortunately, the yard is gone. The covered hoppers are now stored and sorted on a run around track at the end of the spur which was used to serve Pluswood. Pluswood has closed during the summer of 2017. Pluswood was a user of boxcars, leaving only one company (Noffke Lumber) on the CN in Oshkosh that would possibly get boxcars. Seeing boxcars on the local in Oshkosh will be a rare sight in the future. It is truly astounding how much rail infrastructure has been torn out of Oshkosh since 1970, along with the businesses it served. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2015 Upload Date: 9/20/2017 9:12:04 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
160 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sunrise in Oshkosh |
| Description: |
A solid train of empty center beam flatcars heads back north (left in the photo) for more loads. It is not at all uncommon to see such a train almost daily. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2016 Upload Date: 11/19/2017 11:04:56 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
110 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2668 |
| Description: |
Three units lead a train north along South Main Street in Oshkosh. The train is on the former Chicago & Northwestern alignment through town. It is 6:29 AM on a Sunday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2016 Upload Date: 7/2/2017 1:47:28 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2668(C44-9W) CN 3029(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
250 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2668 |
| Description: |
Rolling along the shore of a frozen Lake Winnebago in Oshkosh. The right of way is adjacent S. Main Street here for about a mile. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2016 Upload Date: 11/3/2016 10:46:44 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2668(C44-9W) CN 3029(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
231 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2668 |
| Description: |
A CN train rolls along the frozen shore of Lake Winnebago on the south side of Oshkosh. The sun is just about to rise on this late winter morning. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2016 Upload Date: 11/19/2017 11:14:32 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2668(C44-9W) CN 3029(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
234 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2668 |
| Description: |
Three units pull a mixed freight along the frozen shore of Lake Winnebago on the south side of Oshkosh. This is the former CNW route through town. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2016 Upload Date: 11/3/2016 10:42:58 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2668(C44-9W) CN 3029(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
257 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2839 |
| Description: |
A CN train heads railroad east across the E. 14th Avenue grade crossing in Oshkosh. Five units are on the head of this train running on what was originally CNW right of way along Lake Winnebago. The trains roll through Oshkosh at speed up to 35 MPH, thanks in part to a grade crossing sfaety and reduction program in the 1990's. This program came about as the city citizens hoped to eliminate the use of train horns and open up blocked grade crossings faster. This seems to have worked out fairly well, though Oshkosh still has it's share of train-pedestrian accidents. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2016 Upload Date: 11/6/2016 10:03:53 AM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2839(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
267 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2839 |
| Description: |
CN 2839 leads four other units south across 14th Avenue. The 14th Avenue grade crossing was on the south end of the C&NW yard in Oshkosh. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2016 Upload Date: 11/19/2017 11:19:14 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2839(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
148 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AOK 607132 |
| Description: |
A pulpwood car spotted on a the team track at the former Chicago & Northwestern Yard in Oshkosh. The track once lead into the Buckstaff factory, which had a considerable amount of track within the confines of it's property to serve it. Pulpwood is not normally loaded from here, but once in a while a load will be sent from here. Probably less than 15 per year. Much has changed in this location since the image was captured. The defunct Buckstaff factory has been torn down to be replaced by a basketball arena. The yard tracks in the foreground have also been removed as CN modifies its infrastructure in Oshkosh to adjust for the diminished amount of rail customers in town. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2016 Upload Date: 7/2/2017 2:26:32 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
201 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The End is Near |
| Description: |
After the former C&NW yard in Oshkosh sat empty for a few months, it was a surprise to see some maintenance of way equipment form a contractor in the yard. Hopes were that the yard was to be re-done and set up for a long term future of use. Alas, the future of the yard was very short. Within a matter of days, the yard tracks were torn out leaving only a run around track and a short spur. Blended Waxes is served from the south end of the run around. The bascule bridge over the Fox River is visible in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/2016 Upload Date: 8/5/2017 8:28:52 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
117 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2813 |
| Description: |
A CN train rolls along the main at track speed through the former Chicago and Northwestern yard in Oshkosh. The yard tracks will soon be removed, the cars once stored and sorted for local industry here will now be placed on the north industrial spur by the soon to be closed ( July 2017) Pluswood factory. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/2016 Upload Date: 8/5/2017 8:42:09 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2813(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
252 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 2722 |
| Description: |
2722 leads a stack train onto the north end of the CN bridge across the Fox River in Oshkosh. The CN replaced the old CNW swing bridge in 2013 with a Bascule bridge. To get to this point, the train has just finished running behind the downtown area of Oshkosh. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/2016 Upload Date: 8/10/2017 6:28:45 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 2722(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
151 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 2722 |
| Description: |
The counter weight of the bridge is clearly visible on the CN Bascule bridge across the Fox River in Oshkosh. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/2016 Upload Date: 8/10/2017 6:34:22 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 2722(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
193 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2673 |
| Description: |
Mid train distributed power is about to cross the Fox River heading south on former CNW right of way. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/2016 Upload Date: 11/8/2017 9:09:56 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
89 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2673 |
| Description: |
The mid train distributed power runs tail first on its southbound crossing of the Fox River in Oshkosh. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/2016 Upload Date: 11/9/2017 7:24:44 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2673(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
122 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 2673 |
| Description: |
Heading south across the Fox River in Oshkosh, the mid train power rolls tail end first over the Bascule lift span. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/2016 Upload Date: 11/9/2017 7:31:19 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2673(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
116 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 2256 |
| Description: |
A CN train heading north approaches the bank of the Fox River in Oshkosh. This is former Chicago and Northwestern right of way. This shore was once abundant with business for the railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
9/17/2016 Upload Date: 11/12/2017 5:18:34 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2256(ES44DC) CN 2288(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
252 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
CN 2256 |
| Description: |
Crossing the Fox River in Oshkosh, this CN train reaches the northern river bank. This area near downtown was once full of rail served businesses. Some of the older buildings remain, including this one now used by the Oshkosh area United Way. |
| Photo Date: |
9/17/2016 Upload Date: 11/12/2017 5:22:36 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2256(ES44DC) CN 2288(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
172 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 2705 |
| Description: |
Heading south through Oshkosh on the former CNW right of way. This used to be a yard, with the tracks where all the bare ballast is now. |
| Photo Date: |
9/17/2016 Upload Date: 11/12/2017 5:28:24 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 2705(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
147 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 5739 |
| Description: |
A CN train heading north crosses a small bridge across a Lake Winnebago tributary creek as it enters the south side of Oshkosh. The view is from the 24th Avenue Boat Launch. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2016 Upload Date: 8/24/2017 1:58:34 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 5739(SD75I) |
| Views: |
132 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2685 |
| Description: |
A CN train heads north along S. Main in Oshkosh rolling along a former C&NW right of way. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2016 Upload Date: 11/21/2017 11:03:04 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2685(C44-9W) CN 5739(SD75I) |
| Views: |
110 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2574 |
| Description: |
A CN stack train cruises through town at track speed. The train is heading south along Broad Street and is approaching the Parkway Avenue grade crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
1/16/2017 Upload Date: 1/24/2018 10:29:36 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2574(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
97 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2574 |
| Description: |
The CN right of way (former CNW) runs along Broad Street a few blocks east of Main Street behind the downtown district. The train is about to cross Parkway Avenue as it heads south. |
| Photo Date: |
1/16/2017 Upload Date: 1/24/2018 10:35:14 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2574(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
113 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 2574 |
| Description: |
Running south along Brad Street in Oshkosh, a CN stack train crosses Parkway Ave. |
| Photo Date: |
1/16/2017 Upload Date: 1/26/2018 8:07:28 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2574(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
88 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN 2574 |
| Description: |
Heading south through the heart of Oshkosh, a CN stack train bears down on Merritt Avenue and the former Chicago and Northwestern station on Broad Street. |
| Photo Date: |
1/16/2017 Upload Date: 1/26/2018 8:15:38 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2574(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
98 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Fond du Lac Road Grade Crossing |
| Description: |
Looking generally south along the former Chicago and Northwestern line on the south side of Oshkosh. The 24th Avenue Boat Launch provides a little access to catch trains as they enter and depart Oshkosh proper. 24th Avenue is point where South Main Street changes to Fond du Lac Road when heading south. Of course, heading north the change is opposite. |
| Photo Date: |
2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 7:51:52 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
109 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Former Chicago and Northwestern Main on the South Side |
| Description: |
Looking north from the grade crossing at the 24th Avenue Boat Launch. The track is sandwiched between South Main Street and Lake Winnebago as it heads north to cross the Fox River. |
| Photo Date: |
2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 7:59:04 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
71 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2820 |
| Description: |
A CN stack train heads north at Oshkosh. The train is approaching a bridge over a ditch/creek that empties into Lake Winnebago. This former C&NW line had a great deal more local business to attend to 30 years ago, but under the CN train volume has increased significantly. The local customer base has diminished but the CN has transformed this line into part of its trans-con line to Chicago and beyond. Through freight volume can be quite high with trains following as close as 5 to 10 minutes apart at times. |
| Photo Date: |
2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 9:50:33 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2820(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
150 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN 2820 |
| Description: |
A CN stack train storms over a bridge on the south side of Oshkosh. Trains run along this corridor parallel South Main at speeds around 30 MPH. The modern Wisconsin Central and the city worked to increase train speeds and safety through Oshkosh after the WC purchased the Fox River Valley Railroad. Grade crossings were closed, the old Soo Line (WC) route through town was pulled up, gates were installed at all grade crossings and a no horn order (not what I would consider a safety enhancement) was put into effect. There are some nice areas along this stretch of the line to watch the trains while enjoying some of Oshkosh's park land. |
| Photo Date: |
2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/23/2018 11:07:13 AM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2820(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
431 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
14th Avenue Grade Crossing |
| Description: |
Tank cars are spotted at Blended Waxes along CN's former Chicago and Northwestern line in Oshkosh. The grade crossing is located at what was the south end of the CNW yard in Oshkosh. Some of the yards remains are visible waiting to be cleaned up. twnet years before this photo, an old CNW 40' boxcar could usually be found spotted on this end of the yard. It was used, so I am told, as a buffer car to reach into the Blended Waxes spur, because of the tight curves to get in there. The spur has been realigned and the boxcar has moved on into oblivion. |
| Photo Date: |
2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/23/2018 11:17:58 AM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Track |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
51 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oshkosh Yard Office |
| Description: |
A look at the station adjacent the Oshkosh siding. The ballast in the foreground once held a CNW yard. I am uncertain whether the CNW built the smaller station building, it seems to be old enough and the architecture matches other CNW structures I am familiar with (Neenah yard office, for one) to indicate it is CNW built. The larger shed was put in under the Fox River Valley Railroad in the either 1991 or 1992. I worked at an adjacent property and figured the shed to be an engine house to protect the old GP7 or GP9 (I can't recall the engine number of the unit usually here) that was stationed here to serve Oshkosh. Alas, no rails were ever laid to the structure as it was used for M.o.W. services. |
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2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/23/2018 11:26:58 AM |
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Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Yard,Station |
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SHOX 9284 |
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A unit train of crude heads south at MP 173 in Oshkosh. The train is crossing the Fox River on its journey along the former CNW right of way. |
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2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/23/2018 11:39:24 AM |
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Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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CN 3040 |
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A CN tank train cruises along through the remains of the Chicago and Northwestern yard in Oshkosh. The train is heading south as the 3040 shows its red end of train marker and shoves on the rear. |
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2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/23/2018 11:47:28 AM |
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Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,Yard,Action |
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CN 3040(ET44AC) |
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Oshkosh Yard Vicinity |
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A look into the yard area from the northwest corner along Pioneer Drive in Oshkosh. The tan building was put in by the Fox River Valley Railroad and the smaller station/yard office can be seen as a tan blob through the trees behind it. An industrial spur line ran along the side of the building and curved off to the right at about the mid foreground of the photo. This line, was used to serve industries located along the river, most of which closed in the mid to late '80's. The track was torn out after Jeld-Wen purchased Morgan Manufacturing and closed it down, some time in the mid 1990's. I am unsure if Morgan used rail service at that time. I do know that the line was used to access the north bank of the river via the joint Soo-Milwaukee Road bridge as late as 1990, having witnessed a FRVR train trundle along Summit Avenue to access the northern industrial park. In this photo a small excavator can be seen working in the tree line cleaning out debris. Hopes are that perhaps the railroad was to be adding some sort of infrastructure to add capacity, but nothing has seems to have come from it railroad related. However, some information lists the area as Pioneer Drive Park now. A good place to watch the CN trans-con. |
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2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/23/2018 11:51:59 AM |
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Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Southern Bridge Abutment of CN Fox River Crossing |
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Looking generally east along the shore of the Fox River in Oshkosh at the south end of the CN bridge across the Fox River in Oshkosh. The grade crossingat the end of the bridge is for Pioneer Drive and the bridge signals are visible. The bridge has a Bascule lift to clear the navigational channel in the middle to clear the waters for boat traffic. The CNW had a swing bridge located here that was built in 1899, the old stone work can be seen on the lower, obviously older, part of the abutment. |
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2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/25/2018 9:21:52 AM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,Bridge,Signal |
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Trans-Con Crossing of the Fox River |
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Looking at the CN bridge across the Fox River in Oshkosh from the northwest quadrant. The grey tower type structure is the operation center for the bridge. The tracks running in the pavement are remnants from the Chicago and Northwestern's access to the industry on the north side of the riverfront industry that was prevalent along the river. This area has been eventually redeveloped with this little piece of rail left as a reminder near the east side of the Leach Amphitheater grounds at Riverside Park. |
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2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/25/2018 9:28:39 AM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,Bridge,Track |
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Looking North at Ceape and Broad |
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The former CNW line through Oshkosh, though in some spots is near street running status, is fairly straight and was the preferred route when the Wisconsin Central consolidated its route through town The heavily curved Soo Line right of was was pulled up in favor of this one. From the corner of Ceape and Broad one gets a look at just how confusing the area can be to newcomers. Broad runs along on both sides of the track, some of it one way, some of it not. With the grade crossing reduction and upgrading of those remaining by the WC in 1996 and 1997, train speeds through here can be as high as 30 mph along this stretch of what is now Canadian National. |
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2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/25/2018 5:58:19 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,Track |
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| Title: |
Fox River Crossing |
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A look at the Bascule lift the CN installed replacing the 1899 built swing bridge of the CNW. The Pioneer Drive grade crossing is at the south end of the bridge. The gates and signals are visible just beyond the abutment. |
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2/20/2017 Upload Date: 2/25/2018 6:12:10 PM |
| Location: |
Oshkosh, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Scenic,Bridge |
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