Montfort, WI: C&NW Coaling Tower

(Satellite, Birds-Eye View)

Den Adler posted
C&NW 4329 running light along the Ridgerunner route switching beneath the coal tower at Montfort Junction, Wisconsin. The tower is still there, in the middle of a corn field, visible from US Highway 18 west of Cobb. I was over there a few times during the week I was camping with my son's Boy Scout troop at nearby Governor Dodge State Park.

Max Metcalf posted three photos with the comment: "Montfort Junction C&NW coaling tower (Monfort, WI)."

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Charlie Danz posted, cropped to Facebook resolution
The old concrete coaling tower stands proud near the old ROW of the C&NW in Monfort,WI I'm surprised its still here
Charlie Danz The tracks have been gone since I believe the late 80s.
Charlie Danz From a guy I know who worked MoW on this line the speed limit was 10mph but they seldom got over 5mph and they had to stop often to rerail locomotive.
Charlie Danz Everything around it is farmland only bits and pieces of the grade remain.
Rob Hentschel Well someone owns the ROW. They aren't going to spend the money to tear that down. That's easily a $75k demolition.
Tom Wilson This a Fairbanks-Morse coaling Tower.
A William Nelson III steel reinforced concrete, those things are built. it would cost a mint to remove, and the risk of it coming down on it's own and hurting someone are next to nothing.

Jeff Wojciechowski posted three photos with the comment: "Former C&NW coaling tower - Montfort, WI 11/2/2018."

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Perry Anderson commented on Jeff's posting
Jenny McCarthy I didn't realize there was a y there.Perry Anderson Jenny McCarthy Left to Fennimore, right to Madison, down to Cuba City.

Perry Anderson commented on Jeff's posting

Tim Shanahan shared
This CNW coaling tower survives in the cornfields of Montfort, Wisconsin. It was once a junction between two branch lines. The track was gone in 2009 when Robert J Della-Pietra and I were there. I think it's been gone quite a while.

Bryan Much posted