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Satellite, the caboose has yet to show up in a 2024 satellite image.)
Evidently the town's name is spelled with an extra "e" so that there is three vowels in a row.
Michael Krejci
posted four photos with the comment: "Weyerhaeuser, WI."
Bob Bush: This caboose has been sitting in Weyerhaeuser since mid 70,s. It was recently moved to its present location when the local community Club acquired the depot from CN to save it from demolition. Both were moved several hundred yards for renovation and display. All labor was done by local volunteers. We are actively searching for and gathering literature and artifacts to place within the depot which is being turned into a museum.
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| Rugby Junction commented on Michael's post |
Two views from the same location to show the move of the depot.
Given the original location of the depot, this topo map accurately marks its location.
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| 1959 Weyerhauser Quad @ 48,000 [The topo map does not have the extra "e".] |
I was surprised that not only is the railyard still used, but it is now longer. Obviously, the rail traffic is because of
Source Energy Services.
It appears the industry has their own switcher and industrial locomotive. Those are probably sand hoppers. I presume the company receives sand, processes it for fracking and then ships it.
I wonder where the quarries are.
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SourceEnergyServices
"Largest Supplier of Quality Proppant in the WCSB "Source Energy Services produces high quality Northern White and Domestic frac-sand from our Wisconsin and Alberta facilities to supply the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB). The Wisconsin operations are located along the Canadian National (CN) rail lines for direct access to our Canadian rail terminals." |
According to Google Earth, not only was the depot moved between Sep 2012 and Sep 2015, but the sand processing plant was also built during that interval.
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| Google Earth, Sep 2012 |
Some "before" photos.
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Larry James Quinn added
Depot in Weyerhaeuser, Wisconsin. The Old School Rice Lake page - Joe Kazmierkoski: Weyerhaeuser is my home town. [This comment convinced me that Google is correct and the USGS is wrong. That is, the town's name does have an extra "e".] |
Sep 7, 2020: Arlyn Colby
posted three photos with the comment:
Weyerhaeuser, Wisconsin has a Soo Line caboose on display. After restoring the depot, the village is going to restore the caboose. I received the following message from them:
What's happening in Weyerhaeuser since there is no Booster Days this year? Work has begun on our Soo Line Caboose restoration. Bob Bundgaard sandblasted, primed and painted the metal ends of the caboose. Around the 21st of this month we have an Amish crew coming to work on restoring and preserving the outside and roof. It looks pretty rough now, but soon she will be as beautiful as our depot. If you would like to donate, please contact us! We need all the help we can get.
They are on Facebook where you can follow the progress of the group:
Weyerhaeuser Depot/Caboose Project
Donations may be sent to the Weyerhaeuser Area Community Club, address is PO Box 333, Weyerhaeuser WI. 54895.
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Some more "after" photos.
Saul Japuntich
posted two photos with the comment: "Nice restoration on the Soo depot at Weyerhaeuser, WI."
Rugbý Junction: I think it's really impressive that such a small town was able to pool enough resources to save this depot from being razed when the CN wanted it off their tracks a few years back.
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Saul Japuntich posted
The Soo caboose at Weyerhauser, WI |
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