Saturday, October 9, 2021

Green Bay, WI: Museum, 1899 C&NW and Milwaukee Depots

Museum: (3D Satellite)
C&NW: (3D Satellite)
Milwaukee: (3D Satellite)

Marty Bernard posted
Hood Junction Depot at the National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI, Duane Hall photo, May 1987.

RRmuseum
The building houses the Jodey Lenfestey Children's Deiscovery Depot

I could not find any info on their web site as to whether or not this depot was moved here or it it was built from scratch. It appears that there was a depot a block south of Mason Street and east of Broadway and that it could have served all three railroads: C&NW, Milwaukee and Green Bay & Western.
1954 Green Bay Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

But that is not the case because C&NW had a much larger depot that is still standing
Street View

Rollie Tocups posted two photos with the comment: "Green Bay WI."
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IRM Strahorn Library posted
C&NW #880 4-6-0 Schenectady built Class R at Green Bay, Wisconsin on September 19, 1929.
The Strahorn Library is at 118 E. Washington Street in Marengo, Illinois.  It is normally open from 10AM to 2:30PM on Wednesdays and visitors are welcome.  For those unable to visit, we can provide access to our collections via telephone (815-568-1060), e-mail (strahorn@irm.org), or online catalog (librarycat.org/lib/IRMStrahornLibrary).
Larson Collection C&NW Volume 5, Illinois Railway Museum Strahorn Library.

Mark Llanuza posted
Its 1986 were at Green Bay wis station
Andre Wehrle: Hmmmm, they stopped? Gates still up.
Mark Llanuza: Andre Wehrle crew change

Andrew Witkowski posted three photos with the comment: "The old Chicago & North Western Railway Depot in Green Bay, Wisconsin."
Reid Van Sluys: Interestingly enough, this was the third of three new depots built by Green Bay's railroad between 1897 and 1899. The GB&W was the first built, followed by the CM&StP (still extant) and finally -and admittedly the grandest- the C&NW's.
Thomas Markielewski: Here's their website, if anyone's interested. I HIGHLY recommend it!
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And the Milwaukee Road Depot was on the east side of the Fox River.
Street View

Street View

The only "Hood Junction" I could find was in California, so I don't think the depot was moved from there.


CN/C&NW is the railroad that serves the National Railroad Museum.  



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