Crossing: (Satellite, maybe)
Depot: (Satellite)Roundhouse: (Satellite, they removed it and now have a storage lot)
Railyard: (Satellite)
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| Jamie Adams posted On June 18, 1984, photographer H.E. Brouse captured MILW #472, an MP15AC in La Crosse by the old octagon shaped crossing tower that was (I believe) between Avon and Liberty Streets, near the La Crosse passenger station. - Kodachrome slide. Collection of J.L. Adams Scott Janz: I know a guy who has the finial off the top of the tower. The tower was retired, knocked down and dragged to the ditch behind the roundhouse where it resides today underneath a bunch of rubble. Jamie Adams: I know exactly where that 'ditch behind the roundhouse' is. I take walks around that area quite often. - Does anyone know what year the actual MILW roundhouse in La Crosse was razed? Scott Janz: Mid 90's. |
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| John Harker posted Jerry Plant captured this train at the La Crosse, Wisconsin Depot in August 1974. He was standing on the U.S 53, Peace Memorial Hwy bridge to get this scene. SD40-2 200 and GP20 991 were on the 1st section of the Royal American Show circus train. It looks like a crew change was taking place. I scanned and edited this image from an original Kodachrome slide. |
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| Trent Briggs posted La Crosse, Wisconsin Ted Schnepf: I worked in engineering department from 1971 to 1977 in that building in the closest corner office to the photographer. After lacrosse, the railroad moved me to Iowa. Ted |
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| Jim Arvites posted View of the old Milwaukee Road passenger depot at La Crosse, Wisconsin on July 19, 2025. The station, built in 1926, replaced an older depot that had burned down in 1916. The station was renovated in 2001 and is used by Amtrak today. (Keith Pokorny Photo) Steve Schafer: Renovated? What did they do to renovate? Does CP still use any of it? Pete Kranz: Steve Schafer CP sold it to the city for $1, with the right to return to it, should they so desire. The entire facility was refurbished. |
The yard caught my eye because several of the tracks are being used. When I saw this image, I wondered if the land between the CP/Milw tracks and Ranger Dr. used to be part of the yard.
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The answer is no. The classification yard is as big today as it was back in its heyday, which is rather rare. A route along Ranger Drive was a CB&Q branch. And the reason the City Brewing building is on a slant is there was a C&NW track going through there.
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| 1956 La Crescent and 1963 La Crosse Quadrangles @ 1:24,000 |
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| EarthExplorer: Jun 6, 1950 @ 80,000; ARA000700050240 |
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