Saturday, August 3, 2024

North Freedom, WI: C&NW Depots and Mid-Continent Railway Museum

North Freedom Depot: (Satellite, according to a topo map below.)
Original Rock Springs: (Satellite, according to a topo map below.)
Current Rock Springs Depot: (Satellite)
Museum: (Satellite, 2,204 photos)
Station/Quary: (Satellite, 57 photos)

Dave Braun posted two photos with the comment:
CNW Depot at Ablemans (now Rock Springs):
1st pic - ca. WWI, section crew just finished new roof on crossing ramp. R: E.C. Bently, depot agent; 5th from right: John Hindes, C&NW bridge foreman; 8th from right: John Hubbe, section man (John Hindes is my great-grandfather)
2nd pic - Depot at its current location, Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom.
Jim Kelling shared
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1958/60 North Freedom Quad @ 62,500

1958/60 North Freedom Quad @ 62,500

This excerpt shows that the house track behind the depot continues south as an industrial spur to a quarry. That spur is now the route that Mid-Continent Railway Museum uses for their exhibition train rides.
1958/60 North Freedom Quad @ 62,500

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