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12/23/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Richard Hopfensperger
Dates:1/1/2000 - 1/1/2020
Album Info:Photos of the Canadian Pacific and it's subsidiary railroads.
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SOO 4448
Title:  SOO 4448
Description:  A couple units still in SOO paint wait between assignments at the former Milwaukee Road facility at Portage, WI.
Photo Date:  2/7/2013  Upload Date: 2/13/2014 7:55:29 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfenspergeq
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 4448(GP38-2) SOO 4405(GP38-2)
Views:  243   Comments: 2
CP 4422
Title:  CP 4422
Description:  Two units in CP paint between assignments in Portage. Portage was a junction point for multiple Milwaukee Road subdivisions.
Photo Date:  2/7/2013  Upload Date: 2/14/2014 9:40:34 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 4422(GP38-2) CP 4602(GP40)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
CP 4422
Title:  CP 4422
Description:  Two sets of CP's renown broom holders at Portage. Portage was on the Milwaukee Roads mainline from Milwaukee to St. Paul. After the SOO purchased the Milwaukee, they dumped their original route to the Twin Cities for this one.
Photo Date:  2/7/2013  Upload Date: 2/14/2014 9:57:45 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  CP 4422(GP38-2) CP 4602(GP40) SOO 4448(GP38-2) SOO 4405(GP38-2)
Views:  203   Comments: 1
CEFX 1007
Title:  CEFX 1007
Description:  A lease unit powers a CP train thru the former Milwaukee Road yard at Portage. An Amtrak shelter is visible under the wind sock. The tan/brown building is where passengers can board or get off the Empire Builder. This rail once hosted the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha's.
Photo Date:  6/26/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 3:00:47 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CEFX 1007(AC44CW)
Views:  150   Comments: 1
CP 9368
Title:  CP 9368
Description:  A couple of CP units and their train idle the time away on the back side of the Portage yard. Portage was a significant hub for local service for the Milwaukee Road, and seems to be doing the same for the CP.
Photo Date:  6/26/2014  Upload Date: 7/7/2014 7:56:12 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 9368(ES44AC) CP 9837(AC44CW)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
CP
Title:  CP
Description:  Power at the service tracks in the former Milwaukee Road's Nahant Yard, now part of the CP system.
Photo Date:  6/27/2014  Upload Date: 7/9/2014 7:56:36 AM
Location:  Nahant, IA
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  CEFX 1054(AC44CW) CP 3013(GP38AC) NS 6757(SD60I) DME 6068(SD40-3) CP 9546(AC44CW)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
CP 3013
Title:  CP 3013
Description:  A unit waiting off by itself for an assignment at the former Milwuakee Road facility at Nahant.
Photo Date:  6/27/2014  Upload Date: 7/9/2014 8:05:44 AM
Location:  Nahant, IA
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 3013(GP38AC)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
CP 3013
Title:  CP 3013
Description:  CP 3013 at the former Milwaukee Road yard at Nahant, just west of Davenport.
Photo Date:  6/27/2014  Upload Date: 7/9/2014 8:11:53 AM
Location:  Nahant, IA
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 3013(GP38AC)
Views:  296   Comments: 2
DME 4000
Title:  DME 4000
Description:  The DME 4000m and an obscured CP unit between assignments next to storage tanks lettered for the ICE. The facility is the former Milwaukee Road's Nahant Yard, now part of the CP system.
Photo Date:  6/27/2014  Upload Date: 7/9/2014 8:16:23 AM
Location:  Nahant, IA
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  DME 4000(GP40)
Views:  326   Comments: 1
DME 4006
Title:  DME 4006
Description:  Looking generally north along a former Milwaukee Road right of way just north of Cordova, IL. The right of way is now a part of the CP system with BNSF trackage rights. This train is parked on a siding near the 3M plant with a nice sized cut of tanks a couple hundred feet from the "Nitrin" station sign.
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/17/2014 7:17:48 AM
Location:  Cordova, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  232   Comments: 1
DME 4006
Title:  DME 4006
Description:  The DME 4006 and a healthy cut of tanks sit on a siding just north of Cordova at the Nitrin. There is plenty of business in this area receiving rail traffic on this former Milwaukee Road line.
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/17/2014 6:17:14 PM
Location:  Cordova, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  267   Comments: 2
CP 2221
Title:  CP 2221
Description:  Ready to get to work in Portage at the former Milwaukee Road yard.
Photo Date:  10/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/16/2016 10:55:36 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfenspergcr
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2221(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
CP 9374
Title:  CP 9374
Description:  I am unsure of the exact location and name of this place. We came across this inter-modal facility shortly after departing the Union Station in Chicago on the Capitol Limited.
Photo Date:  3/20/2016  Upload Date: 4/16/2016 8:38:20 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9374(ES44AC)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
CP 2202
Title:  CP 2202
Description:  A CP train rolls along the water front under the approach to CN (DMIR) Dock No. 6.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:20:51 PM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2202(GP20C-ECO) CP 2223(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  328   Comments: 1
CP 2202
Title:  CP 2202
Description:  A CP train moving along the water front in a generally south direction as it approaches CN (DMIR) Dock No. 5.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:23:25 PM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2202(GP20C-ECO) CP 2223(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
CP 2202
Title:  CP 2202
Description:  This CP train has crossed under the approach to CN (DMIR) Dock No. 6 and nears Dock No. 5 (inactive since 1985).
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:26:31 PM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2202(GP20C-ECO) CP 2223(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  343   Comments: 1
CP 2202
Title:  CP 2202
Description:  A CP train heads under the approach to CN (DMIR) Dock No. 5 (inactive since 1985).
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:29:28 PM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2202(GP20C-ECO) CP 2223(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Former Milwaukee Road Shop Facility
Title:  Former Milwaukee Road Shop Facility
Description:  Some bridge pieces at the CP Rail former Milwaukee Road Shop facility in Tomah, WI. Tomah was once the location for the Milwaukee's Maintenance of Way Shops. It included the Bridge Works, equipment shop, frog shop rail mill and served as the stores department. The facility served the entire Milwaukee Road system. The facility also repaired M.o.W. equipment. The Milwaukee Road Bridge Works started up here in 1890 and the Milwaukee's Frog Shop followed in 1907. The entire facility covered 100 acres. Following the Soo take over of the Milwaukee, the facility gradually closed down. The equipment shop closed in 1985, the rail mill closed in 1991, the frog shop closed in 1992 and the Stores Department closed in 1998. Not much remains in 2016. ( Wisconsin Historical Society; Milwaukee Road Historical Association, TMR 2nd Qtr 2016 )
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 12:22:08 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Bridge,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  80   Comments: 1
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Bridge Works Office
Title:  Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Bridge Works Office
Description:  Constructed in 1890 for the Milwaukee Road Bridge Works facility. It was moved to this location within the Milwaukee Road property, following the demolition of the original Bridge Works shop in the mid 20th century. This spot is located just to the south side of where the Frog Shop was. The foundation for the Frog Shop is still in place. The old office is kept in good repair and still in use by the CP.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 12:47:31 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  71   Comments: 0
Loading Dock at Former Milwaukee Road Tomah Shops
Title:  Loading Dock at Former Milwaukee Road Tomah Shops
Description:  Toward the north side of the property, west of N. Superior Avenue, this old loading dock still serves the CP.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 12:57:58 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Kershaw Tie Crane
Title:  Kershaw Tie Crane
Description:  A Kershaw tie crane waits on a track in Tomah. The crane has a SOO stencil above the "H" and "A" in "KERSHAW". Tomah was once a sprawling Milwaukee Road facility. Most of the tracks and equipment has been removed since the Soo Line and subsequent CP takeover. This white half round structure is a modern post CP takeover addition.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/8/2018 4:49:53 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  110   Comments: 0
Former Milwaukee Road Property in Tomah, WI
Title:  Former Milwaukee Road Property in Tomah, WI
Description:  Looking generally southwest into the property of the Canadian Pacific from N. Superior Avenue in Tomah. The acreage here was once home to some of the Milwaukee Roads shops. As of 2016, there is not much remaining that would indicate the importance the location in railroad history. The covered hoppers are most likely going to or have come from the Unimin Corp. sand quarry a few miles west of Tomah on the west side of the bore at Tunnel City. Unimin is the closest user of rail service to Tomah. The Coveris factory, reaching from the left side to the center of the photo does not have a spur. The quonset hut style structure in this photo dates from the Milwaukee Road era and can be seen in aerial views from the early 1970's.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/8/2018 6:14:14 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road Depot in Tomah
Title:  Milwaukee Road Depot in Tomah
Description:  Some sources state this former Milwaukee Road depot dates from 1903, others only state "early 1900's". The station is still a stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder along the route of the famed Hiawatha which ran 410 miles between Chicago and St. Paul on a 6.5 hour schedule. The steam locomotive powered Hiawatha sustained speeds of 100 miles per hour.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 1:07:15 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  77   Comments: 1
CP Rail Yard in Tomah
Title:  CP Rail Yard in Tomah
Description:  Covered hoppers await their next move in the stub yard at Tomah. The modern fabric half round structure does not date from the Milwaukee Road era.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 1:36:20 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  66   Comments: 0
AOKX 494863
Title:  AOKX 494863
Description:  Looking west from N. Superior Avenue into the CP Rail stub ended yard. The property was once a part of the vast Milwaukee Road mainline.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 1:39:02 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  92   Comments: 0
CP Rail Main in Tomah
Title:  CP Rail Main in Tomah
Description:  Looking east from N. Superior Avenue along the CP Rails former Milwaukee Road line at Tomah. The area to the left of the track was the eastern half of the M.o.W. Shops that was split by N. Superior Ave. The track that can be seen to the left of the main in the distance is the tail of a switch back to gain access to Keene's Transfer. It does not appear that Keene's utilizes the railroad currently. Also about five miles east of Tomah is another sand quarry. Smart Sand is located in Oakdale. Smart Sand has a busy rail-load network.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 1:43:50 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  58   Comments: 1
Sheffield Car Company Hand Car
Title:  Sheffield Car Company Hand Car
Description:  A former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific (Milwaukee Road) hand car on display at the Amtrak station in Tomah. The car was built by the Sheffield Car Company of Three Rivers, MI around 1920 and donated to the city of Tomah in September of 2000. This old had car is a fitting display considering Tomah's past as the Milwaukee's system wide Maintenance of Way shop.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:02:09 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  66   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road Bridge Works Office
Title:  Milwaukee Road Bridge Works Office
Description:  Built in 1890, the former Milwaukee Road Bridge Works office still serves the CP Rail M.o.W. in Tomah.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:09:30 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  70   Comments: 1
A View from the Amtrak Platform in Tomah
Title:  A View from the Amtrak Platform in Tomah
Description:  Covered hoppers in the yard at Tomah. This stub ended yard is located between about mid way between the Unimin and Smart Sand quarries. Covered hoppers are a common sight in the 2010's.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:16:16 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  62   Comments: 0
1903 Built Milwaukee Road Depot
Title:  1903 Built Milwaukee Road Depot
Description:  Built by the Milwaukee Road in 1903 and still in use by Amtrak, and owned by the CP in 2016. This is the northwest corner of the structure, and is trackside.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:21:44 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  70   Comments: 0
Harper Leaf Tobacco Company
Title:  Harper Leaf Tobacco Company
Description:  Tomah Lumber occupies the former site of the Harper Leaf Tobacco Company. The company was located within the Milwaukee Road's shops property east of N. Superior Avenue. The structure dates before 1930, which is when the tobacco company also incorporated the buildings of the Tomah Co-operative Elevator Association Inc. into their complex. The Harper Leaf Tobacco Company steamed, cured and packaged tobacco. The company had a spur coming in from the eastern side of the complex, but has been removed. Tomah Lumber does not use rail service, at least not directly at this location.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:28:18 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  65   Comments: 0
N. Superior Avenue Grade Crossing Junction Box in Tomah
Title:  N. Superior Avenue Grade Crossing Junction Box in Tomah
Description:  Looking at Tomah Lumber's old Harper Leaf Tobacco Company structures from the station platform in Tomah. The historic complex, especially the part with blanked windows, would make an interesting subject for a rail served business on a model railroad.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:43:56 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  56   Comments: 0
CP Rail Rolls at Tunnel City
Title:  CP Rail Rolls at Tunnel City
Description:  A CP train heads west toward the bore at Tunnel City.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:53:06 PM
Location:  Tunnel City, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8847(ES44AC)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
Heading West at Tunnel City
Title:  Heading West at Tunnel City
Description:  A CP Rail train heads west toward the bore at Tunnel City. The jointed rail in the foreground is a Union Pacific former CNW branch to Medary (LaCrosse). The CNW had its own bore through the ridge at Tunnel City, which collapsed in 1973. After the cave in, the CNW acquired trackage rights to share the line through with the Milwaukee Road.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 2:55:03 PM
Location:  Tunnel City, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8847(ES44AC)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
CP 8847
Title:  CP 8847
Description:  A CP freight heads west toward the bore at Tunnel City. The ridges in the area cast interesting shadows in the morning light.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 3:07:10 PM
Location:  Tunnel City, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8847(ES44AC) CP 9366(ES44AC)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Mainline at Tunnel City
Title:  Mainline at Tunnel City
Description:  Looking west from County Road M at Tunnel City. The connection from the old CNW right of way comes in from the right. CNW had their own route through town, with a tunnel of their own. The CNW bore collapsed in 1973 after which, the CNW built a connection track to the Milwaukee so they could both use the same bore. The CNW line west of the Tunnel was abandoned, as the CNW then used the Milwaukee Road track to Medary. (east side of La Crosse ) The Union Pacific now uses these trackage rights.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 3:15:51 PM
Location:  Tunnel City, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
CP 8847
Title:  CP 8847
Description:  Though I was not technically chasing this train, I caught it in La Crosse swapping cars after I had seen it a couple hours earlier running through Tunnel City. The train is at the grade crossing at the intersection of St. Cloud and Liberty.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 3:44:05 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8847(ES44AC) CP 9366(ES44AC)
Views:  150   Comments: 1
CP Rail Former Milwaukee Road La Crosse Station
Title:  CP Rail Former Milwaukee Road La Crosse Station
Description:  This beauty was built in 1926 along the route of the 100 mph Hiawatha. It now is a stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 3:52:21 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  95   Comments: 1
Swapping Cars in La Crosse
Title:  Swapping Cars in La Crosse
Description:  A CP road train swaps cars in La Crosse. The train is west bound and approaching the Rose Street overpass, in front of the Amtrak station.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 3:56:55 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9366(ES44AC) CP 8847(ES44AC)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
CP 8847
Title:  CP 8847
Description:  A west bound CP road train does some work in La Crosse on the former Milwaukee Road line to the Twin Cities. There are plenty of people watching the work.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 4:02:25 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8847(ES44AC) CP 9633(AC44CW)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
La Crosses Station
Title:  La Crosses Station
Description:  The Milwaukee Road built this station in 1926. The view is looking railroad west at the Rose Street (nearest) and Copeland Avenue overpasses.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 4:22:08 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  62   Comments: 0
CP 8847
Title:  CP 8847
Description:  A west bound CP road freight does some work in La Crosse along the former Milwaukee Road.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 4:35:33 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8847(ES44AC) CP 9366(ES44AC)
Views:  146   Comments: 1
SOO 4405
Title:  SOO 4405
Description:  Power between assignments in La Crosse. Taken from Car Street.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 4:42:12 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  SOO 4405(GP38-2) CP 3018(GP38AC)
Views:  113   Comments: 2


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