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Viewing Album:  Abandoned & Out-of-Service Railroad ROWs
 
By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:8/23/2007 - 8/22/2024
Album Info:The "Ghost Rails" album...abandoned ROWs, overgrown tracks and railbanked lines used only for car storage.
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Frozen in time
Title:  Frozen in time
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Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 3/13/2009 11:26:43 PM
Location:  Brookfield, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Looking west from Springdale Road
Title:  Looking west from Springdale Road
Description:  This is one of the few rail line segments in Wisconsin that was formally abandoned but never salvaged, left to return to the elements.
Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 3/13/2009 11:35:03 PM
Location:  Brookfield, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  337   Comments: 0
Cold ribbon of rust
Title:  Cold ribbon of rust
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Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 3/13/2009 11:49:34 PM
Location:  Brookfield, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  177   Comments: 0
White and fluffy
Title:  White and fluffy
Description:  A closeup of the rail in the snow. The snow in this shot reminds me of the fake stuff that you sprinkle on a holiday-themed large scale layout.
Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 3/19/2009 4:48:41 PM
Location:  Brookfield, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  184   Comments: 1
1913
Title:  1913
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Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 3/19/2009 5:07:43 PM
Location:  Brookfield, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  139   Comments: 0
Original MILW PDC main west of Springdale Road
Title:  Original MILW PDC main west of Springdale Road
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Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 3/19/2009 5:14:56 PM
Location:  Brookfield, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  229   Comments: 0
Looking east across Springdale Road
Title:  Looking east across Springdale Road
Description:  Not much trace of the crossing left anymore, except a crack in the pavement above one of the rails.
Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 3/19/2009 9:32:43 PM
Location:  Brookfield, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  263   Comments: 0
Ghost in the woods
Title:  Ghost in the woods
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Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 3/19/2009 9:58:14 PM
Location:  Brookfield, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  235   Comments: 0
Almost 15 years since the last train
Title:  Almost 15 years since the last train
Description:  Still looking east from Springdale Road.
Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 3/20/2009 1:40:16 AM
Location:  Brookfield, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  326   Comments: 0
Anyone got a machete?
Title:  Anyone got a machete?
Description:  That's about what it would take to clear this line.
Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 3/20/2009 1:49:05 AM
Location:  Brookfield, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  255   Comments: 0
No more Beer Line in Brewtown
Title:  No more Beer Line in Brewtown
Description:  Looking northwest from Highway 57 along the ROW of the former Milwaukee Road Chestnut Street or "Beer" Line. The rails remain only at the crossings, as in the foreground.
Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 4/3/2009 10:22:11 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  543   Comments: 1
Abandoned UP Capitol Drive Industrial Lead
Title:  Abandoned UP Capitol Drive Industrial Lead
Description:  This ex-C&NW trackage cuts through Estabrook Park near Shorewood. It hasn't seen a train in over 10 years.
Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 4/3/2009 10:28:14 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  381   Comments: 0
Estabrook Drive crossing
Title:  Estabrook Drive crossing
Description:  Abandoned Union Pacific Captiol Drive industrial lead.
Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 4/5/2009 3:39:50 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  304   Comments: 2
Rusty rails through the jungle
Title:  Rusty rails through the jungle
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Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 4/5/2009 4:07:41 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  275   Comments: 1
East (westbound) signal on Hampton Avenue
Title:  East (westbound) signal on Hampton Avenue
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Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 4/7/2009 8:10:57 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  333   Comments: 0
Switch stand south of Hampton Avenue
Title:  Switch stand south of Hampton Avenue
Description:  This switch is obscured by leaves in the summer. The tracks run parallel to each other for a short distance before the right track bends south and west through Estabrook Park. The left track was the C&NW downtown passenger main. It ends in the woods near where the other track bends away, and the ROW is occupied by trail for the remainder of its former length.
Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 4/7/2009 8:19:51 PM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  351   Comments: 0
Looking north on the UP from Hampton Avenue
Title:  Looking north on the UP from Hampton Avenue
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Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 12:47:15 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  221   Comments: 0
West (eastbound) crossing signal on Hampton Avenue
Title:  West (eastbound) crossing signal on Hampton Avenue
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Photo Date:  2/28/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 1:06:34 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  231   Comments: 0
Ex-C&NW track post-bridge replacement
Title:  Ex-C&NW track post-bridge replacement
Description:  Looking north from Jefferson Street, where a new bridge was just built to replace the 1917 C&NW structure taken out by a cement truck in 2004. The track grade is being raised and realigned slightly for a few hundred feet either side of the bridge to allow for changes to the structure and abutments. The line hasn't seen revenue train service in at least 11 years.
Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/4/2009 12:40:26 AM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  735   Comments: 3
Bridge north of Perry Parkway
Title:  Bridge north of Perry Parkway
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Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 8:34:50 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  313   Comments: 0
Looking south from bridge towards Perry Parkway
Title:  Looking south from bridge towards Perry Parkway
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Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/9/2009 1:27:00 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  240   Comments: 0
Looking north toward Jefferson Street
Title:  Looking north toward Jefferson Street
Description:  The city keeps the line fairly clear of weeds and brush, but rusty rails and lack of ballast tell the tale of a line out of service since 1997.
Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/9/2009 1:42:35 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  268   Comments: 0
A little more overgrowth here
Title:  A little more overgrowth here
Description:  Still looking north.
Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/9/2009 1:50:35 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  196   Comments: 0
A low angle
Title:  A low angle
Description:  You can see how the weeds and bushes have been cut off, probably last fall.
Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/9/2009 8:38:06 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  174   Comments: 0
Erosion
Title:  Erosion
Description:  Tbe dirt under the rail aetween these ties has washed away.
Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/9/2009 8:46:28 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  253   Comments: 0
Erosion 2
Title:  Erosion 2
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Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 1:31:49 AM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  155   Comments: 0
Stack of ties blocking the track
Title:  Stack of ties blocking the track
Description:  Looking north toward Jefferson Street.
Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 3:24:00 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  419   Comments: 0
The southern end of the realignment project
Title:  The southern end of the realignment project
Description:  Still looking north.
Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 3:27:20 PM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CSX 5284(ES44DC) CSX 5450(ES44DC)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
Realignment south of Jefferson Street
Title:  Realignment south of Jefferson Street
Description:  The boundary between the "old" track, and the track that has been worked on.
Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 12:05:03 AM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  456   Comments: 0
Unusual to find any sort of vehicle on the rails
Title:  Unusual to find any sort of vehicle on the rails
Description:  Probably the biggest thing to roll on these tracks in quite some time. Based on the lettering on the side, it is a very well-worn Ingersoll-Rand air compressor trailer.
Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 12:07:02 AM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  359   Comments: 0
Chained and locked down
Title:  Chained and locked down
Description:  So it can't "run away".
Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 12:09:04 AM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  350   Comments: 0
South approach to new Jefferson Street bridge
Title:  South approach to new Jefferson Street bridge
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Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 12:12:53 AM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  434   Comments: 1
"It's a spike..."
Title:  "It's a spike..."
Description:  "...it's a railroad spike, and it was laying there on the cold ground."
Photo Date:  4/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 12:18:58 AM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  215   Comments: 0
All-weather railroading
Title:  All-weather railroading
Description:  The "Depot Days" festival at Brooklyn includes rides in privately owned speeder cars on the out-of-service former C&NW line.
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 6/28/2009 7:42:05 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  223   Comments: 0
The hi-rail marks the end-of-track
Title:  The hi-rail marks the end-of-track
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Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 6/28/2009 11:45:57 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  247   Comments: 0
North Western Pride
Title:  North Western Pride
Description:  Green and yellow railroad vehicles emblazoned with the C&NW ball-and-bar logo still traverse these rails...albeit somewhat smaller than the ones that did so 14 years ago. This Fairmont MT-19-A speeder looks sharp with its dual logos.
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/6/2009 9:45:08 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CNW 3704(MoW Equipment)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
Speeders congregating
Title:  Speeders congregating
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/9/2009 10:07:38 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  WRR 155-89(MoW Equipment) GN 573(MoW Equipment) ATSF 800(MoW Equipment)
Views:  911   Comments: 0
Turning WRR 155-89 for another trip north
Title:  Turning WRR 155-89 for another trip north
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/9/2009 10:11:41 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Vehrle
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Locomotives:  WRR 155-89(MoW Equipment)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
CNW speeder being turned
Title:  CNW speeder being turned
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/9/2009 10:19:48 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  CNW 3704(MoW Equipment)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
Erie Lackawanna speeder
Title:  Erie Lackawanna speeder
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/9/2009 10:30:18 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  EL 927(MoW Equipment)
Views:  1449   Comments: 0
Dead end
Title:  Dead end
Description:  Looking south from Highway <2. Two crossings are removed in the town of Brooklyn. Our speeder rides went north from the other side of the road.
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/9/2009 10:38:13 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  285   Comments: 0
Santa Fe speeder owned by Dan Hiller of Baraboo
Title:  Santa Fe speeder owned by Dan Hiller of Baraboo
Description:  Thf K5LA works - it's the only genuine train horn you'll ever hear in Brooklyn anymore.
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/9/2009 10:41:34 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  ATSF 800(MoW Equipment) GN 573(MoW Equipment)
Views:  3110   Comments: 0
Paint job on the side of ATSF 800
Title:  Paint job on the side of ATSF 800
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/9/2009 11:04:07 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  ATSF 800(MoW Equipment)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
Closeup of the K5LA airhorn on the Santa Fe 800
Title:  Closeup of the K5LA airhorn on the Santa Fe 800
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/9/2009 11:05:58 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  ATSF 800(MoW Equipment)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
Front view of Dan Hiller's ATSF 800 with its imposing K5LA
Title:  Front view of Dan Hiller's ATSF 800 with its imposing K5LA
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Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/9/2009 11:06:44 PM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Locomotives:  ATSF 800(MoW Equipment)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
The speeder we rode on, CN 190-01
Title:  The speeder we rode on, CN 190-01
Description:  Unlike many of the other speeders which are in "mock-up" paint jobs, this is an original Canadian National speeder. Buster Keaton rode an earlier model CN in the short film "The Railrodder."
Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 1:53:52 AM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  407   Comments: 1
Northbound towards Oregon
Title:  Northbound towards Oregon
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Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 1:55:03 AM
Location:  Brooklyn, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
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Views:  193   Comments: 0
The track ahead
Title:  The track ahead
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Photo Date:  4/25/2009  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 2:00:38 AM
Location:  Oregon, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
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Views:  212   Comments: 0
Can you spot the deer?
Title:  Can you spot the deer?
Description:  Looking towards Wyeville on the grass branch from Camp Douglas, used only for occasional car storage.
Photo Date:  6/16/2009  Upload Date: 6/22/2009 12:35:23 AM
Location:  Wyeville, WI
Author:  Jim Wehrle
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Views:  570   Comments: 0
It's in there somewhere
Title:  It's in there somewhere
Description:  One rail of the former C&NW line through Plymouth is visible in the left foreground. The other rail is buried in the grass somewhere to the right. The north-south ex-MILW line (currently used by WSOR, in the upper right) and the east-west ex-C&NW run parallel to each other for a few blocks either side of the diamond in downtown Plymouth. WSOR has recently purchased the ex-C&NW from here eastward for future access to Sheboygan.
Photo Date:  6/17/2009  Upload Date: 6/22/2009 1:19:47 AM
Location:  Plymouth, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
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Views:  423   Comments: 0

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