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By:Andre Wehrle
Dates:4/25/1999 - 4/25/1999
Album Info:The last Depot Days speeder car rides held on the abandoned ex-Illinois Central line from Freeport, IL to Madison, WI before the tracks were taken out.
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Old IC Pearl Street Depot
Title:  Old IC Pearl Street Depot
Description:  Speeder rides leaving from the Belleville depot on the former Illinois Central line from Madison, WI to Freeport, IL. The line had been abandoned for almost a decade at this point and the track was pulled later that year.
Photo Date:  4/25/1999  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 4:19:49 PM
Location:  Belleville, WI
Author:  Jennifer Heise
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Views:  444   Comments: 1
Landmark Grain Elevator
Title:  Landmark Grain Elevator
Description:  Looking north from the Pearl Street grade crossing toward Park Street and Landmark Feed & Grain.
Photo Date:  4/25/1999  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 4:20:15 PM
Location:  Belleville, WI
Author:  Jennifer Heise
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Views:  470   Comments: 0
Speeders
Title:  Speeders
Description:  The speeder lineup
Photo Date:  4/25/1999  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 4:20:41 PM
Location:  Belleville, WI
Author:  Jennifer Heise
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Views:  193   Comments: 0
CN 198-11
Title:  CN 198-11
Description:  Front shot of the speeder lineup
Photo Date:  4/25/1999  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 4:20:50 PM
Location:  Belleville, WI
Author:  Jennifer Heise
Categories:  Track
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Views:  664   Comments: 1
Stewart Tunnel
Title:  Stewart Tunnel
Description:  The south portal of the Stewart Tunnel near Monticello
Photo Date:  4/25/1999  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 4:21:00 PM
Location:  Monticello, WI
Author:  Jennifer Heise
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Views:  568   Comments: 0
Stewart Tunnel
Title:  Stewart Tunnel
Description:  Silhouette of the speeder behind us through the tunnel entrance.
Photo Date:  4/25/1999  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 4:21:10 PM
Location:  Monticello, WI
Author:  Jennifer Heise
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Views:  284   Comments: 0
SLSF 521
Title:  SLSF 521
Description:  North portal of the tunnel in the background, waiting for everybody to regroup.
Photo Date:  4/25/1999  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 4:21:20 PM
Location:  Monticello, WI
Author:  Jennifer Heise
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Locomotives:  SLSF 521(MoW Equipment)
Views:  477   Comments: 0
Riding the speeders
Title:  Riding the speeders
Description:  In the cutout near the Stewart Tunnel. Much more rain and the track would have been flooded out!
Photo Date:  4/25/1999  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 4:21:31 PM
Location:  Monticello, WI
Author:  Jennifer Heise
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Views:  434   Comments: 0
Riding the speeders
Title:  Riding the speeders
Description:  Just north of Belleville on the rusty, weed-ridden track. An old sign still remains to the right.
Photo Date:  4/25/1999  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 4:21:41 PM
Location:  Belleville, WI
Author:  Jennifer Heise
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Views:  425   Comments: 0


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