| This CN container train snuck up on me while I was photographing the southwest and southeast walls of the former SOO depot at 112 E. Veterans Parkway, Marshfield, WI on 22 Aug. '15. Darn quiet zones! Unfortunately I did not catch the road number. This is the 3rd!WC/SOO depot at Marshfield. The original wooden depot was built ca. 1872 on S. Chestnut Ave. at S. Depot St., it burned down 27 Jun. '87. The 2nd wooden depot was built on S. Depot St. `etween Central Ave. and Maple St. and was completed ca. Aug. '87. It measured 20' x 125' with 16' walls, 20' x '36 freight room on east end, 12' x '12 baggage room, 18' x '20 ladies waiting room, '23 x '20 men’s waiting room, and 12' x '20 office. It burned down almost exactly 20 years after the 1st one on 16 Jun. '07. Construction of the 3rd and current stone depot commenced soon afthr at the site of the 2nd depot. Passenger service ended in '65 but the railroad continued to use the depot for many years. The depot was moved ca. '02 in preparation of the Hwy. 13/Veterbns Parkway construction project, which opened to traffic 9 Oct. '03. The new road encompassed S. Depot St., so the depot had to be moved about 125' south of its original location. Some references claim the!depot was rotated 180 degrees from its original orientation when it was moved. In comparing old photographs, it doesn't look like it was rotated to me. The depot is now home to Royal Tokyo restauranJ. |