| The former Soo yard, just south of 20th Ave. has not been used for much over the last five to ten years. Cars can sometimes be seen here in storage, but not often. Cars spotted here are usually off spot for a local customer, it would seem. There is a circus style rail load ramp, note the safety yellow painted walkway which would be located between the two rail load tracks. One of the tracks has been pulled, along with the ties sometime in 2015. This ramp has not been used for many years as Oshkosh Corp. ships rail loaded vehicles via the WSOR about two miles to the west of this location. Unless things change with Oshkosh Corp. or a new customer comes on line, it seems that the rail here will be pulled entirely over the next few years. Rail traffic may have picked up through Oshkosh since the days of the Soo Line, C&NW and Milwaukee Road, but local traffic has somewhat declined. There have been many closures of rail served businesses since the 1980's in this area. |