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| Title: |
South bridge at Danbury |
| Description: |
There are two bridges at the north and south end of Danbury, and this is the little seen bridge crossing the Yellow River at the south end of town. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1981 Upload Date: 10/29/2016 2:00:50 PM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
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| Title: |
Danbury |
| Description: |
Looking east towards the railroad, you can see the large pile of pine logs awaiting loading. I think the Standard Oil company probably received cars by rail at one time, but pulpwood was the only thing left in the 1970s and 80s. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1981 Upload Date: 8/19/2016 11:08:32 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Station |
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| Title: |
Danbury Yard |
| Description: |
Looking south down the main, from near the NSS, you can see the house track and siding where the pulpwood loads were switched for many years. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1984 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 12:04:03 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Track |
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| Title: |
North Danbury |
| Description: |
Looking towards the WI/MN border you can see how close the NSS was to the bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1984 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 12:22:32 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track |
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124 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
St. Croix Bridge at Danbury |
| Description: |
A deck view of the bridge as we look north into MN. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1984 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 12:23:50 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track |
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130 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
North Danbury |
| Description: |
Looking south at the NSS, you can see that Soo Line kept things up, even on marginal branchlines. There is a switch broom and the track is much better than most CNW/Milwaukee lines in Wisconsin. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1984 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 12:25:23 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track |
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116 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local Northbound |
| Description: |
Between Siren and Webster the local is heading north with 8 empties for Danbury. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1985 Upload Date: 8/14/2016 11:56:13 PM |
| Location: |
Siren, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4421(GP38-2) |
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282 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yellow Lake |
| Description: |
The local is on the east edge of Big Yellow Lake and will be arriving in Danbury in about 6 or 7 miles |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1985 Upload Date: 8/14/2016 11:57:37 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4421(GP38-2) |
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301 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulpwood by the car load |
| Description: |
The local is just arriving at Danbury and will spot the 8 empties on the track closest to me in the picture. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1985 Upload Date: 8/14/2016 11:58:57 PM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4421(GP38-2) |
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242 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound local |
| Description: |
Just north of Lewis, there was a long curve, and the train will be arriving in Siren in about 5 miles. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1985 Upload Date: 8/15/2016 12:00:26 AM |
| Location: |
Lewis, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4421(GP38-2) |
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208 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Siren |
| Description: |
There was a siding at Siren, that I am sure had not seen a meet since the 70s or maybe 60s! There was a little bit of business left here, and you can see the MP 83 sign on one of the telegraph poles. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1985 Upload Date: 8/15/2016 12:02:18 AM |
| Location: |
Siren, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4421(GP38-2) |
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272 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Webster |
| Description: |
This was looking south at Webster, and there was still a propane distributor that received rail cars here. The siding and main were starting to look shaky near the end and the speeds were down to 25 mph. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1985 Upload Date: 8/15/2016 12:03:54 AM |
| Location: |
Webster, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4421(GP38-2) |
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273 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Danbury Sub underpass |
| Description: |
At Boylston WI the line passed under the old GN/BN double track main line and then paralleled it for a few miles before xing on a diamond into Stinson Yard. This is looking north and is now a trail. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1985 Upload Date: 8/19/2016 1:50:52 AM |
| Location: |
Boylston, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track |
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159 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound local |
| Description: |
Coming into the south end of Webster, the train has a load of propane for the local distributor |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:43:21 PM |
| Location: |
Webster, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
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150 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound local |
| Description: |
A fresh coating of snow near Thanksgiving. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:44:16 PM |
| Location: |
Webster, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4452(GP38-2) |
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319 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Spotting a customer |
| Description: |
The 4452 backs up into the propane spur to spot. We received our 100 lb tanks from this distributor, so I literally could say we got our heat at the cabin via rail! |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:45:47 PM |
| Location: |
Webster, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4452(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
281 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Northbound local |
| Description: |
Here the brakeman is riding the propane load back into the gas spur. This train served Milltown, Centuria, Luck, Frederic, Siren, Webster and Danbury. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:49:48 PM |
| Location: |
Webster, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4452(GP38-2) |
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271 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound local |
| Description: |
Thisis before the age of cheap video cameras. Super 8 movies cost about $3 a minute back in those days, so this was our version of motion pictures. Gas spur at Webster |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:47:59 PM |
| Location: |
Webster, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
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130 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound local |
| Description: |
Her the train is about 1/2 mile north of Webster crossing the Yellow River Bridge. The track was mostly good for 40 mph up til the end. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:50:48 PM |
| Location: |
Webster, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4452(GP38-2) |
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299 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound local |
| Description: |
Passing on the east edge of Yellow Lake the train is about 5 miles from Danbury. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:51:36 PM |
| Location: |
Webster, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4452(GP38-2) |
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223 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound local |
| Description: |
Approaching the Oakland Township xing, the train is plowing through a recent 4-5 snow that had just fallen |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:52:57 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
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122 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound local |
| Description: |
Approaching at about 30 mph, the fairly new GP38 is kicking up some snow. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:54:12 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4452(GP38-2) |
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209 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound local |
| Description: |
The orange gondolas were about the only travelers to Danbury from 1980 to 1985. There werent any other customers there. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:55:17 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
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107 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arriving in Danbury |
| Description: |
Coming in with 3 empties, the train will pull into the siding, uncouple and then go into the house track and double the 5 or 6 loads onto the empties and then spot the empties onto the house track, then will run back to the south end, light power and couple onto the other end of the loads. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:57:22 PM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
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143 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arriving in Danbury |
| Description: |
Here the crew is pulling the empties up to the north end of the house track to double to the loads. There has been alot of snow for this time of year. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 3:58:25 PM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4452(GP38-2) |
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292 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working in Danbury |
| Description: |
The train is now pulling MOW is here to assist with frozen switches and to help clean flangeways if needed. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 4:00:12 PM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
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179 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working in Danbury |
| Description: |
Here the 4452 will head to the north switch and back down the main to the south end to come back in the siding and couple to the loads and head back to Dresser, W |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1985 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 4:05:30 PM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4452(GP38-2) |
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270 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
oops moment by the Soo Line signal dept and WI DOT |
| Description: |
I put this rather plain picture in as a lost story about the Soo Line. This set of xing signals was supposed to be placed in downtown Danbury about 5 miles north of here, after a fatal car accident in Danbury finally brought xing signals in. Youd have wondered why someone didnt wonder why there was two sets of heads on the mast, as there was a side road in downtown that they were intended for. Guessing this was a $25,000 or more mistake in the mid 70s when they were put in. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1986 Upload Date: 10/29/2016 1:58:11 PM |
| Location: |
Oakland, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
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| Title: |
Jct 278 ahead |
| Description: |
Coming into Boylston, WI and crossing under the BNs main line, the Soo Line Danbury Sub is heading up the hill to Jct 278 where the Brooten line came in from Moose Lake. We are looking north towards Superior WI and this is just a few years before this section was removed and BN realigned their tracks to this line just south of here. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1986 Upload Date: 10/29/2016 1:54:54 PM |
| Location: |
Boylston, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track |
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| Title: |
Danbury main line |
| Description: |
This is looking south near where the passenger station sat until the late 1960s. If you look on the left you can see the remnants of a wye that was here at some point, and probably removed decades before. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1986 Upload Date: 8/19/2016 1:57:05 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track |
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| Title: |
A few miles south of Danbury. |
| Description: |
About half way from Oakland to Danbury, the line followed Hwy 35, before xing the Yellow River on a good size bridge, just south of downtown. This is looking south at mp 97. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1986 Upload Date: 8/19/2016 2:01:21 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track |
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126 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oakland Township |
| Description: |
This was just north of the xing and about 4 miles south of Danbury. The line was 80 lb per yard rail and was 40 mph for many years. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1986 Upload Date: 8/19/2016 1:59:16 AM |
| Location: |
Oakland, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track |
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126 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NSS Danbury |
| Description: |
This picture is looking south at the passing track switch on the north end of Danbury. The St. Croix River bridge is right behind me. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1986 Upload Date: 8/19/2016 1:53:22 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track |
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142 Comments: 0 |
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