| It was noted in the late winter of 2015/2016 that the Canadian National had quit using the yard in Oshkosh. They had been using the yard for the local (not based in Oshkosh) to store cars and sort them for the local industries. When it was noticed the yard was emptied, optimistic thoughts were that it was going to get some work done to keep it viable. Perhaps, an increase in local business was coming in the future. This was not to be the case. The yard tracks were torn out in the summer of 2016.The four tracks branching off to the right of the main are now gone. The siding on the left and it's two spurs are still in use. The turnout at the bottom serves Blended Waxes, a few hundred feet behind the photographers point, and the other one is sometimes (very rarely) used to load pulp wood. The sorting that was done here is now done on the Pluswood spur on the former CNW line that branched from Oshkosh to Hortonville and beyond. This line is now truncated within Oshkosh, just beyond Pluswood. The end of the line there has a long runaround track and is where the CN now does it's storing and sorting. Obviously, the capacity of a yard is no longer required to serve what industry is left in Oshkosh. |
| Date:
2/28/2016 |
Location:
Oshkosh, WI Map  |
Views:
197 |
Collection Of:
 
Richard Hopfensperger |
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Author: Richard Hopfensperger
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| Picture Categories: Scenic,Bridge,Yard |
This picture is part of album: Look Before It's Gone |