BRUCE'S RAILROAD PICTURES

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web site shows real or model railroad pictures. Usually around central Wisconsin, USA.

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to my Sky_Hi_Point kite aerial photography (KAP) index. Usually, non-railroad topics are on indexed on this other page.
kite index

link of the month,
Carlson Photos of La Crosse, Wis. area

To my collection of LINKS, mostly about railroads, ships, industrial history, and cameras.

my Pole Cam , how I get those bird's-eye views

I started using a new free site counter in 2006, and if anyone has problems with advertising or junk showing up because of this, let me know. I got the link from the Great Northern Empire site, and it seems to work good there. Nice link to get your own digits.com counter

Next CD picture project
Chippewa Valley Abandonned Railroads. 95% done as of Oct 2007

My Beginner's Advice about How to Make a Web Page, with a Fill-in-the-Blanks Web Page to make it easy. I try to encourage people to make web pages instead of e-mailing pictures.
(Yahoo Geo-cities also can help, and offers 15MB free web space.)
and Next Generation has 350 mb free web space with less advertising.

My 2003 Digital Camera Notes about buying and using simple ones.

Finished PICTURE CD of NORTHERN WISCONSIN RAILROADS

Copywrite and permission to use pictures from this web site

Happy New Year trains Jan. 2, 2009

upcoming event in my area, Artic Run Model RR Show and Sale Jan 17-18, 2009 Stevens Point Ramada Inn, Wis.

Switching to Christmas Dec 25, 2008 and a short summary of 2008

Hoffman Construction Railroad Display Dec 2008

Snow in Point and Greg B has pic of Hudson Bay loco; Dec 10, 2008. My area has 10 inches of snow now.

Thanksgiving Day 2008

Central Wisconsin has 3 inches of snow, Dec 3, 2008

First Snow and WC 1570, nov 2008

Junction City aerail, nov 2008

Amherst Junction aerail view, Oct/ nov, 2008

Street Loco how about a parade? nov, 2008 and discussed on yahoo wisrail messages

not just plain loco variety Oct/ Nov, 2008. Including Wisconsin Southern loco passing thru Rapids
(and I noticed the next gen free site was down two days last week, hope its better this week.)

Highway J overpass Oct, 2008

Also check my kite site for a Grand Rapids Autumn river panoramic (there's a train in it if you use a magnifying glass)
and Repairs to Isle of Honor, October 2008

Point yard aerail view, Oct, 2008

Little Engine Big World Oct, 2008

WC 1560 SW 1500, Sept, 2008

Two Plover trains Sept 29, 2008

WC 3012 on Taylor train, and a GN sky blue boxcar, Sept 25, 2008

BC Rail blue unit through Point, Sept 18, 2008
(i note that I have a lot of pages in a row on the free Next Generation site. If they come up with bandwidth restrictions, you might no be able to view a lot all in the same hour. Has anyone had difficulty with my pages?

Okray mural and Plover Patrol, 2008

Rapids three WC September, 2008

August rail variety around Wisconsin Rapids, 2008

Pictures of the Wisconsin River drawn down during mid-August are on my kite site.

Taylor Train arriving in Wisconsin Rapids, 2008

Two Old Soldiers , WC gp 40's in Wisconsin Rapids

Black Bridge and notes about the draw down of the Wisconsin River coming near August 18, 2008.

Afternoon Plover Patrol in Stevens Point, and a Model A picture

Wisconsin Rapids yard aerail pictures and history notes

a Sunday Plover Patrol

June Notes , railroad pictures of Medford, Plover, Wisconsin Rapids

June Variety of RR scenes

Kenner Hydro-Dynamic Building Set

air show Stevens Point, Wis., with B-25 Miss Mitchell

Wisconsin Rapids variety of CN locomotives, posted June 4, 2008

Wisconsin River panoramic aerail picture, posted May 26, 2008

Bright CN little gp posted May 24, 2008

County J overpass pre-construction photo, posted May 15, 2008

Amherst Mill to be torn down, posted May 8, 2008

and not a rail subject,
Grand Rapids Run Off Spring overflow of Wisconsin River, Kite aerial panoramic picture. posted May, 2008

Little Dinky moved in Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, posted May 3, 2008

Stockton Old Highway 18 crossing closure discussion, aerial views taken March 19, 2008 when the snow was still around; posted April 26.

Car Shop and Roundhouse aerail, April 9, 2008

KLSX Weather Shield flatcar, posted April 4, 2008

Vetter Switch aerail, March 24, 2008; posted March 27

Stockton Wisconsin aerial, March 19, 2008; posted March 23

Marshfield Veterans Walkway and some century-old Railroad possibilities. posted 2008 March 20

Dual Decal March 11, 2008 posted March 15

Panoramic Camera for kite or pole use, posted March 9

Plover February Feb 27, 2008 posted March 7

Oakway SD ex GM blue demostrator, Feb 29, 2008

some WC this week Feb 21, 2008

New Gates posted Feb 15, 2008

Kershaw Plow Feb 3, 2008

Rail Flaw Detector and some locomotives in the area, posted Jan 31, 2008

Wind towers special loads posted Jan 28, 2008

plow by the depot posted Jan 24, 2008

spreader W 80 and others, re-posted from 2005

Model railroad show Artic Run is done (jan 19-20, 2008),
and the weather lived up to the name.

Whiting and a Sunday Commercial job posted Jan 18, 2008; on Next Generation site.

Plover Patrol posted Jan 12, 2008; also on Next Generation site.

Minn. SNOW PLOW from 1977, posted Jan 5, 2008. This page is on a free site by Next Generation, if it bothers with lots of slow advertising, let me know. This is the second free site I've tried, and I hope to leave the classic historical pages on them for a long time.

Point variety posted Dec 29, 2007

Snowing in Wisconsin posted Dec 23, 2007

Tupelo final end posted dec 20, 2007

Marshfield door plant posted Dec, 2007

Dorchester Rails , posted Dec, 2007 on my geo free site.

Snowy December 1st posted Dec 1, 2007

I moved / grouped topics. Four Wisconsin cities in a row are shown here, and a few others 'down the line'
To get from one to the next, you'll have to return to this page.

Medford Creamery historical notes and pictures, Nov 29, 2007

old Medford Notes about depot and nearby rail stuff of Medford, Wiscsonsin; posted January 28, 2005

Medford tracks seen from kite height, posted August 28, 2006

Vinyl transload in Medford Wis., and Weather Shield Windows, posted Dec, 2006

Jon's picture of 9 hoppers in Medford, Wis. posted March 22, 2007

HPJX5001 Flatcar and Weather Shield Windows, posted Dec, 2006

Weather Shield flat car, posted March 22, 2005.

KLSX Weather Shield flatcar, posted April 4, 2008

Stetsonville Wisconsin, posted May 17, 2007

Dorchester Rails , posted Dec, 2007, on my geo free site.

Abbotsford 'New Depot', posted Nov 20, 2007

Spencer and Colby posted may 25, 2007

Spencer ARC Park and wye notes, posted Sept, 2006

Marshfield door plant posted Dec, 2007

Milladore posted May 5, 2007

(end of cities series)

Brewery aerial view, and a little of the WC car shops. posted Nov 16, 2007

Biron Autumn color (paper mill), in September, posted Nov. 9, 2007

MNTX BN 6234 green sd 9 locomotive in Point, Oct 31, 2007

GBW former roundhouse Wis. Rapids, posted october, 2007

Autumn color in Stevens Point, Oct 20, 2007

Plover Patrol CN Power sept. / oct. 12, 2007

Nelsons Siding posted Oct, 2007

Paper Mill sold , Wisconsin Rapids aerial picture; Sept 28, 2007

Art Train in Wisconsin Green Bay, Sept 22, 2007
and next stop is Ladysmith Sept 28-30

Nekoosa Rails aerials, posted Sept 20, 2007

Plover Patrol in DAY light with 3 engines, posted Sept 15, 2007

Banbury Place former tire plant of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, posted Sept 8, 2007

Eau Claire Ramblings posted Aug 30, 2007

Steam Train open house Saturday Aug 18, posted Aug 16, 18; 2007; and put on geo free site.

Plover River bridge posted Aug 11, 2007; and put on geo free site.

Spooner posted Aug 3, 2007; and put on geo free site.

Commercial Job with IC posted July 28, 2007 and put on Geo free site.

Bridge under Trestle posted July 10, 2007 and put on geo free site.

Patch Street Bike Lane posted July 7, 2007 and put on Geo free site.

Tupelo no mo' posted July 3, 2007 and put on geo free site.

Readfield, Wisconsin posted June 15, 2007 and put on geo free site.

Dale, Wisconsin posted June 9, 2007 and put on geo free site.

Stevens Point depot and near by, posted June 2, 2007 and put on Geo free site, wait out the advertising before closing that or my pictures might not load completely.

CN 4028 in Point posted may 11, 2007

WC 3026 on Plover Patrol Posted April 27, 2007

Junction City trains Posted April 27, 2007

Whiting and WC 1563 Posted April 21, 2007

Menomonie Railroading 1996 Posted April 14, 2007

Sample Contents of Western Wisconsin Abandonned Rails Cd picture collection. Posted April 6, 2007

Harvest Inn Gleanings Posted March 30, 2007

Plover River middle air with a little Switch engine. Posted March 15, 2007

Train in the Rain Friday nite March 9th. Posted March 11, 2007

Bridges of Ladysmith in good old Soo Line days, posted March, 2007

Plover cleaned up with two warehouses removed. Posted February 23, 2007

Weyerhaeuser 1988 , posted February, 2007

Bruce Winter oldie , and Ladysmith notes, posted February 9, 2007

Church and Trains kite pix over snow, posted February 2, 2007

Pictures of my model RR 2007, follow the link

DRGW through Point, posted January 26, 2007

WC switchers , also pictures of model RR show in Point, posted January 22, 2007

Ladysmith Oldie with snow, posted Jan 19, 2007

Eagle River Oldies posted Jan 12, 2007

Nekoosa Oldies posted Jan 6, 2007. I put this on my own site so it should show immediately. Last week, the yahoo geocities free site was busy and didn't always work on the first try.

Wisconsin Rapids and SD 45 Dec 30, 2006

Happy New (calendar) Year and a Mich. Northern picture; Dec 30, 2006

Icy Plover River , and Whiting mill, posted Dec 14, 2006

Maintenance Equipment , Dec 1, 2, 9; 2006; that Paul indentified

Stockton GT , posted Nov 29, 2006

Juntion City Nov 17 , rails in place, posted Nov 25, 2006

RL SPUR Rice Lake, posted November, 2006
Historic Notes added for RL Spur and downtown area .
Rice Lake Industry by rail
Rice Lake Tower

Rice Lake depot, from Feb 16, 2006.

MORE Jct City NW leg of Wye , posted October 22, 2006

Jct City NW leg of Wye with pix from Greg B., posted October, 2006

Brokaw Corn of Wisconsin Rapids, posted October 11, 2006

Waupaca Trolley , posted October, 2006

Point yard seen from Morgan Park kite flite, posted August, 2006
This is on the Yahoo pages, wait for their advertising to appear first before minimizing it. Otherwise, page might not finish loading my pictures.

Many subjects below here are on my pages, not the Yahoo pages, and load fast because there isn't any advertising.

Historic Village Rondezvous tents, and Depot with Caboose GBW 617, Plover, Wisconsin; kite cam pictures. posted July, 2006

Taylor Train Wisconsin Rapids, posted July, 2006

more Rapids area Domtar Nekoosa, WC Rapids; posted July 13, 2006

WC 2500 in Rapids posted July 7, 2006

Grand Opening GBW caboose 617; posted June 30, 2006

Merrill train ; posted June 24, 2006

Memorial Day weekend , posted May 27, 2006

Harvest Inn Streamlined ; posted April 20, 2006

Harvest Inn History ; posted March 31, 2006

Harvest Inn going piece by piece; posted March 24, 2006

Nestoria Michigan, twenty years ago, posted March 17, 2006

Tioga ROCK of Michigan, posted March 9, 2006

Model Railroads of best friends, posted September 30, 2005.

I put some pages onto Yahoo Geocites free web space.
The topics on the list below will link from here to the Geocities site, and back again.
And wait out the download of their advertising before closing their little side box, or the rest of the page may not finish loading the pictures.

Follow-up Notes on Medary Semaphore, posted April 30, 2005.

Medary Semaphore , posted April 24, 2005.

deleted BNSF along the River, Onalaska, Wisconsin, 2005, for lack of web space.

Stora Enso Locomotive 1 new paint and rebuild, posted March 9, 2005. This is a link to my geo-cities site, so wait out the advertising.

Nekoosa Junction , posted January 7, and corrected January 12,2005.

Paper Mill Notes and yahoo PaperMillModelers group, posted November 30, 2004

Junction City Wisconsin, posted Sept 16, 2004

Wisconsin Rapids Power and CPI 1; posted August 5, 2004

Amherst Junction Wisconsin, posted June 26, 2004

Whiting and the Woods posted May 21, 2004

CHIEF WAWATAM 1978 Ferry 'Oldies but Goodies', posted January 23, 2003.

Page 2 of CHIEF WAWATAM , collection of the replies and information after people saw the first page; posted January 26, 2003.


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This page cleaned up in December, 2007.
Deleting year-old news to make space for more.


Copyright © 2007 Bruce Oldenberg