Canadian Pacific Signal Maintainer at US 45 Union Grove WI September 1995
Scan of a slide that has degraded over time but cleaned up in Photoshop.
CP still maintained signals on this remnant of the Milwaukee Road's Racine & Southwestern line but a short time later they would be replaced by crossbucks including the wig-wag signal at Kansasville. This view looks east across Main Street or US 45 in Union Grove. Several freight cars are parked on the spur to the grain elevator in the distance.
At the time of this photo CP operated the former Southwestern Line from Sturtevant west to Kansasville. From Kansasville west to Burlington the tracks were in place but out of service and paved over at several grade crossings.
In 1995 CP Rail had five customers on this section of the Southwestern Line west of Sturtevant including the grain elevator in Union Grove and a lumberyard also in Union Grove.
In 2014 CP Rail received permission to abandon this line west of Sturtevant and by early 2016 the tracks were taken up.
Below is a picture of a derailment that took place at the grain elevator.
Canadian Pacific Signal Maintainer at US 45 Union Grove WI September 1995
Scan of a slide that has degraded over time but cleaned up in Photoshop.
CP still maintained signals on this remnant of the Milwaukee Road's Racine & Southwestern line but a short time later they would be replaced by crossbucks including the wig-wag signal at Kansasville. This view looks east across Main Street or US 45 in Union Grove. Several freight cars are parked on the spur to the grain elevator in the distance.
At the time of this photo CP operated the former Southwestern Line from Sturtevant west to Kansasville. From Kansasville west to Burlington the tracks were in place but out of service and paved over at several grade crossings.
In 1995 CP Rail had five customers on this section of the Southwestern Line west of Sturtevant including the grain elevator in Union Grove and a lumberyard also in Union Grove.
In 2014 CP Rail received permission to abandon this line west of Sturtevant and by early 2016 the tracks were taken up.
Below is a picture of a derailment that took place at the grain elevator.