Red Signals and Wild Turkeys - Portage Junction in 2009
From the Wauona Trail crossing, looking (RR) west. We're on the siding, main to the left, M&P Sub (branch to Madison) is the jointed rail track to the left of that. Heading off behind the brush to the right is the "old line" from Milwaukee that ran via Horicon, abandoned west of Cambria. A small stub remains on the Portage end for access to one customer, Meigs. Additionally, Meigs' spur is also a stub of the (original) Soo Line's "P-Line" that once came down from Stevens Point.
By the signal mast on the far left, a spur off the M&P drops down a steep hill and then parallels Mullett Street to serve Alter Trading (a scrap/recycling yard). This was still in use at the time of the photo, but would be out of service and dismantled by the end of 2015. In the distance is the Highway 33 bridge.
Red Signals and Wild Turkeys - Portage Junction in 2009
From the Wauona Trail crossing, looking (RR) west. We're on the siding, main to the left, M&P Sub (branch to Madison) is the jointed rail track to the left of that. Heading off behind the brush to the right is the "old line" from Milwaukee that ran via Horicon, abandoned west of Cambria. A small stub remains on the Portage end for access to one customer, Meigs. Additionally, Meigs' spur is also a stub of the (original) Soo Line's "P-Line" that once came down from Stevens Point.
By the signal mast on the far left, a spur off the M&P drops down a steep hill and then parallels Mullett Street to serve Alter Trading (a scrap/recycling yard). This was still in use at the time of the photo, but would be out of service and dismantled by the end of 2015. In the distance is the Highway 33 bridge.