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On our summer road trip, we stopped to visit friends in Wisconsin. It turns out they live only a few minutes from Wisconsin Dells, or The Dells as its known colloquially. I never knew of such a place existed, but here it is. Despite the heat of summer, it was cool and dark in this mini canyon, so I balanced the camera on the wooden railing to get a longer exposure.
The Dells are sandstone gorge formed by glaciers. There are tributaries like this that run into the river. Below the boardwalk ran a cool creek that ended at the river. This walkway strategically ends up in a snack bar about a quarter mile up from the river. Nevertheless, the photo opportunities are endless.
In some sense, the area reminds me a little of Niagra Falls where there is a natural wonder that spawned a local tourism industry. There are indoor (for the winters), and outdoor water parks, wax museums, and lumberjack shows every hour. It bills itself as the water park capital of the world. Who knew? But for me, by far the best experience was taking a boat up the Wisconsin River to see the Dells.
I've passed this old house a bunch of times meaning to shoot it one day. With a scrim of snow on the ground and a new camera in hand, that day came.
2023 - it is gone now - razed and bulldozed.
Amtrak train 952, an eastbound train of dead-heading Talgo equipment, approaches Watertown, Wisconsin on Canadian Pacific's Watertown Subdivision on August 23, 2020.
Back in 2008, a Wisconsin and Southern plow extra was cutting through the powder in Baraboo.
At the time, there were still several wig-wag equipped crossing devices on the line; of course, they have all since been removed.
Outside Morgridge Hall on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, University Avenue, Madison, WI
Wisconsin & Southern train L863 crosses frozen Lake Wisconsin at Merrimac, Wisconsin on February 9, 2018.
This is a small pond in the Kettle Moraine area of Southeastern Wisconsin .Taken on Oct 31/05, near the end of the autumn leaves.
Wisconsin & Southern train L593 rolls westbound on the Cambria Subdivision east of Randolph, Wisconsin on April 13, 2020.
Hall of Arches. Image three hundred and nine of my project 365. Inside of the Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Soo Line 1003 has just shuffled a few cars and will shortly stop for water before heading to Slinger, Wisconsin for a brief public display on November 2, 2019.. The 1003 was built in 1913 and is based at the Wisconsin Auto Museum in Hartford.
Wisconsin & Southern train Y401 is dropping ballast on WSOR's Watertown Subdivision near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on July 30, 2018.
BNSF Chicago-Seattle stack train rolls past the Forest Hills Golf Club in La Crosse, Wisconsin on a frigid January 17, 2016. Temperature on the bluff was 9 degrees below zero. FYI - this is a recently doubled-tracked portion of the Aurora Sub.
Departing from its station stop at Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder crosses the Wisconsin River on August 9, 2019
Union Pacific 8198 leads CSX 3056 and UP 8931 with a westbound across icy Buffalo Lake at Packwaukee, Wisconsin on December 8, 2017.
Canadian Pacific commemorative locomotive 7020 leads a nicely-powered CPKC train 247 out of Columbus, Wisconsin on September 19, 2024.
WSOR T4 pulls past the engine facility at Janesville Wisconsin in June 2020 with plenty of EMD goodness in view.
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I rolled into Menards on Tuesday (aka WC plow day 2) to pick up some snow fighting equipment of my own and this flatcar caught my eye for some reason.
WC as fuck brah
With the advent of portable elevators, corn cribs could be filled through the roof. The crib was emptied using flexible gates in the lower walls. In general, the use of corn cribs began to decline in the 1950s as farmers began harvesting with combines that picked and shelled corn. Shelled corn was then stored in granaries rather than cribs.
"Downtown" Allenton, Wisconsin, as we were passing through. I've always enjoyed driving through small towns in farm areas.
on the ridge above Norwalk, Wisconsin
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