The Marshfield & Texas Railroad
Marshfield, Wisconsin
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M&T-137 Molasses In January.jpg (below)
Looking south in between the buildings of the Marshfield Milling Co. on the Milling Co. spur, a worker prepares to steam a load of Molasses.

At one time, the Milling Company got in tank cars of molasses for use in making animal feed, but I don't remember ever seeing any. The Late Joe Stauber, a noted Locomotive Slide Photographer/Trader, worked at the Milling Company for 30 some years, and it was Joe that told me of getting in Tank Cars of molasses.

I never saw such. This photo confirns Joe's testimony.

Keith

M&t-138 nuts!.jpg (below)
Stopped short on a trip to Mengels and the Power Plant one morning, the Switch Engine, assigned to GP9 # 404 this day, tangles with a Hub City Foods truck at the West 1st Street Crossing, tight behind the Milling Company.

The gent in profile to the left is Soo Switchman Ray Watson; the Officer doing the Investigation is John Scheuer, still a Patrolman at this early stage of his career.

Keith

M&t-139 nuts!.jpg (below)
A wider view of the accident scene. Soo Line Switchman Ray Watson stands with his hand in his left pocket next to the Locomotive, Officer John Scheuer looks for another shot to take with his camera. The gent looking at the camera looks an awful lot like Roland Scheafer, someone I work with that was a long time Milling Company Employee and nosey enough to be back here looking the situation over for his own curiousity.

Keith

M&T-140.jpg (below)
Approaching Chestnut Ave.

Keith

M&T-141 Hub City From West End.jpg (below)
Looking eastwards at where Hub City Jobbing Co. used to be, in the grassy area to the right across Chestnut Avenue.

Keith

M&T-142 Hub City 1967 West End.jpg (below)
Looking atr Hub City Jobbing Co. ca, 1967. The M&T bends around towards the photographer. The grey building in the center was Hub City's repair shop for their fleet of Cornbinder (slang for International Harvestor Trucks) tractors. The truck parked there is the tow truck.

The GTW Box Car spotted alongside the Warehouse is, hands down, a carload of Breakfast Cereal from Kellogs in Battle Creek, Mich. Hub City handled a lot of inbound carloads of Cereal, in addition to Catsup, Jell-o, Mustard, canned goods and a list that would never end.

Keith

M&t-143.jpg (below)
Looking west, more-or-less, back towards the Marshfield Milling Company. No, the Switch Engine didn't paste the trailer, the king pin broke as the truck and trailer were crossing the Soo on Chestnut Ave. This shows several details: the original Griswold Crossing Signals with the stop signs that swung around to face traffic when activated; The Home Service Station where Baltus Oil got their start; the Felgas building to the left of the Home Service Station, which years later became Scottie's Pizza.

All of this is gone.

Keith

M&T-144 Overloaded.jpg (below)
"Overloaded" being a relative term, here. No, nothing hit this trailer, either. When the driver and his tractor moved this trailer away from the dock, it buckled!

I include this only for a look at Hub City's equipment. The M&T is out of sight to the right, as is the Main Line and Siding.

Keith

M&T-145.jpg (below)
Back at Chestnut Avenue where the M&T swung over the street and was climbing to meet the level of the Main Line.

Keith

M&T-146.jpg (below)
Taken just east of the Chestnut Ave. crossing looking towards Central Avenue in the distance.

Keith

M&T-147.jpg (below)
This is the "Chestnut Street Crossover" that joined the Main Line to the M&T.

Originally, when the M&T was still owned by Upham Mfg., the M&T joined to the Main Line. The track that ran behind the Depot joined to the Main Line with it's own switch as well. After taking over the M&T, the Soo Line joined the "Station Track" and the M&T together and added the Chestnut St. crossover to allow the Switch Engine out on the main to travel 5 blocks west to access Hub City's switch.

The Greenwood Line local and the Medford Turn used to get off the main at Chestnut Street via the crossover as well, particularily if there was no track space in the New Yard located a mile farther east.

Keith

M&T-148.jpg (below)
The Central Avenue Crossing. Up until recently, Central Avenue was THE main thoroughfare through Marshfield.

Keith

SooLineHistory Group Index and Map 1 - The Story 2 - Pictures
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19 - Pictures 20 - Pictures 21 - Pictures 22 - Pictures
23 - Pictures 24 - Speculations

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