The museum within the Milwaukee Road car in Savanna has somewhat irregular
hours. I lucked out one day I was up there and it was open. Somebody would have
to check the hours posted on the car, because it's not posted anywhere online.
There are a lot of photos and artifacts from the Q and MILW in Savanna. If
anyone remembers that Santa Fe boxcar in the weeds along the tracks in town,
that was removed sometime last year.
The box depots at Prairie du Chien and East Dubuque still exist as BNSF MoW
facilities. Also, just south of Prairie du Chien, the old CB&Q bridge over the
Wisconsin River is still standing, though the rails are cut at both ends and
trains only use the newer parallel span. You can see and get some great
blufftop shots of the bridge from Wyalusing State Park.
Somewhere between La Crosse and St. Paul is an ice cream parlor inside a
caboose along the tracks called Squished Pennies, but I don't know exactly
where it is. I saw it while riding the SP 4449 train down from Minneapolis in
2009.
Joe LeMay
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "cbq_bill" <cbq_bill@...> wrote:
>
> Per the BRHS Existing Structures & Equipment lists, the Dubuque freight house
> & depot no exist as part of the Mississippi River Museum. Does the Q waycar
> still exits in a county park north of Duquque ?
>
> Although not on the BRHS list, the depot at Pepin, WI still exists as a
> museum and has a phone number.
>
> Does the depot at Prairie Du Chien still exist ?
>
> Are there any depots that have been moved off=line that still exist ?
>
> How about bridges, water tanks, etc that may still exist?
>
> Are there any item of th NP or GN (which were used by the Q) that still
> exist? James J Hill Stone Arch Bridge ?
>
> Of course, the CB&Q #4000 Aeolus 4-6-4 is on diplay in LaCrosse, WI.
>
> Anyone have information of a railcar display in Savanna ?
>
> Any neat restaurants wwith RR theme or hobby stores along this line ?
>
> I am planning for my drive along the Twin Cities Line & Mississippi River for
> the BRHS Fall Meet in St. Paul in September 2012. Plan to drive up from IL
> and want to know in advance what Q sites to look for.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bill H
>
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