Tom,
The Savanna Army depot is North of town so it is in La Crosse div.
territory. Trains and crew on that division served the base. Like most active
army depots the carrier simply set out and picked up with the base engines
doing the switching. The man you need to talk with with is Phil Weibler(PAW),
as he was actually based there for some time during his military
service.
Today, among other things there is a rail car storage operation, a car
repair operation,etc using some of the miles of track inside the former
base.
Leo
The Savanna Army Depot was a huge 13,062-acre installation located
about 11 miles north of Savanna. It was closed in 2000 and currently has
three ex-Army RS4TC locomotives (now lettered for Riverport Railroad) and
part of it is being used as an industrial park (the Savanna Depot Park).
Considering the depot's size and number of locomotives I would have to
believe there was a huge amount of traffic into and out of the depot in the
late 1960's.
Can anyone provide any insight into how much traffic was going in and
out of the depot in the late 1960's? Was it mostly boxcars? (It appears
there is a huge area of bunkers in the depot for ammo storage.) Was there a
dedicated wayfreight from Savanna to the depot or was it switched by the
pickup out of Savanna?
Thanks in advance,
Tom Mack
Cincinnati, OH