CN through freight traverses the S-curve at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI on 22 Mar. '15. Eggers Industries looms in the background. The pedestrian bridge over the slough at Herb and Dolly Smith Park is visible on the right, the fish were bitin’. The remnants of the foundation from the ca. 1955 masonry SOO depot are behind the locomotives. There are rail sections supported by concrete blocks and railroad ties stacked upon it. It was built to replace the wooden depot built in 1891 on Sherry St., about 850 ft. to the southeast, which was torn down soon after the new one opened. |