Railfan Locations in Wisconsin

Columbus

Location	Columbus Amtrak station
Railroads	CP Rail(Amtrak)
Radio Frequencies	161.520
Trains a Day	20-24
Max Speed	-
Freight	A little of everything
Scenery	Wisconsin farmland and rolling hills with beautiful forests
Remarks	Closest town to Madison to actually watch a good amount of trains. Amtrak stops here twice a day.
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Duplainville

Location	Crossing of the CP and WC tracks
Railroads	CP Rail(Amtrak), Wisconsin Central(Wisconsin & Southern)
Radio Frequencies	CP Rail Road ch.2, 160.520 AAR 94; WC Road ch. 4, 161.295 AAR 79
Trains a Day	44-55 (CP/20-25, WC/24-30)
Max Speed	-
Freight	Intermodal, Grain, Ore, Paper, Coal, & Plastic Granules
Scenery	Wisconsin Farmland
Remarks	A very busy place. You don't have to wait long to see a train.Amtrak comes by twice a day.
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Junction City

Location	Diamond for Superior and Valley Subs
Railroads	WC, UP, CP Rail(run through), CN(run through)
Radio Frequencies	AAR 15, AAR 79
Trains a Day	20+
Max Speed	20-50 mph
Freight	Iron ore, coal, lumber, intermodal, grain, chemicals, autos, paper, pulpwood, potash, and ballast
Scenery	Wisconsin Farmland, Rib mountain to the north on the Valley line.
Remarks	Wisconsin Central Homepage
Submitted By	Stephen Guthrie

Madison

Location	Near UW campus
Railroads	Wisconsin & Southern, SOO
Radio Frequencies	-
Trains a Day	2 (always one at 1-3 pm)
Max Speed	35 mph (approx.)
Freight	Coal, grain
Scenery	Coal power plant with fair amount of activity
Remarks	-
Submitted By	Alan Schenkel

Milton

Location	Janesville round house
Railroads	WSOR, CNW, and Soo
Radio Frequencies	WSOR - 160.575,161.145 / Soo - 160.520 / CNW - 160.890, 161.210
Trains a Day	10
Max Speed	15 mph in town
Freight	large varities!!!!! expect anything!!!
Scenery	Great roundhouse!! There is a small hill by the roundhouse that you can stay inside your car and watch trains rumble by or engines being worked on by the roundhouse!
Remarks	Pretty busy!
Submitted By	Ryan Suchanek

Location	Neenah Yard/Fox River Junction
Railroads	Wisconsin Central
Radio Frequencies	160.785, 160.260, 160.335, 161.385, 161.070, 161.295, 161.250, 161.445, 161.385, and 160.845
Trains a Day	20-30
Max Speed	40 mph
Freight	Intermodal, paper, manifest, iron ore, coal, clay, and chemicals
Scenery	None in particular. This place is just busy.
Remarks	You just need to work yourself around the area following the tracks. Neenah is the branch point for WC traffic west, north and east. Many local jobs. Great power variety, including runthrough. Railfan neutral if you keep out of the way, be safe, not trespass, and not do anything stupid. Bring a zoom lens.
Submitted By	Chuck Keely

Location	Amtrak Depot
Railroads	CP rail/SOO (BNSF, Amtrak)
Radio Frequencies	161.520
Trains a Day	10
Max Speed	Yard
Freight	All Varieties, BNSF Coal
Scenery	Wisconsin River, near Wisconsin Dells Marshy
Remarks	Busy medium size yard. Crew change point Minneapolis/Chicago main.CTC controlled from Minneapolis.
Submitted By	David Babington