{"id":4575,"date":"2013-11-17T05:34:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T10:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2013-11-16T10:47:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T15:47:00","slug":"daily-post-old-milwaukee-road-station-brookfield-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-old-milwaukee-road-station-brookfield-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Post: Old Milwaukee Road Station, Brookfield, Wisconsin."},"content":{"rendered":"


\nNovember Views of a Station; Get Your Photos Soon, Before<\/i> its Too Late!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Brookfield, Massachusetts; Brookfield, Illinois, and now Brookfield, Wisconsin\u2014Have you noticed a theme?<\/p>\n

\"Railroad<\/a>
Classic old wooden station at Brookfield, Wisconsin. Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D with 40mm pancake lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The former Milwaukee Road passenger station at Brookfield, Wisconsin is located between Canadian Pacific\u2019s main tracks at the west end of a grade separation. This unusually situated station has provided a visual link to the railroad\u2019s past for many years, and is one of the last structures of the old order along this line.<\/p>\n

Today, Canadian Pacific\u2019s former Milwaukee Road mainline between Chicago and the Twin Cities is largely free from historical infrastructure. The days of an agent working at Brookfield have long since passed. Neither passenger trains nor freights have stopped here in decades. Yet, as of today, the old building survives at its traditional location.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some advice: get your photos NOW. Don\u2019t wait<\/i>. Word on the street is that the station will soon be either moved or demolished.<\/p>\n

\"Railway<\/a>
Looking east at Brookfield, Wisconsin. Lumix LX3 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And even if the street gossip changes its tune, the reality is that old wooden railroad stations are ephemeral structures: Never assume the old station that has always<\/i> stood there, will be there the next time you return.<\/p>\n

I made these photos last week\u00a0while re-exploring southern Wisconsin\u00a0with Pat Yough and Chris Guss\u00a0. Back in the 1990s, I made a number of photos of this old station, but I\u2019ve learned you can never have too <\/i>many images of something (or someone) once its gone.<\/p>\n

Might the old station be preserved? Quite possibly, but it won\u2019t be trackside, and thus will have lost its context. This location without the station will just be another characterless wide-spot along the line. Someone might call this \u2018progress\u2019; I call it \u2018change\u2019.<\/p>\n

On Saturday November 9, 2013, I worked with three cameras and photographed the Brookfield station from a variety of angles as the sun came in and out of the clouds. Two eastward Canadian Pacific freights passed giving me ample opportunity to put the old station in context.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A wink of sun illuminates the former Milwaukee Road station at Brookfield, Wisconsin. Lumix LX3 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Freight<\/a>
Canadian Pacific eastward freight 484-08 led by Norfolk Southern 9189 passes Brookfield, Wisconsin. Canon EOS 7D photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"CP<\/a>
The sun catches eastward Canadian Pacific freight 248-408 at Brookfield, Wisconsin on November 9, 2013. Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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