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Aerial photograph of part of Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood, from 1974. Looking southwest.

South Water Street is at the left edge of the photo. The rooftops of the National Warehouse complex on Bruce Street are in the lower right corner. National Warehouse is one of several industries in Harbor View that still receive rail traffic and are worked by the Union Pacific's Marsh Job, as of 2025.

A We Energies substation is in the center.

Chicago and North Western yards beyond that - I think this area was called the CNW Florida Street yard, 5th Ward Yard and/or Marsh Yard. Shipping warehouses for Usinger Sausage and V Marchese Produce occupy this area today, though Union Pacific has kept some of the trackage for local switching.

The intersection of South Water Street and National Avenue is in the upper left.

Aerial photograph of part of Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood, from 1968. Looking west.

South Water Street runs diagonally through the bottom left quadrant of the photo. A We Energies substation is at center. The National Warehouse complex on Bruce Street is on the right. National Warehouse is one of several industries in Harbor View that still receive rail traffic and are worked by the Union Pacific's Marsh Job, as of 2025.

Chicago and North Western yards beyond that - I think various parts of this area were called the CNW Florida Street yard, 5th Ward Yard and Marsh Yard. Shipping warehouses for Usinger Sausage and V Marchese Produce occupy this area today, though Union Pacific has kept some of the trackage for local switching.

I believe the building in the far upper left is the C&NW National Avenue station. The street under the railroad overpasses is National Avenue.

Across the very top of picture, running south to north, are the Milwaukee Road mains to the downtown depot and the Menomonee Valley yards/complex.

Aerial photograph of part of Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood, from 1974. Looking northwest.

South Water Street is at the bottom of the photo. The National Warehouse complex on Bruce Street (still standing today, and still receiving boxcar traffic from Union Pacific) is at center. National Warehouse is one of several industries in Harbor View that still receive rail traffic and are worked by the Union Pacific's Marsh Job, as of 2025.

We Energies substation at center.

Chicago and North Western yards beyond that - I think various parts of this area were called the CNW Florida Street yard, 5th Ward Yard and/or Marsh Yard. You can see a team track and piggyback facility. Shipping warehouses for Usinger Sausage and V Marchese Produce occupy this area today, though Union Pacific has kept some trackage for local switching.

Florida Street runs west-east at the top of the photo. The massive Wisconsin Cold Storage warehouse is in the upper right. Wayne Pigments was another industry on the north side of Florida Street, that received rail traffic until the site was redeveloped 5 or so years ago. (I think this was originally a Pittsburgh Plate Glass facility).

The tracks that curve to the upper right corner, beyond National Warehouse, are the C&NW mains to their lakefront Milwaukee station, via the Third Ward. Just off the picture, the CNW tracks cross Water Street, and then crossed the Milwaukee River on a movable bridge. The bridge is still there, but locked in an open position and there are no active rails left in the Third Ward anymore (aside from The Hop streetcar).

In the upper left corner, the four tracks curving out of sight are the Milwaukee Road (now CP) mains to the downtown depot and the Menomonee Valley yards.

Aerial photograph of part of Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood, from 1968. Looking south.

South Water Street runs diagonally across the left of the picture. The National Warehouse complex is at the bottom of the photo. National Warehouse is one of several industries in Harbor View that still receive rail traffic and are worked by the Union Pacific's Marsh Job, as of 2025. A We Energies substation is in the center of the photo.

The Chicago & North Western Railroad's Marsh Yard / 5th Ward Yard / Florida Street yard complex is at right. This area is now occupied by a V. Marchese Produce shipping warehouse.

National Avenue is the street near the top, with all the railroad overpasses. I think the depot-looking building in the upper right corner is the C&NW National Avenue station, but not entirely sure.

Aerial photograph of part of Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood, from 1968. Looking northwest. Interesting railroad history here.

South Water Street is at the bottom of the photo. The National Warehouse complex on Bruce Street (still standing today, and still receiving boxcar traffic from Union Pacific) is at center, above a We Energies substation. National Warehouse is one of several industries in Harbor View that still receive rail traffic and are worked by the Union Pacific's Marsh Job, as of 2025.

Chicago and North Western yards beyond that - I think various parts of this area were called the CNW Florida Street yard / team tracks, 5th Ward Yard and Marsh Yard. Shipping warehouses for Usinger Sausage and V Marchese Produce occupy this area today, though Union Pacific has kept some trackage for local switching.

Florida Street runs west-east near the top of the photo. The massive Wisconsin Cold Storage warehouse is in the upper right. Wayne Pigments was another industry on the north side of Florida Street, that received rail traffic until the site was redeveloped 5 or so years ago. (I think this was originally a Pittsburgh Plate Glass facility).

In the extreme upper center of the photo, there was also an above-ground spur on a short bridge, off of the Milwaukee Road, that served the chemical and paint companies that occupied these buildings over the years. (You can see the buildings in this view, but that aerial spur is hidden / blurry). I think this spur was removed in the last year or two, and probably disconnected from the main line long before that, but until recently you could see it from the east side of Amtrak trains as you rounded the curve. You can see the spur in Google Street View (2019 view) on the west side of Barclay Street, a short distance north of Florida Street.

The tracks that curve to the upper right corner, beyond National Warehouse, are the C&NW mains to their lakefront Milwaukee station, via the Third Ward. Just off the picture, the CNW tracks cross Water Street, and then crossed the Milwaukee River on a movable bridge. The bridge is still there, but locked in an open position and there are no active rails left in the Third Ward anymore (aside from The Hop streetcar).

Near the upper left corner, the four tracks curving out of sight are the Milwaukee Road (now CP) mains to the downtown depot and the Menomonee Valley yards, still very busy today with CP and Amtrak traffic.

Looking south along South Water Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. These tracks are the end of a Union Pacific Railroad industrial spur, served by the UP's Marsh Job. Photo taken mid-November 2024.

At left is a Hansen Storage Company warehouse (no longer active for railroad shipping, I believe). In the distance is an American Chrome and Chemicals facility (formerly Elementis). In Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood.

American Chrome / Elementis receives one or two tank cars at a time - an interesting remnant of industrial single-car switching that mostly died out on American railroads by the 1980s and 1990s.

National Warehouse, which also still receives single boxcars (primarily salt) from the UP Marsh Job, is at distant right.

Original key: IMG_8931

A single railroad tank car is spotted on the siding for American Chrome & Chemicals (formerly Elementis) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo taken mid November 2024. The tank car appears to be UTLX 214275.

These tracks are the end of a Union Pacific Railroad industrial spur, served by the UP's Marsh Job. Elementis receives one or two tank cars at a time - an interesting remnant of industrial single-car switching that mostly died out on American railroads by the 1980s and 1990s. Along South Water Street (400-500 block) in the Harbor View neighborhood.

Original key: IMG_8936

A single railroad tank car is spotted on the siding for American Chrome & Chemicals (formerly Elementis) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo taken mid November 2024.

These tracks are the end of a Union Pacific Railroad industrial spur, served by the UP's Marsh Job. Elementis receives one or two tank cars at a time - an interesting remnant of industrial single-car switching that mostly died out on American railroads by the 1980s and 1990s. Along South Water Street (400-500 block) in the Harbor View neighborhood.

The tank car appears to be UTLX 214275.

Original key: IMG_8937

The Hansen Storage Company building at 412-500 South Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood. Photo taken mid November 2024. Original key: IMG_8950.

The end of an ACRX railroad tank car peeks out from between the buildings.

This building has an entry in the Wisconsin Historical Society database (reference 103127) which provides some background history. It was built in 1894, with additions circa 1910 and 1959. It's a concrete block warehouse, described as "Astylistic Utilitarian Building." It was originally known as the "Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Dock and Warehouse building". One of the photos in the Historical Society site shows it labeled as the "P&V Atlas Water Street Terminal."

Link to the Wisconsin Historical Society page:
www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI103127
(this database is officially known as the Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory)

I don't think the Hansen Storage building is actively used for railcar loading / unloading / shipping anymore. However, the railroad track is still active (as of 2024), as it serves the Elementis chemical facility just to the south. Union Pacific Railroad spots tank cars to Elementis, and occasionally tank cars will be parked on the spur in front of Hansen Storage.

A railroad tank car is parked on a siding at the Hansen Storage Company warehouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The tank car is for the Elementis (now American Chrome and Chemicals) facility, which is just south of here. Photo taken mid November 2024. Original key: IMG_8933

These tracks are the end of a Union Pacific Railroad industrial spur, served by the UP's Marsh Job. Elementis receives one or two tank cars at a time - an interesting remnant of industrial single-car switching that mostly died out on American railroads by the 1980s and 1990s. Along South Water Street (400-500 block) in the Harbor View neighborhood.

The car is ACRX 70010, a tank car with a 20,000 gallon capacity. ARCX is a reporting mark for American Chrome and Chemicals and was a reporting mark for Elementis in the past. According to their website, "American Chrome & Chemicals is the only chromium chemicals producer in the Americas." It seems that Elementis sometimes operated their chromium operations under the name American Chrome & Chemical; and then in 2022, sold the chromium business to another corporation, which resuscitated the old name American Chrome and Chemical.

A railroad tank car is parked on a siding at the Hansen Storage Company warehouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The tank car is for the Elementis (now American Chrome and Chemicals) facility, which is just south of here, and seen in the background with another tank car. Photo taken mid November 2024. Original key: IMG_8930

These tracks are the end of a Union Pacific Railroad industrial spur, served by the UP's Marsh Job. Elementis receives one or two tank cars at a time - an interesting remnant of industrial single-car switching that mostly died out on American railroads by the 1980s and 1990s. Along South Water Street (400-500 block) in the Harbor View neighborhood.

The car is ACRX 70010, a tank car with a 20,000 gallon capacity. ARCX is a reporting mark for American Chrome and Chemicals and was a reporting mark for Elementis in the past. According to their website, "American Chrome & Chemicals is the only chromium chemicals producer in the Americas." It seems that Elementis sometimes operated their chromium operations under the name American Chrome & Chemical; and then in 2022, sold the chromium business to another corporation, which resuscitated the old name American Chrome and Chemical.

The Hansen Storage Company building at 412-500 South Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood. Photo taken mid November 2024. Original key: IMG_8926.

The end of ACRX railroad tank car 70010 is also seen. The tank car is for American Chrome and Chemicals, an active industry just south of here.

This building has an entry in the Wisconsin Historical Society database (reference 103127) which provides some background history. It was built in 1894, with additions circa 1910 and 1959. It's a concrete block warehouse, described as "Astylistic Utilitarian Building." It was originally known as the "Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Dock and Warehouse building". One of the photos in the Historical Society site shows it labeled as the "P&V Atlas Water Street Terminal."

Link to the Wisconsin Historical Society page:
www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI103127
(this database is officially known as the Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory)

I don't think the building is actively used for railcar loading / unloading / shipping anymore. However, the railroad track is still active (as of 2024), as it serves the Elementis chemical facility just to the south. Union Pacific Railroad spots tank cars to Elementis, and occasionally tank cars will be parked on the spur in front of Hansen Storage, as seen here.

A railroad tank car is parked on a siding at the Hansen Storage Company warehouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The tank car is for the Elementis (now American Chrome and Chemicals) facility, which is just south of here (behind the photographer). Photo taken mid November 2024. Original key: IMG_8932.

The yellow flower growing amongst the rails and ties in the foreground is common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis), along with some goldenrod at the right.

These tracks are the end of a Union Pacific Railroad industrial spur, served by the UP's Marsh Job. Elementis receives one or two tank cars at a time - an interesting remnant of industrial single-car switching that mostly died out on American railroads by the 1980s and 1990s. Along South Water Street (400-500 block) in the Harbor View neighborhood.

The car is ACRX 70010, a tank car with a 20,000 gallon capacity. ARCX is a reporting mark for American Chrome and Chemicals and was a reporting mark for Elementis in the past. According to their website, "American Chrome & Chemicals is the only chromium chemicals producer in the Americas." It seems that Elementis sometimes operated their chromium operations under the name American Chrome & Chemical; and then in 2022, sold the chromium business to another corporation, which resuscitated the old name American Chrome and Chemical.

A railroad tank car is parked on a siding at the Hansen Storage Company warehouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The tank car is for the Elementis (now American Chrome and Chemicals) facility, which is just south of here. Photo taken mid November 2024. Original key: IMG_8927.

These tracks are the end of a Union Pacific Railroad industrial spur, served by the UP's Marsh Job. Elementis receives one or two tank cars at a time - an interesting remnant of industrial single-car switching that mostly died out on American railroads by the 1980s and 1990s. Along South Water Street (400-500 block) in the Harbor View neighborhood.

The car is ACRX 70010, a tank car with a 20,000 gallon capacity. ARCX is a reporting mark for American Chrome and Chemicals and was a reporting mark for Elementis in the past. According to their website, "American Chrome & Chemicals is the only chromium chemicals producer in the Americas." It seems that Elementis sometimes operated their chromium operations under the name American Chrome & Chemical; and then in 2022, sold the chromium business to another corporation, which resuscitated the old name American Chrome and Chemical.

The Hansen Storage Company building at 412-500 South Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood. Photo taken mid November 2024. Original key: IMG_8944

This building has an entry in the Wisconsin Historical Society database (reference 103127) which provides some background history. It was built in 1894, with additions circa 1910 and 1959. It's a concrete block warehouse, described as "Astylistic Utilitarian Building." It was originally known as the "Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Dock and Warehouse building". One of the photos in the Historical Society site shows it labeled as the "P&V Atlas Water Street Terminal."

Link to the Wisconsin Historical Society page:
www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI103127
(this database is officially known as the Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory)

I don't think the building is actively used for railcar loading / unloading / shipping anymore. However, the railroad track is still active (as of 2024), as it serves the Elementis chemical facility just to the south. Union Pacific Railroad spots tank cars to Elementis, and occasionally tank cars will be parked on the spur in front of Hansen Storage.

The Hansen Storage Company building at 412-500 South Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood. Photo taken mid November 2024. Original key: IMG_8943

This building has an entry in the Wisconsin Historical Society database (reference 103127) which provides some background history. It was built in 1894, with additions circa 1910 and 1959. It's a concrete block warehouse, described as "Astylistic Utilitarian Building." It was originally known as the "Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Dock and Warehouse building". One of the photos in the Historical Society site shows it labeled as the "P&V Atlas Water Street Terminal."

Link to the Wisconsin Historical Society page:
www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI103127
(this database is officially known as the Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory)

I don't think the building is actively used for railcar loading / unloading / shipping anymore. However, the railroad track is still active (as of 2024), as it serves the Elementis chemical facility just to the south. Union Pacific Railroad spots tank cars to Elementis, and occasionally tank cars will be parked on the spur in front of Hansen Storage.

The Hansen Storage Company building at 412-500 South Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood. Photo taken mid November 2024.
Original key: IMG_8949

This building has an entry in the Wisconsin Historical Society database (reference 103127) which provides some background history. It was built in 1894, with additions circa 1910 and 1959. It's a concrete block warehouse, described as "Astylistic Utilitarian Building." It was originally known as the "Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Dock and Warehouse building". One of the photos in the Historical Society site shows it labeled as the "P&V Atlas Water Street Terminal."

Link to the Wisconsin Historical Society page:
www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI103127
(this database is officially known as the Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory)

I don't think the building is actively used for railcar loading / unloading / shipping anymore. However, the railroad track is still active (as of 2024), as it serves the Elementis chemical facility just to the south. Union Pacific Railroad spots tank cars to Elementis, and occasionally tank cars will be parked on the spur in front of Hansen Storage.

The Hansen Storage Company building at 412-500 South Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In Milwaukee's Harbor View neighborhood. Photo taken mid November 2024. Original key: IMG_8951

This building has an entry in the Wisconsin Historical Society database (reference 103127) which provides some background history. It was built in 1894, with additions circa 1910 and 1959. It's a concrete block warehouse, described as "Astylistic Utilitarian Building."
It was originally known as the "Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Dock and Warehouse building". One of the photos in the Historical Society site shows it labeled as the "P&V Atlas Water Street Terminal."

Link to the Wisconsin Historical Society page:
www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI103127
(this database is officially known as the Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory)

I don't think the building is actively used for railcar loading / unloading / shipping anymore. However, the railroad track is still active (as of 2024), as it serves the Elementis chemical facility just to the south. Union Pacific Railroad spots tank cars to Elementis, and occasionally tank cars will be parked on the spur in front of Hansen Storage.

After working Komatsu, the UP Marsh Job headed north to deliver tank cars to the Construction Resources Management Plant. The train uses what is left of the former C&NW line that once went along Milwaukee's downtown lakefront but is now severed just before the Milwaukee River, then drops down on a connecting ramp track to reach the last two industries on this section. Enough track is left on S. Water Street for a backup move after coming down the ramp to shove back south.

The other industry is Miller Compressing's scrapyard which has an on again, off again relationship with rail service. On my last several visits its spur, though still connected, has been packed with mud and turf grass with no signs of recent train activity. Even the asphalt plant in the past went through a period of no rail service with concrete barriers across its tracks.

I met another Flickr photographer outside the asphalt plant, Roman Stelter, who had remarkably seen this train all the way from the Hoan Bridge while driving over it.

UP still has two other active customers north of Greenfield Avenue besides the asphalt plant.

After working Komatsu, the UP Marsh Job headed north to deliver tank cars to the Construction Resources Management Plant. The train uses what is left of the former C&NW line that once went along Milwaukee's downtown lakefront but is now severed just before the Milwaukee River, then drops down on a connecting ramp track to reach the last two industries on this section. Enough track is left on S. Water Street for a backup move after coming down the ramp to shove back south.

The other industry is Miller Compressing's scrapyard which has an on again, off again relationship with rail service. On my last several visits its spur, though still connected, has been packed with mud and turf grass with no signs of recent train activity. Even the asphalt plant in the past went through a period of no rail service with concrete barriers across its tracks.

I met another Flickr photographer outside the asphalt plant, Roman Stelter, who had remarkably seen this train all the way from the Hoan Bridge while driving over it.

UP still has two other active customers north of Greenfield Avenue besides the asphalt plant.