Duplainville Wisconsin Homepage

Welcome to the

Duplainville Homepage

"Where the Old Soo crosses the New Soo,"

Duplainville, Wisconsin

Serving Proudly Since 1886

Now Hosting the Duplainville CP and CN Servers for the ATCS Monitoring Group

ATCS Monitoring Equipment for Duplainville

#7 just coming into Watertown

Monitor Rail Radio Traffic at Duplainville on the CP, CN, UP and WSOR

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Monitor Radio Traffic in the Fond du Lac Area on the CN

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Monitor Radio Traffic in the Tomah Area on the CP and UP

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Check the locations and progress of Amtrak Trains

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The lineup at Duppy on the Soo Line

Sometime between 1911 and Jan 1, 1929 when it burned down.

Dean Kedinger Collection from "The Soo" Magazine

Photo looking west. Thomas Manz Collection, circa 1930

The above picture is courtesy of Tim Snopek, Photographer www.timsnopek.com

Both are history now!

Photo by "The Lake Country Reporter" - Hartland, WI

History

Duplainville, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community within the City of Pewaukee, is located about 15 miles west of Milwaukee at Milepost 102.2 on the CP main or Milepost 102.6 on the WC. It is between Waukesha and Sussex, Wisconsin. In about 1855, the Milwaukee Road built its track west from Brookfield Junction toward Portage and Minneapolis for a faster route than what had been over the Prairie du Chien Line to the Mississippi river or the Northern Lines thru North Milwaukee, Rugby Jct, Hartford, Horicon and Beaver Dam. In 1885-86, the Wisconsin Central Railroad built south from Rugby Jct to Chicago. Hence their tracks crossed in Duplainville.

A tower was erected in the northwest quadrant of the diamond in 1890. William Alvord was the chief operator for many years. He lived a short distance from the crossing. With heavy winter snow, additional help was hired to keep the tracks and switches clear. Although there were signals and gates at the Duplainville Road highway crossing, there were numerous accidents and some lives were lost. The tower burned down on January 1, 1929. A new brick building was then built. It was finally torn down in 1987 after a much needed connection track to the old Soo was built and CTC was installed. The diamond was then controlled from Milwaukee. During 1962, the Wisconsin Central, DSS&A and Soo Line combined to what is now known as the Soo Line. After the SOO Line purchased the Milwaukee Road in 1985, the Old SOO ( former Wisconsin Central ) crossed the New SOO (former Milwaukee Rd. ) at Duplainville.

Trains

Today, there are numerous trains that cross the diamond at Duplainville. The Canadian National Railroad runs about 25 trains per day. There are also moves by the WSOR between Slinger and Waukesha. The CP runs about 22 trains per day in addition to Amtrak 7 & 8.

Radio Channels

CN/WC 161.295 mc/s & 160.260 mc/s

CP/SOO 161.520 mc/s

WSOR 160.575 mc/s

FRED 452.9375/457.9375 mc/s

Ham Radio Train watching Frequencies

146.490 mc/s

146.565 mc/s

223.620 mc/s

442.100 mc/s

446.050 mc/s

1294.426 mc/s

How to Get Here

Getting here is rather simple. Take Interstate I-94 west from Milwaukee to State Highway F ( AKA Redford Blvd ) at Waukesha (American TV ). Exit and go north on Hwy F to the 3rd stop and go lights ( just north of Ready Mix ). Bear right on Duplainville Road and go north about 3/4 mile to the CP tracks. You may park on the south side of Marjean Lane or just south of the tracks on Duplainville Road,

To get to the CN/WC tracks, continue north on Duplainville Road across the CP double main to Green Road. Then right ( east ) to the tracks. To get to North Duplainville on the CN/WC, just continue north on Duplainville Rd about 1 1/2 miles to Lisbon Rd ( Hwy K ).

WARNING: Please watch your speed when in the area. The Waukesha Sheriff Dept. run RADAR and LASER, especially on Hwy F/Redford Blvd. They are also on Duplainville Rd occasionally.