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| Title: |
SOO 2203A &556 |
| Description: |
white class lamps are displayed for "an extra train"! That is one which either just arrived or one that is soon to depart. Maybe both are true! |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1967 Upload Date: 7/31/2010 2:48:04 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2203a(F7A) SOO 556(GP9) |
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883 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
SOO 556 &2203A |
| Description: |
GP9's and F7A's mixed--- I loved it! Note the black air tanks on the top of the engine so as to make more room under the frame for a bigger fuel tank! |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1967 Upload Date: 7/31/2010 2:50:40 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 556(GP9) SOO 2203a(F7A) |
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979 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
31 cents a gallon |
| Description: |
It was probably not June 10th, 1968 because that was my operators date on the Milwaukee Road and I was in La Crosse, Wisconsin taking the "rules class" with the Chief Dispatcher back in those days when there was such a person! It was a time when GP9s ran together with F7As and/ or Bs--- and when GP30s & GP35s were new! AND before I forget it was also when gas was 31cents a gallon! That must have been nice you say?! Well considering that people then maybe made 2 or 3 dollars an hour and 5 cents worth of Jelly Beans would last all day--- I suppose all things are relative! But was it better than?! Yes and No is perhaps the correct answer! |
| Photo Date: |
6/10/1968 Upload Date: 7/30/2010 4:03:59 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2203a(F7A) SOO 556(GP9) SOO 717(GP30) |
| Views: |
1060 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
at Soo Line Jct |
| Description: |
bending the iron or if you wish reversing the switch on the NP westbound main at Soo Line Jct. The bridge heads to the St Paul freight house. How many freight houses were there in downtown St Paul? Let's count them 1) Soo Line 2) Great Northern 3) Northern Pacific 4) Chicago Great Western 5) the Omaha, not to be confused with the CNW and 6) the Milwaukee Road. The St Paul Union Depot saw passenger trains from these six plus also the Burlington and the Rock Island! |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1968 Upload Date: 6/9/2010 2:13:20 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Bridge,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2413(GP9) SOO 556(GP9) |
| Views: |
1209 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
heading home to Shoreham |
| Description: |
running as a second unit id off coming home from St Paul. What were they doing there?! Probably interchanging cars with the Rock Island and the Chicago Great Western. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1968 Upload Date: 6/9/2010 2:23:16 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 556(GP9) SOO 2413(GP9) |
| Views: |
718 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
"Run Extra" |
| Description: |
heading north between Soo Line Jct and the main line at Cardigan Jct |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1968 Upload Date: 6/9/2010 2:17:15 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 556(GP9) SOO 2413(GP9) |
| Views: |
819 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SOO Freight pulling north from 7th Street freight house terminal - Jim Hinshaw photo. |
| Description: |
Just north of tunnel beneath C&NW's overhead crossing at GN Westminster. The abutment on the right about 3 cars back was for the SOO/WC's former connection to GN Westminster for access to Minneapolis |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1969 Upload Date: 8/29/2008 12:07:46 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Jim Hinshaw |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 415(RS27) SOO 556(GP9) |
| Views: |
1765 Comments: 1 |
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