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| Title: |
BN in the deep freeze |
| Description: |
Eastbound intermodal train coming into Anoka, MN with a fuel tender and the good old GP50s. This is a cold day in January or February in Minnesota |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1987 Upload Date: 7/1/2016 9:13:15 PM |
| Location: |
Anoka, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 3120(GP50) BN 3159(GP50) BN 3133(GP50) |
| Views: |
491 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound arriving Northtown yard. |
| Description: |
An eastbound train is a few miles from arriving at Northtown kicking up alot of snow and cold wind. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1987 Upload Date: 7/2/2016 10:34:33 AM |
| Location: |
Fridley, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 3137(GP50) |
| Views: |
229 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound arriving Northtown yard. |
| Description: |
As the train passes, you can see the ice and snow buildup that always caused problems with air flow and couplers when the trains arrived in the yard. I didnt envy the carmen when I worked the winters of 1988-90 at Northtown as a clerk. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1987 Upload Date: 7/2/2016 10:36:50 AM |
| Location: |
Fridley, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
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76 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CNW Local |
| Description: |
A very, short local heads towards East St. Paul, MN up the heavy grade from the St. Croix River on the Route of the 400 |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1987 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 2:45:08 AM |
| Location: |
Bayport, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 4405(GP15-1) |
| Views: |
293 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak F40PH |
| Description: |
Heading east through the plant at Hoffman Avenue, my old favorite passenger engine leads the Empire Builder east to Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1987 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 3:07:58 AM |
| Location: |
St. Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 337(F40PH) AMTK 304(F40PH) |
| Views: |
404 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 8 at St. Paul Union Depot |
| Description: |
Taken from the beautiful bluff near the Mississippi River, this train sweeps around the long curve on the Milwaukee/Soo Line main line into Hoffman Avenue. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1987 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 3:02:56 AM |
| Location: |
St. Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
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135 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CNW coal empty |
| Description: |
This westbound empty was one of the first trains to come from the recently opened Allen King power plant in Bayport, MN. The plant had just built a multi-track yard, and converted from barge to train. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1987 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 2:50:56 AM |
| Location: |
Lake Elmo, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 8026(SD60) |
| Views: |
202 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Light power at St. Paul Yard |
| Description: |
A trio heads towards a train, or St. Paul Yard. GP30s were always a favorite of mine. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1987 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 2:32:55 AM |
| Location: |
St. Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 703(GP30) |
| Views: |
420 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Soo Line Sprint train eastbound east of Newport. |
| Description: |
Coming into St. Paul Park on Main 2 is a brand new SD60 on BNs competition train to Chicago |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1987 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 2:30:08 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul Park, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6004(SD60) |
| Views: |
262 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound Expeditor train |
| Description: |
Here is BN's intermodal train from St. Paul to Chicago at speed on Main 1 just passing under I-494. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1987 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 2:39:37 AM |
| Location: |
Newport, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BN 3101(GP50) |
| Views: |
297 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee 261 |
| Description: |
At its servicing stop on the way back to Minneapolis, 261 draws a considerable crowd on the north end of Sioux City Yard as it prepares to make the last leg for the day to Sioux Falls, SD where hundreds of passengers and the crew will spend the night before the last lap to MSP |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/1998 Upload Date: 10/29/2016 2:30:36 PM |
| Location: |
Sioux City, IA |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 261(4-8-4) |
| Views: |
123 Comments: 0 |
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