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| Title: |
Amtrak 8 at Chemolite |
| Description: |
Empire Builder running late on the Eastward track(main 1) at south Cottage Grove with a stop ahead at Red Wing, MN |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1985 Upload Date: 6/10/2018 7:46:54 PM |
| Location: |
Cottage Grove, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 374(F40PHR) |
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318 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak 8 at Chemolite |
| Description: |
Heading down main one on the Milwaukee Road portion of the double track line and will cross the Mississippi River in about 4-5 miles. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1985 Upload Date: 6/10/2018 7:48:30 PM |
| Location: |
Cottage Grove, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
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148 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Flying over the CNW at Lake Elmo |
| Description: |
A picture from a Cessna over the west end of Lake Elmo with the CNW route below and if you look closely, you can see the semaphore by the xing, and also the path of the old westward track. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1986 Upload Date: 12/8/2017 12:58:15 AM |
| Location: |
Lake Elmo, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track |
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204 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
End of the Skally(NP Duluth line) |
| Description: |
This was the first place the line was severed at Frost Avenue in North St. Paul, MN over the winter of 86-87 when they rebuilt the road. The Soo Line Chicago to St. Paul line used to cross up near the Gloster sign. It was sad to see this neat ABS mainline removed when it had just hosted 6-8 trains a day 2 years earlier. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1987 Upload Date: 12/9/2017 11:56:52 AM |
| Location: |
Maplewood, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Track |
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346 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Soo Line strike training train |
| Description: |
Management had a strike training train that was running on the out of service Twin Cities to Chicago main line, and this was the train arriving in Somerset. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1987 Upload Date: 6/5/2018 12:30:44 PM |
| Location: |
Somerset, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4508(GP38-2) MILW 362(GP38-2) |
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425 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Soo Line strike training train |
| Description: |
Crossing westbound into MN, the train will proceed about 6-7 miles to Withrow, where it will change ends and head east |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1987 Upload Date: 6/5/2018 12:32:51 PM |
| Location: |
Arcola, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 362(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
281 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Strike training train |
| Description: |
In the late winter of 1986-87, Soo Line conducted some management training operations from Withrow to Somerset, WI in anticipation of a strike and used this empty ballast train and a couple GP38-2s and ran several trips over the high bridge. The line had been out of service for the good part of a year, so this was the first train to cross and the line then went dormant again until WC took over later in 1987. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1987 Upload Date: 12/14/2017 1:20:12 PM |
| Location: |
Withrow, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 362(GP38-2) |
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271 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alma coal train |
| Description: |
Eastbound load heading to Alma power plant on the BN/Soo Line |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1987 Upload Date: 6/5/2018 12:35:13 PM |
| Location: |
Newport, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 7011(SD50) |
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225 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Alma coal train |
| Description: |
MP caboose brings up the rear of the coal train to Alma that CNW was running at the time. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1987 Upload Date: 6/5/2018 12:36:24 PM |
| Location: |
Newport, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
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80 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
End of the DWP yard in Duluth |
| Description: |
Looking east towards downtown Duluth, the use of this yard has come to an end, and you can see the main and yard lead are gone at the bridge overpass. Soon all this yard would be removed. DWP began using its new Pokegama Yard in 1985. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1987 Upload Date: 2/7/2021 10:11:22 AM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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30 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
End of the DWP yard in Duluth |
| Description: |
Looking west at the forlorn yard of the DWP shortly before the scrappers removed it. A few miles ahead was the popular DWP tunnel near Spirit Mountain that was also abandoned when the DWP relocated operations to Pokegama Yard in Superior, WI |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1987 Upload Date: 2/7/2021 10:13:14 AM |
| Location: |
Duluth, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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51 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Minnesota Zephyr |
| Description: |
After starting the climb up the 2.2% grade about 1/4 mile earlier, the westbound Zephyr is heading to Duluth Jct during its first winter of operation in Stillwater. This is now the Browns Creek State Trail |
| Photo Date: |
11/20/1987 Upload Date: 11/12/2018 1:24:13 PM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
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92 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Minnesota Zephyr |
| Description: |
Coming out of the 2.2% grade on a sharp 6% curve, the Zephyr levels out to a more reasonable 1.2% grade for the next 1.5 miles to Summit |
| Photo Date: |
11/20/1987 Upload Date: 11/12/2018 1:26:01 PM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
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62 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Minnesota Zephyr |
| Description: |
Coming around one of the two long curves near Browns Creek the Zephyr is coming through Oak Glen Golf Course, and Conductor Bill Espee is surprising diners with a wave from the ground as the train passes westbound at low speed. |
| Photo Date: |
11/20/1987 Upload Date: 11/12/2018 1:28:16 PM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
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93 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Minnesota Zephyr |
| Description: |
At the Sawmill Golf Course, west of Summit about 1 mile, Condr Bill gets off the other side of the train to entertain diners on the other side of the train. |
| Photo Date: |
11/20/1987 Upload Date: 11/12/2018 1:29:59 PM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
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39 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Minnesota Zephyr |
| Description: |
Near the west end of the line, about mp 7 the train is passing some beautiful pond areas on both sides of the track. The trip was about 6 miles each way, at a relaxing 3-4 mph! |
| Photo Date: |
11/20/1987 Upload Date: 11/12/2018 1:31:48 PM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
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30 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Minnesota Zephyr eastbound |
| Description: |
On the return trip to Stillwater, the F unit 787 is doing the easy job heading down hill during its first winter at Stillwater |
| Photo Date: |
11/20/1987 Upload Date: 11/12/2018 1:35:20 PM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNZX 787(F7A) |
| Views: |
108 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Minnesota Zephyr eastbound |
| Description: |
Heading back east to Stillwater, the Zephyr goes through a nice S curve that was relayed with ribbon rail by BN in 1980. The train carried over 1,000,000 people in its 21 year run at Stilwater. |
| Photo Date: |
11/20/1987 Upload Date: 11/12/2018 1:37:49 PM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNZX 787(F7A) |
| Views: |
114 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Minnesota Zephyr |
| Description: |
The Zephyr is heading downhill again through Oak Glen Golf Course, and some kids have setup a little ice hockey rink next to the tracks. This line was originally laid in about 1872. One of the first lines in Minnesota |
| Photo Date: |
11/20/1987 Upload Date: 11/12/2018 1:40:20 PM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNZX 787(F7A) |
| Views: |
153 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stillwater and St. Paul RR |
| Description: |
Loading at Stillwater depot, the small train was borrowing a unit from Andersen Window Corp, when one of the museums engines pooped out. The train ran from 1987-1991 and handled over 70,000 people. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1988 Upload Date: 2/7/2021 10:08:26 AM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AW 3110(SW1) |
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134 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NP 328 on the Stillwater Branch |
| Description: |
MN Transportation Museum train heading east down the hill from Summit with a 3 car train on the now abandoned MTM/Zephyr line. |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1989 Upload Date: 6/7/2018 11:56:42 AM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NP 328(4-6-0) |
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220 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NP 328 on the Stillwater line |
| Description: |
NP 328 heading east on newly rehabbed track that was shared with the MN Zephyr until 1991, and the spur track that was built for 328s visits to Stillwater. |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1989 Upload Date: 6/7/2018 11:58:12 AM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NP 328(4-6-0) |
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169 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NP 328 on the Stillwater line |
| Description: |
Train passing Countryside Towing and the MTM spur track. |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1989 Upload Date: 6/7/2018 11:59:22 AM |
| Location: |
Stillwater, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NP 328(4-6-0) |
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136 Comments: 0 |
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