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E-Unit And A 4-8-4 |
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The eastbound "Gourmet Express" nears Shady Oak Road, minutes from its destination, St. Louis Park. I never dared dream I would get an E-unit and a 4-8-4 in the same shot, not to mention no less than three dome cars! |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2019 Upload Date: 9/22/2019 7:06:22 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
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WSOR 101(E9A) MILW 32A(E9A) MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
Varnish And Hoppers |
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The trim varnish of the "Gourmet Express", which included no less than three dome cars, all visible here--the Super Dome, a California Zephyr one, and an ex-Northern Pacific (?) one--stand in sharp contrast to the weathered smoothside hoppers parked on the siding at left. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2019 Upload Date: 9/22/2019 7:07:20 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
On The Curve At Shady Oak |
| Description: |
The eastbound "Gourmet Express" rounds the curve by Shady Oak Lake as the train returns from its jaunt out west on the Twin Cities & Western. |
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9/22/2019 Upload Date: 9/22/2019 7:04:36 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) WSOR 101(E9A) |
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314 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Smokin' It Up |
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Now along for the ride after pulling the train west, the 261 smokes it up as her crew awaits the train's arrival at St. Louis Park. Cool, damp weather helped make the 261's smoke gray-white this day. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2019 Upload Date: 9/22/2019 7:08:22 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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136 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Steam and Steel |
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Due to cool, damp weather, the 261 was a living picture of steam and steel as she rolled back to town on the eastbound run of the "Gourmet Express." |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2019 Upload Date: 9/22/2019 7:09:54 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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108 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
End Of The Line |
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The surviving trolley grade (which began life as a Milwaukee Road branch to Deephaven before being leased to the TCRT and electrified for streetcar use) ends at the curve in the center distance, where development after the 1932 abandonment of TCRT's Deephaven route wiped out all traces of the right-of-way. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2021 Upload Date: 4/20/2021 9:05:32 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Minnetonka's Streetcar Trail |
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Despite a massive influx of development after the Twin City Rapid Transit's Lake Minnetonka streetcar lines were abandoned in 1932, one piece of the Deephaven route, which began life as a Milwaukee Road branch before being leased to TCRT and electrified, survives. This segment run from Fairchild Avenue to just east of Highland Avenue (the street in the foreground). It is amazing this part of the line survived to become Minnetonka city trail, just like the TCRT lines out east in Mahtomedi did. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2021 Upload Date: 4/20/2021 9:00:33 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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102 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"I'm Still Standin'" |
| Description: |
The sight of the old Minneapolis & St. Louis bridge over Highway 7 at the Hopkins/Minnetonka border calls to my mind the words of a Sir Elton John song. That bridge has retained its green coat of paint ever since the rails went up sometime after this stretch of the old Louie was abandoned by the North Western between Hopkins and Norwood in 1980. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/2021 Upload Date: 8/25/2021 8:19:35 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
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| Title: |
Where The Spur Once Defied Time |
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A short spur track was left behind when the rails went up along this stretch of the old Minneapolis & St. Louis after abandonment in 1980. (http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1314889) The spur defied the passage of time well into the new century until, alas, a residential development nearby which included the land the spur sat on resulted in its demise at last. Today only some ties remain to mark where these rails once were. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/2021 Upload Date: 8/25/2021 8:16:39 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Old Tie |
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An old tie remains where a short spur track sat intact after the old Louie was abandoned from Hopkins to Norwood until a nearby development which included the land the spur sat on resulted in the rails finally being pulled up. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/2021 Upload Date: 8/25/2021 8:19:13 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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95 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hello Again, 3516! |
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I hadn't seen the 3516 in ages. She was second of three units on what was apparently the recently returned St. Paul Turn as the crew switched down at the Hopkins/Minnetonka border. |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/2022 Upload Date: 2/16/2022 6:08:34 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
TCWR 3516(GP20C) |
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66 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Switching By The LRT-To-Be |
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A TCWR crew (with the just returned St. Paul Turn?) switches down at the Minnetonka/Hopkins border shortly before 2 p.m. on a fairly pleasant Tuesday afternoon. Note the SWLRT bridge under construction in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/2022 Upload Date: 2/16/2022 6:07:30 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Winter,Action |
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TCWR 2013(GP38-2) TCWR 3516(GP20C) TCWR 2015(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Pulling Ahead |
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The TC&W crew pulls the train ahead while switching down by the Hopkins/Minnetonka border within the shadow of the SWLRT bridge over the old Milwaukee Road. |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/2022 Upload Date: 2/16/2022 6:10:01 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Winter,Action |
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| Title: |
Waiting For Rails And Overhead Wire |
| Description: |
Opus station impassively waits for rails by its platforms and overhead wire strung above it late on a gorgeous Sautrday morning. The bases for the overheard wire poles can be seen surrounding the station, but rails have yet to reach this point on the Southwest LRT line. |
| Photo Date: |
2/26/2022 Upload Date: 2/26/2022 10:12:30 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Transit |
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| Title: |
Opus Staton |
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Opus station, located within Minnetonka's sprawling Opus Campus, basks beneath a warm late February sun on a Saturday morning. |
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2/26/2022 Upload Date: 2/26/2022 10:11:37 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Transit |
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48 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bridge On The Border |
| Description: |
This magnificent bridge spans wetlands and the former Milwaukee Road tracks now operated by Twin Cities & Western. The bridge also straddles the Hopkins/Minnetonka border! This view is from the north side of Smetana Road, taken on a mild October Saturday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2022 Upload Date: 10/8/2022 6:12:20 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Transit |
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46 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Impressive Cut |
| Description: |
This impressive cut is located along the SWLRT on the south side of Smetana Road. No tracks have reached here yet. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2022 Upload Date: 10/8/2022 6:10:44 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Transit |
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27 Comments: 0 |
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