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More CGW Reminders |
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More bits of railroad ties discarded and now moldy and forgotten along the CGW grade south of County Road 42. |
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1/14/2012 Upload Date: 1/16/2012 5:03:28 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Where Did The CGW Grade Go? |
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I took this from on the embankment of the intact portion of CGW grade on the north side of County 42 looking south. I do believe the right-of-way is in what appears to be a cut in the right-center of the picture. |
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1/14/2012 Upload Date: 1/14/2012 8:07:46 PM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Welcome To The Rails Of The Gopher State! |
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This shot of tank cars with the Pine Bend refinery in the background taken during a snow squall all but shouts the title caption. We are at the end of active former Chicago Great Western rails here. |
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1/14/2012 Upload Date: 1/14/2012 8:01:25 PM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Wow! |
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Bits of ties thrown away by the scrap crews that moved in after the line was abandoned in 1984 lie beside the right-of-way in the remains of a cut now largely decimated by the farmer's plow. This was a major "Wow!" find, for sure; I didn't expect to find any post-abandonment detritus along the chunks of former CGW grade that are left. |
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1/14/2012 Upload Date: 1/14/2012 7:54:30 PM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
"Arrest Me" |
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"Arrest me," is what I thought as I disobeyed the sign to take a closer look at the end of CGW grade on the north side of County Road 42 amidst a snow squall. |
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1/14/2012 Upload Date: 1/14/2012 8:18:04 PM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Another Boneyard Boxcar |
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In another corner of Vics, here is another old boxcar on the grounds near the old Chicago Great Western grade. Wow! |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 7:15:33 PM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Yowza Again! |
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Heading northward along the CGW from the first spot I found a fragment of railroad tie, in a cut I came across another piece. This piece. |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:51:08 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
I Did It! |
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A week previous I had walked up the CGW grade from the south at U More park until I reached a fence barely visible in the distant center of this photo past the yellow stick. A week later, I walked down from the north until I reached this same point. Arriba! Man I love train grade exploration. Too bad trains don't pass in sight of that U of M wind turbine; what a photo it would have made! |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:37:02 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Nothing Left But Visions |
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The ragged CGW grade as it appears near the U of M's U More park in Rosemount. Even here I can see rails, ties, ballast ... and another northbound train from the CNW days approaching the camera. |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:32:07 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
On The South Side |
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The overgrown heap of earth in the left-center is the CGW. The smooth slope coming up towards the camera is the start of a chunk of CGW grade south of County 42 (visible in the left-center just below the grade on the north side.) |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:10:55 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Northward View |
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A view looking north from the south side of the S-curve along the CGW grade near U More park. |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:57:41 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Southward View |
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Here is a view of the CGW grade south of County 42 in Rosemount. Touring this was a dream come true for me. I can just see the headlight of the lead F-unit of a northbound Chicago Great Western freight coming out of that cut in the distance ... |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:16:21 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Northward View Near County 42 |
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Going back up the old CGW, here is a northward view of the grade a mile or so south of County Road 42. I can just see a six F-unit lashup toting a southbound CGW freight towards the camera ... |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:57:11 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Boneyard Boxcar |
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An establishment named Vic's abuts the old CGW gradc in Rosemount. Lo and behold: here is an old boxcar within sight of the right-of-way! It is almost like a monument to the trains that no longer pass through here. |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 7:14:12 PM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
On The S-Curve |
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Here we are on the S-curve which can be found south of County 42 on the mile or two of Chicago Great Western grade south of that point. I can just see a northbound freight from the CNW days coming north towards the camera ... |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:28:27 AM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Idling The Day Away |
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The Progressive Rail SW1500 assigned to the Eagandale line idles unmanned on a siding along the former joint Rock Isl|nd/Milwaukee Road line on a cold Saturday afternoon. |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 7:20:19 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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PGR 38(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
Depot Panorama |
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A panorama centered on the Progressive Rail depot in Rosemount, MN. Judging by all the freight cars they must be making money hand over fist with the former Milwaukee Road line into Eagan which splits off the former joint Milwaukee Road/Rock Island line a mile or so north of the depot. |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:08:07 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Railway Grade Beyond A Doubt |
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When walking in the cuts along the CGW here it is hard at first to tell you're on an old railway line. That is until you reach the likes of this S-curve, sitting buried in yet another blanket of snow in yet another Minnesota winter long after the rails went up. Note the wind turbine and chimneys at the U of M's U More park in the distance. |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:21:20 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Yowza! |
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I found this railroad tie fragment along the old CGW, still at the surface of the roadbed since it fell from a tie being plucked up by a wrecking crew in 1984-85. |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:45:05 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
From Main Line To Dumping Ground |
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Once along this corridor trains thundered northbound and southbound in all their regal majesty. Today it is host to at least one piece of garbage. How far the mighty have fallen! |
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1/21/2012 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 11:44:03 AM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Southbound local is almost home |
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3/9/2012 Upload Date: 3/19/2012 4:27:19 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
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Paul Leach |
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PGR 38(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
Eastbound loaded coal train |
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3/21/2012 Upload Date: 3/30/2012 7:11:57 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Paul Leach |
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UP 6732(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
UP 8525 |
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DPU engine on M-KCSS. |
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4/3/2012 Upload Date: 4/18/2012 7:53:10 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Jeffrey Streiff |
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UP 8525(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
UP 9672 |
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Three C44-9W's lead train M-CPFW down the ex-RI Spine Line. |
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4/3/2012 Upload Date: 4/18/2012 7:53:21 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Jeffrey Streiff |
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UP 9672(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Progressive Rail at Rosemount MN |
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4/8/2012 Upload Date: 4/9/2012 11:03:09 AM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Robert Ball |
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PGR 38(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
UP 5117 |
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M-KCVP detours up the ex-RI Spine Line due to issues on the Omaha line. |
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5/11/2012 Upload Date: 5/31/2012 9:17:55 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
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Jeffrey Streiff |
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UP 5117(SD70M) |
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| Title: |
UP 8172 |
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M-KCSS is minutes away from the end of the trip at S. St. Paul. |
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5/11/2012 Upload Date: 5/31/2012 9:19:14 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Jeffrey Streiff |
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UP 8172(SD9043MAC) |
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| Title: |
UP 8281 |
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M-ITDM heading down the Spine Line. |
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5/11/2012 Upload Date: 5/31/2012 9:20:01 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
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Jeffrey Streiff |
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UP 8281(SD9043MAC) |
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| Title: |
Local'nears home |
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5/16/2012 Upload Date: 5/23/2012 8:31:06 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Paul Leach |
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PGR 38(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
Manifest rolls north |
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6/5/2012 Upload Date: 6/18/2012 9:01:13 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Paul Leach |
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UP 4318(SD70M) |
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| Title: |
UP 8171 |
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M-SSMCX starts down the ex-RI Spine Line in the late evening sun. This train was all two bay frac sand cars. |
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6/11/2012 Upload Date: 7/2/2012 10:09:48 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
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Jeffrey Streiff |
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| Title: |
End Of Track On the CGW Connection |
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The Chicago Great Western main line through Rosemount had a connecting track which branched off and connected with the joint Rock Island/Milwaukee Road line a few miles to the west. Today on a stub of this line remains in operation to serve a customer on the former RI/MILW. Here is where it ends close to the intersection of Blanca Avenue and Bloomfield Path, two streets nestled in a post-abandonment residental development which wiped out a good chunk of the grade. (Some traces remain on the grounds of nearby U More park of the University of Minnesota, though.) The tank car is parked at the actual end of track; a patch of grade remains beyond it. The whole shebang is enclosed by a black wire chain link fence which required me to lift my camera above it to take this shot. |
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9/16/2012 Upload Date: 9/16/2012 6:12:21 PM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
ICE 6214 |
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CP Northfield Turn heads back to St. Paul. |
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9/22/2012 Upload Date: 9/29/2012 9:50:28 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
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Jeffrey Streiff |
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ICE 6214(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Westbound manifest |
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1/5/2013 Upload Date: 2/16/2013 8:58:13 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Paul Leach |
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UP 8430(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
Manifest heads north |
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2/23/2013 Upload Date: 4/3/2013 10:52:44 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
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Paul Leach |
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UP 5952(AC44CWCTE) |
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PGR 38 about to Couple Cars |
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8/5/2013 Upload Date: 5/19/2014 12:25:37 AM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
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PGR 38(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
UP 7843 |
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Loaded pipe train S-SSMU. |
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10/25/2013 Upload Date: 11/4/2013 10:02:36 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Jeffrey Streiff |
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UP 7843(AC45CCTE) |
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| Title: |
UP 8687 |
| Description: |
M-ITDM |
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10/25/2013 Upload Date: 11/4/2013 10:02:55 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Jeffrey Streiff |
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UP 8687(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
GMTX 302 |
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2/16/2014 Upload Date: 2/16/2014 6:13:18 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
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Matt Petersen |
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GMTX 302(MP15AC) |
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UP 3782 |
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Loaded frac sand train M-ADMCS. |
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5/18/2014 Upload Date: 6/16/2014 7:55:32 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
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Jeffrey Streiff |
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UP 3782(SD70M) |
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PGR 38 in the Midnight |
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7/30/2014 Upload Date: 8/11/2014 12:39:38 AM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
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Track |
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PGR 38(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
Manifest rolls west |
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11/8/2014 Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:13:36 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Paul Leach |
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SOO 6026(SD60) |
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| Title: |
Classy Depot In The Snow |
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Progressive Rails' Princess Depot-esque depot reposes beneath clear skies on a cold late February afternoon. |
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2/27/2015 Upload Date: 2/27/2015 11:08:31 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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Winter,Station |
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| Title: |
Short eastbound local |
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3/8/2015 Upload Date: 7/4/2015 3:39:33 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Paul Leach |
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CP 2208(GP20C-ECO) |
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BNSF 728758 |
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3/25/2015 Upload Date: 4/7/2015 12:01:56 AM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
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CBFX 440640, 440648 & NAHX 320231 |
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3/25/2015 Upload Date: 4/7/2015 12:02:16 AM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
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| Title: |
NATX 400641 |
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3/25/2015 Upload Date: 4/7/2015 12:04:57 AM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
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Track |
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| Title: |
PROX 35150, 31963 & GATX 57259 |
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3/25/2015 Upload Date: 4/7/2015 12:05:14 AM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
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Track |
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58 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CP 6231 |
| Description: |
CP train H-37- |
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3/27/2015 Upload Date: 4/3/2015 10:51:16 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Jeffrey Streiff |
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CP 6231(SD60) |
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141 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound local |
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4/4/2015 Upload Date: 7/6/2015 7:10:21 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Paul Leach |
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CP 6038(SD40-2) |
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111 Comments: 0 |
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