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New Tracks At indian Chief |
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Newly-built track and switches connect with the TC&W main line at the Indian Chief Road bridge (the heir to Graffiti Bridge, incidentally). Ballast had yet to be added on this cloudy Saturday afternoon in mid-October. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 11/19/2023 6:42:16 PM |
| Location: |
Eden Prairie, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Back On Home Rails One Last Time |
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Now sold but still clad in faded "bandit" paint, Soo 2010 was at the Pig's Eye roundhouse on a showery Saturday afternoon. Usable parts have been removed by CPKC, so the new owner might be a scrapper. Hail and farewell to the last ex-Milwaukee Road unit on the CPKC, sitting here on home rails one last time. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 11/7/2023 10:19:02 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
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SOO 2010(GP40) |
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| Title: |
I'm Gonna Miss These |
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Soo 4416 waits at Pig's Eye prior to leaving for new owner S&S Sales the next day. I'm gonna miss these old warhorses you used to find working the likes of the Ford Branch or the MNS Spur. Hail and farewell, 4416! |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 11/7/2023 10:19:54 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster,Yard |
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SOO 4416(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Workin' On The SWLRT |
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Track work was ongoing near Wooddale Avenue on the SWLRT on a lovely September afternoon. |
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9/14/2023 Upload Date: 9/14/2023 8:12:17 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis Park, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Flag-Wavin' DPU |
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A flag-waving UP unit holds down the DPU duties on a stopped grain train at Buffalo Lake, MN. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/17/2023 8:12:55 PM |
| Location: |
Buffalo Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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UP 7117(AC44C4M) |
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| Title: |
Weathered Lead Unit |
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A weathered Uncle Pete GE sits in the lead of a unit grain train stopped at Buffalo Lake for loading at the grain facility there. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/17/2023 8:11:47 PM |
| Location: |
Buffalo Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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UP 6257(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Big Grain |
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A Twin Cities & Western-crewed Union Pacific grain train sits on the main at Buffalo Lake on the afternoon of the first Saturday of August, 2023. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/17/2023 8:10:32 PM |
| Location: |
Buffalo Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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UP 6257(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Vintage Elevator |
| Description: |
This vintage elevator still stands by the old Minneapolis & St. Louis (built originally by the Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Pacific) in North Redwood. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/17/2023 8:06:13 PM |
| Location: |
North Redwood, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Another Vintage Bridge |
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When the Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Pacific built west from Morton, MN, they spanned the main channel and the backwaters with two bridges. When the line curved up through North Redwood, one more bridge was built over the river--this bridge. Amazing this span and its compatriots in Morton have stood since the 1880s! |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/17/2023 8:09:21 PM |
| Location: |
North Redwood, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Bridge |
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| Title: |
Jack And Sally Are Hoboes! |
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Graffitti artists adorned this former Klemme Coop Grain ribside hopper with portraits of Jack and Sally from "The Nightmare Before Christmas." The duo were enjoying the summer aboard an empty westbound grain train outside Franklin. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:32:15 PM |
| Location: |
Franklin, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
Why, Hello There! |
| Description: |
My friend Andy and I hadn't seen this Twin Cities & Western workhorse in a bit. PTC has sent many old TC&W units to the western side of the system, includng the Minnesota Prairie Line. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:30:06 PM |
| Location: |
Franklin, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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TCWR 2301(GP39-2) |
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| Title: |
"Fairfax" |
| Description: |
The east end of the Fairfax depot. I pesume a "Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway" sign once was affixed above the "Fairfax" sign, judging by the space over it. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:18:10 PM |
| Location: |
Fairfax, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Hello Again! |
| Description: |
My friend Andy and I hadn't seen this Twin Cities & Western vet in a while. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:28:38 PM |
| Location: |
Franklin, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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TCWR 4302(GP30C) |
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| Title: |
Still At Morton |
| Description: |
TC&W's only (?) caboose is still in the yard at Morton several years after I first saw it there. This waycar looks to be in serious need of TLC, topped with fresh TC&W paint. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:48:08 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
Truckless Boxcars |
| Description: |
These truckless MNVA boxcars (which used to be the yard office?) remain at Morton. Note the snowplow at left. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:43:04 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
Vintage Grain Elevator |
| Description: |
Farmers Co-Op Elevator Co. No 2 stands tall by the old Minneapolis & St. Louis in downtown Fairfax on a quiet Saturday afternoon. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:23:02 PM |
| Location: |
Fairfax, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
All Quiet On The Main |
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All was quiet on the main line of the old Louie down by the Fairfax depot on the afternoon of the first Saturday of August, 2023. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:20:49 PM |
| Location: |
Fairfax, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Closed For The Day |
| Description: |
The Fairfax Depot Museum was, alas, closed when my friend Andy and I visited. The museum is currently open on Sunday afternoons, but as we visited on a Saturday due to the weather forecast, we had to miss out on touring the place. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:18:59 PM |
| Location: |
Fairfax, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Love That Sign |
| Description: |
I love that "Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway" sign on the west end of the Fairfax depot. What a nice touch! |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:22:28 PM |
| Location: |
Fairfax, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Empty Grain |
| Description: |
A westbound empty grain train idles on the main line east of Franklin on a Saturday afternoon. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:28:10 PM |
| Location: |
Franklin, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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TCWR 2301(GP39-2) TCWR 4302(GP30C) |
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| Title: |
Majestic Span |
| Description: |
The main channel bridge over the Minnesota River at Morton quietly awaits the next train on a Saturday afternoon. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:42:31 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Bridge |
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| Title: |
Morton Shops |
| Description: |
The Morton shops were quiet as an empty park on this Saturday afternoon when my friend Andy and I swung by. Nice to see they're still in use. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:45:08 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
MNVA Reminder |
| Description: |
"MNVA" stencils remain on one of the ends of a truckless boxcar at Morton, MN. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:43:44 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Louie Monument |
| Description: |
The bridge over the Minnesota River at Morton dates back to the days of the Minneapolis & St. Louis. The span stands today as a proud monument to the Louie. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:41:25 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Forlorn Waycar |
| Description: |
Twin Cities & Western's only (?) caboose looks moe forlorn than when I saw it last. What's this caboose's current status? |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:49:27 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
Heading For The MPL |
| Description: |
The engineer aboard a westbound TC&W-crewed UP ethanol train bound for Wintrhop gets the train in motion again while a Twin Cities & Western pickup truck (at right) carries the train's conductor down to the switch for the Minnesota Prairie Line. There the conductor will unlock the switch and reboard the train, leaving the TC&W employee in the truck to close the switch once the train's last car has entered the MPL. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 8:52:57 PM |
| Location: |
Norwood Young America, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Action |
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CSX 7021(CM44AC) UP 7347(AC45CCTE) UP 3059(SD70AH-T4) |
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| Title: |
Pausing At Tacoma |
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The engineer aboard a westbound Twin Cities & Western-crewed Union Pacific ethanol train brings it to a stop at Tacoma Avenue late on a Saturday afternoon so the conductor can ride the TC&W pickup truck (bottom right) down to unlock the switch for the Minnesota Prairie Line. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 8:51:34 PM |
| Location: |
Norwood Young America, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
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CSX 7021(CM44AC) UP 7347(AC45CCTE) UP 3059(SD70AH-T4) |
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| Title: |
Still There |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation plates stamped "MNVA" still adorn the crossbucks at Park Avenue in Hamburg several years after I first saw them there. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/8/2023 8:29:13 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
55 Miles From SPUD |
| Description: |
Back when the Minneapolis & St. Louis Morton Sub ran all tjhe way to Hopkins from its namesake town, you were 55 miles from St. Paul Union Depot at Hamburg. (My thanks to my friend Andy for this interesting tidbit.) |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/8/2023 8:29:51 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Passing The Station Sign |
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A westbound ethanol train with a friendly hogger aboard (he tooted the horn on his run-through CSX leader when he saw my buddy Andy and I watching the train pass) fills Hamburg with late afternoon thunder as it passes the station sign while bound for Winthrop. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/8/2023 8:27:16 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Action |
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CSX 7021(CM44AC) UP 7347(AC45CCTE) UP 3059(SD70AH-T4) |
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| Title: |
Hail The Rock Island! |
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The Rock Island logo and "Faribault" station sign adorn the north side of The Depot Bar and Grill, located right next to the patio, which in turn is next to the Spine Line. To think The Rock lives again as a short line in Mississippi! That would be something worth hoisting a beer or two for at the Depot. :-) |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 8/4/2023 8:37:41 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
"Great Weedy" All Over Again |
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This piece of former Chicago Great Western track curves into and ends at Faribault Foods. What was once the main line is now occupied by a short trail north of here, complete with two trestles over the Cannon River. Progressive Rail has moved shipments for Faribault Foods down to the Faribault Industrial Park, though this piece of the "Great Weedy" seems to be safe regardless. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 8/4/2023 8:15:49 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
"Great Weedy" Redux |
| Description: |
The east end of the surviving stretch of Chicago Great Western track curves eastward past Second Avenue Northwest down by Faribault Foods. The weeds along the line call the CGW's "Great Weedy" nickname to mind. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 8/4/2023 8:15:23 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Where A Signal Once Stood |
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West of the old CGW/MILW crossing is this base for a signal which once guarded the crossing. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 8/4/2023 8:17:31 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Signal |
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| Title: |
Dig That Sign! |
| Description: |
The Depot Bar and Grill sure has a snappy, Rock Island-themed sign. Nice touch, man. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 8/4/2023 8:19:34 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
"Athens Of The West", Hey? |
| Description: |
This snappy, Rock Island-themed mural on The Depot Bar and Grill proclaims Faribault as the "Athens of the West." |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 8/4/2023 8:17:54 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
All Quiet On The Spine Line |
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The Spine Line was all quiet when my friend Andy and I visited Faribault on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend 2023. Here we are looking north from The Depot Bar and Grill towards the Straight River bridge. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 8/4/2023 8:10:58 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
The Depot on a Sunday Afternoon |
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Apparently The Depot Bar and Grill, operating out of the old Rock Island depot on the Spine Line, isn't open Sundays. At least it wasn't open on the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend 2023, when my friend Andy and I paid a visit. No matter. The station was as cool as ever. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 8/4/2023 8:10:24 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
An Alco Line Catch At Last! |
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I'd frequently failed to catch anything on the old Alco Line between Owatonna and Rochester for years until, at last, this golden oldie fell into my hands. The unit was apparently being used for switching at Claremont's ethanol plant, Al-Corn Clean Fuel. This baby is my first "tunnel motor" in quite awhile too. |
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7/15/2023 Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:02:02 PM |
| Location: |
Claremont, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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NPR 2852(SD40T-2) |
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| Title: |
Waiting On A Hazy Evening |
| Description: |
An ex-UP SD40T-2 waits down by the ethanol plant on a quiet, hazy Saturday evening in Claremont. |
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7/15/2023 Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:01:35 PM |
| Location: |
Claremont, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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NPR 2852(SD40T-2) |
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| Title: |
Revival Delayed |
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A shipper was about to have Progressive Rail transport aggregate from down by the old Milwaukee Road depot when, alas, the COVID pandemic struck and put paid to that customer. The tracks were being groomed for revival, but now the weeds have returned. Hopefully that shipper will try again soon, reviving these old Milwaukee rails. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:09:08 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
I Did It Again |
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When I first visited Faribault's Milwaukee Road depot in the summer of 1995, I was so taken by the name stamped on the platform's bricks that (to my brother's bemusement!) I snapped a picture. Revisiting the depot with my railfan friend Andy in 2023, I snapped another photo of these bricks, because I'd forgotten the name stamped on them: Flint Co. That brickmaker sure took pride in its work, no? |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:09:43 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
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Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Hey, That's My Name! |
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Always nice to see my name on a train station. :-) (Faribault's former Milwaukee Road depot, in this case.) |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:10:33 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
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Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee Depot On A Sunday |
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Faribault's Milwaukee Road depot was decked out for the Memorial Day weekend on a pleasant late May Sunday when my railfan friend Andy and I paid a visit. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/18/2023 9:08:23 PM |
| Location: |
Faribault, MN |
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Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Big Grain Train On The Old Great Western |
| Description: |
Awaiting a post-weekend crew, a big grain train bound for the loading facility at Randolph waits beneath mild skies on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend 2023. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/11/2023 8:37:50 PM |
| Location: |
Waterford, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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UP 8019(AC45CCTE) UP 5611(AC44CWCTE) |
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Big Power On The CGW |
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Two big GEs sit on the point of a parked empty grain train bound for Randolph for loading once the weekend was over. Who could have guessed that the rickety former Chicago Great Western rails here would one day be spruced up so good, big motive power could traverse them? |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/11/2023 8:37:03 PM |
| Location: |
Waterford, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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UP 8019(AC45CCTE) UP 5611(AC44CWCTE) |
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| Title: |
Uncle Pete And Dame's Rocket |
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My railfan outing companion Andy pointed out the Dame's Rocket (right foreground) floruishing along the old CGW and encouraged me to snap a photo of them, so I worked some of those flowers into this shot of the tail end of an empty Uncle Pete grain train awaiting to be crewed and loaded at Randolph after the weekend was over. |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/11/2023 8:35:16 PM |
| Location: |
Waterford, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5393(AC45CCTE) |
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Uncle Pete On The CGW |
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The trailing unit on a parked empty Union Pacific grain train awaiting a post-weekend Progressive Rail crew sits powered down on what was once the Chicago Great Western's route to Red Wing. |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/11/2023 8:34:47 PM |
| Location: |
Waterford, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 5393(AC45CCTE) |
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To The South |
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A look to the south from up in the yard on Memorial Day weekend 2023. The CGW's main line occupied the area where the blue building at left now stands. |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/11/2023 9:06:47 PM |
| Location: |
Randolph, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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Quiet Yard On A Sunday Afternoon |
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All was quiet at the former Chicago Great Western yard in Randolph on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend 2023. The yard is now half the size it once was, but that hasn't impeded current operator Progressive Rail any in breathing new life into this spot on the old Great Western. |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/11/2023 8:22:11 PM |
| Location: |
Randolph, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PGR 74(SW1500) |
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