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A Depot Aint' A Depot ... |
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If a train ain't a train without a caboose, then a depot ain't a depot without a set of tracks by it. Sadly, this soon will no longer be the case when the former Louie on the right is torn up, follwoing the way of the Milwaukee Road's Hastings and Dakota route through town which crossed here. Hence the angled side of the depot and the old signal behind the tree. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 8:18:01 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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Trestle Close Up |
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A close-up view of the trestle near the intersection of Fourth and Elm. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 9:36:51 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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Scenic Curve |
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This scenic curve is just to the east-northeast of Depot Park in Carver. Get your pics of it with rails while you can! |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 3:02:31 PM |
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Carver, MN |
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Soon To Be Just Another Trail Crossing? |
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A pedestrian path leading up to Cy's Bar and Grill in downtown Chaska soon might be just another trail crossing if the rail bed becomes a trail (which hopefully will be the case.) At any rate, the only railroad signs soon to be here will just be the ones at Cy's visible in the background. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 3:21:16 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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Sad |
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Found this lying along the old UP Chaska Industrial in the downtown area near the Chaska Mill and Cy's bar and grill. From active rail line to trash heap in the space of a few years. Note how one of the tie plates at the top of the picture still has a spike in it while all the others around it are loose or lying on the ties and ballast. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/5/2011 10:59:15 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
The Impending Doom |
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We are at the first switch for United Sugars, where the frog has been removed and left on the ties for the moment. Soon all the iron will be up and scattered to the four winds. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 8:45:32 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
Hickory Street Crossing |
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This scene is another fit for a model railroad. Oh for the days when the line was not only agtive, but intact all the way to Hopkins and beyond. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 9:37:44 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
Forlorn Rails |
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Looking southwest down the Louie ftom near the end of the line the rails in their rusty, overgrown state but faintly echoes the past glories of the line. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 9:18:56 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
No More'Trains |
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No longer will trains chant into down on the jointed rail straggling off towards Carver at the Hickory Street crossing. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 9:42:57 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
Lookin' Up The Line |
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Looking up the old Louie main line from near Cy's bar and grill. Note the former Chaska depot in the background and a discarded hoodie in the foreground, of which a seperate picture can be found in this album. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 8:17:35 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
Vista F–t For A Model Railroad |
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Pedestrian crossing in foreground leads to Cy's Bar and Grill. Again, what I wouldn't give to have photographed a UP United Sugars job here. It's a sczne fit for a model railroad. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 9:23:01 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
Towards The End Of The Line |
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In 1991 the CNW tore up the ex-M & S t.L main from Hopkins to Chaska leaving a stub in place from Merriam Junction as the "Chaska Industrial Lead." The old main ends in the trees in the far distance, awaiting to jon the rest of the route in abandonment. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 9:03:38 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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Looking Towards Downtown |
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Traffic on Hickory has kept the rails in the pavement buffed and shiny while the rails beyond lie weedy and caked#in rust. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 9:43:16 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
Not A Pretty Sight |
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I came across this pair of rails lying discarded near Cy's. Not a pretty sight for a once vibrant line. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 8:47:51 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
A Common Sight |
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At the moment, you can find sights like this aplenty on the abandoned UP Chaska Industrial Lead: spikes out of their tie plates surrounding the steel rails they once held in place. These particular ones were lying in the vicinity of the first switch for United Sugars. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 8:54:29 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
The North End |
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The northern end of the ex-M & St. L. bridge at Carver. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 3:13:45 PM |
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Carver, MN |
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Curving Towards The River |
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Here is the ex-Louie main curving past Casey's General Store in downtown Carver. Note the earthen wall to the left, a flood-season necessity. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 3:14:07 PM |
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Carver, MN |
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| Title: |
Don't Need This Anymore |
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This sign remains affixed to one of the crossbucks at the Hickory Avenue North grade crosming. Wonder where they will go after the 'bucks come down? |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 9:37:21 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
Nice Vista Soon To Change |
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What a pretty sight the old Minneapolis and St. Louis mainline makes passing the Chaska Mill and Cy's Bar and Grill. Wish I had caught a UP train here before they pulled the plug. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 3:25:32 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
Tiny Trestle |
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This span is located above the intersection of Fourth and Elm in Chaska. Hope it survives after the lifting of the tracks. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 9:28:32 PM |
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Chaska, MN |
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| Title: |
Pavement Where The Steel Once Was |
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This shot looks west-southwest towards the Hopkins water tower faintly visible above the trees in the center. The mowed lawn to the right of the Minneapolis and St. Louis' main is owned by the Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority and may have once held additional iron. |
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6/12/2011 Upload Date: 6/13/2011 12:07:48 PM |
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Hopkins, MN |
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Beneath 169 |
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Here is the former Louie main line passing under Highway 169. The former M&STL depot -now a coffee shop- is just visible to the left behind the trees. Grassy area to the left is where the branch to Morton and points west once junctioned. |
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6/12/2011 Upload Date: 6/13/2011 12:08:08 PM |
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Hopkins, MN |
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| Title: |
Name Says It All |
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You can find these signs off the LRT trail across from the CP/TC&W Hopkins depot at the edge of a mowed section next to the trail. They denote the HCRRA's property boundary here. |
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6/12/2011 Upload Date: 6/14/2011 7:57:27 AM |
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Hopkins, MN |
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| Title: |
Rail Reminders |
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On the very edge of the HCRRA property near the 169 overpass can be found this signal base and accompanying relic. All it says on the latter is "Griswold Signal Co. Minneapolis, MN." Apparently the CNW decided to abandon these in place rather than tear them out. This signal once guarded the junction with the Minneapolis and St. Louis' main line and its line to Morton, MN, and points west. |
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6/12/2011 Upload Date: 6/14/2011 7:57:06 AM |
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Hopkins, MN |
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| Title: |
Where The Rails End |
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Here is where the surviving ex-Dakota Rail tracks end amidst overgrowth where the Dakota Rail trail takes over the ROW below the bridge connecting County 15 to Highway 12. |
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6/22/2011 Upload Date: 6/22/2011 6:45:00 PM |
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Wayzata, MN |
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| Title: |
Growing Rails?! |
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Right out from the grass of the tony new apartments across from the Pillsbury A mill jut these rails across SE 6th Avenue into the weeds surrounding the old facility. |
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9/3/2011 Upload Date: 9/4/2011 10:46:54 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
No Trains Will Cross Here Again |
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A crossbuck remains in place along with street markings guarding a long severed grade crossing on SE 6th Avenue 2 blocks east of the Stone Arch bridge. |
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9/3/2011 Upload Date: 9/4/2011 10:47:13 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
Severed And Rusted |
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Buried amidst the weeds, this rusted track still leads into the Pillsbury A mill on the east bank of Old Man River two blocks east of the Stone Arch bridge. |
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9/3/2011 Upload Date: 9/4/2011 5:16:04 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
Still At Train Height |
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When the 3rd Avenue bridge was built, it had to accomodate passing over two seperate railway lines on two different elevations; the tracks that served the GN depot (which stood beginning in the upper right background) and the rails which connected to the mills and the Railway Transfer yard. The ghosts of trains on both still pass beneath in my imagination. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/9/2011 11:31:52 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
Car Entrance Close Up |
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A close up of where cars could be parked and picked up from the downtown post office. Was this spur single or double-tracked? |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 10:20:25 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
The Iron Horse Was Here |
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After passing the first tie while walking up the grade, you soon will come to these four or more ties, also left behind by the track removal crews and now virtually buried under the roadbed by the elements. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 10:12:26 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
Vanished Wye |
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Behind the GN depot on Hennepin Avenue there was a wye which connected it to the main line, the east leg of which connected to the bridge which today carries the BNSF Wayzata sub over the river. Today, this stub is all that remains. A monument to when trains ruled the west bank of Old Man River downtown. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 10:29:39 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
Barely Visible |
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Mostly buried under dirt and remaining track ballast is this final tie you will come to while walking up towards the 3rd Avenue bridge on the fragment of grade left over from the tracks that linked the downtown flour mills and the Railway Transfer yard. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 10:12:41 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
Solid Wall And A Signal Mast Base? |
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The surviving fragment of grade beneath the 3rd Avenue bridge downtown has a portion of its retaining wall still intact. It is the most growth-free at this spot, and I cannot help but wonder if that concrete block next to it in the foreground is an old signal mast base? |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/9/2011 11:35:39 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
Bitten Off |
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The grade of the line to the west bank flour mills and Railway Transfer yard abruptly ends by the extension of the downtown Post Office, making it look bitten off. Sad. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/9/2011 11:36:01 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
End Of The Wall |
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Here is where the retaining wall on the grade fragment by the downtown Post Office collapses into rubble. Look upon my works ye mighty and despair. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/9/2011 11:43:27 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
No More Track To Switch |
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The downtown Post Office got rail service in this part of the building that's now bricked off. Amazing that a railway even once ran here. 3rd Avenue bridge is in distance. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/9/2011 11:46:31 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
No More Rail Service |
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Once upon a time cars were nursed into and out of the big bricked up gap on the old track level end of the downtown post office. Now they are blocked up so no riff raff tries to hang out where the iron horse once plied its trade. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 10:20:40 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
The Salvagers Did Not Want This |
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If you walk up the fragment of railway grade from where it ends by the Post Office (the only access, incidentally) you will come to this tie, the first of several left behind by the track removal crews in the 1980s and now half-buried in the old roadbed. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 10:08:22 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
The First Avenue End |
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The grade fragment that starts by the downtown post office ends beneath the First Avenue bridge in the distance. Picture taken from beneath 3rd Avenue bridge. Chain link fence below First Avenue span means the only way up and onto this rail reminder is from down by the post office. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 10:20:57 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
The Path Up |
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Egress onto the grade fragment by the downtown Post Office is easy thanks to this gentle path. One that also reveals the anatomy of a railway grade. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/9/2011 11:37:25 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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The End Viewed From Up Top |
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The post office end of the grade as viewed from on top of it. Noe how all the weeds and stuff have been recently mowed. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 10:21:28 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Old Wye Stub Side View |
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A side view of the stub on the BNSF Wayzata sub bridge which used to form the east leg of the wye behind the Great Northern depot. |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 9/10/2011 10:29:54 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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All You Can Find Now Of The CGW Here |
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We are at the former grade crossing for the Chicago Great Western main line on Lamb Avenue on the southeast side of Nerstrand (in the background). All you can find today is a bump in the road and a patch of weeds on the northwest side. All the rest of the grade has fallen to the farmer's plow. |
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9/10/2011 Upload Date: 9/11/2011 1:58:13 PM |
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Nerstrand, MN |
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| Title: |
Mr. Stickney Would Despair |
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This CGW grade fragment can be found at 3rd Street North in Nerstrand proper. Now in use as a private road, all you hear today is the hum of insects where steam engines chuffed and diesels growled. Ol' A.B. Stickney would despair if he saw scenes like this from the remains of the railway he labored to build long ago. |
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9/10/2011 Upload Date: 9/11/2011 2:47:04 PM |
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Nerstrand, MN |
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Another Bingo! |
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Affixed to the still in operation 7th Ave NW grade crossing along the 1.4 mile stretch of CGW track left in town is this U.S. Dot plate stamped for the CNW! The other crossbuck has one as well. |
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9/10/2011 Upload Date: 9/12/2011 4:02:39 PM |
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Faribault, MN |
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From Rails To Private Road |
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On the south side of 150th street, a portion of a substantial chunk of former CGW grade has apparently been cleared for a few hundred feet as a road for a nearby residence. |
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9/10/2011 Upload Date: 9/11/2011 2:39:21 PM |
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Nerstrand, MN |
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| Title: |
Paved Path Where SDs Once Chanted |
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Where high short hooded Milwaukee Road SD7s once chanted on the Zumbrota branch, now you can take a stroll on it for a few miles starting on the east side of 9th Avenue South near the Kwik Trip. West of here the trail meanders through apartments and other ousing that took over the Zumbrota branch right-of-way after abandonment. |
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9/10/2011 Upload Date: 9/11/2011 3:05:04 PM |
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Faribault, MN |
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| Title: |
Mystery Crossbuck |
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This lone crossbuck stands a little bit east of the main Division Street grade crossing for a long-gone mystery track of the Milwaukee Road. |
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9/10/2011 Upload Date: 9/12/2011 3:34:45 PM |
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Faribault, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Bingo! |
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A U.S. DOT plate stamped "MILW" can be found on a crossbuck just east of the main railway crossing on Division street. |
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9/10/2011 Upload Date: 9/12/2011 3:34:59 PM |
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Faribault, MN |
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Richard Held |
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