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Streetcar Trail, Looking North |
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Mahtomedi has some of the best preserved sections of Twin City Rapid Transit grade, virtually all of which is now a trail. Here we are looking north along the Streetcar Trail from down by the Mahtomedi Public Works Department. |
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4/5/2021 Upload Date: 4/17/2021 9:07:40 PM |
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Mahtomedi, MN |
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Streetcar Trail, Looking South |
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Here we are looking south along the Streetcar Trail from by the Mahtomedi Public Works Department. The trail ends down at Long Lake Road in the distance, which is also the end of this surviving piece of Twin City Rapid Transit grade.. |
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4/5/2021 Upload Date: 4/17/2021 9:08:48 PM |
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Mahtomedi, MN |
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A Bite Out Of The Old TCRT |
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A bite was taken out of the old Twin City Rapid Transit grade when the entrance to Katherine Abbot Park was made. Here we are looking north along the grade from the south side of the entrance. |
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4/5/2021 Upload Date: 4/17/2021 9:27:08 PM |
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Mahtomedi, MN |
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Old Grade |
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The Streetcar Trail makes a dogleg into Katherine Abbot Park, leaving this bit of old TCRT grade on the south side of the park entrance. |
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4/5/2021 Upload Date: 4/17/2021 9:27:43 PM |
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Mahtomedi, MN |
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Intact Grade |
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The old TCRT grade north of the entrance to Katherine Abbot Park is intact, evoking memories of the days the yellow and red streetcars once served Mahtomedi. |
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4/5/2021 Upload Date: 4/17/2021 9:28:09 PM |
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Mahtomedi, MN |
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| Title: |
Streetcar Trail Sign |
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This sign about the Streetcar Trail can be found at Katherine Abbot Park. |
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4/5/2021 Upload Date: 4/17/2021 9:35:39 PM |
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Mahtomedi, MN |
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| Title: |
Solid Right-Of-Way |
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The old TCRT right-of-way is still solid south of the entrance to Katherine Abbot Park. Why, you could tear up the trail, put down ballast, ties, and rails, string up wire, and trolleys could run here again. |
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4/5/2021 Upload Date: 4/17/2021 9:30:03 PM |
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Mahtomedi, MN |
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| Title: |
Streetcar Trail South Of Locus Street |
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A view south along the Streetcar Trail at Locust Street evokes a sense that, if the trail could be replaced with rail, and wire strung, streetcars could roll along this stretch of the Twin City Rapid Transit system once again (if only..). |
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4/5/2021 Upload Date: 4/17/2021 9:36:16 PM |
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Mahtomedi, MN |
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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. |
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4/20/2021 Upload Date: 4/20/2021 9:05:32 PM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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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. |
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4/20/2021 Upload Date: 4/20/2021 9:00:33 PM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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| Title: |
Whose Rails Were These? |
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A stretch of heavily overgrown track can be found behind the Northfield Quality Inn & Suites. I dunno whose rails were these, but I wonder if these were part of an interchange track between the Chicago Great Western and the Milwaukee Road/Rock Island. |
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4/22/2021 Upload Date: 4/23/2021 7:45:48 AM |
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Northfield, MN |
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| Title: |
Overgrowtn Switch |
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A overgrown stretch of track behind the Northfield Quality Inn & Suites includes this switch. |
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4/22/2021 Upload Date: 4/23/2021 7:46:29 AM |
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Northfield, MN |
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Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Where The Spur Track Was |
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For years a spur track (itself a remnant of a connecting track that once formed part of a wye along the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern), used to exist south of Laurel Avenue. Canadian Pacific was parking cars along the spur as late as 2012, like in this photo I took (http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3315128). But by 2015, the spur track was taken up, apparently as part of a rehab project that put welded rail along the MNS Spur at this point. |
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7/3/2021 Upload Date: 7/4/2021 8:43:09 PM |
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Golden Valley, MN |
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| Title: |
Where The Switch Once Was |
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The ties remain from the switch leading to a short spur track which used to be here along the Canadian Pacific's MNS Spur south of Laurel Avenue. |
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7/3/2021 Upload Date: 7/4/2021 8:42:24 PM |
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Golden Valley, MN |
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| Title: |
Altered Fabric |
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The historic fabric of a rail trail's original alignment is often torn in the name of the safety of trail users. The crossing of the old Louie at County 15 in Tonka Bay is a case in point: today the right-of-way has been altered for better sight lines for trail users, and flashing lights, activated by bicyclists and pedestrians, guard the crossing. |
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8/3/2021 Upload Date: 8/3/2021 9:45:55 PM |
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Tonka Bay, MN |
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| Title: |
The Way To Victoria |
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The old Minneapolis and St. Louis right-of-way sits momentarily empty early on a wildfire smoke-tinged Tuesday evening. The line is now the way to Victoria for trail users, but once it saw passage of trains pulled by 2-8-0s, RS1s, and GP9s and GP7s bound for points farther west than that Twin City suburb. |
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8/3/2021 Upload Date: 8/3/2021 9:47:50 PM |
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Tonka Bay, MN |
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| Title: |
"I'm Still Standin'" |
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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. |
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8/25/2021 Upload Date: 8/25/2021 8:19:35 PM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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Tony Held |
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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. |
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8/25/2021 Upload Date: 8/25/2021 8:16:39 PM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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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. |
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8/25/2021 Upload Date: 8/25/2021 8:19:13 PM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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| Title: |
Still Here After All These Years |
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When the Milwaukee Road abandoned its branch line through Harmony, MN, in 1977, the town's depot not only survived but also remained in its original location by the right-of-way through town! Here the building basks beneath unseasonably mild late November skies on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, 2021. |
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11/27/2021 Upload Date: 12/2/2021 8:27:46 PM |
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Harmony, MN |
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| Title: |
From Tickets To Trinkets |
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The Milwaukee Road depot in Harmony is now The Village Depot, a shop selling trinkets and locally made goods. The Milwaukee's Rails once occupied the space in front of the platform, and the right-of-way is now used for vehicular traffic like the two tour buses parked in the background. Note the crossbuck placed next to the baggage room door, adding another nice railroad-style touch to the depot. |
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11/27/2021 Upload Date: 12/2/2021 9:17:45 PM |
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Harmony, MN |
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Where The Rails Once Were |
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Here we are looking southeast from the depot. Two tracks, the main line and a siding or a spur, were in place to the left of the depot at the time of abandonment. The second track probably served the mill at left once upon a time. Now only tour buses and other vehicles roll where orange and black SW1s chanted on venerable rails. |
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11/27/2021 Upload Date: 12/2/2021 9:17:27 PM |
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Harmony, MN |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee Road Monument |
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The Harmony depot proudly basks beneath remarkably mild and sunny late November skies, carrying on the legacy of the Milwaukee Road over forty years after the rails went up. |
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11/27/2021 Upload Date: 12/2/2021 9:15:20 PM |
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Harmony, MN |
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| Title: |
Nice Touch |
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Though probably a replication, the "Harmony" sign above the baggage room door on the depot's southwest side is a nice touch. |
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11/27/2021 Upload Date: 12/2/2021 8:28:57 PM |
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Harmony, MN |
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| Title: |
BN Lives! |
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The Burlington Northern logo remains to this day on the sand tower at Willmar yard. You can't keep a good emblem down! |
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10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:51:50 PM |
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Willmar, MN |
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| Title: |
East Side |
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The east side of the CGW depot. Don't you just wish the rails remained here? Well, at least the depot remains. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 5/30/2023 10:05:18 AM |
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Cannon Falls, MN |
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Great Western Monument |
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The Chicago Great Western's Cannon Falls depot still stands as a monument to the CGW. Now privately owned, the station sits quiet on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend while me and my friend Andy (right background) scope out where Great Western Alcos once chanted. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 5/30/2023 10:03:55 AM |
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Cannon Falls, MN |
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CGW North Channel Trestle |
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The Chicago Great Western crossed two trestles on Faribault's northeast side due to the Cannon River being split into two channels there. This trestle, now carrying a city trail, is on the river's north channel. North of here the old CGW has been erased by development for a few blocks before the Sakatah Singing Trail picks back up again on an intact stretch of grade. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 5/30/2023 10:26:20 AM |
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Faribault, MN |
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CGW South Channel Trestle |
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The Chicago Great Western crossed two trestles on Faribault's northeast side due to the Cannon River being split into two channels there. This trestle, now carrying a city trail, is on the river's south channel. To think Alco RS-1s and RS-3s once crossed this bridge. (Sigh) Those were the days... |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 5/30/2023 10:25:17 AM |
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Faribault, MN |
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| Title: |
Where Alcos Once Rolled |
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This scenic curve on the old Chicago Great Western line to Red Wing once saw Alcos roll around it with trains in tow. Now this spot witnesses the passage of cyclists, hikers, and walkers. The location is east of Bridge Street North. |
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5/28/2023 Upload Date: 5/30/2023 10:05:40 AM |
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Cannon Falls, MN |
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Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Bridge Display Marker |
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The marker at the 1912 Milwaukee Road Minnehaha Creek bridge is quite interesting, and a nice touch too. |
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9/14/2023 Upload Date: 3/15/2024 7:44:42 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Piece of the Old Milwaukee |
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The Milwaukee Road's 1912 Minnehaha Creek bridge was not entirely lost to history when the SWLRT project saw its replacement. This surviving piece now is at the Milwaukee Road depot in Jorvig Park. |
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9/14/2023 Upload Date: 3/15/2024 7:29:47 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Rails Are At The Depot Again |
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A 1912-vintage piece of former Milwaukee Road track is now in place by the St. Louis Park Milwaukee Road depot at Jorvig Park courtesy of the SWLRT project. |
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9/14/2023 Upload Date: 3/15/2024 7:24:05 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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| Title: |
Track Display Marker |
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The track display marker at the Milwuakee Road depot in Jorvig Park amkes for interesting reading. |
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9/14/2023 Upload Date: 3/15/2024 7:28:45 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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