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Barred Porthole |
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For eons, there used to stretch from the GN main in downtown Minneapolis along an elevated "china wall" the "Railway Transfer" line which connected to the downtown Milwaukee Road yards, grain elevators along the west bank of the Mississippi, and the Railway Transfer yard. The tracks which crossed this wall passed under First Avenue, which crosses the bridge (a replica of the original) in the center of this photo. Alas, while the Railway Transfer tracks lingered while the Milwuakee yards and GN depot passenger tracks were torn up, it too finally vanished. Only a fragment of the "china wall" remains today, stretching from First Avenue to beside the downtown post office. Sad to say, the First Avenue portal is fenced in, but the wall can easily be accessed from the post office side. Hennepin Avenue crossed the suspension bridge in the background, a span which post-dates the demise of the trackage here. |
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2/25/2006 Upload Date: 10/30/2009 11:17:09 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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The Mighty Bridge Jim Hill Built |
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This shot shows virtually all of the historic James J. Hill/Stone Arch bridge, a landmark in downtown Minneapolis ever since it was built in the 1880s to bear passenger trains across Old Man river. The truss bridge was installed in the 1960s due to a lock and dam project right next door, and was originally painted silver. Last passenger trains to cross were Amtrak's, which bade the span farewell in 1978. Burlington Northern coal trains and other freights used the span for a time, but by 1982 the rails were torn up. Today it carries trail users. The old Pillsbury A Mill is in the background on the left. |
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5/6/2006 Upload Date: 10/30/2009 11:29:10 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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A Tear In The Historic Fabric |
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Originally, County Road 15 paralelled the Dakota Rail line west right into downtown Mound. Junctioning with County 110 down at the Crow Wing State Bank (visible in the left background of this photo). However, a road project done after abandonment but before trail construction resulted in the loss of a good chunk of roadbed for the old Hutch branch when 15 was re-routed to a new junction with 110. How tracks could ever be re-installed at this location is anyones guess. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 5:35:33 PM |
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Mound, MN |
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Looking Across The Arcola Trestle |
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The crown jewel of the old Dakota Rail line sits awaiting the completion of it's rehabilitation work. Despite the sign, though, folks have already begun crossing. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 2:08:56 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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North Side Of Arcola Trestle |
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North side of the bridge as viewed from the western end. I remember trying to walk on it ten years ago, when it still had rails ... |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 2:09:51 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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South Side of Arcola Trestle |
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South side of the span, viewed from it's western end. County Road 15 crosses on the bridge to the right. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 2:09:23 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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| Title: |
No More Bridge |
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A bridge used to carry the Hutch across Westedge Boulevard in Minnetrista at this location. It was torn down sometime after abandonment, resulting in another tear in the routes historic fabric. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 5:37:45 PM |
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Minnetrista, MN |
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Going, Going ... |
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When I visit St. Boni in September of 2008, I hit paydirt with this still as-abandoned bridge which carried the Hutch branch ROW across County 92. For a photo of a Burlington Northern train crossing this span, go to http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=966312 Alas, due to clearance and other issues, the trestle was torn down a year later. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 5:36:56 PM |
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Saint Bonifacius, MN |
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| Title: |
Looking Across Seton Channel Trestle |
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This quaint little span has stood the test of time and remains today. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 5:32:52 PM |
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Spring Park, MN |
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| Title: |
Pavers Where Rails Once Were |
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The portion of the Dakota Rail trail in Minnetonka Beach boasts pavers at each grade crossing. A somewhat eccentric (and money-consuming) frill in the opinion of this fan. Sure miss the tracks at this location. Was so cool to see the railroad threading between the houses like a thread through a needle ... |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 2:16:18 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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| Title: |
The Old Traffic And The New |
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Saved by having a "No Parking" sign attached to it, a grade crossing warning sign remains on Orono Orchard Road for the now-abandoned Dakota Rail line. Which crosses the street at the bottom of the hill. Note the sign warning of the new traffic on this line: bycicles. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 2:03:41 PM |
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Orono, MN |
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Piles Of Used Up Ties |
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Those ties sure got used up during the Dakota Rail days. Now this collection sits awaiting final disposal. Note this fan's "motive power" on this trip (his bicycle) waiting on the trail. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 2:31:42 PM |
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Spring Park, MN |
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Remaining Rails In St. Boni |
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The Dakota Rail Trail ends a few feet from US Highway 7 here. Where lo and behold: rails remain in the surface of the highway. With ballast and a collection of tie plates before it. Beyond it the Hutch branch ROW ambles off westward through the weeds. Awaiting further trail development by Carver County's park system. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 5:36:13 PM |
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Saint Bonifacius, MN |
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View Of Seton Channel Trestle |
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This span is just west of the Minnetonka Drive-In. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 5:33:26 PM |
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Spring Park, MN |
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Former Site Of Spring Park Depot |
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This is the site of the Spring Park depot. Note the former DAKR enginehouse still standing in the distance on the right hand side of the trail. For a picture of a train at the SP depot in early DAKR days, check out http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=775583 |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 2:30:08 PM |
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Spring Park, MN |
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Spring Park Dakota Rail Enginehouse |
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Like the mast of a sunken ship sticking up above the surface, the former Dakota Rail enginehouse still stands tall. Waiting for locomotives that will not come again ... |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 2:30:52 PM |
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Spring Park, MN |
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Trestle Over Lake Minnetonka Tributary |
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This small span is just west of the Orono Orchard Road grade crossing. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 2:04:33 PM |
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Orono, MN |
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Bridge Soon To Be Gone |
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This small bridge used to cross a golf cart pathway on the Lafayette Club grounds. It has now been replaced by a newer, wider one, alas. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 2:20:39 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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| Title: |
Unfinished Trail |
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This portion of the DAKR trail by the Lafayette Club is currently uncompleted. |
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9/5/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2008 2:19:45 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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The Rails Remain To This Day! |
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This abandoned spur track on the old C&NW Morton Sub just east of Shady Oak Road in Minnetonka has retained it's rails ever since the main track on the right (marked by my bycicle) was taken up in 1980. |
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9/12/2008 Upload Date: 9/13/2008 3:56:16 PM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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| Title: |
This Bridge Still Stands |
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Spanning Highway 7 in Hopkins on the former C&NW Morton Sub (nee M&STL's line to South Dakota) is this plate deck bridge. Still here over twenty years after the rails were lifted in 1981. |
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9/12/2008 Upload Date: 9/13/2008 3:56:41 PM |
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Hopkins, MN |
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| Title: |
The Bridges Over Minnehaha Creek |
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Located along the former M&STL mainline in St. Louis Park are these bridges which carried the dual main tracks over Minnehaha Creek. Now today they carry trail traffic. Railing in foreground is from the bridge on the still-alive former Milwaukee Road line. However, the Southwest Light Rail Transit line is planned to be built along the old M&St.L main. So one day rails will hopefully again adorn these bridges. Which ought to bear the weight of an LRT car with ease. |
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9/12/2008 Upload Date: 9/13/2008 3:57:05 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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| Title: |
Historical Display |
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This display can be found at the Soo Line Community Garden between Garfield and Harriet avenues on the Midtown Greenway. It contains much information of interest. Several other displays can be found between here and Hiawatha Avenue to the east. |
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9/26/2008 Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:19:45 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
Looking West Down The Old Lake Street Corridor |
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The old grade on the left hand side represents the track-level on this portion of the Milwaukee Road. The trail now running along it is slightly elevated above the old track level. We are looking west from Garfield Avenue down by the Soo Line Community Garden. Ah the glory that once was here ... |
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9/26/2008 Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:20:25 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
Soo Line Reminder |
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A salute to the second railway to operate the old Milwaukee Lake Street corridor can be found on the south side of the Midtown greenway between Garfield and Harriet avenues in the form of the "Soo Line Community Garden". A peaceful little spot to catch your breath in while cruising along the old line. |
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9/26/2008 Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:18:41 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Going, going, going ... And soon to be gone |
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Here is the other side of the trestle carrying the Luce Line over old Highway 12 in Wayzata. Both the east and west approaches have been cleared off prior to the bridge replacement project sometime this year. I'll miss this span, but it will be great to cross on the old truss bridge again. |
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3/21/2009 Upload Date: 3/21/2009 8:56:03 PM |
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Wayzata, MN |
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End Of The Dakota Rail line |
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End of the line for the extant DAKR/BN/GN Hutchinson branch trackage in Wayzata below the County Road 15 bridge. At this point the Dakota Rail trail -visible on the right- swings on to the old ROW. |
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3/21/2009 Upload Date: 3/21/2009 8:54:59 PM |
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Wayzata, MN |
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Lune Line trail trestle over old Highway 12 |
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Here is the old trestle which carries the Luce Line over old Highway 12 in Wayzata. It soon will be replaced by, fittingly, another old railway bridge. A truss bridge which used to span the old GN/BN/BNSF a half mile or so west of this location which was saved when the Highway 12/BNSF bypass was built for reuse at this location. |
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3/21/2009 Upload Date: 3/21/2009 8:55:36 PM |
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Wayzata, MN |
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A CNW Reminder |
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A few feet west of the Douglas Drive grade crossing on the south side of the Union Pacific's Golden Valley Industrial lead branch to Plymouth is this still extant Chicago and North Western sign, standing like a monument to the time CNW yellow and green ruled this line. |
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4/3/2009 Upload Date: 11/17/2009 10:21:35 PM |
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Golden Valley, MN |
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Crossbuck Yard Momento |
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In the yard of a house smack dab next to where the M&STL/CNW line from Hopkins to Norwood and points west crossed Sleepy Hollow Road by it's intersection with Fairview Street is this crossbuck. Now a yard momento. It's probably been here ever since the CNW tore up this portion of the line. Thank goodness whoever it was had the foresight to preserve it near it's old location rather than allow it to be scattered to the four winds. |
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4/19/2009 Upload Date: 4/19/2009 11:14:52 PM |
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Greenwood, MN |
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Trail Closed! |
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The Lafayette Club portion of the Dakota Rail Trail still is not open yet. One of the reasons why is visible in the background: A small bridge being built to allow golf carts to cross over the trail rather than at-grade. To think I got pictures stashed someplace showing honest-to-goodness tracks here ... |
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4/19/2009 Upload Date: 4/19/2009 11:15:13 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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Rocky The Mountain Goat Lives! |
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Still emblazoned on the west side of the 15th Avenue underpass in Dinkytown is a good ol' Great Northern herald. Rocky The Mountain Goat and all. Now having witnessed two changes of ownership over the decades (and now centuries.) This line still beats with life as part of the BNSF. |
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4/23/2009 Upload Date: 4/23/2009 9:41:44 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Relocated Bridge |
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The historic Luce Line steel truss bridge that used to span the ex-Great Northern has now been moved to it's new location over old Highway 12. Soon to be back bearing trail users across it's majesty. |
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5/8/2009 Upload Date: 5/8/2009 5:59:01 PM |
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Wayzata, MN |
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Tonka Tributary Trestle |
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You can find this little bridge a half mile or so west of the Orono Orchard Road crossing of the Dakota Rail Trail. |
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5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/9/2009 6:36:44 PM |
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Orono, MN |
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Another Tear In The Historic Fabric |
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A little ways west of the Arcola trestle in Minnetonka Beach, the Dakota Rail Trail dog legs around somebody's front yard that now occupies the actual ROW. Good luck trying to rebuild any tracks here in the future thanks to this tear in the route's historic fabric. Sign on trail pavement is frequent, as 'Tonka Beach has a lot of street crossings. |
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5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/9/2009 6:37:43 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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Low Bridge |
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For the convienence of golf carts, the Lafayette Club is putting up this bridge over the Dakota Rail Trail. Yet another throrn in the side of any future re-use as a rail route, due to how it would need to be torn out and raised up if trains ever return by some miracle. |
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5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/9/2009 7:05:53 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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The Arcola Trestle Is Now Open! |
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The Arcola trestle, crown jewell of the Dakota Rail Trail, is now offically open for trail users. Here we are looking east across the span from the Minnetonka Beach side towards Orono. |
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5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/9/2009 6:37:08 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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What Happened To The Old Bridge? |
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I thought they were going to re-use the old Great Northern bridge that stood on the Lafayette Club grounds. Wrong. They tore it down and are putting this up in it's place. Scratch another old bridge on the old GN Hutch branch route ... |
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5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/9/2009 6:54:48 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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GN/BN/DAKR Reminder |
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Signs like these could be found all along the Dakota Rail line in the Lake Minnetonka area. Holdovers from the GN/BN days. Like a monument on a battlefield, this one remains on the north side of the trail between the Lafayette Club and the crossing with Woodridge Road in Minnetonka Beach. Anyone know what the purpose of these signs was for? |
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5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/9/2009 6:55:19 PM |
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Minnetonka Beach, MN |
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The Bridge Is Back Up! |
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Now proudly standing above old Highway 12, the Luce Line truss bridge is ready for trail users once more. That is my bike in the foreground, incidentally. |
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6/9/2009 Upload Date: 6/9/2009 4:47:51 PM |
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Wayzata, MN |
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Sure Looks Grand |
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Now a half mile or so from its former location over the BNSF, the Luce Line truss bridge stands tall yet again. Spanning old Highway 12. As a prop for scale, I set up my bicycle is on the bridge. |
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6/9/2009 Upload Date: 6/9/2009 7:02:16 PM |
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Wayzata, MN |
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The Traffic The Stone Arch Bears Today |
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Once many a classic passenger train crossed this bridge. Today bikers and walkers cross in their place. We are at the east end of the bridge by Pillsbury Park. |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/10/2009 10:55:35 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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They No Longer Cross The Stone Arch Bridge |
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The track in the foreground stretches from the U of M campus to beside the U of M power plant. Stopping just short of the east end of the Stone Arch bridge. Visible above the stop sign in the center of this picture. |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/10/2009 10:53:39 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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And One Track Remains |
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This area along the east bank of the Missisippi River in Minneapolis used to be covered with high iron. Today only one rusty disused track remains. |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/10/2009 10:54:28 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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No More Alcos Cross Here |
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Once this trestle over the Cannon River near where it meets the Straight River felt the weight of the Alcos the CGW assigned their route through Faribault. Now it awaits bikers and hikers. |
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11/20/2010 Upload Date: 12/27/2010 5:48:37 AM |
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Faribault, MN |
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Empty Bridge Over Restless Roads |
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While traffic still ebbs and flows beneath, this bridge no longer bears the weight of trains charging out of the Minnesota River valley on the old Milwaukee Road's I & M division. In 1994 the rails were torn up from just south-southeast of this bridge up to Cliff Junction on the old Omaha road in Mendota Heights. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/16/2011 8:36:48 PM |
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Eagan, MN |
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Office Complex Yard Decor? |
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Looking south-southeast towards the border with Eagan, the old I & M division roadbed still stretches to the bridge over 494. Where else in town could you find manicured lawn covering a grade as well as old telegraph poles in a suburban office park's front yard? |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/16/2011 8:36:23 PM |
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Mendota Heights, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Big I & M's No More |
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This is looking north-northeast along the roadbed of the Milwaukee Road I & M division. The ROW curves away to the left out of view where it passes a warehouse and turns into a rail trail beyond that. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/16/2011 8:36:04 PM |
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Mendota Heights, MN |
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Clearance "12-0" |
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This small bridge is just north of the main one across the Minnesota. Not sure if it will survive. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 3:14:35 PM |
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Carver, MN |
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Standing Against The Flood One Last Time |
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This bridge dates back to the days of steam on the Tootin' Louie. Now it sits abandoned with driftwood piled up against it awaiting demolition once the rails are up. Sad. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 3:14:21 PM |
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Carver, MN |
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