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Pier Close Up |
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Here is a close-up view of the pier remaining on the east side of Highway 56 along the right-of-way of the Milwaukee Road Zumbrota branch. It is left from bridge S-844B, which crossed the Chicago Great Western main line to Iowa at this point (CGW grade is in foreground). |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 4:42:56 PM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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The Former Crossing |
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A view of the former crossing of the CNW/CGW at Dodge Center. CNW is now CP/DME (tracks in foreground); CGW grade is in trees at left and crossed over from there into the parking lot at right on its way south to Iowa. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 3:52:23 AM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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The Kenyon Trestle At Last! |
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Man have I always wanted to photograph this! Behold: Milwaukee Road bridge S-844B, still standing in 2012 after last being used in the late 1970s. Despite losing some of its decking at its eastern end, this span still pretty much looks like it did when it was part of the Milwaukee's Zumbrota branch. I can just see an SD-7 now tip-toeing across with a small string of cars ... |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 3:58:24 AM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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Kenyon Trestle Footings |
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Interesting detail view, taken in a snow shower. Ah how I love abandoned lines with bridges and stuff still up! |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 3:58:50 AM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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Vintage CNW Or CGW? |
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A grouping of ties remains on the right-of-way of the Chicago Great Western a dozen feet or so north of the former crossing of the CNW Winona-Rapid City line (now CP/DM&E). I wonder what vintage ties are these, CNW, or CGW? Regardless, here they are, still in place decades after abandonment. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 11:12:09 PM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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| Title: |
Wild And Overgrown Milwaukee |
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Once upon a time this route brought money into the coffers of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific, but its final bankruptcy doomed the rails of the Zumbrota branch to abandonment in 1980. Here we are looking east down a sizeable chunk of grade you can find on Kenyon's southwest side along Red Wing Avenue. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 10:15:08 AM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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Looking North From Main |
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A look up the Chicago Great Western right-of-way from Main Street. Note the concrete whistle post to the left in the distance. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 11:54:51 AM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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| Title: |
Ironic Touch |
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Here we are looking up the old CGW down at Second Street, looking north towards where the line once crossed over County Road 32 on a bridge. I wonder if the old railroad ties in the foreground were scrounged up from when CGW successor C&NW tore up the line? They are quite the ironic touch. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 11:12:16 PM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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| Title: |
Southward Into Town The CGW! |
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A look south from what once was the southern end of the bridge over County Road 32 along the Chicago Great Western main line. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 11:11:39 PM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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| Title: |
Trees And Faded Memories Of The Milwaukee Road |
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The chunk of grade leftover from the Milwaukee Road's Zumbrota branch does not extend far before a local business has cut into it. Here we are looking west from the end of the grade fragment towards Red Wing Avenue. Amazing how overgrown this line has become in the decades after the rails went up. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 10:15:55 AM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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| Title: |
No More Waits |
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No longer do southbound trains stop on the main track here at Dodge Center for trains on the Chicago and North Western's line from Winona to Rapid City to clear. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 11:13:32 PM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee Road Relic |
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An abutment remains from a bridge that used to span Red Wing Avenue. It can be found on the chunk of grade remaining on the east side of the road. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 12:07:26 AM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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| Title: |
A Bridge Long Gone |
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A more sizeable chunk of grade from the Milwaukee's Zumbrota branch can be found on the east side of Red Wing Avenue complete with what appears to be an abutment from a bridge that used to carry the branch over the road. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 12:06:49 AM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Zumbrota Branch Remains |
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A fragment of grade from the Milwaukee Road's Zumbrota branch on the west side of Red Wing Avenue; there used to be a bridge here far as I can tell. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 12:06:16 AM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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| Title: |
The Red Bird Has Flown Away |
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Long, long ago the Chicago Great Western's premier Twin Cities to Rochester train "The Red Bird" once rolled on these rails going to and from Rochester during its first routing over the CGW main to the CNW at Dodge Center and from there to Rochester. Later it was moved to their roundabout line up through Red Wing to Randolph. Regardless, here is the grade of the northbound connection track to the former CNW at Dodge Center as it looks today. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 11:12:56 PM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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| Title: |
North Side Of Ex CGW Depot |
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Did it always have a garage door? |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/3/2012 9:26:54 PM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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| Title: |
Remains Of Bridge S-844B |
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A side view of the remains of bridge S-844B on the east side of Highway 56 in Kenyon. Note the remains of the trestle work at right. A few hundred feet east of this point is a virtually intact trestle left over from the Zumbrota branch! |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 4:43:43 PM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Where The Great Western Once Crossed |
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Here is the site of where the Chicago Great Western main line crossed County Road 34. Grade through town to the south is remarkably clear; grade to the north wild and overgrown. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 4:51:53 PM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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Where The Zumbrota Branch Once Crossed |
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Once upon a time, steam and diesel locomotives chugged and chanted across a bridge located here spanning Red Wing Avenue. Today I doubt many except the old-timers know that this was once a railway line belonging to the Milwaukee Road going out to Zumbrota. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 4:58:20 PM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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South Side Of CGW Depot |
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Looking north towards former crossing of CNW east-west "Alco" line. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/3/2012 9:27:25 PM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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Richard Held |
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This Was The Chicago Great Western |
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Looking south down the old CGW main from the site of where the Milwaukee Road's Zumbrota branch crossed over. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 4:09:31 AM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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West Side Of Former CGW Depot |
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Looks like it is somebody's house or workshop now. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 3:51:56 AM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Mainline Monument |
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I thought I was seeing things at first when I came across this "whistle for crossing" post a half mile or so north of the former crossing of the CGW/CNW. It can be found on the well-preserved right-of-way between Second Street Northeast and East Main Street. Thank you, CNW, for leaving this monument to the main line behind when you pulled out of town! |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 8:48:10 PM |
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Dodge Center, MN |
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| Title: |
Zumbrota Branch Fragment |
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A fragment of grade remains on the west side of Highway 56 from the Zumbrota branch; a more sizeable chunk can be found a few hundred feet beyond. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 10:38:48 AM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Where the Milwaukee Road And Chicago Great Western Once Crossed |
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The Milwaukee Road's Zumbrota branch and the Chicago Great Western main line once crossed here, the Milwaukee via bridge S-844B, an abutment from which still remains, visible in the center background. CGW right-of-way is in the weeds past the "Welcome to Kenyon" sign. Road in foreground is Highway 56. |
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3/3/2012 Upload Date: 3/6/2012 10:41:00 AM |
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Kenyon, MN |
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| Title: |
Looking Towards 35W |
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Track ends past the freeway bridge on this old NP line the Diagonal Trail now occupies from here to Roseville. |
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4/29/2012 Upload Date: 4/29/2012 10:25:52 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Looking Towards St. Anthony |
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A view up the Diagonal Trail towards St. Anthony and the intersection of New Brighton and Stinson Blvds. Wonder when the last train traversed this line when it was a through route? |
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4/29/2012 Upload Date: 4/29/2012 10:26:07 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
Marker At New Brighton And Stinson |
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A historic marker you can find on the west side of New Brighton and Stinson along the Diagonal Trail. Couldn't find any word about the old NP line the trail uses. |
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4/29/2012 Upload Date: 4/29/2012 10:29:56 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
Hello Again HCRRA |
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The Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority sure likes to mark what is their property. Here is one of the signs that dots the Diagonal Trail from the east side of Minneapolis to Roseville. Road in background is New Brighton Blvd. We are down by McDonalds, Burger King, and Taco Bell in this picture. |
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4/29/2012 Upload Date: 4/29/2012 10:22:28 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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| Title: |
"Conrail Crossing" |
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Sometime in the mid-1980's, I was riding in the family car going north on Baker Road. At the grade crossing for the former Minneapolis & St. Louis main line, the gates came down. Northbound were two units running light, and the one in the lead in Conrail paint. Hence why I dub this former grade crossing-turned crossing of a rail trail "Conrail Crossing." |
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5/14/2012 Upload Date: 5/14/2012 11:06:51 PM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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| Title: |
Where Graffiti Bridge Once Stood |
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The small bridge decorated in graffiti that musician Prince made famous in the movie "Purple Rain" once stood here along the former main line of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad. Plans to widen Valley View Road in the early 1990s doomed both the bridge and the line because by then only one train -a Soo Line job using trackage rights negotiated originally by the Milwaukee Road- was using the former Louie to reach a malting plant in Shakopee, MN. Today a trail bridge has taken the place of the famous span. For a couple photos by John Hill of the span, go here: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/srchThumbs.aspx?srch=graffiti+bridge |
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8/20/2012 Upload Date: 8/21/2012 11:50:33 AM |
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Eden Prairie, MN |
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| Title: |
End Of Track On the CGW Connection |
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The Chicago Great Western main line through Rosemount had a connecting track which branched off and connected with the joint Rock Island/Milwaukee Road line a few miles to the west. Today on a stub of this line remains in operation to serve a customer on the former RI/MILW. Here is where it ends close to the intersection of Blanca Avenue and Bloomfield Path, two streets nestled in a post-abandonment residental development which wiped out a good chunk of the grade. (Some traces remain on the grounds of nearby U More park of the University of Minnesota, though.) The tank car is parked at the actual end of track; a patch of grade remains beyond it. The whole shebang is enclosed by a black wire chain link fence which required me to lift my camera above it to take this shot. |
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9/16/2012 Upload Date: 9/16/2012 6:12:21 PM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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New Sign On An Old Bridge |
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Three Rivers Park district has added these signs to both sides of the old M&StL/C&NW bridge over Highway 7 near Lunds in Minnetonka. Nice touch. |
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11/26/2012 Upload Date: 11/27/2012 6:34:51 AM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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Richard Held |
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More Altered Right-Of-Way |
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We are looking at the east side of the former grade crossing of Baker Road in the Minnetonka Mills district of Minnetonka where the M&St.L/C&NW used to cross. Again the ROW has been altered so trail users can cross at the stoplight as opposed to a few feet down the road when the trail ran on the old alignment. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/18/2012 2:32:14 PM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Altered Grade At Williston Road |
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The rail trail crossing at Williston Road has been radically altered so the trail can cross at the stoplight rather than a hundred feet or so south of it on the old ROW alignment. Here is how it looks on the east side. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/18/2012 10:19:35 AM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Altered Grade At Williston Road Crossing |
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The rail trail out to Excelsior (traversing former M&St.L/C&NW grade) used to cross Williston Road on the original ROW alignment. No longer: it has been altered to cross at the stoplight on the south side of the Minnetonka Blvd/Williston intersection for safety reasons. Nevertheless, good luck ever rebuilding rails here. This is how the line now looks on the west side of the crossing. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/18/2012 10:20:18 AM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Severed Milwaukee Rails |
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A now-severed spur track once jutted off the Milwaukee Road east of the bridge over Highway 100. Today the remains of it begin beneath the SLP water tower at the left and continue past an office park down to a now-vanished industry. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/18/2012 2:32:57 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Milwaukee Rails To Nowhere |
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Unlike the one with the I&M grade in its front yard in Mendota Heights, the office park at the left can claim a piece of intact (but severed) Milwaukee Road track in its front yard. Here they rest mostly buried in snow stretching from the foot of the SLP water tower (behind the camera) towards a long-gone industry that needed rail service. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/18/2012 2:33:12 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Altered ROW On West Side Of Baker Road |
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A look at the west side of the altered former M&St.L/C&NW ROW at the former grade crossing on Baker Road in the Minnetonka Mills district of Minnetonka. Alternation was done to allow trail users to cross at a nearby stoplight. Nevertheless, the historic fabric of this corridor has suffered another tear. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/18/2012 2:32:38 PM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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No More Cars To Switch Here |
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This former spur track once jutted off the Milwaukee Road line into Minnehaha Park north of Nawadaha Avenue and Minnehaha Parkway. Today it's remains make for interesting pics, especially during the snowmelt season. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 4/3/2013 3:58:45 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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End Of Active Ex-Milwaukee Road Track |
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The yellow sign marks the end of active ex-Milwaukee Road track north of 46th Street in Southeast Minneapolis. From here the rails plunge under the pavement only to re-emerge and continue south all the way to the Princess Depot at Minnehaha Park. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 3/31/2013 10:46:59 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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End Of Track At The Princess |
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When Highway 55 was re-routed, it took out the remaining ex-Milwaukee Road line into Fort Snelling all the way up to the Princess Depot. Mercifully, rails still grace the right-of-way from the depot on north. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 4/3/2013 4:10:07 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Looking Towards The Creek Bridge |
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The ex-Milwaukee Road tracks in Minnehaha Park cross the creek on a curved stone bridge just visible in the center background amidst the year-long plant growth that now covers the top of it. Note the well-preserved ties in the foreground. A miracle given how this track has not seen a maintenance crew in eons. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 4/3/2013 4:11:02 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Cut That Down Somebody! |
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It is hard to make out the bridge over Minnehaha Creek on the ex-Milwaukee Road tracks in Minnehaha Park from looking south. We have plant growth that exsists year-round to thank for that. Cut that stuff down somebody! |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 4/3/2013 4:11:27 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Red With Rust |
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The former Milwaukee Road line into Minnehaha Park, looking south from 46th Street. Note how red with rust these rails are by now. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 4/1/2013 10:13:06 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Coming Out Of Gauge? |
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A view north along the ex-Milwaukee Road line into Minnehaha Park from down by the Longfellow House. Are the rails coming out of gauge up the way? I wish an F. Nelson Blount-type railfan would buy this bit of track from 46th Street to the Princess Depot and fix it up. That way special movements into the park could take place. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 4/2/2013 3:03:10 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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North From The Parkway |
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A view up the old Milwaukee Road from the north side of Minnehaha Parkway. Note how one of the rails in the foreground is submerged by snowmelt; these rails haven't seen upkeep in years. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 4/3/2013 3:56:37 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Only The Grade Crossing Remains Shiny |
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The old Milwaukee Road line into Minnehaha Park looking south at Minnehaha Parkway. Only the rails of the crossing remain shiny. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 4/3/2013 3:57:03 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Buried But Intact |
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The 46th Street grade crossing on the old Milwaukee Road line to Minnehaha Park is paved over but the rails are intact. No more grade crossing signs exsist here, however. The days of occasional movements of CP business cars to the park seem to be at an intermission at best, over at worst. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 3/31/2013 10:38:18 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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Fix This! |
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The forlorn ex-Milwaukee Road line into Minnehaha Park has started to come out of gauge north of Nawadaha Blvd/Minnehaha Parkway. Fix this, somebody! |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 4/3/2013 3:57:44 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Held |
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