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Viewing Album:  1960's Time Capsule
 
By:Steve J Rush
Dates:1/1/1965 - 1/1/1972
Album Info:The only thing about opening a time capsule and "Returning to Yesterday" is that the things that you might find there, are perhaps at best, only good for a limited number of people! As to why this might be, About these things I do not know and I can not say, except that Some people will understand and Some people will not! This is just the way it is! Some people dream a different dream--- because they have been told a different story. Thus they see things, in a different way. Some of these pictures I have not looked at or seen in over 40 years! They were taken in the middle to late 1960's by the young stallion that I once was back in those days when I was in high school or when I was working the interlocking towers on the Milwaukee Road near St Paul Yard and the St Paul Union Depot. It will take some time to review and upload the best of the several hundred pictures that there are in this collection. A special thanks to my friend Chris who works on the Amtrak desk on the mighty BNSF. Without his help and generosity, these images as he calls them would possibly not yet have been scanned, and I would not yet be uploading them, and thus not sharing them with you! Most of the dates for these pictures will be a guess or approximation of a date within the middle to late 1960's. I remember the places, but not so much the dates.
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at Soo Line Jct
Title:  at Soo Line Jct
Description:  bending the iron or if you wish reversing the switch on the NP westbound main at Soo Line Jct. The bridge heads to the St Paul freight house. How many freight houses were there in downtown St Paul? Let's count them 1) Soo Line 2) Great Northern 3) Northern Pacific 4) Chicago Great Western 5) the Omaha, not to be confused with the CNW and 6) the Milwaukee Road. The St Paul Union Depot saw passenger trains from these six plus also the Burlington and the Rock Island!
Photo Date:  12/1/1968  Upload Date: 6/9/2010 2:13:20 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Bridge,Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 2413(GP9) SOO 556(GP9)
Views:  1214   Comments: 2
heading home to Shoreham
Title:  heading home to Shoreham
Description:  running as a second unit id off coming home from St Paul. What were they doing there?! Probably interchanging cars with the Rock Island and the Chicago Great Western.
Photo Date:  12/1/1968  Upload Date: 6/9/2010 2:23:16 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 556(GP9) SOO 2413(GP9)
Views:  722   Comments: 2
"Run Extra"
Title:  "Run Extra"
Description:  heading north between Soo Line Jct and the main line at Cardigan Jct
Photo Date:  12/1/1968  Upload Date: 6/9/2010 2:17:15 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 556(GP9) SOO 2413(GP9)
Views:  824   Comments: 2
they knew that we were there
Title:  they knew that we were there
Description:  and it was different in those days as you can see by the conductor and his rear brakeman who both were happy to be in the picure
Photo Date:  12/1/1968  Upload Date: 6/9/2010 2:26:15 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  471   Comments: 0
the main line
Title:  the main line
Description:  the depot and the yard at Cardigan Jct, looking east towards Wisconsin
Photo Date:  12/2/1968  Upload Date: 6/9/2010 2:30:20 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  310   Comments: 0
working on the lead
Title:  working on the lead
Description:  yard engine is taking a caboose somewhere down the lead
Photo Date:  12/15/1968  Upload Date: 6/19/2010 4:41:56 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9412B(NW2)
Views:  627   Comments: 0
two yard engines and a caboose
Title:  two yard engines and a caboose
Description:  there were two yard leads on the west end of Daytons Bluff. It looks like one engine is waiting "in the clear" until the other one with the caboose finishes making its move and the lead is then clear for a lite engine.
Photo Date:  12/15/1968  Upload Date: 6/19/2010 4:39:39 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9412B(NW2)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
working the caboose track
Title:  working the caboose track
Description:  at Daytons Bluff, the yard engine seems to be putting away a couple of wooden cabooses. Notice the pile of coal on the far left probably for the caboose stoves?! The caboose numbers are 13891 and 14332.
Photo Date:  12/15/1968  Upload Date: 6/19/2010 5:49:57 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9412B(NW2)
Views:  791   Comments: 1
waiting for a train
Title:  waiting for a train
Description:  four engines all different
Photo Date:  12/23/1968  Upload Date: 9/23/2010 2:24:06 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  NP 262(GP9) NP 6010B(F7B) NP 6002B(F3B) NP 859(RS3)
Views:  2285   Comments: 1
waiting for a train
Title:  waiting for a train
Description:  another view
Photo Date:  12/23/1968  Upload Date: 9/23/2010 2:25:44 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  NP 262(GP9) NP 6010B(F7B) NP 6002B(F3B) NP 859(RS3)
Views:  2143   Comments: 1
back when there still were some
Title:  back when there still were some
Description:  the NP tower at Mississippi Street sat between the yard to the north and the roundhouse and diesel shop to the south. This was all a couple of miles from the St Paul Union Depot. Today it is all gone except for a pair of crossovers. If you had not seen that which it was, you would never know from looking at it today!
Photo Date:  12/23/1968  Upload Date: 9/23/2010 2:19:10 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Winter,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  877   Comments: 2
a pair of gp30s
Title:  a pair of gp30s
Description:  sitting in the warmth and the glow of the western sun at the St Paul roundhouse
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 3:14:07 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 1008(GP30) MILW 1002(GP30) MILW 1501(GP35)
Views:  999   Comments: 1
within yard limits
Title:  within yard limits
Description:  perhaps it was a long trip for the train and engine crew as they have already pulled down their rear end markers!
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 3:41:03 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  494   Comments: 0
waiting to be called
Title:  waiting to be called
Description:  they will not sit idle for very long, so it is good to rest whenever you can
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 2:58:08 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 1501(GP35) MILW 1002(GP30) MILW 1008(GP30)
Views:  716   Comments: 0
waiting for a train
Title:  waiting for a train
Description:  road power on the diesel service tracks at St Paul Yard. Perhaps they will head east to La Crosse and Milwaukee or maybe they just came from there.
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 2:54:36 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 1501(GP35) MILW 1002(GP30) MILW 1008(GP30)
Views:  1041   Comments: 1
Milw lite engine
Title:  Milw lite engine
Description:  at the east end of Hoffman Avenue the signals look different than they do today, that is before ctc and before the interlocking tower was torn down! Since I once worked there, I can say that this is probably the engine hostler coming back from Minneapolis. It is very doubtful that a train crew would have been running with the engine 153 long nose first. And since they are going east on the westward freight main as the track headed out of the yard, I would say that they are going to the roundhouse. Hoffman Avenue was a busy place and still is today. That is why I liked working there, in those days!
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 7:12:10 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 153(SD40-2) MILW 324(GP9) MILW 320(GP9)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
heading for an arrival track
Title:  heading for an arrival track
Description:  returning from the west and having come by the St Paul Union Depot and thru the interlocking at Hoffman Avenue, Milw 570 is about ready the end its day
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 2:25:28 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 570(RSD5)
Views:  995   Comments: 0
almost home
Title:  almost home
Description:  Going by the roundhouse and the diesel service tracks, perhaps this is some local returning home to St Paul Yard. Did they arrive off the H&D from the west or off the I&M from the south, it is difficult to say or to know!
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 3:49:03 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 570(RSD5)
Views:  1436   Comments: 1
going by the roundhouse
Title:  going by the roundhouse
Description:  working on the lead at St Paul Yard
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 2:01:48 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 903(S12)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
yardmaster needs for us to hurry
Title:  yardmaster needs for us to hurry
Description:  heading for the yard tracks at the west end of the hump yard
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 2:13:46 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 903(S12)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
reflecting the sun's light
Title:  reflecting the sun's light
Description:  as the winter sun sits low in the western sky, this yard engine continues to work at St Paul Yard. I turned the page and nearly fell out of the chair, I had forgotten that one was there! Nice picture!
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 1:55:35 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 903(S12)
Views:  474   Comments: 1
Milwaukee cabeese
Title:  Milwaukee cabeese
Description:  on the westward freight main here is the rear end of a train with two cabeese. And for that reason I doubt that they were going to Duluth. I used to watch them going by Hoffman Avenue heading for the crossovers at Division Street with four F7s on the head end and four more as a helper on the rear end! After having sat idle in the yard, you should have seen the smoke rolling out of them as they crossed over at Division Street and headed up the hill passed Hamm's Brewery on their way north! That is going to Duluth on the NP!
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 7:23:08 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  RollingStock,Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  502   Comments: 0
waiting to run
Title:  waiting to run
Description:  at St Paul, Milwaukee Road trains came and went to and from the 4 main compass directions. They interchanged from several other railroads who in turn interchanged with them. St Paul Yard and the roundhouse were very busy places!
Photo Date:  12/31/1968  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 3:32:41 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 1008(GP30) MILW 1002(GP30) MILW 1501(GP35)
Views:  903   Comments: 0
Sunrise3
Title:  Sunrise3
Description:  a closer view of the St Paul skyline and the frozen Mississippi River! The red signals on the right hand side that are almost hidden by the sandstone river bluff are the east signal bridge at Division Street.
Photo Date:  3/15/1969  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 12:04:29 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Winter,Station,Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  379   Comments: 0
Sunrise2
Title:  Sunrise2
Description:  Looking west from my desk in the tower at Hoffman Avenue, this was my view of the St Paul skyline!
Photo Date:  3/15/1969  Upload Date: 6/30/2010 11:56:33 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Winter,Station,Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  321   Comments: 1
Sunrise1
Title:  Sunrise1
Description:  as the sun rises and another 3rd trick begins to end for the leverman/ telegraph operator at Hoffman Avenue, this is the view that I had looking east towards Daytons Bluff and St Paul Yard. The Milwaukee freight mains were right hand running and the two center tracks were the passenger mains and they were left hand running! It was a busy and interesting place to work! The cement company in the middle of the picture and the grain terminal that loaded river barges, were served by the St Paul Bridge and Terminal or in this case it was known to most people as the CGW! The 3 right hand tracks towards the river were Milwaukee and the 3 left hand tracks towards the bluff belonged to the Burlington.
Photo Date:  3/15/1969  Upload Date: 6/30/2010 8:37:08 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  561   Comments: 7
Going by Dunn yard
Title:  Going by Dunn yard
Description:  out of St Paul and after passing Oakland tower, an eastbound CB&Q passenger train was seen racing by the east end of Dunn yard which in those days was only four tracks. The joint double track was still train orders and was left hand running.
Photo Date:  3/16/1969  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 12:49:09 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9987A(E9A)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
Going to Chicago
Title:  Going to Chicago
Description:  Eastbound CB&Q passenger train out of St Paul races along Hwy 61 in a time when it was NOT the madhouse, that it is today!
Photo Date:  3/16/1969  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 12:54:20 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9987A(E9A)
Views:  703   Comments: 0
on the diesel track
Title:  on the diesel track
Description:  at Daytons Bluff red bird gp7 CB&Q 253 sits in the sun!
Photo Date:  3/16/1969  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 12:36:10 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 253(GP7)
Views:  642   Comments: 2
from a different angle
Title:  from a different angle
Description:  CB&Q gp7 253
Photo Date:  3/16/1969  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 1:02:07 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 253(GP7)
Views:  341   Comments: 1
simplied
Title:  simplied
Description:  Surely not classic CB&Q in my mind! I guess someone must have decided that another day in the paint shop would just simply cost too much!
Photo Date:  3/16/1969  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 1:08:55 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9400B(NW2)
Views:  485   Comments: 1
once there were many
Title:  once there were many
Description:  CB&Q wooden caboose at Daytons Bluff yard in St Paul.
Photo Date:  3/16/1969  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 1:15:37 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  551   Comments: 1
two on the ground
Title:  two on the ground
Description:  derailment at NP 3rd street
Photo Date:  3/19/1969  Upload Date: 8/20/2010 2:53:13 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Wreck,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  453   Comments: 2
getting back on the rail
Title:  getting back on the rail
Description:  a steam powered wrecking hook and an old steam engine tender for a water car, this was railroading!
Photo Date:  3/19/1969  Upload Date: 8/20/2010 3:02:09 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  RollingStock,Wreck,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  1127   Comments: 1
derailment
Title:  derailment
Description:  the section crew knows the things to do and so that leaves someone with little or nothing to do except to take a few notes and file the report!
Photo Date:  3/19/1969  Upload Date: 8/19/2010 7:11:11 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Wreck,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  606   Comments: 1
derailment
Title:  derailment
Description:  NP steam hook 32 works at 3rd Street--- to me, there was a certain "magic" to things "in those days"!
Photo Date:  3/19/1969  Upload Date: 8/19/2010 7:58:59 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Wreck,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NP 153(SW1200)
Views:  818   Comments: 0
derailment
Title:  derailment
Description:  Northern Pacific steam powered wrecking hook works at 3rd Street, just north of the St Paul wye and the Union Depot!
Photo Date:  3/19/1969  Upload Date: 8/19/2010 7:06:49 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Steam,Wreck,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NP 153(SW1200)
Views:  935   Comments: 1
and nobody cared that I was there
Title:  and nobody cared that I was there
Description:  the workers did the work and everybody left everybody--- including me alone! People had respect for others and it was clear to everyone, who the officials were and where they were! It was not like the "weed weasels and snakes in the grass" that there are today, who sit off in the background listening to the radio, perhaps with their feet on the desk! The guy on the right by the water tender with the long coat and hat looks like someone that I could respect for that which he was! Someone who really cared about how things were going and could actually do something to help the men when they needed help!
Photo Date:  3/19/1969  Upload Date: 8/20/2010 3:39:06 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  RollingStock,Wreck,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  802   Comments: 0
CGW 603
Title:  CGW 603
Description:  sometimes the caboose was purple and sometimes it was red!
Photo Date:  3/25/1969  Upload Date: 9/25/2010 1:09:32 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Winter
Locomotives: 
Views:  546   Comments: 1
CGW 621
Title:  CGW 621
Description:  sometimes the caboose was purple and sometimes it was red!
Photo Date:  3/25/1969  Upload Date: 9/25/2010 1:11:30 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  535   Comments: 1
at Northtown yard
Title:  at Northtown yard
Description:  not being needed is a good thing!
Photo Date:  5/19/1969  Upload Date: 8/20/2010 3:44:18 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Wreck
Locomotives: 
Views:  678   Comments: 1
returning home
Title:  returning home
Description:  lite engine on the eastward Milwaukee freight main between Division Street and Hoffman Avenue, returning home to St Paul Yard.
Photo Date:  6/7/1969  Upload Date: 7/28/2010 5:36:26 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 310(GP9) MILW 126A(F9A)
Views:  867   Comments: 1
helper 126A
Title:  helper 126A
Description:  a time in between when there was a big marroon strip and when there was not. We need to always enjoy the things that we have, because they do NOT last! One day they are there, and a few years later they are gone!
Photo Date:  6/7/1969  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 5:49:39 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 126A(F9A)
Views:  914   Comments: 2
helper engine
Title:  helper engine
Description:  I believe that this is the "Skally" helper engine returning home after pushing the Duluth train up the NP hill out of St Paul.
Photo Date:  6/7/1969  Upload Date: 7/1/2010 5:44:12 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 126A(F9A) MILW 310(GP9)
Views:  994   Comments: 2
Soo transfer
Title:  Soo transfer
Description:  I like the combination of the F7A and the GP9. You can see that they are running with a 2nd unit ID
Photo Date:  6/7/1969  Upload Date: 6/19/2010 4:21:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 2405(GP9) SOO 213A(F7A)
Views:  633   Comments: 0
Soo wooden caboose
Title:  Soo wooden caboose
Description:  Somewhere in St Paul, perhaps on the line north to Cardigan Jct, Soo caboose 258 finds itself behind a couple of sulphur tanks
Photo Date:  6/7/1969  Upload Date: 6/19/2010 4:17:02 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  295   Comments: 1
home from Duluth
Title:  home from Duluth
Description:  Inbound "Skally" at Division Street, nice caboose and nice CNR maple leaf!
Photo Date:  6/9/1969  Upload Date: 7/29/2010 12:45:02 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  700   Comments: 1
GN transfer caboose
Title:  GN transfer caboose
Description:  in downtown St Paul at the GN freight house, you can see the 1st Bank sign in the background that has probably been there since the early 1930's! The caboose is long gone as also so is the freight house. The investment bankers were there "in the time of the beginning" and they are still there! Everything else is now gone and only a memory to those who were there to see these things!
Photo Date:  6/9/1969  Upload Date: 9/15/2010 1:43:52 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  959   Comments: 0
"Extra Milw 5503 West"
Title:  "Extra Milw 5503 West"
Description:  the westbound Milwaukee "Skally" returning home to St Paul Yard from Duluth, is seen here coming off the Northern Pacific passing the CB&Q interlocking tower at Division Street, as they crossover from the eastward to the westward passenger main on the joint Milwaukee/ Burlington double track which was left hand running!
Photo Date:  6/9/1969  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 4:21:11 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 5503(U28B) MILW 5000(U25B)
Views:  1120   Comments: 3
NP 371
Title:  NP 371
Description:  inbound on the yard track at Northtown
Photo Date:  6/15/1969  Upload Date: 5/12/2010 2:35:35 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Steven Rush
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NP 371(GP9) NP 858(RS3)
Views:  1624   Comments: 0

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