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| Title: |
GN 309A |
| Description: |
Going west from St Paul and Westminister tower the Great Northern had a four track main line on which both the Chicago Great Western and the Chicago North Western also ran between St Paul and Minneapolis!!! At St Anthony Tower the freight mains entered the east end of Union Yard crossing over the Passenger mains on four crossing diamonds as the Passenger mains headed west thru the University of Minnesota and then crossed the Mississippi River on the Stone Arch Bridge which i believe had a curve in it on the west end going into the Passenger Station!!! West of the GN Union Yard and the Minnesota Transfer which connected with the Milwaukee Road was Minneapolis Jct which was south of the Soo Line at Shoreham and the NP at Northtown--- this is all to say that there was a lot of railroading in not really a lot of space!!! At Mpls Jct was engine GN 309A--- but as you can see from the GE U Boat on the right and the "Big Sky Blue" engine on the left--- change was coming like it or not it!!! |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1968 Upload Date: 9/25/2007 6:32:43 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GN 309A(F7A) |
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2271 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
GN 311A |
| Description: |
at minneapolis Jct--- the Burlington Northern merge has arrived |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1970 Upload Date: 1/10/2009 12:20:14 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GN 311A(F7A) |
| Views: |
1702 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coming off the Iron Range |
| Description: |
Once it was double track all the way to Gunn. At Brookston, the line to Kelly Lake and Hibbing departed from the Cass Lake main. Many train loads of wheat and other grain crops from northwestern Minnesota and North Dakota came this way to the elevators in Duluth and Superior. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1969 Upload Date: 5/14/2010 4:25:08 AM |
| Location: |
Carlton, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN 317a(F7A) |
| Views: |
1237 Comments: 1 |
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