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alongside her Canadian brothers |
| Description: |
Soo Line passenger engine 553 waits at Winnipeg for the return trip to Minneapolis/ St Paul! The Soo Line was really the Canadian Pacific in the USA, just as the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific jointly owned the Burlington which gave them a route to Chicago! On the Great Northern the overnight train between St Paul/ Minneapolis and Winnipeg was called "the Winnipeg Limited" and on the Soo Line it was called "the Winnipeger". On the "GN" the distance was 457 miles. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1967 Upload Date: 6/15/2011 4:57:26 PM |
| Location: |
Winnipeg, MB |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 553(GP9) |
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1035 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO 2203B &554 |
| Description: |
sometimes on some railroads--- a "B unit" can be an F7A! This was true on the Soo Line where the 2203A &2203B, were both F7A's! You don't believe it, you say?! Then check my pictures, as they are both here! |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1967 Upload Date: 7/31/2010 2:41:29 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2203B(F7A) SOO 554(GP9) |
| Views: |
1101 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO 554 ans SOO 231 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/1/1968 Upload Date: 1/23/2009 9:01:58 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 554(GP9) |
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1271 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO 554 and SOO 231 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/1/1968 Upload Date: 1/23/2009 10:56:00 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 554(GP9) |
| Views: |
942 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO 554 and SOO 231 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/1/1968 Upload Date: 1/23/2009 10:59:24 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 554(GP9) |
| Views: |
948 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOO 2203A &556 |
| Description: |
white class lamps are displayed for "an extra train"! That is one which either just arrived or one that is soon to depart. Maybe both are true! |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1967 Upload Date: 7/31/2010 2:48:04 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2203a(F7A) SOO 556(GP9) |
| Views: |
1134 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
SOO 556 &2203A |
| Description: |
GP9's and F7A's mixed--- I loved it! Note the black air tanks on the top of the engine so as to make more room under the frame for a bigger fuel tank! |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1967 Upload Date: 7/31/2010 2:50:40 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 556(GP9) SOO 2203a(F7A) |
| Views: |
1236 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
31 cents a gallon |
| Description: |
It was probably not June 10th, 1968 because that was my operators date on the Milwaukee Road and I was in La Crosse, Wisconsin taking the "rules class" with the Chief Dispatcher back in those days when there was such a person! It was a time when GP9s ran together with F7As and/ or Bs--- and when GP30s & GP35s were new! AND before I forget it was also when gas was 31cents a gallon! That must have been nice you say?! Well considering that people then maybe made 2 or 3 dollars an hour and 5 cents worth of Jelly Beans would last all day--- I suppose all things are relative! But was it better than?! Yes and No is perhaps the correct answer! |
| Photo Date: |
6/10/1968 Upload Date: 7/30/2010 4:03:59 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2203a(F7A) SOO 556(GP9) SOO 717(GP30) |
| Views: |
1348 Comments: 1 |
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| 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: |
1468 Comments: 2 |
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| 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) |
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949 Comments: 2 |
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| 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: |
1030 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SOO 2405 and SOO 213A |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/1/1968 Upload Date: 1/23/2009 10:45:45 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2405(GP9) SOO 213A(F7A) |
| Views: |
1150 Comments: 1 |
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| 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: |
842 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO 2406 and SOO 2408 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/1/1968 Upload Date: 12/23/2008 2:17:05 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2406(GP9) SOO 2408(GP9) |
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743 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
sand & fuel |
| Description: |
Everyday things as they were at that time, on the engine service tracks at Shoreham! But it would not always be Geeps and F7s--- one day they would be replaced by newer, bigger and more powerful engines! |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1967 Upload Date: 7/31/2010 1:22:46 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2408(GP9) SOO 214B(F7A) SOO 740(SD40) |
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1379 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOO 2408 |
| Description: |
2 of a kind, a pair--- either way it matters NOT which way you phrase it--- they are just plain nice! |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1967 Upload Date: 7/31/2010 1:19:34 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2408(GP9) |
| Views: |
754 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
very strange |
| Description: |
Why would a CGW engine be at Shoreham on the Soo Line?! |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1967 Upload Date: 7/31/2010 12:45:27 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 416(RS27) SOO 2410(GP9) CGW 54(RS2) |
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2430 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
SOO 2410 and CGW 54 |
| Description: |
Aat CGW State Street Yard, it looks like the Soo transfer from Shoreham has arrived! |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1968 Upload Date: 1/23/2009 11:07:33 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2410(GP9) CGW 54(RS2) |
| Views: |
1529 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
They were twins |
| Description: |
but they did not always travel together! Sometimes, you saw both the SOO 415 & 416 together and sometimes, you did NOT! |
| Photo Date: |
6/30/1969 Upload Date: 7/30/2010 2:12:15 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 416(RS27) SOO 2410(GP9) |
| Views: |
1058 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOO 2413 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/1/1968 Upload Date: 1/23/2009 11:15:05 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2413(GP9) |
| Views: |
543 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOO 2413 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/1/1968 Upload Date: 1/23/2009 10:37:54 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2413(GP9) |
| Views: |
702 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO 2552, SOO 2407 and DM&IR 117 |
| Description: |
At Shoreham Yard in Minneapolis located between Northtown on the Northern Pacific and Minneapolis Jct on the Great Northern, it looks like GP7/9's are the order of the day! I don't see much in the way of dynamic brake grids either! But look a Duluth Messabi & Iron Range engine has shown up and was a rare treat in those days before anything could be found anywhere at anytime. Things were different then when most things for the most part pretty much stayed at home. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1968 Upload Date: 9/25/2007 7:26:28 PM |
| Location: |
Superior, WI |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2552(GP9) |
| Views: |
926 Comments: 3 |
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