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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) |
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1357 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOO 717 |
| Description: |
I never saw very many of them, but I think that they look great! |
| Photo Date: |
6/30/1969 Upload Date: 7/30/2010 2:31:54 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 717(GP30) |
| Views: |
659 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
the big horses had arrived |
| Description: |
Maybe it was better with the red and purple F7 A's and B's, but these are also nice! |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1969 Upload Date: 6/19/2010 3:39:45 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CGW 805(GP30) CGW 804(GP30) |
| Views: |
1176 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CGW 804 and CGW 805 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
12/31/1969 Upload Date: 1/7/2009 4:41:11 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CGW 804(GP30) CGW 805(GP30) |
| Views: |
1433 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
another look |
| Description: |
the yard engine takes a short break to let the road engine make a move |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1969 Upload Date: 6/19/2010 3:42:08 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CGW 805(GP30) CGW 804(GP30) CGW 54(RS2) |
| Views: |
1453 Comments: 1 |
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| 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: |
1249 Comments: 1 |
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| 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: |
960 Comments: 0 |
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| 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: |
1307 Comments: 1 |
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| 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: |
1157 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Extra Milw 1014 East" |
| Description: |
Milw extra East from St Paul to Duluth on the Northern Pacific. Notice that the westbound ABS semaphore signal is pointed and has a number plate. If an ABS signal was dovetailed instead of pointed then that signal would be called a "distant signal" meaning that it governed the approach to a home signal located at the outer opposing limits of an interlocking. The next signal would be square ended and an absolute stop if found to be red! |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1969 Upload Date: 5/9/2010 2:55:29 PM |
| Location: |
Finlayson, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 1014(GP30) |
| Views: |
910 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Milw extra East |
| Description: |
St Paul to Duluth. Another place and time, now they are gone! |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1969 Upload Date: 5/13/2010 1:49:17 AM |
| Location: |
Finlayson, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 1014(GP30) |
| Views: |
647 Comments: 1 |
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