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| Title: |
Some serious horsepower! |
| Description: |
This is an eastbound BN freight train coming through Daytons Bluff yard with what would have been the biggest horsepower on the railroad at the time, |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1982 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 9:45:49 PM |
| Location: |
St. Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6463(SD45) BN 6594(SDP45) BN 6439(SD45) BN 6906(SD40-2) |
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1304 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CNW Northbound |
| Description: |
Here is a northbound CNW train on the BN Skalley line as the south siding switch heading north to Hinckley. There is a train in the siding waiting for them. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1983 Upload Date: 7/13/2016 2:22:10 PM |
| Location: |
Wyoming, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 6922(SD40-2) |
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875 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CNW on the move |
| Description: |
Heading south, this train has about 10 miles to get to East St. Paul, where it will crossover to the CNW main line to points west. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2016 11:42:28 AM |
| Location: |
Bald Eagle, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 6925(SD40-2) CNW 6926(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
875 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Smashboard |
| Description: |
Alot of railroad crossings were protected by these devices and I am guessing it put a biu more pressure on engineers to make sure they stopped! Here it is dropping to allow the CNW train to leave. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2016 11:40:28 AM |
| Location: |
Bald Eagle, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 6925(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
739 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CNW Southbound |
| Description: |
After the Soo Line 700 west departed, the CNW 6925 Sluth is waiting its turn to head to East St. Paul yard, and the smash boards will drop soon. CNW used this line until BN shut it down in late summer 1986. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2016 11:37:44 AM |
| Location: |
Bald Eagle, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 6925(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
695 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound at St. Croix Tower |
| Description: |
Never thought I would miss seeing the SD40-2s of my employer, but this train just rounding the big curve at St. Croix Tower makes me nostalgic for those days. |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1984 Upload Date: 6/22/2016 10:10:33 AM |
| Location: |
Hastings, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7052(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
689 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN freight train |
| Description: |
Heading west near Daytons Bluff Yard, a westbound freight has several of the roads business cars on the head end. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1981 Upload Date: 1/18/2021 10:34:22 PM |
| Location: |
St. Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8109(SD40-2) BN 8037(SD40-2) BN 8022(SD40-2) BN 7071(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
785 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Along the CBQ |
| Description: |
One of BNs freight trains along the Mississippi River(not sure of direction) as the line was being upgraded in the mid 80s |
| Photo Date: |
7/20/1984 Upload Date: 6/5/2018 12:38:39 PM |
| Location: |
Hager City, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7122(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
649 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Along the Mississippi River |
| Description: |
A westbound freight is cruising through downtown Alma on the way to Minneapolis and points west. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1987 Upload Date: 12/8/2016 11:50:25 AM |
| Location: |
Alma, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7866(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
528 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Diamond Bluff |
| Description: |
This BN train was about 50 miles from St. Paul, MN along the Mississippi River heading west along the scenic ex-CBQ route |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1983 Upload Date: 12/5/2017 9:49:18 AM |
| Location: |
Hager City, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8010(SD40-2) BN 7910(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
870 Comments: 0 |
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