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| Title: |
Hooping up the orders |
| Description: |
The operator at Oakland Tower is handing up orders to this BN freight that is heading south to LaCrosse Wi |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1982 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 3:47:38 PM |
| Location: |
St. Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6334(SD40-2) |
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484 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New/Old bridge 1984 |
| Description: |
Eastbound BN train with business car Como rounds the curve at Prescott, WI shortly after the new lift bridge opened. Crews are busily dismantling the old track and bridge over the cold winter month, while the bridges could be closed. |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1984 Upload Date: 6/22/2016 9:56:42 AM |
| Location: |
Prescott, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Winter,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6368(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
579 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Back for another load of ore |
| Description: |
This westbound ore empty is at the MN/WI state line near Chub Lake, and this section of track is now single track, but still quite busy. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1986 Upload Date: 8/5/2016 1:33:42 AM |
| Location: |
Carlton, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6721(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
407 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Rounding the curve |
| Description: |
This ore empty is swinging north towards Carlton, and will eventually end up at one of the mines a couple hours from here. You can notice the taconite pellets in the middle of the other track. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1986 Upload Date: 8/5/2016 1:35:27 AM |
| Location: |
Carlton, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6721(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
313 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN Taconite empty |
| Description: |
An empty taconite train heading west to Keewatin/Broeker area, heads towards Boylston Jct. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1986 Upload Date: 6/20/2016 1:31:24 PM |
| Location: |
Saunders, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BN 6721(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
335 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BN empty ore train |
| Description: |
Heading north at Brook Park, this train rounds the curve where the line from Willmar and St. Cloud came in. This is now the Hinckley Sub of BNSF |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1984 Upload Date: 7/25/2016 2:34:37 AM |
| Location: |
Brook Park, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6739(SD40-2) BN 8053(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
512 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN along the river |
| Description: |
An eastbound train heading towards LaCrosse, WI back in the days of current of traffic running, and jointed rail. This was the site of a serious collision a number of years earlier at the crossover. |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1987 Upload Date: 10/29/2016 9:53:08 AM |
| Location: |
Maiden Rock, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6756(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
302 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Picking up orders on the fly. |
| Description: |
Here a northbound taconite empty passes through Hinckley and the train order operator has a new set of orders ready on the hoop. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1982 Upload Date: 7/10/2016 10:56:15 PM |
| Location: |
Hinckley, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6827(SD40-2) |
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499 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
| Views: |
1007 Comments: 1 |
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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: |
463 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: |
460 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: |
406 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: |
643 Comments: 0 |
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