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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) |
| Views: |
289 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: |
378 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: |
228 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: |
174 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: |
182 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: |
318 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: |
170 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) |
| Views: |
293 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: |
777 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: |
254 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: |
211 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: |
234 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BN coal train |
| Description: |
Well, here I have to admit again that I dont exactly know where this is, but it is in the Superior area, and I believe near Saunders of a coal empty heading west |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1990 Upload Date: 7/12/2016 3:03:51 AM |
| Location: |
Superior, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7230(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
206 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old Boylston Junction eastbound |
| Description: |
A BN freight is about 5 miles from its destination at Superior, WI as it passes the now abandoned junction with the Hinckley Sub. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1984 Upload Date: 12/28/2018 2:08:01 PM |
| Location: |
Boylston Junction, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7827(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
128 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
375 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN/Milwaukee coal train |
| Description: |
Heading east for one of the Milwaukee Roads coal plants in Wisconsin, a BN unit is taking the train by Newport Tower |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1980 Upload Date: 3/18/2017 2:22:57 AM |
| Location: |
Newport, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8086(SD40-2) MILW 152(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
445 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound at Newport |
| Description: |
When the tower was still in operation, you could see all the switch rods for the x/o, and the old semaphore that was partially controlled by the operator in the tower. |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1982 Upload Date: 12/28/2018 2:05:16 PM |
| Location: |
Newport, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8174(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
163 Comments: 0 |
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