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| Title: |
GREAT FOR TRAVEL,GREAT FOR FRIEGHT |
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1/1/1901 Upload Date: 2/28/2007 3:16:07 PM |
| Location: |
Caledonia, WI |
| Author: |
GEORGE HALL |
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| Title: |
"LOFTY MOUNTAINS BECKEN YOU" |
| Description: |
1930 GN |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1901 Upload Date: 2/28/2007 3:17:35 PM |
| Location: |
Caledonia, WI |
| Author: |
GEORGE HALL |
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| Title: |
GLACIER PARK |
| Description: |
53 GN |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1901 Upload Date: 2/28/2007 3:18:28 PM |
| Location: |
Caledonia, WI |
| Author: |
GEORGE HALL |
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519 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ON OUR WAY |
| Description: |
1950'S GREAT NORTHERN AD |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1930 Upload Date: 11/10/2004 10:16:02 PM |
| Location: |
Milwaukee, WI |
| Author: |
george hall |
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Passenger |
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871 Comments: 0 |
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EMD Boxcab #511 (see text) with CB&Q Afternoon Zephyr Probably Winter 1937-38 |
| Description: |
Date unknown. The ice on the Mississippi indicates winter. That's the northeast corner (looking west) of the GN Station and the Hennepin Av. bridge over the river. Mike Woodruff saw this posting and sent me the following: EMD 511 and 512 were 1,800 hp boxcabs built in May, 1935, each powered by two 201A Winton engines (basically two NW1 switcher engines) inside carbodies from GE's Erie Works. (B&O 50 which later ran on the Alton Route, and ATSF 1 and 1A which powered the original Super Chief were very similar in appearance and essentially identical mechanically.) The 511 and 512 were never CB&Q engines but were EMD demonstrators. In Otto Perry's book, there are pics of EMD 511 which show it pulling CB&Q train second #1 near McCook, Nebraska in August of 1937, and of EMD 512 shown working on the Super Chief with ATSF 1A near Trinidad, Colorado in May, 1937. Kalmbach's Diesel Spotters Guide says that although CB&Q 9904 Pegasus/9905 Zephyrus were the power units built (in 1936) for the second pair of Twin Zephyrs, "during 1937 and 1938, it was common to see the (Twin Zephyr) consists being led by EMD demonstrator 511, repainted from the original dark scheme to silver for a long period of testing on the Burlington." Since the units are listed as scrapped in 1938, it's probably safe to say that the picture was taken during the winter of 1937-38. Just speculating now, but I'll guess that EMD 511 spent a lot of time on the Burlington and EMD 512 on the Santa Fe while problems with the CB&Q 9904/9905 Zephyr and ATSF 1/1A Super Chief locomotives were being worked out - these units being called "demonstrators" but perhaps serving more as what we would now term "warranty protection" power. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1938 Upload Date: 12/3/2006 11:02:56 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Unknown |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
EMDX 511(AA) |
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5511 Comments: 8 |
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| Title: |
Great Northern Empire Builder |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
1/1/1945 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 10:26:31 AM |
| Location: |
Havre, MT |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
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Passenger |
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1774 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
1946 Great Northern / Canadian National Mount Robson Route |
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| Photo Date: |
4/28/1946 Upload Date: 9/19/2004 12:35:27 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
David Sommer |
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Passenger |
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817 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Great Northern depot and park |
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Postcard I bought. Unknown author. Glacier Studio. On front of postcard "GK-3 - Park and G.N. Depot - Kalispel, Mont. - Glacier Studio" Kalispell is spelled wrong on postcard. On back of card someone wrote a message "We were in Kalispell from evening of 9 till morning of 12 Sept, 1948 Mon. to Thur." |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/1948 Upload Date: 11/25/2016 10:25:02 PM |
| Location: |
Kalispell, MT |
| Author: |
Jamie Smith |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger |
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478 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
1949 Great Northern Railway System Map |
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| Photo Date: |
10/1/1949 Upload Date: 9/17/2004 9:10:44 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
David Sommer |
| Categories: |
Track |
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1275 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
1949 Great Northern Railway Timetable Cover |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/1/1949 Upload Date: 9/13/2004 2:39:24 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
David Sommer |
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Passenger |
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789 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
1949 GN Glacier Park - Rexford Timetable |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/1/1949 Upload Date: 9/22/2004 1:31:09 AM |
| Location: |
Cut Bank, MT |
| Author: |
David Sommer |
| Categories: |
Track |
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754 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
1949 GN Seattle - Vancouver, BC Timetable |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/1/1949 Upload Date: 9/23/2004 1:30:42 PM |
| Location: |
Portland, OR |
| Author: |
David Sommer |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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631 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN meet |
| Description: |
location date and trains unknown |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1950 Upload Date: 6/19/2008 11:47:59 PM |
| Location: |
Glacier Park, MT |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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1443 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN passenger train |
| Description: |
Has just departed St Paul Union Depot |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1955 Upload Date: 11/26/2007 6:18:15 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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1750 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GN passenger train |
| Description: |
crossing the Stone Arch bridge |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1955 Upload Date: 11/26/2007 6:18:50 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
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1911 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN passenger train |
| Description: |
arriving at Minneapolis westbound |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1955 Upload Date: 11/26/2007 6:19:19 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Station |
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1279 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GREAT NORTHERN |
| Description: |
60'S |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1960 Upload Date: 11/12/2004 1:25:39 AM |
| Location: |
Milwaukee, WI |
| Author: |
george hall |
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456 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GREAT NORTHERN |
| Description: |
50'S 60'S |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1960 Upload Date: 11/12/2004 1:26:14 AM |
| Location: |
Milwaukee, WI |
| Author: |
george hall |
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479 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN Western Star |
| Description: |
date and location unknown |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1960 Upload Date: 6/19/2008 11:54:59 PM |
| Location: |
Glacier Park, MT |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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1579 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN Western Star |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/1/1960 Upload Date: 6/19/2008 11:55:59 PM |
| Location: |
Wenatchee, WA |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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1260 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GN Red River |
| Description: |
westbound passing NP Northtown shops |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1960 Upload Date: 11/26/2007 2:34:23 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
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Passenger |
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1888 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NP Mainstreeter |
| Description: |
westbound on the Stone Arch |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1960 Upload Date: 11/26/2007 2:43:39 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
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2659 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
The back side of the Mpls MN main GN depot in 1965. |
| Description: |
This would be some neat trackwork to model in HO scale. This depot serviced the GN, NP, CB&Q, CNW, and CGW in Minneapolis. |
| Photo Date: |
4/12/1965 Upload Date: 9/23/2011 8:16:49 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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2745 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Great Northern passenger train and switcher in back of the Mpls MN main GN depot in 1965. |
| Description: |
Looks like the GN Empire Builder is headed into the depot and is a half mile from its destination. Then its off to St Paul depot and Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1965 Upload Date: 9/14/2011 3:51:16 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
GN F7(F7A) |
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| Title: |
The main GN University of Minnesota yard in Mpls MN in 1965. |
| Description: |
GN had their main east end system yard at the University of Minnesota. Mpls was the leader in grain milling up to the 1950s as the world leader in grain milling. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1965 Upload Date: 9/27/2011 1:06:23 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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3114 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN F7s at the Mpls MN University of Minnesota main GN yard in 1965. |
| Description: |
This yard was as large as Northtown in Fridley at one time. The CNW had a large yard next to the GN yard at the other end, and the CGW also had a large yard by the grain elevators. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1965 Upload Date: 9/27/2011 1:07:53 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Yard,Track,Action |
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| Title: |
GN depot Hopkins loaded on a flat car and moved to a new location between Cedar Lake Yard and the Grain Yard at Lyndale 1965 |
| Description: |
The GN Depot at Hopkins was loaded on a flat car and transported to the West End of the GN Grain Yard between Lyndale and Cedar Lake yards. |
| Photo Date: |
5/30/1965 Upload Date: 6/3/2006 4:38:09 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Vern Wigfield |
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749 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN Badger |
| Description: |
departing Minneapolis |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1965 Upload Date: 6/19/2008 11:56:56 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Station |
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| Title: |
Great Northern mail train at the main Mpls MN GN depot in 1965. |
| Description: |
Here is the back side of the main Mpls MN GN depot in 1965. The two GN mainlines to Wazata MN are two the left. GN also had a dual mainline via Northtown headed to St Clould. Note the neat trackwork at the depot. I have a front side photo of the depot in this library. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/1965 Upload Date: 9/24/2011 11:30:46 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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| Title: |
The Great Northern main Mpls MN yard at the University of Minnesota. |
| Description: |
This is James J. Hills main Mpls GN yard. The CBQ ran a steam special you can see in the photo. This yard is mostly intermodal today off 280. The CNW had a major interchange yard at the other end. Up to 1950, Minneapolis MN was the largest grain milling operation in the world. The white "U" double elevator left of black elevator holds 7M bushels at 122 ft holds 1,750 grain hoppers of grain called ADM DelMar4. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1965 Upload Date: 9/8/2011 5:20:36 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
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Scenic,Yard,Track |
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| Title: |
GN Depot |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
1/1/1966 Upload Date: 2/2/2008 9:04:51 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Vern Wigfield |
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753 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GN Western Star |
| Description: |
westbound |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1966 Upload Date: 6/20/2008 12:02:12 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis Park, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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1637 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Great Northern on the Minneapolis, MN Stone Arch bridge. |
| Description: |
This is a double tracked bridge built by the GN in the 1880s by James J. Hill for the GN and was used by several railroads in Minneapolis to cross the Mississippi River and get access to the Mpls main depot. This was double tracked and used up until the 1980s under the BN. Its now a walking path. Minneapolis was the largest grain milling operations center in the world up to the 1950s. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1967 Upload Date: 9/9/2011 10:47:09 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN 503(E7A) |
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4953 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Great Northern train headed from Mpls yard at University of MN to Wazata in 1967. |
| Description: |
This train is in back of the main Mpls MN GN depot on a sunny day in 1967. The main GN mainline ran from Mpls via St. Cloud to Seattle and runs by Northtown. The secondary GN mainline is still in use by the BNSF and ran from the Mpls Jct wye past Wazata on Lake Minnetonka to Willmar. Some of the GN F units survived on the BN to 1984. The curved tracks to the right are the depot track leads to the Mpls GN depot. The MTM saved one of the GN F units stored at Jackson St. in St Paul, but it was repainted NP. Hopefully someday they can power it up and repaint it in its true GN colors. The MTM roundhouse at Jackson St. in St Paul has about 8 GN passenger cars saved in GN paint and runs train rides in Osceola Mn 30 min out of St Paul past Stillwater. Train rides are Sat from 10-4. |
| Photo Date: |
7/28/1967 Upload Date: 9/30/2011 8:27:51 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN F7(F7A) |
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2773 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hutch 60's, with 65 Mustang |
| Description: |
Branch line to The Cities |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1968 Upload Date: 6/17/2010 9:28:25 AM |
| Location: |
Hutchinson, MN |
| Author: |
Mike Cunningham |
| Categories: |
Station |
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1210 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Western Star |
| Description: |
weatbound |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1968 Upload Date: 6/20/2008 12:01:00 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis Park, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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1228 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CB&Q gallery cars |
| Description: |
westbound on the Stone Arch Bridge arriving in Minneapolis, date unknown. Photo by Cy Svobodny |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1969 Upload Date: 1/14/2008 10:08:00 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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1265 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Great Northern Empire Builder at the GN Mpls MN Depot in 1969. |
| Description: |
This train is headed to Chicago via St Paul MN. The Mpls MN main GN depot served trains by the GN, NP, CNW, CB&Q, and CGW. At its peak this depot serviced over 125 passenger trains per day. The Mpls post office is to the left and remains today. The Milwaukee Road, CNW, and Soo Line used the three tracks to the left on a grade to get out of the Mississippi River valley and get access to their grain elevators and also to the Milwaukee Road depot. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1969 Upload Date: 9/8/2011 3:00:04 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
GN F7(F7A) |
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9185 Comments: 8 |
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| Title: |
Great Northern Badger |
| Description: |
westboud (northbound) approaching the Minneapolis depot |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1969 Upload Date: 6/19/2008 11:44:30 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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2317 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GN 370 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/4/1969 Upload Date: 1/18/2014 8:56:46 PM |
| Location: |
Glacier National Par, MT |
| Author: |
Jack Smith |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
GN 370A(F7A) |
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1292 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
1969 NMRA fan trip |
| Description: |
Minneapolis to Superior / Duluth faan trip on the GN Allouez ore docks in Superior |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1969 Upload Date: 6/19/2008 11:20:08 PM |
| Location: |
Superior, WI |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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888 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN Unknown |
| Description: |
Observation Car bringing up the rear of a GN passenger service in the 1960's. Exact date and location unknown but most likely just east of Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1969 Upload Date: 10/25/2023 10:01:52 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Mark Davies |
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315 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN AA-Register |
| Description: |
Second page of the Burlington Northern Railroad Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, March 1970, scanned from March 1970 issue of The Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, issued annually by The Railway Equipment and Publication Company, Chuck Zeiler collection. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1970 Upload Date: 10/20/2013 11:03:07 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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657 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Minneapolis MN main depot in 1971. |
| Description: |
Used by the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, CB&Q, and CNW. At its peak it saw around 140 trains a day. This was demolished in the 1980s. The St Paul MN depot looks like this and was saved and will re open to Amtrak in Dec 2012. |
| Photo Date: |
5/3/1971 Upload Date: 10/26/2012 10:07:03 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Track |
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1856 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Looking west on the GN mains at Jackson St |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/20/1972 Upload Date: 5/2/2007 10:10:28 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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1487 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN Dale St shops |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/20/1972 Upload Date: 5/2/2007 10:23:31 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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1524 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GN midway yard what is now BNSF Hub terminal |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/20/1972 Upload Date: 5/2/2007 10:28:58 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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1394 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Another view of GN union yard |
| Description: |
view is looking west towards the U of M |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/1972 Upload Date: 5/2/2007 10:33:23 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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1239 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN Minneapolis Junction looking north |
| Description: |
present home of 261 |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/1972 Upload Date: 5/2/2007 10:43:04 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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1615 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN stone arch bridge |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/20/1972 Upload Date: 7/19/2007 9:46:18 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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1152 Comments: 0 |
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