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And The Montana Brings Up The Markers |
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Bringing up the markers on today's 261 fall color trip is the former Milwaukee Road business car Montana. Note the fan pedaling his bike (on RR property!) as he departs the scene of the 261's passing. |
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10/3/2003 Upload Date: 4/16/2009 7:32:09 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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261 With Helping Amtrak Hands |
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With two Amtrak Genesis units as backup, the 261 charges through the old GN Union Yard en route to downtown Saint Paul. From there the train will swing onto the CP River Sub for the trains fall color foilage trip to Winona. |
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10/4/2003 Upload Date: 4/1/2009 9:29:02 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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261! |
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The title of this photo about says it all about this fabulous steam locomotive. |
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10/4/2003 Upload Date: 4/1/2009 9:33:53 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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An A-B Genesis Lashup |
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Tucked in between the 261's canteen car and the passenger consist is this A-B set of Amtrak Genesis units. While everyone was gawking the 261, I made some time for them too. Incidentally enough, Amtrak units were once served at the roundhouse that used to stand here at Minneapolis Junction. |
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10/4/2003 Upload Date: 4/1/2009 9:49:03 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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AMTK 72(P42DC) AMTK 13(P42DC) |
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Passing Beneath The Van Cleeve Pedestrian Bridge |
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The 261 and her fall color excursion duck under the pedestrian bridge at Van Cleeve park in Minneapolis. The train is about to cross the old GN bridge over 15th avenue. |
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10/4/2003 Upload Date: 4/16/2009 7:29:46 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
Waiting To Be Off |
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It is early on an October Saturday morning. A chill is in the air, but the boiler of the Milwaukee 261 is piping hot as she waits to be off with todays fall color foilage trip to Winona. |
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10/4/2003 Upload Date: 4/1/2009 9:45:25 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
261 Close Up 2005 Fall Color Excursion |
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Here is a close up view of 261, her AMTRAK Genesis consort, and the rest of her train as they leave the CP/SOO behind and enter the BNSF at downtown St. Paul. Sorry that tree there blocks 261's pilot a bit. Was kind of shooting on adrenaline by this point in the day. It had been a long wait! |
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10/8/2005 Upload Date: 3/6/2007 7:10:03 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
The 261 And Dayton's Bluff At Dusk |
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Here us Milwaukee Road 261 with Dayton's Bluff in the background. |
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10/8/2005 Upload Date: 3/6/2007 6:59:34 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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The 261 Returning Home From 2005 Fall Color Trip |
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A scene which simply reeks of the romance of the steam passenger train! Milwaukee Road 261 is returning home as dusk falls from the first 2005 fall color trips to Winona and La Crescent, Minnesota. Beauty on the rails, thy name is "steam locomotive". I especially like how I got 261's headlight in this shot as she began to swing onto the downtown St. Paul wye just east of the Union Depot. |
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10/8/2005 Upload Date: 3/6/2007 7:05:29 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
Smokin' It Up |
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The 261 sure can smoke things up! I zoomed in after the shot with the Louie depot to get this. |
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7/29/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 10:29:04 PM |
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Hopkins, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
261 On The Old Milwaukee |
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Moved away from the telegraph poles for this closer look. The trips were operated from the old Milwuakee Road Bass Lake yard in St. Louis Park, and 261 and her train now have only a few miles left to go until reaching Bass Lake after passing this point. The day was incredibly hot, and normally I would have been at the beach. But miss good ol 261, on the old Milwaukee no less? No way! |
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7/29/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 10:34:51 PM |
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Hopkins, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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The 261 Passing The Former M&St.L/CNW Hopkins Depot |
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I was inspired by a photo of SP 4449 (which can be found on this site) at the Hopkins depot with the American Freedom train to try a similar shot with 261. Granted, the Milwaukee (now Twin Cities and Western) tracks are way over on the right, and the old Louie (now a Three Rivers Park trail. Let's have the rails and 4449 back instead!) and depot on the left, but the same principal still applies. Depot has been a coffehouse since 1998. Today 261 is returning in reverse from a trip to Colonge in honor of it's 100th anniversary. A further trip from there to Glencoe was also done this weekend. |
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7/29/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 10:20:04 PM |
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Hopkins, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
MILW 261 Wesbound |
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We are now westbound for Wayzata. We are approaching the pedestrian overpass at Bryn Mawer park on the outskirts of downtown Minneapolis. Note the Kenwood water tower in the upper left corner and the unkempt grounds to the left. It is the northern border of the site of Great Northern's Lyndale yard. Rumor has it a GN engine is buried under the ground here. Perhaps 261 might have a GN friend one day? |
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9/9/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:59:26 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
Crossing Minnehaha Creek |
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A vestibule-eye view of 261 as she leads her train to Minneapolis on September 9th, 2006. We are in the suburb of Minnetonka, and 261 is on the bridge over Minnehaha Creek by Big Willow Park. Further east the old GN main loops across the creek again. |
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9/9/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 5:03:13 PM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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Arriving at Minneapolis Junction September 9th, 2006. |
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We are crossing Harrison Street as we pull into Minneapolis Junction, and 261 is swinging onto the north leg of the wye at this location. As always, folks such as the gentleman on the street are out to watch the glorious passing of a steam train. |
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9/9/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:52:26 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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261 Pulling Out At Minneapolis Junction |
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Having waited for a passing eastbound BNSF freight that had followed us from Wayzata, 261 swings out past the Harrison Street sign at Minneapolis Junction as we begin our return trip to Wayzata in another vestibule-eye view. Note the fans and riders in the "open coach" (a baggage car with the doors open and gates across the entrances) enjoying the show as we prepare to cross Harrison Street, and the contrast between the modern signals and a primo 1944 Alco 4-8-4! |
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9/9/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 5:14:31 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
The 261 In Minnetonka |
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Here is something unique: a dog interested in a steam train. Yes, his master is trespassing, but they were not harming anybody when we passed them this day and it made a quaint shot that smacks of the good old days before rail security went bonkers. |
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9/9/2006 Upload Date: 12/22/2006 9:25:38 PM |
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Minnetonka, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
MILW 261 In The Rain |
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Some trains steam in the rain, others get wet. Seriously, this day a storm tracked farther north than thought, dousing the Twin Cities in a cold drizzle. Here 261 is returning from her afternoon run to Howard Lake, MN. on the new BNSF alignment in Long Lake due to the Highway 12 reroute. She is in reverse, but isn't that smoke plume gloriously white? The entire consist, including the BNSF GP60 on the hind end, is visible in this shot. I had only seconds to get this shot before closing up the camera to prevent droplets getting on the lense whilst standing under the Brown Road overpass. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 10:09:33 PM |
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Long Lake, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
The 261 By Wayzata Bay |
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After running in reverse from Minneapolis Junction, 261 arrives. Soon to retrace her steps into Minneapolis on the point of the first trip of the day. Back to Minneapolis Junction and return. She was in town for the annual James J. Hill Days festival, which this year marked the 100th anniversary of the old Great Northern Wayzata depot (out of view to the left of this shot). The water in the foreground belongs to lovely Wayzata Bay of Lake Minnetonka. |
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9/24/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 4:46:22 PM |
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Wayzata, MN |
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| Title: |
261 Resting |
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Milwaukee Road Alco Class S3 4-8-4 261 rests inside the old diesel house at Minneapolis Junction that now is her home on September 30th, 2006. My own "motive power", my bike, wound up getting into the shot in the left hand corner. 261 sure looks good, even when sitting still. |
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9/30/2006 Upload Date: 10/1/2006 5:30:28 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
Bandana Square's Steam Engine |
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Still on display at Bandana Square is Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0 8327. She used to have her tender lettered "Bandana Square", but a local group has restored her to her GTW appearance. A former GN/CNW baggage car was once coupled up behind her but it has been moved to the Gopher State Railway museum. |
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11/24/2006 Upload Date: 11/25/2006 3:26:30 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
CP Motive Power Past And Present |
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What a lovely Hudson "The Empress" is. Here she is charging past an eastbound freight that changed crews while in the hole at Loretto an hour before she arrived en route to Glenwood this day. Wonder if the crewman from the diesels watching her go by wanted to trade places with one of the guys in the cab! |
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9/8/2007 Upload Date: 9/8/2007 8:48:10 PM |
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Loretto, MN |
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| Title: |
Whistling Through Loretto |
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Here comes Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 number 2816, "The Empress", with an excursion to Glenwood, MN, on the old Soo Line main. Here, with a CP GP tucked in behind her, she races through the small town of Loretto whistling and chugging up a storm. As she approached I sang the aloud praises for F. Nelson Blount, thanking him for saving her for his Steamtown collection, from which she returned to her old owner. By the way, would you belive 2816 once had smoke deflectors? Copy and paste this link: http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/steamtown/shs3g.htm and scroll down the page to find and black and white shot of her with them. |
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9/8/2007 Upload Date: 9/8/2007 8:47:40 PM |
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Loretto, MN |
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Milwaukee Skytop and Super Dome on the Soo |
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Here is the Milwaukee Road Skytop observation car Cedar Rapids and her Super Dome sibling bringing up the markers on the CP Empress excursion to Glenwood. The 261 and 2816 people pooled equipment during 2816's sojurn south of the border. |
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9/8/2007 Upload Date: 9/8/2007 8:48:35 PM |
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Loretto, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
Charging Under The U Of M Transitway |
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Here is the CP 2816 and MILW 261 about to duck under the U of M Transitway just across the border with Minneapolis in St. Paul's Midway area. As they charged beneath, their combined smoke plumes blocked out the sun, by gum! |
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9/15/2007 Upload Date: 9/15/2007 6:49:13 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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CP 2816(4-6-4) |
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Chugging Over To The Old NP Main |
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I began tailing the 2816 and 261 before the train was done passing under my first vantage point at the U of M Transitway bridge. I was on my bycicle, but since the engineers were easing them slowly along I was able to pass them and was approaching the grade crossing on Energy Park Drive where the "Union Cutoff" crosses...when the lights began to ring and the bells began to ding! Here they came, with the 2816 whistling up a storm! The train was switching from the old GN to the old NP due, apparently, to congestion on the old GN. I thought of the CP 4-6-2 2317, the Steamtown excursion locomotive, as I watched her repatriated Steamtown alumnus approach leading her larger American cohort. Bless you again, F. Nelson Blount, for saving the 2816, and thank you Milwuakee Road for your decision to save the 261! |
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9/15/2007 Upload Date: 9/15/2007 6:49:34 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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| Title: |
The Approaching Drama |
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Here comes CP 2816 leading MILW 261 with their excursion along the river having just departed Minneapolis Junction and are now almost through the old GN Union Yard about to duck under Highway 280. Wonder if the people in the minivan and truck were doing double takes? |
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9/15/2007 Upload Date: 9/15/2007 6:48:54 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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CP 2816(4-6-4) |
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And The Cedar Rapids Closes The Show As Usual |
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The strobe was already on at around nine in the morning as the Cedar Rapids brings up the markers behind her Super Dome partner crossing Energy Park Drive. Note the smoke from the 2816 and 261 to the right! |
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9/15/2007 Upload Date: 9/15/2007 6:50:09 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
261 Behind The 2816 |
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Here is the MILW 261 behind the 2816 about to follow her across Energy Park Drive on the doubleheader heading for down along Old Man River. |
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9/15/2007 Upload Date: 9/15/2007 6:49:51 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
That Isn't Diesel Exhaust |
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Bringing up the hind end of the 2008 BNSF Employee Appreciation train is GE 515. The cloud of smoke did not come from her, of course. Incidentally, the radio handle for the train was not "MILW 261" but "BNSF 515." Presumably due to the push-pull nature of the trips from Minneapolis Junction to Delano and return. (My thanks to the commentator below for the correction.) |
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6/15/2008 Upload Date: 6/15/2008 9:17:34 PM |
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Long Lake, MN |
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BNSF 515(B40-8W) |
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Viva The Milwaukee Road! |
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The 2008 BNSF Employee Appreciation trips are the third time I've photographed the 261 in Long Lake. The weather on this Sunday evening was the best I ever had photographing her here. Incidentally, I was on the yet-to-open Highway 12 bypass for these shots. A fabulous vantage point. Viva the Milwaukee Road! |
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6/15/2008 Upload Date: 6/15/2008 9:17:13 PM |
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Long Lake, MN |
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Viva The 261! |
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Here comes the Milwaukee 261 through Long Lake with the BNSF Employee Appreciation train. This is the third and final run of the day. Wonder if any of those folks on the pedestrian bridge in the background took soot and cinders home as souveniers after she charged by? |
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6/15/2008 Upload Date: 6/15/2008 9:16:55 PM |
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Long Lake, MN |
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BNSF Employee Appreciation Special Westbound |
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What a lovely sight. |
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6/16/2008 Upload Date: 6/16/2008 8:46:52 PM |
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Long Lake, MN |
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MILW 261(4-8-4) BNSF 515(B40-8W) |
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Passing Trains |
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The hogger on the 261 eases his fabled charge slowly down past an eastbound bentonite train that is pulling out in Wayzata as the Employee Appreciation special rolls into Long Lake due to the former being too long for the siding. |
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6/16/2008 Upload Date: 6/16/2008 8:28:57 PM |
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Long Lake, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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Final Bow |
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Passing by my home, the 261 runs in reverse with the BNSF 515 taking the point on the last run to Minneapolis Junction as evening falls across the Twin Cities. Sure hate to see a good show end. |
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6/16/2008 Upload Date: 6/16/2008 9:06:02 PM |
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Long Lake, MN |
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Future Film Star |
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Just think, folks will be able to see her as herself on the big screen in the upcoming motion picture "Public Enemies". She even made the film's trailer! Today she is doing more traditional steam engine duties with todays BNSF employee appreciation special to Delano. |
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6/16/2008 Upload Date: 6/16/2008 8:29:20 PM |
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Long Lake, MN |
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MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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Green Signal. Highball! |
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With the bentonite train in the clear, the hogger notches up the 261's throttle as they continue on to Howard Lake on a glorious Monday afternoon. |
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6/16/2008 Upload Date: 6/16/2008 8:30:04 PM |
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Long Lake, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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Former Santa Fe Dome Car "Bay View" |
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A unique gem in the Employee Appreciation consist: the former Santa Fe dome car "Bay View". I do believe this same car was on the 1999 James J. Hill days trips, and checked it out during my trip from Wayzata to Minneapolis Junction and return. |
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6/16/2008 Upload Date: 6/16/2008 8:29:42 PM |
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Long Lake, MN |
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Heading For The Green |
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UP 3985 heads for the green signal at the old Milwaukee/Rock Island junction in Rosemount. Where the UP and CP/PGR lines now part. Love the huge American flag on the first canteen car. Note the group of folks out greeting the crew in the Challenger's cab. I wonder if the fireman hanging out of the window was the famous Jack Whellihan? |
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9/26/2008 Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:42:07 PM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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"Extra 3985"! |
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I always thought it was cool how UP and SP steamers had signs the train number could be displayed on. Thus the Union Pacific 3985 proudly proclaims this train as the "Extra 3985". Or to use the official name for this run, the "Twin Cities Limited". Charging north for St. Paul through Rosemount, MN watched by folks and fans on the east and west sides of the Spine Line (which the UP shares with the CP/PGR between Rosemount and Comus, MN). Incidentally, ever since the UP/CNW merger I was thirsting to see eithier the 844 or 3985 pay the Twin Cities a visit. A factor which lessened my sadness over the passing of the North Western. Finally, thirteen years later (and having missed the 3985 in 2002) I could finally write this in my railfan notes: "Yippie! At last I have seen UP steam ..." And what a steamer is the 3985! I especially loved her deep, melodious whistle. |
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9/26/2008 Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:41:24 PM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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Observation Car "St. Louis" |
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Bringing up the markers on the 3985's "Twin Cities Limited" train is obs car St. Louis. By now the train had slowed to take the switch onto the Spine line up to St. Paul at the former Milwaukee/Rock Island junction marked by the green signal in the distance. |
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9/26/2008 Upload Date: 9/27/2008 6:42:50 PM |
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Rosemount, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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UP 3985(4-6-6-4) |
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Where Politicians And Actors Have Been |
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When the Freedom Train arrived at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis in 1975, Hubert H. Humphrey and his grandson rode in the cab. In 1986, moviegoers saw Burt Lancaster get the drop on Doyle McCormack while Kirk Douglas looked on from track level and later saw Dana Carvey climb that ladder into her cab in the movie "Tough Guys." I too climbed that ladder for a brief look into the cab. Standing where good ol' Burt once stood. They don't make actors or train engines like they used to ... |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/10/2009 10:25:01 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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"Smoke" |
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While watching from the University Avenue overpass with a keen eye, I jotted the following down in my railfanning journal: "3:07 P.M. Smoke!" Soon after, I snapped this, my first shot ever of the SP 4449 |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/9/2009 9:52:32 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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Blow That Lovely Whistle 4449! |
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As the 4449 nears her destination at Minneapolis Junction, the crew in the cab blows her lovely whistle for the 14th avenue grade crossing. Take that, Minneapolis "no whistle' rules! |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/9/2009 9:55:56 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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Instead Of A Chorus Line, A Photo Line |
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Yah-tah-tah, yah-tah-tah. Puttin' on the train crazy Ritz. As usual, fans and daisy pickers alike flock to see the sight. One deplorable scene happened a few minutes before I took this shot: One of the photographers in the line to the right of the photo kept shooing away via whistles and shouts people trying to get closer photos of the engine from the side. Rude. Some foamers are going to ruin it for everybody one day. Play nice, boys and girls. We all want to see the train. Let's show some common courtesey. |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/10/2009 10:38:10 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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Genesis Unit And 4449's Canteen Car |
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The Amtrak unit and the 4449's "canteen" (spare water tender) car. |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/10/2009 10:24:17 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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AMTK 23(P42DC) |
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BNSF Baggage Car "Glorieta Pass" |
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Apparently this car is being used in lieu of 4449's "Yes Dear" tool car on the Michigan trip. |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/10/2009 10:24:01 AM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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CZ Sleeping Car "Silver Rapids" |
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The second of three CZ cars on the back end of SP 4449's train to Michigan is the CZ sleeper "Silver Rapids." |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/9/2009 10:25:01 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
California Zephyr Dome Car "Silver Lariat" |
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the third and last CZ car at the back of the 4449's Michigan-bound train: Dome Car "Silver Lariat" |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/9/2009 10:42:40 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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California Zephyr Dome Observation Car "Silver Solarium" |
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Bringing up the markers on 4449's train to Owosso, Michigan is this CZ gem. Still rollin' strong long after the original CZ passed away and was later reborn by Amtrak. |
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7/9/2009 Upload Date: 7/9/2009 10:11:38 PM |
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Minneapolis, MN |
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Richard Krebes |
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