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Title: |
GN number, BN paint |
Description: |
MNTX 325 awaits her repaint to GN big Sky Blue in the future but for now runs in BN whiteface on the OSCVRY |
Photo Date: |
7/16/2017 Upload Date: 7/24/2017 3:13:21 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 325(SDP40) |
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283 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Great Northern heritage |
Description: |
GN 325 and GN A-11 getting ready for another trip to Marine on St. Croix |
Photo Date: |
7/22/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:05:01 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
190 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
GN 325 Roster |
Description: |
SDP40 #325, still in BN paint on the house track |
Photo Date: |
8/19/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:06:40 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
134 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Shadowed in |
Description: |
6234 rests in the shadows after a day on the rails |
Photo Date: |
8/19/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:07:43 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
51 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Wet rains |
Description: |
325 gets a good soaking in late summer rainfall |
Photo Date: |
8/26/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:08:51 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
GN 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
162 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Unique view |
Description: |
Im not yet on duty (arrived early) and was getting a head start on starting 325, but had to capture the unique view of 6234 |
Photo Date: |
8/26/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:10:20 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
InCab,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
GN 325(SDP40) BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
326 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
High-hood SD9 |
Description: |
BN 6234 gets moved to the house track |
Photo Date: |
8/26/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:11:13 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
56 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Wet arrival |
Description: |
The Marine excursion returns to Osceola in summer rainfall |
Photo Date: |
8/26/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:13:37 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
107 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SD9 Sun |
Description: |
MNTX 6234 enjoying the fall sun |
Photo Date: |
9/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:15:16 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
56 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Long hood |
Description: |
The engine end of SD9 6234 |
Photo Date: |
9/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:16:06 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
58 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
GN A-11 |
Description: |
Originally a James J Hill family business car, now a dining-observation 100(?) years later |
Photo Date: |
9/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:17:16 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
127 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Turbo 16-645 |
Description: |
An EMD classic, a turbocharged V-16 cylinder 645 diesel engine |
Photo Date: |
10/12/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:18:47 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
204 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BN Faces |
Description: |
BN classic and BN whiteface schemes represented at Osceola. Taken off duty w/ permission in PPE |
Photo Date: |
10/18/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:20:19 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) GN 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
258 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Turned Around |
Description: |
After facing east for several months, 6234 and 5 cars went around they wye at Dresser in preparation for pumpkin specials |
Photo Date: |
10/18/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:22:08 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
72 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Early Morning Lights |
Description: |
Just after sunrise on a stormy morning, I fired up 6234 before duty time, since it was still dark and the lights were on, I had to take the shot. |
Photo Date: |
10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:24:03 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Night |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
67 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Put to bed |
Description: |
Engineer Johnson begins the shut-down procedure of SDP40 #325 after a day out on the rails. |
Photo Date: |
10/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:25:00 PM |
Location: |
Osceola, WI |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
142 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
DM&IR 30 |
Description: |
I would so love to see this heavyweight coach restored to operating service at Osceola, its been at the museum since 83. |
Photo Date: |
1/27/2018 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:27:46 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
236 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NP 30 |
Description: |
This plow wouldve come in handy on the date of photo, since nearly 2 feet of snow covered the tracks and needed to be removed. |
Photo Date: |
1/27/2018 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:28:50 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Winter |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
182 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The Triple Combine |
Description: |
From what Ive been told 1102 is a real gem, the last of its kind and the only active RPO, this car carried revenue mail in 2017! |
Photo Date: |
1/27/2018 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:30:05 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Winter,Yard,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
259 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
1940s view |
Description: |
EMD SW1 #3110, built for the Wabash in the late 40s (1949?). |
Photo Date: |
1/27/2018 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:31:09 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Winter,InCab |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 3110(SW1) |
Views: |
140 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Winter Turntable |
Description: |
SW1 3110 sleeps on the turntable after running caboose rides for the day |
Photo Date: |
1/27/2018 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:32:19 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Winter |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 3110(SW1) |
Views: |
218 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Andersen Windows 3110 |
Description: |
Originally Wabash, later N&W... now MNTX |
Photo Date: |
1/27/2018 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:33:18 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 3110(SW1) |
Views: |
354 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Classic EMDs |
Description: |
Two old EMDs still turning revenue miles many decades after being built, the stories these locomotives could tell. |
Photo Date: |
1/27/2018 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:34:27 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Station |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 3110(SW1) |
Views: |
219 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Still Green |
Description: |
SDP40 325 is still BN green, but the hope is that by 2020, she could be GN blue |
Photo Date: |
1/27/2018 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:35:28 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
135 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
NP 105 |
Description: |
Once a common locomotive of choice at MTM, now silent, a couple of new batteries are all that stands between 105 and a return to service. Thatll come summer 2018. |
Photo Date: |
1/27/2018 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:36:48 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter |
Locomotives: |
NP 105(SW1200) |
Views: |
246 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
All EMD |
Description: |
Four of MTMs EMD locomotives sit outside waiting a turn in the shop for a check up. Inside getting work are 559 and 454. LST&T 101 is in the barn. |
Photo Date: |
1/27/2018 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 9:38:44 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter |
Locomotives: |
NP 105(SW1200) BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 3110(SW1) MNTX 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
425 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
"NP" 454 |
Description: |
F7A #454, still wearing NP paint from its Bandana Square days, in the shop getting 26L brakes and eventually GN paint |
Photo Date: |
2/14/2018 Upload Date: 2/14/2018 6:03:36 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
GN 454A(F7A) |
Views: |
514 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Triple Combine RPO |
Description: |
Northern Pacific 1102 sitting outside |
Photo Date: |
2/14/2018 Upload Date: 2/14/2018 6:14:28 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
274 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Turntable & Western |
Description: |
A common sight at MTM (every Saturday) is Caboose Rides, for the past several years, it has been 3110 & the Q caboose. This day was no exception, however a Wednesday run is particularly rare. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/2018 Upload Date: 2/14/2018 6:16:35 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Action |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 3110(SW1) |
Views: |
279 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NP Snow Removal |
Description: |
How cool it would be to push this thing once with a locomotive to clear snow, or let along take a photo. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/2018 Upload Date: 2/14/2018 6:20:16 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
121 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Old Timers |
Description: |
NP 2156 and N&W 3110 in the shop at the roundhouse. |
Photo Date: |
2/14/2018 Upload Date: 2/14/2018 6:43:53 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
NP 2156(4-6-2) MNTX 3110(SW1) |
Views: |
484 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Green SD9 |
Description: |
BN 6234 in the winter sun |
Photo Date: |
2/14/2018 Upload Date: 2/14/2018 6:48:04 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
140 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Green SD(Passenger)40 |
Description: |
GN 325 in the winter sun |
Photo Date: |
2/14/2018 Upload Date: 2/14/2018 7:13:46 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
127 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Big Green Machines |
Description: |
325 and 6234 in the winter sun |
Photo Date: |
2/14/2018 Upload Date: 2/14/2018 7:14:51 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
156 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
After 20 years... |
Description: |
Two decades ago, the LST&T 101 made its last run on behalf of MTM and the MN Zephyr. Now the locomotive is getting some attention. |
Photo Date: |
4/7/2018 Upload Date: 5/12/2018 5:13:09 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
LSTT 101(NW2) |
Views: |
167 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
558 & 559 |
Description: |
Great Northern 558 & Soo Line 559 in the yard of MTM. The 558 is a brand new acquisition thanks to Cargill and BNSF. |
Photo Date: |
4/7/2018 Upload Date: 5/12/2018 5:14:46 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
SOO 559(GP7) MNTX 3110(SW1) BN 6008(SD7) |
Views: |
630 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MNTX "6234" |
Description: |
The real MNTX 6234 is an SD9, but when MTM acquired an SD7, it was an easy fix to borrow one of its own numbers for BNSF transport. |
Photo Date: |
4/7/2018 Upload Date: 5/12/2018 5:16:45 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
BN 6008(SD7) |
Views: |
591 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
1952 time machine |
Description: |
Inside the cab of a GN SD7, hardly changed since built. |
Photo Date: |
4/7/2018 Upload Date: 5/12/2018 5:18:04 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
InCab |
Locomotives: |
BN 6008(SD7) |
Views: |
723 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Not the Front |
Description: |
Unlike the real 6234, the front end is not the short hood end. |
Photo Date: |
4/7/2018 Upload Date: 5/12/2018 5:39:58 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
BN 6008(SD7) |
Views: |
557 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Great Northern Reunited |
Description: |
GN 325 & GN 558 are together at MTM, perhaps in the days of GN or cven BN, they met along the way. |
Photo Date: |
4/7/2018 Upload Date: 5/12/2018 5:57:02 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
BN 6008(SD7) MNTX 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
592 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Back to life |
Description: |
After 4 years in the shop, the Soo 559 is back in action and is seen here getting ready for a trip to SPUD for Train Day |
Photo Date: |
4/28/2018 Upload Date: 5/12/2018 7:30:35 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
SOO 559(GP7) |
Views: |
403 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
EMD Time-Capsules |
Description: |
1952 SD7 and 1949 SW1 at the Minnesota Transportation Museum |
Photo Date: |
4/28/2018 Upload Date: 5/12/2018 7:32:25 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
BN 6008(SD7) MNTX 3110(SW1) |
Views: |
544 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Turntable Spin |
Description: |
SD9 6234 takes a spin on the turntable as it gets ready for a test start before going to Train Day at SPUD |
Photo Date: |
4/28/2018 Upload Date: 5/12/2018 7:33:25 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
91 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BN 6399 |
Description: |
GN 325 dressed up as BN 6399 for Union Depot Train Days photo shoots. |
Photo Date: |
5/4/2018 Upload Date: 1/17/2021 8:27:47 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
BN 6399(SDP40) |
Views: |
290 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Green SD7 |
Description: |
Ex-BN 6008 at MTM |
Photo Date: |
5/5/2018 Upload Date: 5/12/2018 7:35:05 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
BN 6008(SD7) |
Views: |
515 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BN High Hoods |
Description: |
Where else in the world can you find a BN SD7 and a BN SD9 in the same place in 2018? |
Photo Date: |
5/5/2018 Upload Date: 5/12/2018 7:36:07 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Roster,Night,Yard,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
BN 6008(SD7) BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
806 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Two Cabooses |
Description: |
Ex-Wabash/N&W SW1 3110 leads two of MTMs cabooses (cabeese?) on its weekly "caboose train". Usually the Soo Caboose isnt used, so its nice to have it in action. |
Photo Date: |
6/9/2018 Upload Date: 6/10/2018 4:06:48 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
MNTX 3110(SW1) MNTX 325(SDP40) |
Views: |
233 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Around the MNNR Connector |
Description: |
The MTM spring Migration heads for the BN St. Paul Sub via the Minnesota Commercial connection at Park Jct. |
Photo Date: |
6/19/2018 Upload Date: 7/1/2018 11:00:01 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
331 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Thundering up Shoreham Hill |
Description: |
The two BN units make noise in high notches headed up Shoreham hill to Withrow. |
Photo Date: |
6/19/2018 Upload Date: 7/1/2018 11:01:35 PM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
111 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Arriving CN rails |
Description: |
The MTM migration departs Withrow with authority onto CNs Dresser Sub. |
Photo Date: |
6/19/2018 Upload Date: 7/1/2018 11:03:36 PM |
Location: |
Withrow, MN |
Author: |
Keon McGarvey |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
BN 6234(SD9) |
Views: |
160 Comments: 1 |
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