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when there was... |
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6/7/1968 Upload Date: 8/12/2010 12:41:54 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Steven Rush |
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Station,Signal |
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| Title: |
Looking south at North Branch |
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A northbound Milwaukee Road freight is crossing Hwy 95 on the old BN Skally line. The line was abandoned from this highwy xing to Hugo, MN in 1988 and is now&served by the St. Croix Vailley RR. |
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6/15/1982 Upload Date: 7/29/2016 1:03:14 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 5203(SD40) |
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984 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Hinckley Local working |
| Description: |
Here looking north you can see the local spotting or pulling a customer a few years before the line was severed as a through route. . The tracks were removed from about where I am standing to Hugo in 1988. |
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6/1/1983 Upload Date: 7/18/2016 2:01:07 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Action |
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689 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee Road Southbound |
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Just leaving North Branch, this Milwaukee freight is about to drop the semaphore at about mp 39. This line was actually quite busy in the early to mid 80s before abandonment at this point south to Hugo. |
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6/15/1983 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 3:27:28 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Dethmers |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 209(SD40-2) |
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1020 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1363 |
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12/2/2010 Upload Date: 12/21/2010 12:13:58 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1363(GP9) |
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646 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1363 |
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12/2/2010 Upload Date: 12/21/2010 12:14:14 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1363(GP9) SCXY 1352(GP8) |
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1017 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GACX 469602 |
| Description: |
A fertilizer load at the Peterson's Mill |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/2012 Upload Date: 5/28/2012 8:55:17 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
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350 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ILSX 1345 |
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9/10/2012 Upload Date: 10/17/2012 12:33:07 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ILSX 1345(GP10) |
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825 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NDYX 822364 |
| Description: |
Ex-BN 463684, Nee-TCAX 60162 |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2012 Upload Date: 12/1/2012 10:54:30 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Matt Hagfors |
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391 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NDYX 822375 |
| Description: |
Ex-BN 463695, Nee-TCAX 60173 |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2012 Upload Date: 12/1/2012 10:54:41 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Matt Hagfors |
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453 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NDYX 828000 |
| Description: |
Ex-BN 463721, Nee-TCAX 60213. Trans. Corp. of America |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2012 Upload Date: 12/1/2012 10:54:53 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Matt Hagfors |
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498 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NDYX 828013 |
| Description: |
Ex-BN 463734, Nee-TCAX 60292 |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2012 Upload Date: 12/1/2012 10:55:05 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Matt Hagfors |
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373 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1352 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/23/2013 Upload Date: 9/12/2013 11:40:04 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1352(GP8) |
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575 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ILSX 1345 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/26/2013 Upload Date: 9/12/2013 4:20:29 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
ILSX 1345(GP10) |
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761 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ILSX 1345 |
| Description: |
Parked on Track 1 at Tiller |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/2013 Upload Date: 9/12/2013 4:33:14 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
ILSX 1345(GP10) |
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763 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1352 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/29/2013 Upload Date: 11/11/2013 3:09:48 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1352(GP8) ILSX 1345(GP10) SCXY 1363(GP9) |
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881 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1352 |
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| Photo Date: |
11/11/2013 Upload Date: 1/22/2014 2:16:34 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1352(GP8) |
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613 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1352 |
| Description: |
Plugged in on its day off. |
| Photo Date: |
11/11/2013 Upload Date: 1/22/2014 2:15:13 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1352(GP8) |
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520 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1363 |
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| Photo Date: |
11/25/2013 Upload Date: 1/22/2014 2:18:18 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1363(GP9) SCXY 1352(GP8) |
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546 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1352 |
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| Photo Date: |
11/25/2013 Upload Date: 1/22/2014 2:23:53 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1352(GP8) SCXY 1363(GP9) |
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557 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1352 |
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| Photo Date: |
11/25/2013 Upload Date: 1/22/2014 2:26:46 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1352(GP8) |
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521 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1363 |
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| Photo Date: |
11/25/2013 Upload Date: 1/22/2014 2:28:08 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1363(GP9) |
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536 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Fill her up |
| Description: |
The local feed mill down the street fills their Trackmobile up at the corner station. |
| Photo Date: |
2/26/2014 Upload Date: 2/27/2014 11:02:34 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Larry Larson |
| Categories: |
Action |
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497 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1363 & 1352 |
| Description: |
I was trying to ind their new SD40M-2, but no luck. These two were tied down just north of North Branch by the Sand Plant. |
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5/24/2014 Upload Date: 5/27/2014 9:10:13 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Tomy Boy |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1363(GP9) SCXY 1352(GP8) |
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736 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1352 |
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| Photo Date: |
7/7/2014 Upload Date: 7/7/2014 10:40:00 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Jacob Nelson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1352(GP8) SCXY 1363(GP9) |
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526 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1363 |
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| Photo Date: |
7/7/2014 Upload Date: 7/7/2014 10:40:03 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Jacob Nelson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1363(GP9) |
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439 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1352 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/7/2014 Upload Date: 7/7/2014 10:40:05 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Jacob Nelson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1352(GP8) |
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425 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Switching GP's. |
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| Photo Date: |
7/7/2014 Upload Date: 7/7/2014 10:40:08 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Jacob Nelson |
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373 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Where The Sunrise Prairie Trail (aka NP Skally Line) Ends |
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From Forest Lake to North Branch, the old Northern Pacific Skally Line is now known as the Sunrise Prairie Trail. The trail ends at Main Street, but it is not on the actual NP right-of-way due to the post-abandonment development at left which took a bite out of the line. Behind me the rails are intact from here to Hinckley thanks to enough business which kept the Burlington Northern happy until shortline railroad St. Croix Valley took this active piece of the Skally Line off of BN's hands. |
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8/16/2015 Upload Date: 8/20/2015 11:31:19 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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629 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1363 |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/2016 Upload Date: 4/13/2016 1:36:54 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1363(GP9) |
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488 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RFMX 464207 |
| Description: |
Ex-BN 464207, Nee-CR |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/2016 Upload Date: 5/15/2016 11:04:31 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Matt Hagfors |
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477 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RFMX 464495 |
| Description: |
Ex-BN 464495 |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/2016 Upload Date: 5/15/2016 11:04:39 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Matt Hagfors |
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360 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RFMX 464614 |
| Description: |
Ex-BN 464614, Nee-PC 890120 |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/2016 Upload Date: 5/15/2016 11:04:47 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Matt Hagfors |
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375 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RFMX 464877 |
| Description: |
Ex-BN 464877, Nee-PC 890446 |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/2016 Upload Date: 5/15/2016 11:04:54 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Matt Hagfors |
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374 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Skally |
| Description: |
Back to the Future? What the Skally Line could have looked like if BN/BNSF had kept it. And this definately was not the Hinckley local. Not sure what was going on, but quite the surprise to find these on this dead-end line of the SCXY. |
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6/4/2016 Upload Date: 6/8/2016 12:18:15 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Larry Larson |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5952(ES44AC) BNSF 9383(SD70ACe) BNSF 5723(ES44AC) BNSF 9207(SD70ACe) |
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824 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1325 |
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3/14/2017 Upload Date: 4/19/2017 10:24:24 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1325(SD40M-2) |
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846 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1363 |
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| Photo Date: |
3/14/2017 Upload Date: 4/19/2017 10:25:44 AM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1363(GP9) |
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523 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1325 |
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| Photo Date: |
6/15/2017 Upload Date: 6/22/2017 7:21:25 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Jacob Nelson |
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| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1325(SD40M-2) |
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582 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ILSX 942 |
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7/6/2018 Upload Date: 7/22/2018 6:53:16 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
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Roster |
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515 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ILSX 942 |
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| Photo Date: |
7/6/2018 Upload Date: 7/22/2018 6:54:31 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ILSX 942(SW1500) |
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1100 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1326 |
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| Photo Date: |
7/7/2018 Upload Date: 7/23/2018 8:27:59 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1326(SD40M-2) |
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597 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1325 |
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| Photo Date: |
7/7/2018 Upload Date: 7/23/2018 8:29:44 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Karl Andraschko |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1325(SD40M-2) |
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619 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1325 |
| Description: |
St Croix Valley's pair of SD40M-2s sit in North Branch. |
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7/13/2018 Upload Date: 9/4/2018 11:37:27 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Robby Gragg |
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SCXY 1325(SD40M-2) SCXY 1326(SD40M-2) |
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| Title: |
Tied down leasor with sand cars |
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5/13/2019 Upload Date: 9/7/2019 9:45:32 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Paul Leach |
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ILSX 1390(GP39-2) |
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566 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ILSX 1390 |
| Description: |
ILSX 1390 rests in North Branch, MN. |
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6/1/2019 Upload Date: 4/16/2020 6:01:55 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Robby Gragg |
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ILSX 1390(GP39-2) |
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| Title: |
ILSX 1390 |
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The next train stop wasnt until North Branch, MN. In North Branch, the St. Croix Valley RR begins its 20ish mile trackage north to Hinkley MN where it meets the BNSF. The SCRY is jointly owned between ILSX and MLSX, and all but one engine are decorated in a sharp Northern Pacific coat of black and gold (except for the one maroon ILSX engine featured here). In North Branch the railroad serves a grain elevator that doesnt get used very often, but still does on occasion. These two engines are parked for the weekend and I would assume will pull a train in the coming week. |
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7/16/2019 Upload Date: 7/2/2020 12:56:58 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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ILSX 1390(GP39-2) |
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522 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ILSX 1390 |
| Description: |
Roster shot of ILSX 1390 |
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7/16/2019 Upload Date: 7/2/2020 12:59:32 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
ILSX 1390(GP39-2) |
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498 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1363 |
| Description: |
A corporate painted GP9 low nose sits behind the ILSX Geep. Gotta love that Northern Pacific theme! |
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7/16/2019 Upload Date: 7/2/2020 1:37:00 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1363(GP9) |
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518 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCXY 1363 |
| Description: |
Roster shot of SCXY 1363 |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/2019 Upload Date: 7/2/2020 1:38:51 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1363(GP9) |
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527 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tied down sand local |
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8/8/2019 Upload Date: 1/21/2025 5:07:31 PM |
| Location: |
North Branch, MN |
| Author: |
Paul Leach |
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| Locomotives: |
SCXY 1363(GP9) |
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509 Comments: 0 |
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