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By:S Kotnour
Dates:9/8/2011 - 9/30/2011
Album Info:Photos of past trains native to Minneapolis and St. Paul MN in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Northern Pacific Baldwin at Northtown Mpls MN in 1969.
Title:  Northern Pacific Baldwin at Northtown Mpls MN in 1969.
Description:  This was still running in 1971 after the BN merger, but not long after.
Photo Date:  5/17/1969  Upload Date: 10/6/2011 12:40:43 PM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NP 525(DRS6-6-1500)
Views:  1978   Comments: 2
GN Gopher passenger train headed to St Paul MN depot in 1969.
Title:  GN Gopher passenger train headed to St Paul MN depot in 1969.
Description:  The clock was ticking on the last days of the GN and the transition to passenger service with Amtrak. The Gopher ran between St Paul MN and Duluth MN.
Photo Date:  5/18/1969  Upload Date: 10/20/2011 7:00:59 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GN 512(E7A)
Views:  1626   Comments: 0
Great Northern SD9 at Minneapolis Junction in 1969.
Title:  Great Northern SD9 at Minneapolis Junction in 1969.
Description:  The Great Northern had a major roundhouse and deisel house at Mpls Jct by the Mpls Depot. They also serviced engines here for their major Great Northern University of Minnesota yard at Hwy 280. The GN backshops for rebuilds was at Dale St in St Paul MN near the Jackson St shops. The GN ordered their SD9s withouw dynamic brakes, so that is a way to determine GN or CBQ. The Jackson St Shops in St Paul has an operating SD9. SD9s survived working on the BNSF until 2011.
Photo Date:  5/23/1969  Upload Date: 9/10/2011 2:40:21 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GN 591(SD9)
Views:  3102   Comments: 1
The Great Northern "Gopher" entering the short Northtown yard in 1969 in Mpls, MN in Fridley.
Title:  The Great Northern "Gopher" entering the short Northtown yard in 1969 in Mpls, MN in Fridley.
Description:  The Great Northern ran a short passenger train called the Gopher after the University of Minnesota that ran daily between the Mpls MN depot and Duluth. The lead unit is an E7 and the train always had 1 baggage car.
Photo Date:  5/23/1969  Upload Date: 9/15/2011 3:12:32 PM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  1373   Comments: 1
CB&Q E units on the Empire Builder in St Paul MN in 1969.
Title:  CB&Q E units on the Empire Builder in St Paul MN in 1969.
Description:  GN ran the Empire Builder daily from Seattle WA to St Paul MN. The CB&Q then took the train from St Paul MN to Chicago IL.
Photo Date:  5/29/1969  Upload Date: 2/16/2012 10:43:02 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  1762   Comments: 0
Great Northern 34 wooden caboose in MN in 1969.
Title:  Great Northern 34 wooden caboose in MN in 1969.
Description:  These ran behind GN steam engines and diesels, and survived even after the BN merger in 1970 running up to the mid 1970s.
Photo Date:  7/3/1969  Upload Date: 12/14/2011 9:29:19 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  696   Comments: 0
MNS Baldwin center cab at Northtown NP Mpls yard in 1969.
Title:  MNS Baldwin center cab at Northtown NP Mpls yard in 1969.
Description:  The BNSF still runs Northtown, and the Soo Line Shoreham is in the far back.
Photo Date:  7/3/1969  Upload Date: 10/17/2011 4:25:13 PM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNS 23(DT66-2000)
Views:  1792   Comments: 3
CB&Q passenger train departing St Paul depot im 1969.
Title:  CB&Q passenger train departing St Paul depot im 1969.
Description:  Note the GN St Paul roundhouse in the back, and the NP caboose to the left. This is past Division St in St Paul heading up the big 1.8% grade out of St Paul.
Photo Date:  7/4/1969  Upload Date: 6/3/2012 1:13:21 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9991(E9A)
Views:  1710   Comments: 1
Northern Pacific switchers at Northown yard Mpls Mn in 1969.
Title:  Northern Pacific switchers at Northown yard Mpls Mn in 1969.
Description:  This is the short storage yard at Northtown yard Mpls MN in pre BN times around 1969. Note the Soo Line Shoreham grain elevator in the background. This all still exists today.
Photo Date:  7/4/1969  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:37:29 PM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NP 167(SW1200)
Views:  1230   Comments: 0
A Great Northern SD9 switching ore cars near Duluth MN in the GN ore yards in 1969.
Title:  A Great Northern SD9 switching ore cars near Duluth MN in the GN ore yards in 1969.
Description:  BNSF operates the GN ore lines to this day with an ore dock near Duluth MN, and runs daily ore trains to Chitown. Four SD9s remain in service on the BNSF in 2012. #1550-1553. Search the archive for BNSF 1553. GN once had 4 ore docks in Duluth harbor each 2,400 feet long they remain in the water today, last used by the BN in 1988.
Photo Date:  7/9/1969  Upload Date: 6/8/2012 11:02:33 PM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  GN 556(SD7)
Views:  2008   Comments: 0
CB&Q yards St Paul MN 1969
Title:  CB&Q yards St Paul MN 1969
Description:  From a public overlook - the CB&Q and Milw Road yards in 1969 - still remain today - CB&Q to the left - Milw Road Hump to the right, double east west main down the middle - you can take this photo today from the overlook - Today its - CP Rail to right - BNSF to the left
Photo Date:  7/12/1969  Upload Date: 2/13/2024 2:48:06 PM
Location:  Minneapolis Jct., MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  121   Comments: 0
Great Northern ore yard Allouez Duluth MN July 1969
Title:  Great Northern ore yard Allouez Duluth MN July 1969
Description:  NMRA tour from Mpls to GN ore docks in Duluth 1969. We are on a GN passenger train 11 car SDP45 and F7B. A GN SD9 switching the ore classification yard today. The ore classification yard, resceiving and departure held 5,000 ore cars. BNSF uses parts even today.
Photo Date:  7/14/1969  Upload Date: 8/11/2024 3:35:08 PM
Location:  Duluth - Rice's Poin, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  113   Comments: 0
Great Northern SD9 leaving Mpls MN in 1969.
Title:  Great Northern SD9 leaving Mpls MN in 1969.
Description:  Note the GN SD9 is running long hood forward leading the train. This train had left Union Yard off Hwy 280 by the University of MN. That was the GNs main large yard on the east end of the GN system.
Photo Date:  7/15/1969  Upload Date: 1/19/2012 2:40:34 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  GN 569(SD7)
Views:  1909   Comments: 1
This is the Mpls MN main Soo Line yard in 1969 on the NMRA tour.  This is Shoreham yard with a roundhouse and backshops.  Operated by the CP today.   This is a curved yard with wyes on both ends.
Title:  This is the Mpls MN main Soo Line yard in 1969 on the NMRA tour. This is Shoreham yard with a roundhouse and backshops. Operated by the CP today. This is a curved yard with wyes on both ends.
Description:  I was on the NMRA tour in Mpls MN in 1969. This is the main Soo Line yard in 1969. We also got to see the Milwaukee hump yard in St Paul MN and took a GN train ride from Mpls Depot to the Duluth GN ore docks on the NMRA tour. So much fun!!!
Photo Date:  7/16/1969  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 3:45:45 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  1395   Comments: 1
NMRA GN ore dock tour 1969 Duluth MN.
Title:  NMRA GN ore dock tour 1969 Duluth MN.
Description:  Allouez ore yard NMRA tour 1969. Mpls to Duluth 11 car passenger train sponsored by NMRA. An SD9 was added to get thru yard and ore docks.
Photo Date:  7/17/1969  Upload Date: 8/11/2024 3:41:29 PM
Location:  Duluth - Rice's Poin, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  96   Comments: 0
Great Northern transfer caboose at Mpls MN Jct in 1969.
Title:  Great Northern transfer caboose at Mpls MN Jct in 1969.
Description:  When the GN retired their Baldwin switchers some of them were converted into transfer cabooses and used in the Twin Cities. They survived after the BN merger. Note the Baldwin switcher trucks and frame on this caboose. Overland makes this in Brass for HO scale.
Photo Date:  8/17/1969  Upload Date: 1/16/2012 10:43:37 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  2267   Comments: 0
GN freight passing by the Mpls MN depot headed to Wazata MN in 1969.
Title:  GN freight passing by the Mpls MN depot headed to Wazata MN in 1969.
Description:  The GN started the big sky blue scheme around 1967 about three years prior to the BN merger. This was taken a year or so prior to the BN merger.
Photo Date:  9/3/1969  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 11:26:52 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GN 419(SD45)
Views:  2279   Comments: 1
Milwaukee Road passenger train passing St Paul Daytons Bluff prior to Amtrak years in 1969.
Title:  Milwaukee Road passenger train passing St Paul Daytons Bluff prior to Amtrak years in 1969.
Description:  The CB&Q, Milwaukee Road and CGW once had huge yards near this spot. This train just left the St Paul MN depot about a mile and is headed to Chitown.
Photo Date:  9/14/1969  Upload Date: 3/24/2012 8:20:08 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 30C(E9A)
Views:  1909   Comments: 1
The Empire Builder headed to Chicago at St Paul Union Depot in 1970.
Title:  The Empire Builder headed to Chicago at St Paul Union Depot in 1970.
Description:  The BN operated passenger trains like the GN Empire Builder with merged passenger cars until the formation of Amtrak. This is at St Paul Union Depot in 1970.
Photo Date:  5/14/1970  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:08:33 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 9710(F3A)
Views:  1565   Comments: 0
Great Northern SD9 in Mpls MN yard in 1970.
Title:  Great Northern SD9 in Mpls MN yard in 1970.
Description:  The GN ordered their SD9s without dynamic brakes in the 1950s. Note the GN transfer caboose in the back has no capola. Overland makes these in HO. GN SD9s served into BN, and BNSF years as late as 2011. Some continue to serve as slugs on the BNSF in 2012.
Photo Date:  5/19/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 9:59:20 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  GN 584(SD9)
Views:  1594   Comments: 0
CB&Q transfer headed into their yard in St Paul MN in June 1970.
Title:  CB&Q transfer headed into their yard in St Paul MN in June 1970.
Description:  CB&Q used 3 switchers on the transfers for the big 1.8% grade out of their large St Paul yard.
Photo Date:  6/19/1970  Upload Date: 6/12/2012 4:39:59 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9401A(NW2)
Views:  557   Comments: 1
Great Northern ore docks 1970 - Duluth MN post card
Title:  Great Northern ore docks 1970 - Duluth MN post card
Description:  Each ore dock is 2,400 feet long, still in water on Duluth harbor boat tour even today. BNSF runs the ore operation today. This is from a post card.
Photo Date:  7/18/1970  Upload Date: 8/11/2024 3:38:16 PM
Location:  Duluth - Rice's Poin, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  72   Comments: 0
GN F7A #466 at GN Dale St Shops in St Paul MN in 1970.
Title:  GN F7A #466 at GN Dale St Shops in St Paul MN in 1970.
Description:  This was taken just after the BN merger.
Photo Date:  7/25/1970  Upload Date: 1/7/2012 1:29:30 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  GN 466A(F7A)
Views:  603   Comments: 2
CGW switchers at Daytons Bluff yard in St Paul MN.  1971.
Title:  CGW switchers at Daytons Bluff yard in St Paul MN. 1971.
Description:  This train is headed to the St Paul Daytons bluff Belt yard operated by the CGW/CNW.
Photo Date:  1/5/1971  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:30:07 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CGW 26(NW2)
Views:  1032   Comments: 1
Minneapolis MN main depot in 1971.
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
Locomotives: 
Views:  1321   Comments: 0
St Paul MN depot in 1971.
Title:  St Paul MN depot in 1971.
Description:  St Paul MN depot in 1971. Passenger cars stored here thru 1976. Facing towards Daytons bluff yard. Mainlines to far right freight lines. Depot still in use today by Amtrak in 2022.
Photo Date:  7/18/1971  Upload Date: 4/28/2022 4:52:34 PM
Location:  St Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  173   Comments: 0
A pair of NP GP9s at Minneapolis Jct MN in 1971.
Title:  A pair of NP GP9s at Minneapolis Jct MN in 1971.
Description:  Mpls Jct in MN was the main Great Northern roundhouse on this end of the Great Northern. The BN used it until the hump was installed at Northtown. Today Mpls Jct is the home to Milwaukee Road steam engine #261. #261 will be running a steam trip from Mpls MN to Duluth from May 11-12, 2013. Get your tickets online at: http://261.com/steam-excursion-years/
Photo Date:  7/19/1971  Upload Date: 1/25/2013 5:30:13 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 1951(GP9) BN 1953(GP9)
Views:  641   Comments: 0
The big three passing by Daytons Bluff yard St Paul MN in 1971.
Title:  The big three passing by Daytons Bluff yard St Paul MN in 1971.
Description:  A nice photo of a GN, NP and CB&Q box car passing by Daytons Bluff in St Paul MN in 1971.
Photo Date:  7/27/1971  Upload Date: 9/21/2011 9:08:40 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  655   Comments: 0
The St Paul Daytons Bluff Milwaukee engine house yard in 1971
Title:  The St Paul Daytons Bluff Milwaukee engine house yard in 1971
Description:  The Milwaukee replaced the Baldwin switchers with MP15ACs around 1975.
Photo Date:  8/4/1971  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 3:33:17 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW 914(S12)
Views:  631   Comments: 1
Great Northern SDP40 and F7B in Mpls MN in 1971.
Title:  Great Northern SDP40 and F7B in Mpls MN in 1971.
Description:  This was taken shortly after the BN merger. GN purchased SDP40s for passenger service. They served on the BN up to 2009 on the BNSF. One was donated to the MTM and will be repainted in GN.
Photo Date:  8/19/1971  Upload Date: 2/17/2012 8:59:50 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 9854(SDP40)
Views:  2663   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road SW1 switching down by the St Paul Milw depot freighthouse in 1971.
Title:  Milwaukee Road SW1 switching down by the St Paul Milw depot freighthouse in 1971.
Description:  This is by the St Paul MN depot which remains today and goes back online next year for Amtrak.
Photo Date:  9/25/1971  Upload Date: 6/14/2012 6:59:34 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 1621(SW1)
Views:  1872   Comments: 1
Soo Line departing Shoreham yard in Mpls MN in 1971.
Title:  Soo Line departing Shoreham yard in Mpls MN in 1971.
Description:  The Soo Line had their major yard casled Shoreham in Mpls MN next to the NP Northtown yard. Shoreham is a double curved run through yard with wyes at both ends, and today is an intermodal yard. Shoreham wls a major backshop for the Soo with a transfer table and large roundhouse operation. In the 1960s and 1970s this was a typical consist on large trains on the Soo Line. Here we see a repainted RS3 Alco, an F7, GP9, GP30 and several other units.
Photo Date:  12/2/1971  Upload Date: 10/2/2011 12:03:55 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 2380(RS3)
Views:  2464   Comments: 0
Soo Line alcos at the Mpls GN depot in 1972.
Title:  Soo Line alcos at the Mpls GN depot in 1972.
Description:  This freight train is headed down the hill from the Soo Line grain elevators by the Milw depot in Mpls MN in 1972.
Photo Date:  4/29/1972  Upload Date: 9/27/2011 1:03:38 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 415(RS27)
Views:  1431   Comments: 1
A Great Northern freight passing Northtown yard in Fridley MN in 1972.
Title:  A Great Northern freight passing Northtown yard in Fridley MN in 1972.
Description:  This train is on the west bound main headed to St Cloud and the west coast passing the NP Northtown short grain yard. You can still take this photo today minus the GN engines. Note the Soo Line yard Shoreham grain elevator in the background.
Photo Date:  5/3/1972  Upload Date: 9/10/2011 3:03:29 PM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 2216(GP30)
Views:  3352   Comments: 0
Great Northern NW5 at Dale St. Shops St Paul MN in 1972
Title:  Great Northern NW5 at Dale St. Shops St Paul MN in 1972
Description:  The GN had NW5 road switchers used on branch lines and inherted by the BN. This was taken after the BN merger.
Photo Date:  5/13/1972  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 11:33:43 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 995(NW5)
Views:  1275   Comments: 0
Great Northern F7A on the BN at St Paul Daytons Bluff 1972.
Title:  Great Northern F7A on the BN at St Paul Daytons Bluff 1972.
Description:  Note the passenger NP F7B and BN F unit. Train is on the eastbound mainline from St Paul to Chi-town. First it will make a stop in the former CB&Q yard in St Paul MN. These tracks still remain in St Paul on the BNSF today.
Photo Date:  7/5/1972  Upload Date: 9/4/2013 12:25:14 PM
Location:  St Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  466   Comments: 0
CGW F3A at the big yard in Mpls MN in 1972.
Title:  CGW F3A at the big yard in Mpls MN in 1972.
Description:  CGW had another transfer yard in St Paul called Belt Yard still used by the UP today. CGW had a ton of Alcos and F units....
Photo Date:  7/15/1972  Upload Date: 6/25/2012 6:43:06 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  CNW 203(F3A)
Views:  836   Comments: 0
A Milwaukee Road RSD alco in St Paul MN engine house in 1972.
Title:  A Milwaukee Road RSD alco in St Paul MN engine house in 1972.
Description:  The Milwaukee had a large hump yard and engine house in St Paul MN at Daytons Bluff.
Photo Date:  12/18/1972  Upload Date: 9/27/2011 1:09:04 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 570(RSD5)
Views:  1312   Comments: 0
Great Northern Hustle Muscle at St Paul Dale St. Shops in 1973.
Title:  Great Northern Hustle Muscle at St Paul Dale St. Shops in 1973.
Description:  This engine was saved and operates today at the working Jackson St. Roundhouse in St Paul MN Sat from 10-2. An SDP40 was also saved and will be repainted in GN big sky blue in the coming years.
Photo Date:  4/23/1973  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:15:02 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6430(SD45)
Views:  2335   Comments: 1
CNW Alco C628 in Mpls MN in 1973
Title:  CNW Alco C628 in Mpls MN in 1973
Description:  In some rare cases or for maint purposes CNW sometimes had their big C628 Alcos visit the Twin Cities. Their main assignment was hauling iron ore to their ore docks in northern WI.
Photo Date:  6/18/1973  Upload Date: 9/24/2011 6:27:03 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 6726(C628)
Views:  863   Comments: 0
The Mpls Jct GN roundhouse under the BN in 1973.
Title:  The Mpls Jct GN roundhouse under the BN in 1973.
Description:  This is the main GN roundhouse in Mpls MN. It served both the Mpls GN depot and the GN main Mpls yard by the University of Minnesota off of Hwy 280. Some GN units remained in GN paint until 1978.
Photo Date:  8/15/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 4:03:55 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  BN 454(NW2)
Views:  771   Comments: 0
The NP coach yard in St Paul near the St Paul MN depot.
Title:  The NP coach yard in St Paul near the St Paul MN depot.
Description:  This is after Amtrak and in the photo this is after the BN merger. Five of these NP baggage cars ran on the North Coast Limited. The rest ran on other trains and on mail trains. The NP had a large passenger car shops at Como at Bandana Sq in St Paul. Shop forces had to change out wheel sets about every 4 months.
Photo Date:  8/15/1973  Upload Date: 11/21/2011 2:28:42 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  774   Comments: 0
Stillwater MN 1973 former NP yard
Title:  Stillwater MN 1973 former NP yard
Description:  Northern Pacific had a yard in stillwater MN near the depot by the river. It was there until late 1980s serving box cars to Anderson windows. The sawmill in back and NP depot remain today, the yard is all gone.
Photo Date:  8/25/1973  Upload Date: 2/23/2023 11:46:04 PM
Location:  Stillwater, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  169   Comments: 0
The GN Hutchinson MN 50 caboose baggage in 1974 in Mpls MN.
Title:  The GN Hutchinson MN 50 caboose baggage in 1974 in Mpls MN.
Description:  This is the famous Hutch caboose that ran on the Mpls MN Wayzata to Hutchinson MN branchline on the GN. The BN painted it green and yellow years after this photo. Overland makes this in HO brass and PSC makes this in o scale brass. The Dakota rail regional operated the Hutch branchline until the year 2000.
Photo Date:  1/18/1974  Upload Date: 11/21/2011 2:33:40 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  RollingStock,Winter,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  1317   Comments: 1
The NP saved many steam locomotives.  This is a 4-6-2 Pacific saved in Como Park in St Paul MN 1974.
Title:  The NP saved many steam locomotives. This is a 4-6-2 Pacific saved in Como Park in St Paul MN 1974.
Description:  The MTM Jackson Street shops are currently restoring this engine and plan to have this operating at a future date. Visit the working Jackson St Shops in St Paul MN any Saturday from 10-2.
Photo Date:  4/13/1974  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:43:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NP 2156(4-6-2)
Views:  1470   Comments: 0
BN and GN F45s at St Paul Daytons Bluff yard in 1974.
Title:  BN and GN F45s at St Paul Daytons Bluff yard in 1974.
Description:  You can rent an F45 in Essex MT as a hotel room on the Internet for fun. Its a nice room that has a view of the BNSF mainlines. Your room comes with a full F45 GN cab painted in GN big sky blue.
Photo Date:  4/23/1974  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:02:24 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6633(F45)
Views:  1224   Comments: 1
This is the Northern Pacific NP Mississippi St. Shops in St Paul MN in 1974.
Title:  This is the Northern Pacific NP Mississippi St. Shops in St Paul MN in 1974.
Description:  This was demolised by the mid 1970s.
Photo Date:  5/17/1974  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:46:55 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 5619(U25C)
Views:  1160   Comments: 0
SP&S Alco after the BN merger in Mpls MN.
Title:  SP&S Alco after the BN merger in Mpls MN.
Description:  A few SP&S Alco's made it near the end into the Twin Cities. This was a rare occasion.
Photo Date:  5/17/1974  Upload Date: 12/1/2011 11:30:00 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4058(RS3)
Views:  1220   Comments: 1
Great Northern baggage at Northtown MN in 1974
Title:  Great Northern baggage at Northtown MN in 1974
Description:  After the BN merger and after Amtrak, BN stored passenger equipment in St Paul, and Minneapolis.
Photo Date:  5/28/1974  Upload Date: 12/18/2011 3:23:12 PM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  1162   Comments: 0
Rock Island at Daytons Bluff  yard in St Paul MN.
Title:  Rock Island at Daytons Bluff yard in St Paul MN.
Description:  Neat consist of a uboat and SW1200. Note the eastern style Rock caboose. Two of these were based out of the Rock Island Inver Hills yard. That yard no longer exists today.
Photo Date:  8/14/1974  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 1:59:19 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 920(SW1200)
Views:  1148   Comments: 1


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