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Viewing Album:  Railfanning Across The USA
 
By:Tony Held
Dates:1/1/2002 - 7/19/2019
Album Info:Train action from my trips beyond the Gopher State.
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BN Paint On The Outside, GN Stencil On The Inside
Title:  BN Paint On The Outside, GN Stencil On The Inside
Description:  Even though the Burlington Northern repainted Great Northern caboose X-71 into Cascade Green, it retained its GN stencil in the cupola.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/9/2015 6:55:51 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
The "Death Star"
Title:  The "Death Star"
Description:  A portrait of the frmnt of IC 1010 reveals the "Death Star" logo the Illinois Central adopted after it dropped the "Illinois Central Gulf" name and repainted its locomotive fleet old IC black. Sadly, the "Death Star" could not resiss the Borg (i.e. Canadian National).
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/10/2015 9:39:28 PM
Location:  Poskin, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  126   Comments: 0
Star At End Of Track
Title:  Star At End Of Track
Description:  The star of my catch here sits right at the end of active ex-Soo Line track. From here to Dresser the old Soo Line is either inactive or a trail."I wish CN had not put the "wet noodle" logo on the back end of this unit.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/10/2015 9:38:07 PM
Location:  Poskin, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IC 1010(SD70)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
The Train Is In!
Title:  The Train Is In!
Description:  The train to Marine on St. Croix, MN returns to Osceola with good ol' BN 6234 on the point.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/9/2015 6:38:15 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
At The Midpoint
Title:  At The Midpoint
Description:  The train consist rests at the midpoint of the 1 P.M. trip from Osceola to Dresser ane return. The house track at left for the historic depot is still used once in a while.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/10/2015 9:50:05 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  113   Comments: 0
Entering Dresser
Title:  Entering Dresser
Description:  A view from the MTM concessions car as the train enters Dresser.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/10/2015 9:49:20 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
Pulling Up To Clear The Main
Title:  Pulling Up To Clear The Main
Description:  With a trap rock train coming from Dresser in twenty minutes, the MTM crew takes their train up to the north siding switch at Osceola as they make to clear the main.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/10/2015 7:48:14 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  167   Comments: 0
Tying Her Down And Going Home
Title:  Tying Her Down And Going Home
Description:  As Noel (at right) heads for home, Larry (at left) works on tying the 6234 down after the return run from Dresser.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/10/2015 9:19:03 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
BN 6234 And NP 1102
Title:  BN 6234 And NP 1102
Description:  This engine and RPO/passenger combine look good together. Train was just in from Marine on St. Croix.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/10/2015 7:47:36 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
A View From The Cupola
Title:  A View From The Cupola
Description:  MTM's ex-GN/BN caboose X-71 provides a fine cupola level view of the east end of the Osceola depot.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/9/2015 6:57:06 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Station
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Views:  117   Comments: 0
Classic Vista
Title:  Classic Vista
Description:  The volunteer, train, and depot make a classic vista that, were it not for the modern pickup truck, would look right out of the glory days of railroading.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/10/2015 8:39:28 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  221   Comments: 0
Passing The "Hustle Muscle"
Title:  Passing The "Hustle Muscle"
Description:  A Dresser trap rock run passes the GN "Hustle Muscle" as it rolls through the grounds of the Osceola depot.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/9/2015 6:40:08 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 5935(SD40-2) DME 6076(SD40-3) GN 400(SD45)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
Trap Rock!
Title:  Trap Rock!
Description:  An eastbound trap rock train passes the Osceola depot platform on its way to Withrow, MN and on into the Twin Cities. The DME unit was a coup for me!
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/9/2015 6:39:26 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  DME 6076(SD40-3) CP 5935(SD40-2)
Views:  118   Comments: 1
BN X71 And Sign
Title:  BN X71 And Sign
Description:  MTM's BN caboose sits beneath partly sunny skies while keeping the Osceola depot and nearby sign company. I love how the house track remains in place here.
Photo Date:  4/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/24/2017 7:48:26 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Station
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
Nice Touch
Title:  Nice Touch
Description:  The station sign on the Osceola depot sure gives a nice touch to the venerable Soo Line depot.
Photo Date:  4/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/24/2017 7:49:06 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  23   Comments: 0
Train Signal
Title:  Train Signal
Description:  Portrait of the train signal at Osceola.
Photo Date:  4/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/24/2017 7:49:31 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  54   Comments: 0
Osceola In The Off Season
Title:  Osceola In The Off Season
Description:  Here is how Osceola looks during the off season. I can just sense the spirit of the Soo in the air.
Photo Date:  4/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/24/2017 7:47:55 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
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Views:  46   Comments: 0
Hallowed Logo
Title:  Hallowed Logo
Description:  A close up view of the hallowed Rock Island logo on the 2608.
Photo Date:  4/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/24/2017 7:50:03 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
About To Move On Down
Title:  About To Move On Down
Description:  BN 325 is about to head on down the siding at Dresser to couple up to the other end for the trip back to Osceola.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 11:17:21 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  273   Comments: 0
Train Is Back
Title:  Train Is Back
Description:  The crew of the train just returned from Marine on St. Croix tend to both the engine and helping a father and son disembark after riding in the cab.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/27/2017 11:23:44 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  234   Comments: 0
Train Is Back In
Title:  Train Is Back In
Description:  A portrait of the 325 and MTM crew after the train from Dresser returned to Osceola. Soon the train would be off to Marine on St. Croix once again this busy Memorial Day weekend.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 9:39:15 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  292   Comments: 0
Moving To The Other End
Title:  Moving To The Other End
Description:  The MTM crew takes the 325 to the other end of the train during the stopover at Dresser on a warm Saturday afternoon on the first day of Memorial Day weekend 2017.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 9:39:45 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  267   Comments: 1
BN 6234 At Rest
Title:  BN 6234 At Rest
Description:  BN gem 6234 rests on the house track at Osceola on Memorial Day weekend 2017.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/27/2017 11:21:47 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
Caboose Of Memories
Title:  Caboose Of Memories
Description:  BN (ex-GN) X71 always makes me remember cabooses just like it that I saw on BN trains passing through Wayzata, MN, during the mid-1980s. They vanished all too soon, but quite a few remain today, serving up nostalgia whenever I see one.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 9:40:45 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  142   Comments: 0
Farewell Dresser
Title:  Farewell Dresser
Description:  The ex-Soo Line recedes into the distance as the train returns to Osceola.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 9:57:10 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  50   Comments: 0
Memorial Day Crowd
Title:  Memorial Day Crowd
Description:  A healthy crowd rode the train to Dresser this day. The bulk of them can be seen here waiting to tour the beautifully restored Dresser depot.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 9:55:21 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  54   Comments: 0
Just About Time To Depart
Title:  Just About Time To Depart
Description:  A view of the Osceola platform reveals a family waiting to watch the train depart and MTM crew members down by the station. Just about time to depart for Dresser. When we left this day, the train first backed up so Walt, the MTMer on duty in the NP RPO car (from which this pic was taken) could do a demo of dropping off and picking up mail on the fly. He performed both like the veteran railroader he is.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 11:18:34 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  56   Comments: 0
Kibitzing Before Departure
Title:  Kibitzing Before Departure
Description:  With the passengers back on board, the MTM crew indulges in some kibitzing on the platform before departure time for Osceola.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 9:55:52 PM
Location:  Dresser, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  124   Comments: 0
Ready To Depart
Title:  Ready To Depart
Description:  A view from the RPO just before the train left Osceola for Dresser.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 11:29:32 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
CITX 3064
Title:  CITX 3064
Description:  Roster shot, taken on Labor Day 2017.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 7:48:42 PM
Location:  Chippewa Falls, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  73   Comments: 0
Passing The Museum
Title:  Passing The Museum
Description:  The Canadian National local passes the Colfax Railroad Museum. The conductor is giving me and Scott, the museum member on duty this Labor Day 2017, a friendly wave while the engineer gives us a friendly whistle.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/4/2017 9:22:28 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5782(SD75I)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
"Non-Complying Locomotive"
Title:  "Non-Complying Locomotive"
Description:  A tour of Soo Line 703's cab revealed this note from when the Wisconsin Central was bought by the Canadian National. (Sigh) Why to all the cool railroads have to be bought by the boring ones? I loved WC's eclectic roster! Thank goodness three of WC's GP30s escaped being scrapped.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/4/2017 10:05:17 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
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Views:  62   Comments: 0
Snazzy Display Shed
Title:  Snazzy Display Shed
Description:  Here is a look at the Colfax museum's snazzy display shed. I like their style. Note Cornet Phosphate 2-6-2T #5 in the left background.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 6:03:54 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Signal
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Views:  96   Comments: 0
Colfax In HO Scale
Title:  Colfax In HO Scale
Description:  The Colfax museum has a module from a massive HO scale pike that depicts the Soo Line in Wisconsin during the glory days of the Soo. The Colfax depots can be found in the middle of this module, near the grain elevator.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 5:34:43 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Model,Station
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Caboose
Title:  Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Caboose
Description:  The Colfax museum also has this Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic caboose on display.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 6:39:29 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  24   Comments: 0
GMTX 134
Title:  GMTX 134
Description:  Roster view of this yard goat, taken on Labor Day 2017.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 7:11:20 PM
Location:  Chippewa Falls, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GMTX 134(SW1500)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road Vet
Title:  Milwaukee Road Vet
Description:  The stencil says "WC", but the Wisconsin Central was the third owner of this Milwaukee Road bay window caboose. For years it served its original owner and then the Soo Line and the Wisconsin Central without being repainted from its original Milwaukee colors, perhaps because of how cabooses had been relegated to local service or other duties low on the totem pole by the time WC came into being.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 6:40:06 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  58   Comments: 0
Love Those Milwaukee Road Flangers
Title:  Love Those Milwaukee Road Flangers
Description:  Here is the Colfax museum's Milwaukee Road flanger. I love these things, perhaps in part because they were fashioned from steam engine tenders. Note the museum's former Milwaukee Road baggage car in the background. This baby houses the other modules of the museum's Soo Line HO scale layout. Talk about "Soo/Milwaukee"!
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 6:48:23 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  287   Comments: 0
New Soo Depot
Title:  New Soo Depot
Description:  Here is the track side of the new Soo Line depot, now the museum building of the Colfax Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 5:48:04 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  36   Comments: 0
Colfax Museum And Former Soo Line
Title:  Colfax Museum And Former Soo Line
Description:  Here is the Colfax Railroad Museum and the old Soo Line main. The view is looking east.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 5:49:01 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Track
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Views:  55   Comments: 1
Old Soo Line Depot
Title:  Old Soo Line Depot
Description:  The first Soo Line depot in Colfax was this wooden structure. When time came for the new one to be built, instead of tearing down the old station, the Soo moved it across the main line, turned the building around, enlarged it, and used it as a crew bunkhouse and other duties before it entered private ownership as a residence. The station now is part of the Colfax Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 5:47:43 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  52   Comments: 2
The Oldest RPO In Preservation
Title:  The Oldest RPO In Preservation
Description:  This is Omaha Road RPO 301. Built in the 1840s, this car is the oldest Railroad Post Office in existence. Suitable trucks have yet to be found or fabricated, so newer ones are currently under the car, but otherwise this baby looks as she did during her heyday. (The semi-trailer in the background is former Milwaukee Road.)
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 6:47:50 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  156   Comments: 1
Another Soo And The Old Depot
Title:  Another Soo And The Old Depot
Description:  The Colfax museum has another wooden Soo Line caboose, #256. This baby is displayed on the west end of the museum grounds and also doubles as a place for storage, thus mixing the aesthetic with the practical. Note the old Colfax depot in the left background.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 6:11:36 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  34   Comments: 0
PGR 40
Title:  PGR 40
Description:  Roster shot, taken on Labor Day 2017. This was the best I could manage of this classic ex-Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern second generation road diesel. Better than zilch, though. Pic taken on Labor Day 2017.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 7:40:55 PM
Location:  Chippewa Falls, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PGR 40(SD39)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
PGR 42
Title:  PGR 42
Description:  Roster shot, taken on Labor Day 2017.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 7:41:52 PM
Location:  Chippewa Falls, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PGR 42(SD38-2)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Caboose And Track Speeder
Title:  Caboose And Track Speeder
Description:  Another look at the Colfax museum's bright reed Soo caboose, which has a CN track speeder for company. Note also the Soo Line sign touting its intermodal service. Appropriate decor for this side of the museum's storage shed.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 6:31:30 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  52   Comments: 1
SOO 703: Back
Title:  SOO 703: Back
Description:  Back view of the Colfax Railroad Museum's Soo Line GP30. Despite her weathered paint, she still is evocative of the glories of "Sweet Soo".
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/4/2017 10:04:44 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 703(GP30)
Views:  641   Comments: 0
SOO 703: Front
Title:  SOO 703: Front
Description:  Front view of the Colfax Railroad Museum's ex-Soo exx-Wisconsin Central GP30. She still is impressive despite her weathered paint.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/4/2017 9:52:25 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 703(GP30)
Views:  423   Comments: 1
Love Those Soo F Units
Title:  Love Those Soo F Units
Description:  The train displayed on the Colfax module of the Colfax museum's HO scale pike sport this snappy Soo Line A-B F unit combo. I sure wish these babies were still rolling through Colfax today. So much snappier thank humdrum Canadian National SD70s.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 5:35:19 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Model
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
Everything From Grain To Lumber In This Baby
Title:  Everything From Grain To Lumber In This Baby
Description:  Scott, the museum docent who gave me a tour of the Colfax museum on Labor Day 2017, told me this Soo Line boxcar could haul not only grain but also barley, oats, and even lumber! This boxcar once helped earn a bit of revenue for the Soo Line back in the day.
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 9/5/2017 8:51:42 PM
Location:  Colfax, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  128   Comments: 0

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