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By:Jim Matuska
Dates:1/1/1985 - 1/1/1995
Album Info:From about the mid-1980s thru today, one never knows what they will see rolling thru town, here are a few surprises from the years past.
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ATSF 3023
Title:  ATSF 3023
Description:  In a scene never to be repeated, four GP20s and a lone GP35 power an EB grain train out of La Crosse
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 3/23/2007 8:25:38 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Jim Matuska
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Locomotives:  ATSF 3023(GP20u)
Views:  378   Comments: 1
BN 3049
Title:  BN 3049
Description:  For a while the BN tried to used the ex-Frisco GP40-2s on loaded ore trains, they proved too slippery and they went back into general freight service
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 3/23/2007 8:26:12 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Jim Matuska
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Locomotives:  BN 3049(GP40-2)
Views:  919   Comments: 1
BN 9715
Title:  BN 9715
Description:  Back when the MACs were clean! Here a detour coal rolls out of La Crosse behind two fairly clean SD70s
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 3/23/2007 8:27:06 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Jim Matuska
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Locomotives:  BN 9715(SD70MAC)
Views:  477   Comments: 1
BNSF 1093
Title:  BNSF 1093
Description:  Rolling through the snow, an WB intermodal plows its way into La Crosse
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 3/23/2007 8:27:39 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Jim Matuska
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Locomotives:  BNSF 1093(C44-9W)
Views:  442   Comments: 1
BNSF 2911
Title:  BNSF 2911
Description:  Waering a truly unique dress, the BNSF #2911 leads an EB freight out of La Crosse
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 3/23/2007 8:28:42 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Jim Matuska
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Locomotives:  BNSF 2911(GP39E)
Views:  1570   Comments: 0
CNW 6820
Title:  CNW 6820
Description:  CNW train #482 (Winona to Adams) comes past the Grand Crossing home signals and past the old Milwaukee Road yards
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 3/23/2007 8:29:13 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Jim Matuska
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Locomotives:  CNW 6820(SD40-2)
Views:  572   Comments: 1
CNW 6894
Title:  CNW 6894
Description:  Ahhh - Three SD40-2s on a train! What memories! Not quite La Crosse, but still a nice surprise!
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 3/23/2007 8:29:53 PM
Location:  Bertram, IA
Author:  Jim Matuska
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Locomotives:  CNW 6894(SD40-2)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
GATX 1242
Title:  GATX 1242
Description:  One could always hear these beasts coming - they were LOUD! Another splash of color in a Cascade Green world!
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 3/23/2007 8:30:33 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Jim Matuska
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Locomotives:  GATX 1242(SD38-2)
Views:  776   Comments: 3
HLCX 5019
Title:  HLCX 5019
Description:  Have engines - will travel! Three locomotives of various hertiage power this Soo EB down river
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 3/23/2007 8:31:12 PM
Location:  La Crescent, MN
Author:  Jim Matuska
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Locomotives:  HLCX 5019(SD40A)
Views:  1501   Comments: 2
NS 3010
Title:  NS 3010
Description:  An ex-Conrail GP40-2 leads some NS brothers and a BN SD40-2 on the way towards Chicago
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 3/23/2007 8:32:12 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Jim Matuska
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Locomotives:  NS 3010(GP40-2)
Views:  723   Comments: 0


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