The Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul!
Here are some photos taken on a trip to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area on the Thanksgiving weekend of 1966. While the weather wasn't the best, still it was a good trip and for a 17 year old kid it was a chance to get some photos of something other the Northwestern in Upper Michigan :).
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It was rather dark this day, but I shot a bunch of Kodachrome II anyways, and I am glad that I did, seeing as how these photos can't be replaced today! November 24, 1996. |
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Another shot on November 24, 1966. |
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It was interesting to see all of the different kinds of engines that were still in service back then. November 24, 1966. |
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An older F unit in the consist. |
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And another F unit, somewhat newer than the one above. |
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Here is a group photo with the above units...sure was quite a consist eh :). |
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This is the same unit that I got a photo of in the EMD plant (see the Chicago page). |
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The Burlington also had some interesting units. |
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Another SD24. |
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A fairly new U28B. |
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And a group of F units at the sand tower. |
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Then we got some Great Northern units..... |
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At Shoreham yard (I think!) we got this Soo Line FM with clean fresh paint. |
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Here is an ex M&StL RS1 in CNW colors. |
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The next day it was still cloudy but we continued to shoot anyways. Here's a Milwaukee Road Baldwin at Pig's Eye yard. |
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The Chicago Great Western was well known for strings of F units, and here a set of them rests between runs. |
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This is a "cow & calf" set of yard engines on the CGW. |
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The GP20's were still fairly new power at this time, and here a set of Burlington power is being serviced before another run. |
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The sun finally did come out for a little while, and these GN F units are awaiting repairs from the looks of them. |
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Here is a rare NW5 switching. |
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The Great Northern had some interesting cabooses. |
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And a set of power is being moved around the yard to get into position for the next run. |
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The Great Northern had one of the best color schemes in my opinion, although I never did care for the "simplified" scheme as shown here on the lead F unit. |
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Over at the Northwestern yard we got this SD40 just before sunset. |
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And of course the next morning it was back to the usual cloudy weather. It looks like the trailing unit has been repainted in a modified or "simplified" scheme. |
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The last photo of this trip was at the Soo Line's Shoreham yard with the new GP30's on the point. |
I hope you have enjoyed this trip back to 1966 in the Twin Cities area. The 2nd Section of Twin Cities photos (of my July 1970 trip) is now here - click below for the next page!