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EMD Boxcab #511 (see text) with CB&Q Afternoon Zephyr Probably Winter 1937-38 |
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Date unknown. The ice on the Mississippi indicates winter. That's the northeast corner (looking west) of the GN Station and the Hennepin Av. bridge over the river. Mike Woodruff saw this posting and sent me the following: EMD 511 and 512 were 1,800 hp boxcabs built in May, 1935, each powered by two 201A Winton engines (basically two NW1 switcher engines) inside carbodies from GE's Erie Works. (B&O 50 which later ran on the Alton Route, and ATSF 1 and 1A which powered the original Super Chief were very similar in appearance and essentially identical mechanically.) The 511 and 512 were never CB&Q engines but were EMD demonstrators. In Otto Perry's book, there are pics of EMD 511 which show it pulling CB&Q train second #1 near McCook, Nebraska in August of 1937, and of EMD 512 shown working on the Super Chief with ATSF 1A near Trinidad, Colorado in May, 1937. Kalmbach's Diesel Spotters Guide says that although CB&Q 9904 Pegasus/9905 Zephyrus were the power units built (in 1936) for the second pair of Twin Zephyrs, "during 1937 and 1938, it was common to see the (Twin Zephyr) consists being led by EMD demonstrator 511, repainted from the original dark scheme to silver for a long period of testing on the Burlington." Since the units are listed as scrapped in 1938, it's probably safe to say that the picture was taken during the winter of 1937-38. Just speculating now, but I'll guess that EMD 511 spent a lot of time on the Burlington and EMD 512 on the Santa Fe while problems with the CB&Q 9904/9905 Zephyr and ATSF 1/1A Super Chief locomotives were being worked out - these units being called "demonstrators" but perhaps serving more as what we would now term "warranty protection" power. |
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1/1/1938 Upload Date: 12/3/2006 11:02:56 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
EMDX 511(AA) |
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The back side of the Mpls MN main GN depot in 1965. |
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This would be some neat trackwork to model in HO scale. This depot serviced the GN, NP, CB&Q, CNW, and CGW in Minneapolis. |
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4/12/1965 Upload Date: 9/23/2011 8:16:49 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
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Passenger |
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2089 Comments: 0 |
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Great Northern passenger train and switcher in back of the Mpls MN main GN depot in 1965. |
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Looks like the GN Empire Builder is headed into the depot and is a half mile from its destination. Then its off to St Paul depot and Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1965 Upload Date: 9/14/2011 3:51:16 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
GN F7(F7A) |
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3141 Comments: 0 |
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The main GN University of Minnesota yard in Mpls MN in 1965. |
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GN had their main east end system yard at the University of Minnesota. Mpls was the leader in grain milling up to the 1950s as the world leader in grain milling. |
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4/18/1965 Upload Date: 9/27/2011 1:06:23 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
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Yard |
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1986 Comments: 0 |
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GN F7s at the Mpls MN University of Minnesota main GN yard in 1965. |
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This yard was as large as Northtown in Fridley at one time. The CNW had a large yard next to the GN yard at the other end, and the CGW also had a large yard by the grain elevators. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1965 Upload Date: 9/27/2011 1:07:53 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
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Yard,Track,Action |
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1911 Comments: 0 |
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Great Northern mail train at the main Mpls MN GN depot in 1965. |
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Here is the back side of the main Mpls MN GN depot in 1965. The two GN mainlines to Wazata MN are two the left. GN also had a dual mainline via Northtown headed to St Clould. Note the neat trackwork at the depot. I have a front side photo of the depot in this library. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/1965 Upload Date: 9/24/2011 11:30:46 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
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Passenger |
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2068 Comments: 2 |
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The Great Northern main Mpls MN yard at the University of Minnesota. |
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This is James J. Hills main Mpls GN yard. The CBQ ran a steam special you can see in the photo. This yard is mostly intermodal today off 280. The CNW had a major interchange yard at the other end. Up to 1950, Minneapolis MN was the largest grain milling operation in the world. The white "U" double elevator left of black elevator holds 7M bushels at 122 ft holds 1,750 grain hoppers of grain called ADM DelMar4. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1965 Upload Date: 9/8/2011 5:20:36 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
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Scenic,Yard,Track |
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1999 Comments: 0 |
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Great Northern on the Minneapolis, MN Stone Arch bridge. |
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This is a double tracked bridge built by the GN in the 1880s by James J. Hill for the GN and was used by several railroads in Minneapolis to cross the Mississippi River and get access to the Mpls main depot. This was double tracked and used up until the 1980s under the BN. Its now a walking path. Minneapolis was the largest grain milling operations center in the world up to the 1950s. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1967 Upload Date: 9/9/2011 10:47:09 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
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Scenic,Passenger,Action |
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GN 503(E7A) |
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3978 Comments: 2 |
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Great Northern train headed from Mpls yard at University of MN to Wazata in 1967. |
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This train is in back of the main Mpls MN GN depot on a sunny day in 1967. The main GN mainline ran from Mpls via St. Cloud to Seattle and runs by Northtown. The secondary GN mainline is still in use by the BNSF and ran from the Mpls Jct wye past Wazata on Lake Minnetonka to Willmar. Some of the GN F units survived on the BN to 1984. The curved tracks to the right are the depot track leads to the Mpls GN depot. The MTM saved one of the GN F units stored at Jackson St. in St Paul, but it was repainted NP. Hopefully someday they can power it up and repaint it in its true GN colors. The MTM roundhouse at Jackson St. in St Paul has about 8 GN passenger cars saved in GN paint and runs train rides in Osceola Mn 30 min out of St Paul past Stillwater. Train rides are Sat from 10-4. |
| Photo Date: |
7/28/1967 Upload Date: 9/30/2011 8:27:51 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN F7(F7A) |
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The Great Northern Empire Builder at the GN Mpls MN Depot in 1969. |
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This train is headed to Chicago via St Paul MN. The Mpls MN main GN depot served trains by the GN, NP, CNW, CB&Q, and CGW. At its peak this depot serviced over 125 passenger trains per day. The Mpls post office is to the left and remains today. The Milwaukee Road, CNW, and Soo Line used the three tracks to the left on a grade to get out of the Mississippi River valley and get access to their grain elevators and also to the Milwaukee Road depot. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1969 Upload Date: 9/8/2011 3:00:04 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
GN F7(F7A) |
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7913 Comments: 8 |
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