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By:Tony Held
Dates:11/20/2010 - 10/30/2022
Album Info:Train stuff from beyond the Twin Cities.
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Still Has BN Green Trim And The Train Order Signal
Title:  Still Has BN Green Trim And The Train Order Signal
Description:  The former Northern Pacific depot in Pine City still retains its Burlington Northern green trim and its train order signal despite now being used by a therapeutic services agency. Maybe the owner is a railfan? The Snake River bridge on the St. Croix Valley RR is just north of here.
Photo Date:  8/16/2015  Upload Date: 8/25/2015 4:01:10 PM
Location:  Pine City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Track
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Views:  99   Comments: 0
SOO 2500
Title:  SOO 2500
Description:  The LSRM crew was putting the 2500 and DMIR 193 away for the day when I snapped this picture. Note DM&IR 316 at right.
Photo Date:  8/16/2015  Upload Date: 8/25/2015 2:18:17 PM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 2500(FP7A) DMIR 316(SD-M)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
SOO 700
Title:  SOO 700
Description:  Classic Soo Line GP30 700 and Erie Mining F9 4211 rest at the end of one of the platforms at Duluth Union Station beneath partly sunny skies. I am so glad one of these Soo Line GP30s escaped the scrapper's torch after serving both the Soo and the Wisconsin Central.
Photo Date:  8/16/2015  Upload Date: 8/21/2015 10:58:25 AM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  SOO 700(GP30) EMCO 4211(F9A)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
Grain Elevator, Yard, And St. Croix Valley Headquarters
Title:  Grain Elevator, Yard, And St. Croix Valley Headquarters
Description:  The title just about says it all, but the St. Croix Valley's HQ is locatfd on the site of the old Northern Pacific depot (it may even be the same building, albeit modernized).
Photo Date:  8/16/2015  Upload Date: 8/25/2015 3:59:04 PM
Location:  Rush City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  77   Comments: 0
The South Avenue Side Of The Depot
Title:  The South Avenue Side Of The Depot
Description:  Here is the South Avenue side of the Two Harbors depot museum. The museum is open on weekdays, but--curiously--not on weekends.
Photo Date:  8/16/2015  Upload Date: 8/25/2015 3:45:29 PM
Location:  Two Harbors, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
"To Trains"
Title:  "To Trains"
Description:  I love to pass through these doors at Duluth Union Depot! It is a passage to a railfan's paradise: the Lake Superior Railroad museum.
Photo Date:  8/16/2015  Upload Date: 8/21/2015 10:02:38 AM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
"Milwaukee Junction"
Title:  "Milwaukee Junction"
Description:  An old depot and two pieces of Milwaukee Road passenger equipment form part of the railroad displays at the Mower County Historical Society's "Milwaukee Junction" display.
Photo Date:  9/30/2015  Upload Date: 9/30/2015 9:03:51 PM
Location:  Austin, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station
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Views:  157   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road Varnish
Title:  Milwaukee Road Varnish
Description:  Another view of the two pieces of passenger equipment that is part of the "Milwaukee Junction" display.
Photo Date:  9/30/2015  Upload Date: 9/30/2015 9:02:46 PM
Location:  Austin, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  136   Comments: 0
Immaculate Caboose
Title:  Immaculate Caboose
Description:  Milwaukee Road 774 is part of the Mower County Historical Society's "Milwaukee Junction" display at the Mower County Fairgrounds. The metal building in the background houses Milwaukee Road 4-6-0 1004.
Photo Date:  9/30/2015  Upload Date: 9/30/2015 9:02:27 PM
Location:  Austin, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  378   Comments: 0
Thrice Moved Gem
Title:  Thrice Moved Gem
Description:  A portrait of the Owatonna depot, taken early on the morning of the last day of September, 2015. This depot was moved to this spot from its original location at the Chicago & North Western/Milwaukee Road junction, was then moved to up near Cabela's off of I-35 to be the Heritage Halls Transportation Museum, and then back to here when the museum sadly folded.
Photo Date:  9/30/2015  Upload Date: 9/30/2015 8:59:57 PM
Location:  Owatonna, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  76   Comments: 0
Depot And Empty Display Track
Title:  Depot And Empty Display Track
Description:  A stretch of track placed on the track side of the Owatonna Depot used to display an Illinois Central tank engine and a wooden Soo Line caboose. They were last displayed when the depot formed part of the now gone Heritage Halls Museum located off of I-35 near Cabelas. What new homes did they go to?
Photo Date:  9/30/2015  Upload Date: 9/30/2015 9:00:17 PM
Location:  Owatonna, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  87   Comments: 0
Depot Plaque
Title:  Depot Plaque
Description:  The plaque affixed to the Owatonna depot.
Photo Date:  9/30/2015  Upload Date: 9/30/2015 9:01:50 PM
Location:  Owatonna, MN
Author:  Tony Held
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Views:  76   Comments: 0
Station Sign Owatonna
Title:  Station Sign Owatonna
Description:  A view of the station sign on the east end of the Owatonna depot.
Photo Date:  9/30/2015  Upload Date: 9/30/2015 9:01:20 PM
Location:  Owatonna, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  59   Comments: 0
Don't Play Around At The Grain Elevator
Title:  Don't Play Around At The Grain Elevator
Description:  The ADM elevator's trackage abuts the Red Wing depot grounds, thus necessitating signs like you see in the right foreground. No trespassers were distracting the ADM engineer as he switched the elevator on a fine Wednesday in early October.
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 11:38:05 PM
Location:  Red Wing, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ADMX 1465(SW14)
Views:  212   Comments: 2
Working The Elevator
Title:  Working The Elevator
Description:  ADM's SW14 switches the Red Win elevator as evening draws nigh on a lovely Wednesday afternoon in October.
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 11:38:38 PM
Location:  Red Wing, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ADMX 1465(SW14)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
My First Catch Here
Title:  My First Catch Here
Description:  I finally made my first catch in the town that lent its name to the locale in "Grumpy Old Men": the yard power assigned to the Wabasha yard, which was sitting quiet near the yard office on a lovely fall afternoon beneath bluffs which have yet to blossom into full fall colors.
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 11:19:02 PM
Location:  Wabasha, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2302(GP20C-ECO) CP 5957(SD40-2)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
Engines On The Move
Title:  Engines On The Move
Description:  Soon after a southbound train passed, these three units took the main at Goodview and moved on up. The crew member on the back was probably a brakeman, indicating to me this crew was going to pick up a northbound train waiting on one of the sidings in Goodview (I saw at least two, maybe three cuts of cars that could have been the consist).
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 11:18:15 PM
Location:  Goodview, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4817(ES44AC) KCS 4156(SD70ACe) CSX 7519(C40-8)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
A (Mostly) Ignored Parade
Title:  A (Mostly) Ignored Parade
Description:  Three employees at a business located near the Canadian Pacific's River Sub kibitz away as a colorful lash up of power moves up the main, ignored by everyone except its crew - and me.
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 11:18:38 PM
Location:  Goodview, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7519(C40-8) KCS 4156(SD70ACe) KCS 4817(ES44AC)
Views:  338   Comments: 1
Back On Home Rails
Title:  Back On Home Rails
Description:  A former Milwaukee Road rib side covered hopper sits at the north end of a string of hopper cars on one of the sidings at Goodview early on a lovely fall afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 9:13:28 PM
Location:  Goodview, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  120   Comments: 0
What Was Built On The Depot's Site
Title:  What Was Built On The Depot's Site
Description:  The Milwaukee Road's classic depot in Lake City once stood on in this area of town. Today, a depot-style restaurant stands in its palce.
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 11:36:16 PM
Location:  Lake City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
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Views:  32   Comments: 0
Welcome To Red Wing
Title:  Welcome To Red Wing
Description:  The Red Wing depot glows in the rays of the sun on a lovely Wednesday afternoon. What classier gateway to Red Wing can there be than this, both for visitors who come by car and by rail?
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 11:36:55 PM
Location:  Red Wing, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  47   Comments: 0
Southbound Thuroughbreds
Title:  Southbound Thuroughbreds
Description:  A southbound CP or BNSF mixed manifest rolls through one of Winona's suburbs with a pair of NS units for power.
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 9:13:03 PM
Location:  Goodview, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8699(C40-8) NS 2664(SD70M-2)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
The Winona Depot
Title:  The Winona Depot
Description:  The Winona depot basks beneath mild October skies as CP M-O-W crews come and go and the arrival of the westbound "Empire Builder" remains a few hours in the future.
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 9:21:03 PM
Location:  Winona, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  62   Comments: 0
Depot Hours - Still Valid?
Title:  Depot Hours - Still Valid?
Description:  Rumor has it the Winona station agent is out sick due to an illness, so are the depot hours still valid?
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 9:21:29 PM
Location:  Winona, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
It Still Stands!
Title:  It Still Stands!
Description:  I last saw the old Milwaukee Road freight house - located next to the old depot - in 2011 and facing a questionable future. To my pleasant surprise, I discovered it was still standing four years later.
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 9:22:07 PM
Location:  Winona, MN
Author:  Tony Held
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Views:  60   Comments: 0
Penn Central!
Title:  Penn Central!
Description:  Now on its third owner, this ex-Conrait, exx-Penn Central rib sided covered hopper sits in the south end of the Randolph yard on a remarkably mild and sunny Saturday morning in January.
Photo Date:  1/30/2016  Upload Date: 1/30/2016 7:57:51 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  114   Comments: 1
CGW Depot
Title:  CGW Depot
Description:  The former Chicago Great Western Randolph depot basks under an unusually mild late)January sun on a Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  1/30/2016  Upload Date: 1/30/2016 7:57:12 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Station
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
New Neighbor
Title:  New Neighbor
Description:  The dilapidated Northfield freight house has a new neighbor: the 1888 sgction of the old Northfield depot, resting on a new foundation.
Photo Date:  1/30/2016  Upload Date: 1/30/2016 8:14:51 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  95   Comments: 0
PGR 74
Title:  PGR 74
Description:  Progressive Rail 74 rests at the Randolph yard on a remarkably mild and sunny Saturday morning in late January.
Photo Date:  1/30/2016  Upload Date: 1/30/2016 7:59:27 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PGR 74(SW1500)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
The 1898 depot is back
Title:  The 1898 depot is back
Description:  The Northfield depot was originally built in 1888 with an addition added in 1944. Sadly, the enlarged structure could not be moved, but the original 1898 portion could. Now it is=sitting on a new foundation awaiting further rehab work.
Photo Date:  1/30/2016  Upload Date: 1/30/2016 8:15:52 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  50   Comments: 0
The Rails Still Pass Libbys
Title:  The Rails Still Pass Libbys
Description:  We are looking northwest from the Third Avenue Southeast grade crossing on the surviving piece of Chicago Great Western track in Rochester. Now serving Seneca Foods, these rails once hosted through freights bound for Iowa.
Photo Date:  2/4/2016  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 5:53:29 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  114   Comments: 0
Fenced In
Title:  Fenced In
Description:  The Preston Historical Society's Milwaukee Road display, located in the footprint of the old Preston yard, is now fenced off in order to deter folks from climbing on the rolling stock.
Photo Date:  6/20/2016  Upload Date: 6/21/2016 5:44:03 AM
Location:  Preston, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  110   Comments: 0
Approaching 3rd Avenue SE
Title:  Approaching 3rd Avenue SE
Description:  The CP local approaches Third Avenue SE as the crew makes their way south on the old Chicago Great Western.
Photo Date:  11/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 6:55:02 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
Crossing 3rd Avenue SE
Title:  Crossing 3rd Avenue SE
Description:  The CP crew heads into the rising sun as they cross 3rd Avenue SE while southbound on the old Chicago Great Western in Rochester. A man waiting for the bus watches the show.
Photo Date:  11/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 6:54:30 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
Just About Set To Go
Title:  Just About Set To Go
Description:  The crew of the Canadian Pacific's Rochester local were just about set to head south on the old Chicago Great Western when I came upon their two car train shortly after 8:30 a.m. on a remarkably mild November morning.
Photo Date:  11/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 6:56:06 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Vintage DME!
Title:  Vintage DME!
Description:  The Rochester local had a DM&E unit for power when I came upon it shortly after 8:30 A.M. on the second day of November, 2016.
Photo Date:  11/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 6:47:35 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
Southbound At Seneca Foods
Title:  Southbound At Seneca Foods
Description:  The CP local heads south past Seneca Food with two cars for businesses located on the surviving ex-Chicago Great Western in Rochester.
Photo Date:  11/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 6:51:47 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
DMIR 52 And Bixby Depot
Title:  DMIR 52 And Bixby Depot
Description:  This railway display can be found at Village of Yesteryear in Owatonna. The depot is former Milwaukee Road. For more about this display, go to: http://www.steelehistorymuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Bixby-Depot.pdf
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 11/6/2016 5:14:41 PM
Location:  Owatonna, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Station
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
Caboose And Depot
Title:  Caboose And Depot
Description:  This Missabe gem was brought south for display at Village of Yesteryear alongside the former Milwaukee Road Bixby depot.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 11/6/2016 5:15:16 PM
Location:  Owatonna, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Station
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Views:  168   Comments: 0
Railway Relics
Title:  Railway Relics
Description:  A Milwaukee Road switch stand and related rail relics can be found outside the freight door at the Bixby depot located at Village of Yesteryear.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 11/6/2016 5:16:07 PM
Location:  Owatonna, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  58   Comments: 0
View From The Back Platform
Title:  View From The Back Platform
Description:  Here is a view of the Bixby depot as seen from the back platform of the wooden Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range caboose parked next to the building.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 11/6/2016 5:16:27 PM
Location:  Owatonna, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
Silent Skally
Title:  Silent Skally
Description:  Looking south from 4th Street on a Sunday afternoon reveals all is quiet on the Skally Line.
Photo Date:  4/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/23/2017 9:55:16 PM
Location:  Rush City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  57   Comments: 0
Quiet Headquarters
Title:  Quiet Headquarters
Description:  The St. Croix Valley's headquarters was all quiet when I visited on the second to last Sunday in April, 2017.
Photo Date:  4/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/23/2017 9:55:40 PM
Location:  Rush City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
The Monad Logo Lives!
Title:  The Monad Logo Lives!
Description:  A close up view of the St. Croix Valley's logo on their headquarters reveals the Northern Pacific "monad" logo is alive and well.
Photo Date:  4/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/23/2017 9:56:10 PM
Location:  Rush City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
CGW Survivor
Title:  CGW Survivor
Description:  This Chicago Great Western flanger marker, distinctive because of its star shape, found a new home at the Iron Horse Central after being in use on the Cannon Falls line. (My thanks to Eric for giving me a mini-tour this day.) Groningen station is in the background.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 10:12:54 PM
Location:  Chisago City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NP 927(0-6-0)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
DWP 69928
Title:  DWP 69928
Description:  Another Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific bunk car at the Iron Horse Central. I never photographed any DWP equipment until this day.
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 10:39:34 PM
Location:  Chisago City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  160   Comments: 0
DWP Bunk Car
Title:  DWP Bunk Car
Description:  This bunk car from the Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific is stenciled "For Engine Men Only" at the lower left. I guess engineers and firemen used this car as sleeping quarters?
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 10:37:03 PM
Location:  Chisago City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal
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Views:  123   Comments: 0
St. Paul Union Depot's Original Sign
Title:  St. Paul Union Depot's Original Sign
Description:  I was amazed when I was told this is the original sign from St. Paul Union Depot. Whether or not it will return to SPUD is a good question, but for now the Iron Horse Central is giving it a safe haven. (My thanks to Eric for the permission to take this pic of this relic.)
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 10:43:15 PM
Location:  Chisago City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
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Views:  63   Comments: 0
From Annandale to Chisago
Title:  From Annandale to Chisago
Description:  This is boxcar 4980, a car of Iowa Central/Minneapolis & St. Louis vintage. The car was part of the late Don Lind's collection in Annandale, MN. Now the car has a new home on the Iron Horse Central. (Thank you for the tour you gave me this day, Eric.)
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 10:51:54 PM
Location:  Chisago City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  231   Comments: 0
MSTL 4980
Title:  MSTL 4980
Description:  This Iowa Central/Minneapolis & St. Louis boxcar came from the late Don Lind's collection in Annandale, Minnesota. The car is fully restorable, and it will be backdated to its Iowa Central appearance. (Thank you for the tour, Eric.)
Photo Date:  5/27/2017  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 10:51:19 PM
Location:  Chisago City, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  64   Comments: 0


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