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Ever since I was a kid, trains and
railroading have been in my blood. Minnesota has had a rich and full
railroading history. This is a photo album of some of the steam
locomotives, diesels, electrics, passenger cars, and other railroading
equipment I've seen, visited, and/or rode on over the years in Minnesota. For railroads and museums outside
of Minnesota, click
HERE. Click on the picture
for the full size photo if you like.
Minnesota Zephyr Dinner Train
(Stillwater, MN)
Recently closed, the Minnesota
Zephyr ran for years down in Stillwater, MN as our main dinner train.
The train had two F-Units (one at each ends) and a pair of domes cars.
One of the domes was an ex-Southern Pacific full length dome car.
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Minnesota Zephyr F-Unit - October
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Minnesota Zephyr F-Unit - October
2002
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D.M.I.R. Yellowstone 2-8-8-4 #225 (Proctor, MN)
One of three surviving D.M.I.R.
Yellowstone class locomotives, #225 is on display in Proctor, MN along
with D.M.I.R Caboose #C-200. These were the largest steam
locomotives in Minnesota.
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D.M.I.R Yellowstone #225 - Sept
2009
D.M.I.R Caboose #C-200 - Sept 2009
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D.M.I.R Yellowstone #225 - Sept
2009
D.M.I.R Yellowstone #225 - Sept
2009
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Great Northern P-2 Mountain 4-8-2 #2523 (Wilmar, MN)
The Great Northern's P-2 class
4-8-2 steam locomotives were built by Baldwin for fast passenger service
and were used on the Great Northern's Oriental Limited and the
Empire Builder. They were Great Northern's top of the line
passenger locomotives until they received their S-2 class 4-8-4
Northerns, one of which is on display in Havre, Montana.
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Great Northern 4-8-2 #2523 - July
1999
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Great Northern 4-8-2 #2523 - June
2001
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The Republican National
Convention
The Republican National Convention was up
here in St. Paul, MN during the first week of September, 2008. Along the
railroad tracks off Shepard Road near the convention, the Union Pacific, BNSF,
and Amtrak all had their business fleets here in attendance. There was a
TON of Union Pacific passenger cars from their fleet, much more so than BNSF or
Amtrak. I was able to take these photos before security shoo'd me off.
Unfortunately, the Amtrak business cars weren't in the best place for
photographs.
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Union Pacific Business Fleet - Sept 2008
Union Pacific Business Fleet - Sept 2008
BNSF Business Fleet - Sept 2008
BNSF Business Fleet - Sept 2008
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Union Pacific Business Fleet - Sept 2008
Union Pacific Business Fleet - Sept 2008
BNSF Business Fleet - Sept 2008
BNSF Business Fleet - Sept 2008 |
