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By:Tom Dethmers
Dates:1/1/1981 - 12/31/1990
Album Info:Milwaukee Road, CNW and other roads in the MN/WI area
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Depot
Title:  Depot
Description:  Onamia depot looking west sometime in the mid 70s. I purchased the slide on Ebay a couple years ago, and liked the rustic quality of the shot. This is now a bike trail from Moose Lake, MN to Brooten, MN
Photo Date:  7/1/1977  Upload Date: 1/29/2021 11:58:03 AM
Location:  Onamia, MN
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Station,Track
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Views:  125   Comments: 0
Southbound Amtrak in Florida
Title:  Southbound Amtrak in Florida
Description:  My grandfather and I took a trip to Sebring for about a week and we stopped by the Amtrak station to see a southbound train heading towards Miami, stop at the station
Photo Date:  2/10/1980  Upload Date: 6/10/2018 7:50:28 PM
Location:  Sebring, FL
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 644(SDP40F)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Southbound at Sebring
Title:  Southbound at Sebring
Description:  One of Amtraks coast trains makes a stop at Sebring, as a Slumbercoach stops along side us.
Photo Date:  2/10/1980  Upload Date: 6/10/2018 7:51:36 PM
Location:  Sebring, FL
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  109   Comments: 0
CNW power in disguise
Title:  CNW power in disguise
Description:  During the summer of 1980, an ex Frisco GP has been purchased by CNW to help with a power shortage back in these days. Train is leaving Belt Yard in St. Paul
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 1/18/2021 10:36:47 PM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CNW 4443(GP7)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Amtrak 7 at Oakland Twr
Title:  Amtrak 7 at Oakland Twr
Description:  Way back in the summer of 1980, the Empire Builder heads west to Midway Station, passing the Milwaukee Roads Pigs Eye Yard just east of downtown.
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 1/18/2021 10:30:19 PM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 284(F40PHR)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Amtrak 7 at Oakland Twr
Title:  Amtrak 7 at Oakland Twr
Description:  A closer view of the relatively new F40PH on the Empire Builder approaching St. Paul
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 1/18/2021 10:32:02 PM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 284(F40PHR)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
End of track
Title:  End of track
Description:  I shot this shot in early November after the scrappers were done ripping up the Soo Line passenger main to Carnelian Lake. You are looking east as the new trail headed under Interstate 694.
Photo Date:  11/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/14/2017 1:28:49 PM
Location:  North Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Track
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Views:  321   Comments: 0
End of track looking west
Title:  End of track looking west
Description:  Turning around from the other shot, this is looking west towards downtown N. St. Paul with Hwy 36 to the right. These track once hosted Soo Line passenger trains 1,2, 5 and 6 to Chicago until the last one left on 1/15/1965. There were a couple shippers left in NSP until the end in summer 1982, when the rest of this 5 or 6 miles of track to Trout Brook Jct was removed.
Photo Date:  11/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/14/2017 1:31:31 PM
Location:  North Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Track
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Views:  252   Comments: 0
An old GP
Title:  An old GP
Description:  Somewhere in Wisconsin, we came across this old CNW GP and I decided to take a photo
Photo Date:  1/15/1981  Upload Date: 12/8/2017 1:01:02 AM
Location:  Eau Claire, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 4443(GP7)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
The 400 route
Title:  The 400 route
Description:  westbound train on the CNW heading by one of the banjo semaphores near Eau Claire
Photo Date:  2/15/1981  Upload Date: 12/8/2017 12:50:47 AM
Location:  Eau Claire, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 6813(SD40-2)
Views:  288   Comments: 1
The 400 route
Title:  The 400 route
Description:  A CNW freight passing over one of the old, double track bridges between Eau Claire and Hudson, WI
Photo Date:  2/15/1981  Upload Date: 12/8/2017 12:55:34 AM
Location:  Eau Claire, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 6813(SD40-2)
Views:  325   Comments: 2
The 400 route
Title:  The 400 route
Description:  A westbound freight passing under and overpass in Wisconsin on the former double track CNW Chicago to Twin Cities route.
Photo Date:  2/15/1981  Upload Date: 12/8/2017 12:52:55 AM
Location:  Eau Claire, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 6813(SD40-2)
Views:  285   Comments: 2
South bound on the Skally
Title:  South bound on the Skally
Description:  Milwaukee Road freight on the west edge of White Bear Lake heading south to St. Paul Yard.
Photo Date:  4/10/1981  Upload Date: 7/26/2018 10:53:19 AM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MILW 209(SD40-2) MILW 208(SD40-2)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
Jordan spreader
Title:  Jordan spreader
Description:  The wings are out and MOW forces keep in eye on the progress, as this machine smooths out the ditches at the east end of Daytons Bluff Yard.
Photo Date:  4/15/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2017 12:18:45 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
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Views:  141   Comments: 0
Ditch work
Title:  Ditch work
Description:  MOW is working at the east end of Daytons Bluff Yard, fixing drainage issues.
Photo Date:  4/15/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2017 12:17:28 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BN 112(SW7)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
Local for LaCrosse, WI
Title:  Local for LaCrosse, WI
Description:  At the east end of Daytons Bluff Yard, a pair of ex-CBQ SD24s head east on the BN to do local work in the river line to LaCrosse
Photo Date:  4/15/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2017 12:14:45 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6247(SD24) BN 6250(SD24)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
Heading east
Title:  Heading east
Description:  BN local to LaCrosse heads east on Main 1 with a pair of long ago retired SD24s and will make stops along the BNs river line.
Photo Date:  4/15/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2017 12:16:14 PM
Location:  Newport, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6250(SD24) BN 6247(SD24)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
Circus Train
Title:  Circus Train
Description:  One of the circus trains rests in the old NP coach yard just a few blocks east of downtown. This yard was abandoned shortly after this time and served the NPs trains at St. Paul Union Depot.
Photo Date:  4/15/1981  Upload Date: 12/28/2018 2:03:10 PM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
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Views:  74   Comments: 0
Stone Arch Bridge
Title:  Stone Arch Bridge
Description:  Former GN/BN passenger line bridge in Minneapolis, looking west over the Mississippi River.
Photo Date:  6/10/1981  Upload Date: 7/26/2018 10:54:52 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  83   Comments: 0
Stone Arch Bridge
Title:  Stone Arch Bridge
Description:  Looking west on the passenger line about 3 years after GN Station was demolished. THese tracks would be gone within a year of this photo.
Photo Date:  6/10/1981  Upload Date: 7/26/2018 11:03:01 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  201   Comments: 1
Crossing St. Louis Bay in Duluth
Title:  Crossing St. Louis Bay in Duluth
Description:  Heading south at 6 pm, I was riding Amtrak 10, the North Star to St. Paul and caught shot going over the Interstate twin swing bridges that used to cross the bay from Duluth. They were both deemed a navigation hazard in the mid 80s and were expensive for the BN railroad due to double bridge tenders, 24 hours a day. The entire structure was removed about 1988-89 and there is no trace of its existence left!
Photo Date:  6/14/1981  Upload Date: 2/7/2021 10:23:36 AM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  60   Comments: 0
Amtrak North Star
Title:  Amtrak North Star
Description:  Train 10 has arrived from Duluth, and at about 10 pm will head east for Chicago with the overnight train. This was at Midway depot and the train to Chicago doesnt have a lot of time left, as it was discontinued on 10/24/81.
Photo Date:  6/14/1981  Upload Date: 2/7/2021 10:19:27 AM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
BN Special heading west
Title:  BN Special heading west
Description:  Most likely a veterans special heading west on the ex NP line to Staples, MN
Photo Date:  6/20/1981  Upload Date: 7/26/2018 10:57:05 AM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6435(SD45)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
BN Special heading west
Title:  BN Special heading west
Description:  The private car, Gritty Palace brings up the rear of a vets train heading west towards Fargo.
Photo Date:  6/20/1981  Upload Date: 7/26/2018 10:59:21 AM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  90   Comments: 0
CMN/IC tunnel
Title:  CMN/IC tunnel
Description:  Inside the curved tunnel as we crept along at about 10 mph heading southbound to Monroe, WI. The line was pretty, weak at that time and the CMN only ran for a couple years. This line was removed in about 1999.
Photo Date:  8/1/1981  Upload Date: 1/29/2021 12:06:09 PM
Location:  Belleville, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Tunnel,Action
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
CMN/IC tunnel
Title:  CMN/IC tunnel
Description:  Riding the CMN southbound in the summer of 1981, we are approaching one of only 3 tunnels in Wisconsin that were active at that time. The line was removed in about 1999-2001.
Photo Date:  8/1/1981  Upload Date: 1/29/2021 12:03:51 PM
Location:  Belleville, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Tunnel,Action
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Views:  63   Comments: 0
CMN 564
Title:  CMN 564
Description:  We stopped briefly, at McDonalds to pickup lunch and this looked like a good place to shoot the 564. This is the Hwy 18 overpass in the background, and this is now part of a bike trail.
Photo Date:  8/1/1981  Upload Date: 1/29/2021 12:17:30 PM
Location:  Fitchburg, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CMN 564(F7A)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
A wall of trees
Title:  A wall of trees
Description:  Riding the CMN from Madison to Monroe, we are in the south suburbs of Madison and you can tell the weed cutter hasnt been through here in many years! This is now a bike trail.
Photo Date:  8/1/1981  Upload Date: 1/29/2021 12:08:19 PM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Action
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Views:  85   Comments: 0
BN freight train
Title:  BN freight train
Description:  Heading west near Daytons Bluff Yard, a westbound freight has several of the roads business cars on the head end.
Photo Date:  8/1/1981  Upload Date: 1/18/2021 10:35:01 PM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  122   Comments: 0
BN freight train
Title:  BN freight train
Description:  Heading west near Daytons Bluff Yard, a westbound freight has several of the roads business cars on the head end.
Photo Date:  8/1/1981  Upload Date: 1/18/2021 10:34:22 PM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 8109(SD40-2) BN 8037(SD40-2) BN 8022(SD40-2) BN 7071(SD40-2)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
Eastbound at Newport
Title:  Eastbound at Newport
Description:  When the tower was still in operation, you could see all the switch rods for the x/o, and the old semaphore that was partially controlled by the operator in the tower.
Photo Date:  2/15/1982  Upload Date: 12/28/2018 2:05:16 PM
Location:  Newport, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  BN 8174(SD40-2)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
End of the Soo Line passenger main
Title:  End of the Soo Line passenger main
Description:  After the east 10 miles were removed in summer, 1980, the Soo Line removed the rest of the line in the summer of 1982 from North St. Paul to Trout Brook Jct, and this is the crane and gondola picking up the siding at North St. Paul
Photo Date:  8/10/1982  Upload Date: 12/28/2018 1:54:17 PM
Location:  North Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Track
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Views:  128   Comments: 0
End of the Soo Line passenger main
Title:  End of the Soo Line passenger main
Description:  Looking east into downtown, the track made a tight turn and the depot was just ahead on the straightaway. There was a depot and passenger stop for trains 5 and 6 until the early 1960s.
Photo Date:  8/10/1982  Upload Date: 12/28/2018 1:57:26 PM
Location:  North Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Track
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Views:  130   Comments: 0
End of the Soo Line passenger main
Title:  End of the Soo Line passenger main
Description:  Looking east towards White Bear Avenue, the line was good for 50 mph into the early 60s. This is now the Gateway Trail and a pedestrian bridge passes over WB Avenue.
Photo Date:  8/10/1982  Upload Date: 12/28/2018 1:59:08 PM
Location:  North Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Track
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Views:  122   Comments: 0
RR Xing Gloster Junction
Title:  RR Xing Gloster Junction
Description:  This was the crossing with the NP/BN Duluth line and we are looking west on the Soo Line. The BN line would only last about 6 more years, and be removed in 1988 and is the Willard Munger Trail from St. Paul to White Bear Lake, MN
Photo Date:  8/10/1982  Upload Date: 12/28/2018 2:01:05 PM
Location:  Maplewood, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Track
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Views:  132   Comments: 1
Winona
Title:  Winona
Description:  Heading east by the Amtrak depot, this train will continue on to Lacrosse and Chicago
Photo Date:  1/15/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2017 9:37:43 AM
Location:  Winona, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 152(SD40-2)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
Winona
Title:  Winona
Description:  The eastbound continues by the small yard and a Milwaukee caboose awaits assignment to one of the river patrols that used to run on the Milwaukee
Photo Date:  1/15/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2017 9:39:24 AM
Location:  Winona, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
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Views:  202   Comments: 0
Deep freeze
Title:  Deep freeze
Description:  An eastbound Milwaukee Road freight heads by the Amtrak depot for points east to Chicago, with a speeder on the westbound track to keep an eye on the railroads tired track.
Photo Date:  1/15/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2017 9:34:26 AM
Location:  Red Wing, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 207(SD40-2) MILW 586(SDL39)
Views:  615   Comments: 1
Deep freeze
Title:  Deep freeze
Description:  Eastbound train heading by the busy elevator on a cold morning along the Mississippi River
Photo Date:  1/15/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2017 9:36:42 AM
Location:  Red Wing, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 207(SD40-2)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
Diamond Bluff
Title:  Diamond Bluff
Description:  This BN train was about 50 miles from St. Paul, MN along the Mississippi River heading west along the scenic ex-CBQ route
Photo Date:  1/15/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2017 9:49:18 AM
Location:  Hager City, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BN 8010(SD40-2) BN 7910(SD40-2)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
Westbound at the double crossovers
Title:  Westbound at the double crossovers
Description:  Leaving Red Wing, this westbound is coming around the curve at Jackson Street, and will arrive in St. Paul Yard in about 50 miles.
Photo Date:  1/15/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2017 9:41:07 AM
Location:  Red Wing, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 135(SD40-2)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
Westbound at the double crossovers
Title:  Westbound at the double crossovers
Description:  The Mississippi River is just to the right of the photo, and the crossovers have since been removed and the line single tracked by Soo Line in the late 80s. The double track ends just near the left curve in the distance, now.
Photo Date:  1/15/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2017 9:42:42 AM
Location:  Red Wing, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Action
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Views:  192   Comments: 0
Lost bridge of the GBW
Title:  Lost bridge of the GBW
Description:  On the MN side of the river we are looking at the bridge the GBW used to get from WI to MN until the early 80s. The bridge was burned by vandals and eventually removed.
Photo Date:  1/15/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2017 9:44:49 AM
Location:  Winona, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  270   Comments: 0
CNW on the Dakota 400 route
Title:  CNW on the Dakota 400 route
Description:  This westbound train was leaving Winona heading for Rochester, MN and points west and beginning the climb out of the Mississippi River valley.
Photo Date:  1/15/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2017 9:46:13 AM
Location:  Minnesota City, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6271(SD40)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
CNW on the Dakota 400 route
Title:  CNW on the Dakota 400 route
Description:  This westbound train is swinging away from the Milwaukee Road mainline after leaving Winona, MN and will continue west towards Rochester and SD.
Photo Date:  1/15/1983  Upload Date: 12/5/2017 9:47:34 AM
Location:  Minnesota City, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6271(SD40) CNW 6829(SD40-2)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
Amtrak 8
Title:  Amtrak 8
Description:  Heading east on what is now main 1, Amtraks Empire Builder is at 79 mph as it heads to Hastings, MN
Photo Date:  8/1/1983  Upload Date: 12/28/2018 1:50:38 PM
Location:  Newport, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  80   Comments: 0
Amtrak 8
Title:  Amtrak 8
Description:  Empire Builder passing the old tower that was moved in about 1987 down the tracks about 1/2 mile, and is now a museum.
Photo Date:  8/1/1983  Upload Date: 12/28/2018 1:51:56 PM
Location:  Newport, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  70   Comments: 0
Old Boylston Junction eastbound
Title:  Old Boylston Junction eastbound
Description:  A BN freight is about 5 miles from its destination at Superior, WI as it passes the now abandoned junction with the Hinckley Sub.
Photo Date:  7/15/1984  Upload Date: 12/28/2018 2:08:01 PM
Location:  Boylston Junction, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 7827(SD40-2)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
Along the CBQ
Title:  Along the CBQ
Description:  One of BNs freight trains along the Mississippi River(not sure of direction) as the line was being upgraded in the mid 80s
Photo Date:  7/20/1984  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 12:38:39 PM
Location:  Hager City, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 7122(SD40-2)
Views:  229   Comments: 1
Eastbound on the CBQ
Title:  Eastbound on the CBQ
Description:  During the days of jointed rail and pole lines, the BN is heading east and alot of work is being done on the main line.
Photo Date:  7/20/1984  Upload Date: 6/5/2018 12:40:00 PM
Location:  Maiden Rock, WI
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Action
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Views:  118   Comments: 0


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