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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1978 - 12/31/1996
Album Info:CNW operations, including commuters, prior to UP takeover.
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Off to the power plant
Title:  Off to the power plant
Description:  A westbound coal train starts out of Mankato yard for the Twin Cities.
Photo Date:  6/23/1987  Upload Date: 5/11/2015 4:10:04 AM
Location:  Mankato, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 7016(SD50) CNW 8038(SD60) UP 2497(C30-7)
Views:  429   Comments: 0
Back to the mines
Title:  Back to the mines
Description:  An empty coal train starts out of Mankato yard headed for the coal mines in Wyoming for more black diamonds. The power set, an SD 50/60 combination, seemed to be standard.
Photo Date:  6/23/1987  Upload Date: 5/11/2015 4:13:51 AM
Location:  Mankato, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 8002(SD60) CNW 7034(SD50)
Views:  587   Comments: 2
GP 7s
Title:  GP 7s
Description:  This pair of GP 7s was working its way back home after taking a transfer across town. Still a lot of these running in the late 80s.
Photo Date:  6/23/1987  Upload Date: 5/15/2015 4:03:32 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  87   Comments: 0
Local with classic power
Title:  Local with classic power
Description:  A GP 7 rolls a short freight in the Midway area of Minneapolis.
Photo Date:  6/24/1987  Upload Date: 5/11/2015 3:59:40 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 4439(GP7)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
High and wide
Title:  High and wide
Description:  This dimensional train was pulling up at East Minneapolis behind a GP 40.
Photo Date:  6/24/1987  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 4:26:31 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 5505(GP40)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
Empties back west
Title:  Empties back west
Description:  A 109 car empty coal train makes its way through the SPUD area as it picks its way through St Paul to get on the Omaha Road line to Mankato and eventually UP for a trip back to Wyoming mines. Power is typical SD 50s.
Photo Date:  6/24/1987  Upload Date: 5/15/2015 3:56:23 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CNW 7011(SD50) CNW 7021(SD50)
Views:  299   Comments: 0


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