1144-09 Eastbound BN coal train heads through Mpls GN Depot on track 6-1/2         
Date: 3/2/1978 Location: Minneapolis, MN   Map Show Minneapolis on a rail map Views: 1617 Collection Of:   The Slidebroker image by John Hill
Locomotives: BN 8000(SD40-2) BN 8002(SD40-2) BN 5350(U30C) BN 5340(U30C)    Author:  John Hill
1144-09 Eastbound BN coal train heads through Mpls GN Depot on track 6-1/2
Picture Categories: Station,Passenger,Action This picture is part of album:  1978 Twin Cities Metro
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Bernie Feltman General Very nice down-on view, John 11/5/2009 4:42:23 AM
Jacob Nelson General When the GN depot closed down, did frieght still go by? If so for how long? 6/12/2010 4:51:03 PM
The Slidebroker image by John Hill General Coal trains off the Wayzata line for Wisconsin continued through the depot closed in 1978. The last train sometime in 1980 was a local coal delivery to the UofM on the other side of Stone Arch Bridge. 6/12/2010 8:06:29 PM

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