1373-15 NP 328 "Renaissance Festival" excursion

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Andy Shireman	General	TCWR ripped up the right track around 1991 or 1992 and severed it as far east as Dominick Drive in Minnetonka. The CTC signals were dismantled between 1991 and 1995 after the coal trains from Colstrip, MT to Portage, WI stopped running through here with BN/MILW power.	1/18/2008 7:32:58 PM

Andy Shireman	General	Tower E-14 was the official end of the double track. Everything east of this location to Chicago was double tracked. It used to be double tracked as far west as Aberdeen, SD.	1/22/2008 12:33:37 AM

Andy Shireman	General	I also notice that the Crosstown bridge wasn't constructed yet, but there was a pair of griswalds on the Ortonville Sub in the distance, marking the location where W. 62nd Street crossed at grade.	1/23/2008 3:29:00 PM

Andy Shireman	General	**correction to my first post...I was referring to the siding track. That siding was severed from the switch that you see in the picture at the Tower E-14...about a mile or so to just west of the Dominck Drive crossing in Minnetonka. I bet TCWR wishes they hadn't done that as today they are assembling monster DDG and ethanol trains to be picked up by UP and BNSF power, respectively.	9/11/2008 7:28:57 PM

1373-15 NP 328 "Renaissance Festival" excursion
Crossing MILW Road Ortonville Sub. at tower E-14
Date: 8/1/1985	Location: Eden Prairie, MN	Views: 686	Collection Of: The Slidebroker image by John Hill
Locomotives: NP 328(4-6-0)			Author: John Hill

Picture Categories: Steam,Passenger,Action		This picture is part of album: 1985 NP 328 "Renaissance Festival# excursion