Jim, I recognize that spot from my days riding my chrome-fendered Hawthorne bicycle in search of trains. That train is not very fara out of the GN station, just minutes. You can see the tracks curving into the station even in this photo. I have ridden my bicycle to the vantage point from which the photographer took the photo. It's been so long since I've been up--or would it be "down"--in that part of the city that I cannot name the street, but it is in the warehouse district. The Washington-Plymouth-Minnehaha streetcar line, crossing Hennepin Avenue and headed down Washington toward Broadway--did not operate far from that street which parallels Washington Avenue. It would be one or two blocks beyond Washington toward the CGW freight station and the GN depot. Man, does that bring back memories. I'm not sure when the train became a mixed, perhaps many years before that. I think it possible that on some days the NW-5 had little to lug all the way to Hutchinson besides the combine. What a fool I was not to take that train. It rain daily except Sunday, and I wouldn't be surprised if on Saturday, the NW unit and the combine were the consist.
Thanks for that photo. Wow! What a memory! Tom ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of raisinone [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 6:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Sunday Tom: It's in the photos section, not files. See if this link works... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/recent/286035480/view It would be cool on a trip to the Twin Cities to find this same spot! Jim Kindraka --- In [email protected], Thomas Baker <bakert@...> wrote: > > Ken, > > I looked through the photo and the files section but could not find any > reference to the Minneapolis-Hutachinson mixed train. Can you give me a clue? > > Tom > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of mhrywest > [mhry19@...] > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 4:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: {S-Scale List} Sunday > > Jim and Tom, In the MHRY west folder I posted a photo of the Hutch local from > 1953. It is taken right after leaving the Depot in Minneapolis at a spot > referred to as "Hole in the Wall" > Also to you point about old maps, I have many maps that were created by the > railroads themselves, these are great to find things in the cities here. > Outstate, it is a bit more of a problem, here in Minnesota, the University > has a huge aerial map library online that I can access. Generally there are > some maps from the 30's more from the 50's, 60's and 70's. > I am using the concept of "hole in the wall" as part of my railroad. It will > provide access from hidden trackage to the layout, bringing interchange > transfers into the operation. > Yesterday, I repaired a couple of turnouts that needed to be fixed and juiced > all of the frogs in Centralsota. Boy is that neat, I can crawl through every > inch of the trackwork, nary a burble over any part of the turnouts. These > are all controlled by Caboose Hobby ground throws so now I have absolute > power routing. > > Ken > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
