Category: Minnesota Transportation Museum
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The Sad Saga of Northern Pacific 2156
In 1909 the Northern Pacific railroad obtained several Baldwin ‘Q-3’ 4-6-2 Pacific locomotives for use on passenger lines west of the Twin Cities. Four of the series survive today. Two of them (2153 and 2156) are owned by the Minnesota Transportation Museum and stored at the Jackson Street Roundhouse in St Paul Minnesota. Neither is…
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I’ve Been Working on the Railroad …
All my live long days For a couple of weekends I’ve been working on the railroad Just to pass the time away Beause I thought it would be interesting & fun A couple weeks ago I sent an e-mail to the local railroad museum suggesting that I was interested in volunteering and wasn’t averse to…
Michael Janke 