Tag: Minnesota
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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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We’re not in Kansas anymore
Or Nebraska, or Iowa… After being thoroughly depressed by the story of the Sand Creek Massacre, we headed east-northeast through Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Along the way we hit a few wildlife refuges – Kerwin National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas, DeSoto NWR in Iowa, and the Touch the Sky Prairie unit of the Northern Tallgrass…
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You know you are in Ely when …
The twenty-six mile marathon is also a twenty-six mile portage. Ely Minnesota is a gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, where outfitting and guiding is a significant contribution to the local economy. It makes sense then, that the annual Ely Marathon has a ‘Portage’ class where runners portage their canoes (I. E. run…
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Revisiting the BWCA, Minnesota’s Wilderness
Minnesota is home to a million-acre tract of undeveloped, protected wilderness area called the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It’s located along 150 miles of the US-Canada border, adjacent to the even more-remote Quetico wilderness area in Canada. Travel is by canoe, portaging between lakes & camping in designated lakeside campsites. The BWCA is a…
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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…
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Falling for Fall…
… colors. Westward we go, but this time we’re leaning a bit towards the north of west, rather than south of west. We left a yesterday after replacing the psycho-random refrigerator thermostat, and will be back home in time for various appointments. Our target is the North Dakota Badlands & Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The…
Michael Janke 