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Scenes
of Winter
Minnesota
and Other areas
Winter
scenes lend a special effect. The
pictures were taken both in Minnesota as well as
some railroad pictures in Illinois and
Wisconsin. As more pictures are taken in
Minnesota the page will expand accordingly
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A surprise 13
inch very wet snow storm hit the Chicago area on 2 April
1975. The following morning the westbound Chicago to
Minneapolis Hiawatha came through Deerfield, Illinois
complete with an ex-Wabash dome lounge observation car
partly covered with the snow blowing
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The front view
of the same train lead by unit 575 speeding by the
Deerfield, Illinois station. Notice the snow.
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Former Great
Northern observation car brings up the rear of the westbound
Hiawatha at Wauautosa, Wisconsin on a cold December, 1974
day.
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On a cold
winter day in January, 1973 the eastbound Abe Lincoln with
former Kansas City Zephyr dome observation enters Chicago
Union Station.
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Three BN E
units sit in an otherwise empty 14th Street Yard in
Chicago. January, 1972
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The City of
San Francisco is just west of Reno heading towards the
Sierras and a lot more snow in this April, 1970 shot.
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Because
of a derailment between A-20 and A-5 towers the eastbound
Turbo is approaching the cutoff to use the CNW tracks to
Bensenville. |
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Train
orders being handed up to that same Turbo to allow it to use
the CNW tracks at Shermer |
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After
getting the orders the rear of the Turbo is seen heading up
the cutoff to join the CNW rails. |
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east and westbound Turbos prepare to pass each other at the
former Lake Forest station on a cold winter day. |
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The
same eastbound Turbo at Lake Forest, Illinois. Notice
the snow kicked up by the westbound that is blocked by the
eastbound train. |
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Yet
another chance to see the westbound Abe Lincoln passing the
station at Golf, Illinois, just south of Glenview with a
Milwaukee Road E Unit still in its original colors. |
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The westbound
evening Turbo departs from the Glenview station in this
night exposure in 1980.
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The eastbound
Morning Hiawatha speeds by Tower A-20 in this 1969 winter
shot. By this time the tower had been converted to
electric switches instead of the Armstrong system.
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The dull black
paint scheme of the Penn Central E-7 units contrast with the
snow at the south throat of Chicago's Union
Station. Feb. 72.
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scene at a park and lagoon in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. |
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A
winter scene on a lake in Minnetonka. See the same lake
in the fall picture page. |
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A
partly hidden view of the same lake off Shady Oak Drive in
Minnetonka taken 24 December, 2005 |
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Winter
path at the park by Shady Oak Road in Minnetonka after some
snow. |
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There
won't be anyone using that picnic table today! Same park
by Shady Oak in Minnetonka. |
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A
nice rolling hill for sledding at the same park.
December, 2005 |
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small footbridge over part of a lake near Silver Lake Road in
December, 2005. |
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An almost
bleak winter scene at Silver Lake near Brighton Park,
Minnesota. December, 2005
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Two
majestic covered pine trees at Silver Lake Park after a snow
storm in December, 2005. |
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Another
view of the pond in Columbia Heights near 42nd and
Fillmore. December, 2005 |
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The
west side of the same pond. Compare with a similar
picture taken during the Fall Colors. |
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A
path running along the pond near 42nd and Fillmore in Columbia
Heights. December, 2005. |
