1250-32 MILW right-of-way near depot
See cropped version of this photo looking at CGW connection in distance. http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2407518
Date:
10/1/1982
Location:
Red Wing, MN
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The Slidebroker image by John Hill
Author:
John Hill
Picture Categories: Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
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1982 Outstate Minnesota
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Frederick Wolter
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Wow, I had no idea that the CGW track going up the hill was still in place in '82.
2/12/2011 2:23:39 PM
The Slidebroker image by John Hill
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Reading posts from railfan lists like TwinCityRails tells me the CGW mainline between Red Wing & Cannon Falls had been out of service for several years prior to 1982, but the C&NW continued to switch their local Red Wing industries via MILW trackage rights access. The mainline abandonment was officially approved in 1982. I don't know when that ramped interchange track finally got removed though.
2/12/2011 3:06:49 PM
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