CNW 1587 at 7th Ave North
Date:
2/28/2006
Location:
Hopkins, MN
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Vern Wigfield
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CNW 1587(GP7)
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M&StL/C&NW
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Stephen Gose
General
nice shot of the old west end line in Hopkins. Ahhh the old stomping grounds.....
3/1/2006 1:34:52 PM
Andy Shireman
General
This is the old Chicago & North Western Morton Subdivision that ran from the junction with the main at Hopkins out through Excelsior, Waconia, and Morton to Hanley Falls and eventually Watertown, SD.
11/10/2007 9:09:35 PM
Andy Shireman
General
The last train ran through here on this track in late June 1980 and was ripped up in the summer of 1981.
11/10/2007 9:10:00 PM
Andy Shireman
General
Now it is owned by Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority.
11/10/2007 9:10:20 PM
Andy Shireman
General
Actually, I was wrong in my first post. The Morton Sub ran from Hopkins to Morton, MN through Excelsior, Waconia, Norwood, and Winthrop. The line west of Morton to Watertown, SD was the Watertown Subdivision of the C&NW.
11/10/2007 9:11:36 PM
Andy Shireman
General
I ride my bike through here quite often on the old right-of-way.
11/10/2007 9:12:12 PM
Andy Shireman
General
And I did some trail maintenance along it when I worked for the City Works from 2003 until 2007.
11/10/2007 9:12:37 PM
Andy Shireman
General
Passenger service ended on this line between St. Paul and Watertown, SD on July 22, 1960.
11/10/2007 9:13:08 PM
al hennen
General
after tracks got ripped up now it's a bike trail, nice riding on the old railroad line
8/2/2017 11:36:29 PM
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