I took this photo in St. Paul, MN on June 14, 1964 near SPUD. The train was the Twin Star Rocket running between the North Star State and the Lone Star State. 652 is an E8A built in 1952 and the B-unit was an E7B.
652 was nicknamed "The turkey engine" in the mid sixties after cutting a reefer truck of frozen turkeys in two South of Fairibaut, MN. To quote the engineer Leo, "we counted 16 frozen turkeys in the cab and they came thru the windshield like cannonballs". He was cut by flying glass somewhat.
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I took this photo in St. Paul, MN on June 14, 1964 near SPUD. The train was the Twin Star Rocket running between the North Star State and the Lone Star State. 652 is an E8A built in 1952 and the B-unit was an E7B.
652 was nicknamed "The turkey engine" in the mid sixties after cutting a reefer truck of frozen turkeys in two South of Fairibaut, MN. To quote the engineer Leo, "we counted 16 frozen turkeys in the cab and they came thru the windshield like cannonballs". He was cut by flying glass somewhat.
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