CLOSING IN ON WESTMINSTER
Rolling upgrade on ex-Northern Pacific rails, this Rock Island transfer will pass under the Chicago & Northwestern’s Chicago mainline in a moment as photographed from the Lafayette Boulevard bridge just south of Westminster Junction in St. Paul, MN on 06-23-1973. Rock Island 256 leads, a product of General Electric in 1966. Ex-Union Pacific F9BM was acquired in early 1972 and this example lasted until December of 1974. Trailing was a trustworthy GP40 built in April 1970 which moved on to the Union Pacific in 1980.
CLOSING IN ON WESTMINSTER
Rolling upgrade on ex-Northern Pacific rails, this Rock Island transfer will pass under the Chicago & Northwestern’s Chicago mainline in a moment as photographed from the Lafayette Boulevard bridge just south of Westminster Junction in St. Paul, MN on 06-23-1973. Rock Island 256 leads, a product of General Electric in 1966. Ex-Union Pacific F9BM was acquired in early 1972 and this example lasted until December of 1974. Trailing was a trustworthy GP40 built in April 1970 which moved on to the Union Pacific in 1980.