| 2004 NRHS Convention in the Twin Cities | |||
| Here is a collection of photos from the 2004 NRHS Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Tours were made of the Minnesota Transportation Museum and the old Twin Cities interruban and the new Minneapolis Hiawatha light rail system which had only been in operation one week. Milwaukee 261 & CP 2816 were the stars of the Convention, I chased the circle trip featuring the MILW 261 over the BNSF to La Crosse and back to St. Paul on the Minnesota side of the river via the CP. At Red Wing, MN., the CP 2816 was waiting for the MILW 261. Both trains posed for pictures, and then each left back for the Twin Cities. Back to back mainline steam moves on one RR in the same day in 2004? Yes! But the highlight was the ride the next day on the doubleheader where the 2 steamers teamed up for a ride on the CP side of the river to La Crosse and return-which I was lucky to have a ticket for. Like the Doobie Brothers sing, "Oh black water, keep on rolling, Mississippi moon wont you keep on shinin on me?" | |||
 BNSF 4177 |
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 UP 906 |
 UP 1241 |
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 TCRT 1300 |
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 TCRT 1300 |
 TCRT 1300 |
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 MTHL 101A |
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 CP 2816 |
 CP 2816 |
 CP 2816 |
 SLSF 19424 |
 DPEL 100 |
 GN 400 |
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 MILW 261 |
 MILW 261 |
 MILW 261 |
 CP 2816 |
 CP 2816 |
 MILW 261 |
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 MILW 261 |
 MILW 261 |
 MILW 261 |
 MILW 261 |
CP 2816 |
 CP 2816 |
 MILW 261 |
 MILW 261 |
 MILW 261 |
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MILW 261 |
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