Steam & Excursion > Duluth Railfan Weekend 2009

Just got back from Railfan Weekend in Duluth, and it was one of the best ever. Steve Glischinski, the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, the Soo Line Historical & Technical Society, and the Great Northern Railway Historical Society combined efforts to make this one of the most memorable events of the year. It also marked the debut of DSS&A RS-1 101, which has been restored over the past year to its 1960s yellow and green color scheme. The unit is owned by the Soo Line group and stored/operated at LSRM. Even the weather was good!

1. DSS&A 101 shows off her fresh paint at Tom's Logging Camp.

2. Night photos of DSS&A 101 in Duluth - lighting by Guss, Smeds, and Terry

3. DSS&A 101 performs a photo runby at Palmers. The LSRM arranged to borrow the ore cars from the CN.



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4. DSS&A 101 runs through the fog at Palmers looking very much like Michigan's Upper Peninsula, were it ran in regular service.

5. Vertical show of DSS&A 101 in the fog at Tom's Logging Camp.

6. DSS&A 101 switching the train around at Palmers



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7. DSS&A 101 crossing the Big Sucker River at Palmers

8. DSS&A 101 rolls across a rural grade crossing near Knife River

9. At the end of the day, DSS&A 101 is pouring out the smoke as it nears Duluth



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10. DSS&A 101 crossing the French River Bridge near Duluth

11. GN 400, the prototype SD45 named "Hustle Muscle," was the other featured performer at Railfan Weekend. Here it is at French River.

12. GN 400 looking GREAT at Palmers.



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13. Great Northern 400 crossing the Big Sucker River bridge at Palmers.

14. GN 400 crossing over the Little Sucker River bridge in mid-morning fog.

15. GN 400 pulls a north woods streamliner past Tom's Logging Camp.



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Very very nice. Looks like it was a great weekend. Nice photo work. Thanks for sharing.

Tom

Sweet shots - looks like you lucked out with the weather too.
Maybe next year, Hustle Muscle with freight!

/Mitch

Nice shots of 101,and really sweep shots of that SD45 whole train looks good especially on the trestles. Beautiful country! Thanks for sharing. Shayno6!!

Roger L. Routzon
Medina, OH

Great job! Awesome subjects, awesome shots. I personally like no. 4, what a classic UP (Upper Peninsula) - type view. I would have loved to be up there, but just couldn't swing it. --- --- - --- JLH

Sorry, Mitch, but no Huscle Muscle next year...she'll be back in St. Paul by then at the Minnesota Transportation Museum. However, there IS a Northern Pacific SD45 in the works...

Where does the fire go?

Wow, the 400 and train could almost be GN 358 out of Seattle on a summer morning in 1967! Neat to see she's got her old-style Pyle Gyralight beacon back (I couldn't talk GNRHS into letting me get them the proper Leslie S-3K--said they had to have documented proof). Fine job, and my appreciation to all who have made this beautiful locomotive's preservation possible. Thanks for showing the pix--Kurt.