Nostalgia & History > mFile: NP 4-6-2 #2246 yard scene 8/57?

from my mystery File: date says 8/57, no location, no photographer noted ....

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Whatever the place (Minneapolis-St.Paul?), that is one smart little engine.

Was there any rhyme or reason why some NP locos were trimmed out in white, and others in yellow and white, as we see here. Was the latter a freight thing; a development late in the steam era?

EO
Closet NP fan

 

It looks like Wayne C. Olsen was around the area. 
​The area was Rices Point Roundhouse in Duluth, MN.  I hope other TO members can confirm it.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/16 09:22 by ClipX.

Well whereever it is, it must be a joint use facility - note the Milwaukee Road freight "F".....

Bob

ATSF100WEST......Out

ClipX Wrote:
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> It looks like Wayne C. Olsen was around the
> area. 
> ​The area was Rices Point Roundhouse in Duluth,
> MN.  I hope other TO members can confirm it.

I agree with the location of this shot.  The only place NP and MILW gathered 
together was at Rices Point in Duluth.  That B unit in the left side of the shot
is clearly the first MILW paint scheme.  

Cool photo, Vince, thanks for posting.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

I drove by there yesterday, southbound on Hwy I-35.  It's just SW of Rices Point, and the smokestake is still there!

-John