Nostalgia & History > More C&NW Around Rochester, MN in the 1960s -- Walt Dunlop

1. Two C&NW ALCo RSs with a westbound Way Freight at Rochester, MN in Winter 1964.

2 and 3. C&NW ALCo rebuilt RS-3M 1613 leads a westbound freight at Rochester, MN in August 1972. She was re-engined and rebuilt due to a wreck.

 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/03/19 22:39 by MartyBernard.

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4. C&NW Plow and Flanger at Eyota, MN February 1, 1964.

5. C&NW RS-3 162 at Rochester, MN on May 22, 1963.  That's Milwaukee Road "Wisconsin" again to the right.

6. C&NW Way Freight, Spring 1966.

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard

 



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/03/19 22:39 by MartyBernard.

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outstanding, thank you for sharing.
JC

As usual, lots to appreciate in these shots. Interesting grade crossing signal in #1, with a rotating stop sign. Thanks for sharing.

In pic #4, what is a flanger car and what would that car have been orginally?  Never seen such before.  Might model it.

King_Coal Wrote:
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> As usual, lots to appreciate in these shots.
> Interesting grade crossing signal in #1, with a
> rotating stop sign. Thanks for sharing.

The "Rotating Banner Railroad Crossing Signal" was
a product of Griswold Railway Signal Company of
Minnepolis.  There were many of these installed by
C&NW on the line from Winona to Mankato after
the commencement of "400" service in 1936.  The
signals in Lewiston sat in the middle of the street on
raised diamond shaped islands each with two
four sided red markers that warned motorists of
the impact potential.   The agent at Lewiston had
to manually turn on the signal island lights at dusk
and turn them off at dawn.  He was paid fifty cents
extra to do this, night and morning.  Prior to the
automatic Griswold signals, he had to protect the
crossing by going to the middle of Fremont Street
holding a yellow hand held STOP sign where he
remained until the "400" had passed 

Thanks, Marty for sharing more of these Walt Dunlap treasures.

Thanks for posting, Marty.  

When I lived on the"Alco Line" In Pierre, SD, from 1966 to 1969, 1613 and it's brother 1624 along with RS36, I think, 405
were the regulars on the Huron-Pierre legs of 495, the train shown here, and 482.  It was after I moved to the Black Hills
in 1969 that those two rebuilds started to stray off that assignment.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA