Soo Lineの蒸機とＧＮの客車

　ご無沙汰してしまいました。

　ＯｒｅＲａｉｌから、動態保存蒸気機関車の運転の写真が大量に届きました。場所は、ミネソタ州ツーハーバー付近です。
　牽引機は、Ｓｏｏ　ＬｉｎｅのパシフィックＮｏ．２７１９。牽かれているのが、エンパイアビルダー塗装の客車たちです。一番後ろは、ＤＭＩＲの展望車、Ｎｏｒｔｈｌａｎｄです。
　こんな編成を今も走らせられるなんて、やっぱりアメリカはうらやましいですねぇ。

以下、ＯｒｅＲａｉｌより転載します。
Wow! What a good morning to chase a steam engine. The weather was hit and miss all the way up, with strong northwest winds that put a bite in the air yet made for some good steam photos. I will be brief with my captions, so here it goes.

On the south side of I35 running along Railroad Street.

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Climbing upgrade at 21st Ave East.

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I hustled out to 54th Ave East. As a matter of info Frank King shot DM&IR Pacific 1107 on a northbound train back in the 1950's, that photo has been published in both his Missabe books.

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Hustling again out to 62nd Ave East.

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At MP 12 or better known as Clifton. The crest of a long grade.

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Rounding the curve east of the Big Sucker River.

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Whoops! A bit of rain at Knife River made the rails slippery, and the 2719 spun like crazy.

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Engineer Bob Oswald got the spinning under control.

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No sucker hole here just rain at MP 22.

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Rolling upgrade by Two Harbors Jct.

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Going away, Dan Mackey is hanging off the side ready to hop off at the switch that will line them into the depot.

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The Northland was on the rear hosting a group.

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The rear platform of the Northland as they shove to the depot.

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A broadside of the 2719, notice the clouds. Mr Oswald is throwing me a salute.

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Tom Gannon, curator for the LSRM, watches the water level in the boiler come up after opening up the injector.

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Dan Mackey, one of the firemen on the trip. He's wearing the proper hat for the occasion.

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The old and the older at Two Harbors.

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Rods down roster shot.

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One last shot of the whole train.

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Whew!

Kent Rengo
Duluth, MN