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GN SDP40 #325 - Osceola & St Croix Valley Rwy |
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This meticulous looking locomotive served as our power unit on the fall color tourist train on the Osceola & St Croix Valley Rwy. Originally built as Great Northern SDP40 #325 in May of 1966, it was only one of 20 ever built - 6 went to the Great Northern (320-325) while 14 went to the Nacionales de Mexico (8522-8535). Like many GN units, GN #325 went down the BN-BNSF roster with many renumberings including a special bicentennial #1976 until it was eventually donated to the Minnesota Transportation Museum in St Paul, MN. The Museum restored it to the Great Northern color scheme as number 325 although technically its reporting mark is MNTX 325. Our trip even included a "run-by" as it switched switched ends of the train for the return trip. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2023 Upload Date: 11/15/2024 10:01:42 PM |
| Location: |
Osceola, WI |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) GN 325(SDP40) |
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| Title: |
GN SDP40 #325 - Osceola & St Croix Valley Rwy |
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The boxy look is a unique style that was not evident in many EMD units. Since only 20 of the SDP40 untis were built, it's no surprsie that this style did not pass down the EMD models. |
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10/15/2023 Upload Date: 11/15/2024 10:01:47 PM |
| Location: |
Osceola, WI |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN 325(SDP40) GN 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) |
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31 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN SDP40 #325 - Osceola & St Croix Valley Rwy |
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After crossing the St Croix River and going a short distance into the Willima O'Brien State Park in Minnesota, GN/MNTX #325 did a run-by as it switched ends of the train for the return trip. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2023 Upload Date: 11/15/2024 10:01:50 PM |
| Location: |
Osceola, WI |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN 325(SDP40) GN 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) |
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27 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN SDP40 #325 - Osceola & St Croix Valley Rwy |
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The froemd;conductor waved a hello as he passed by me while the were changing ends of the train for the return trip back to the Osceola depot. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2023 Upload Date: 11/15/2024 10:01:57 PM |
| Location: |
Osceola, WI |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) GN 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) |
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23 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN SDP40 #325 - Osceola & St Croix Valley Rwy |
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The boxy nose of the long end of GN/MNTX #325 passed by my sight on its way to end other end of the train for the return trip back to the Oxceola depot. This gave me a close up view of the remarkable paint job that the Minnesota Transportation Museum did on the loco. It is quite a unique unit! |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2023 Upload Date: 11/15/2024 10:02:03 PM |
| Location: |
Osceola, WI |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) GN 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) |
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18 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GN SDP40 #325 - Osceola & St Croix Valley Rwy |
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Having just set the switch for the loco to move forward to again couple with the end of the train, the conductor calls on his radio to the engineer who will be leading with the short end of the unit back to the Osceola depot. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2023 Upload Date: 11/15/2024 10:02:09 PM |
| Location: |
Osceola, WI |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GN 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) GN 325(SDP40) MNTX 325(SDP40) |
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31 Comments: 2 |
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