GN crossing M&StL         
Date: 2/28/2006 Location: Hopkins, MN   Map Show Hopkins on a rail map Views: 1669 Collection Of:   Vern Wigfield
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GN crossing M&StL
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Andy Shireman General This GN spur to Hopkins is the remnant of the line that once went out to St. Bonifacius and ultimately to Hutchinson. 11/10/2007 9:14:13 PM
Andy Shireman General The line from St. Boni to Excelsior was abandoned around 1900. and the line from Excelsior to Hopkins was acquired by TCRT and operated until 1932. 11/10/2007 9:15:10 PM
Andy Shireman General TCRT acquired the property in 1905 along with the Milwaukee Road branch from Hopkins to Deephaven on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. 11/10/2007 9:15:58 PM
Freightcar "1" General Neat, electrically locked ABS smashboards. 2/4/2008 9:34:43 PM
Eric Davis General This is not a smashboard signal. It's a gate...a smashboard is attached to a signal prior to the interlocking... 1/23/2009 11:10:57 AM

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