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By:Rick Morgan
Dates:1/1/1968 - 1/12/1970
Album Info:The late '60s; I was a budding railfan and begged my parents for a camera. I got an Instamatic; and shot B&W and my first slides of GN, NP and a very young BN. Please forgive the quality of the shots- I think I improved with age....
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12-year Old With a Camera
Title:  12-year Old With a Camera
Description:  The only reason to post this shot is that it's from the first roll of film and the first day I ever shot a picture of a railroad subject. The camera was the ultimate simple, point-and-shoot of its day, a Kodak 126 Instamatic with its drop-in film cartridge and practically no exposure control. The train is NP's no.13, which met the Mainstreeter in Fargo ND and then ran north across the wilds of Minnesota and North Dakota to Winnipeg Manitoba. The temp is near zero and the location is the tiny farm town of Mekinock ND, roughly 14 miles west of Grand Forks. Budd RDC B32, a former WP Zephyrette, has the job today. The train will last only until the spring of 1969; the Budd car would end up with Amtrak. The tracks were pulled up by BN in 1983.
Photo Date:  2/5/1968  Upload Date: 7/18/2009 12:12:45 PM
Location:  Mekinock, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Winter,Station
Locomotives:  NP B-32(RDC2)
Views:  1091   Comments: 2
NP station, East Grand Forks MN
Title:  NP station, East Grand Forks MN
Description:  It's a DARK day in EGF MN; this is the NP station in town, a simple 2-story brick affair. The NP had a yard and roundhouse nearby as well.
Photo Date:  1/15/1970  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 8:22:48 PM
Location:  East Grand Forks, MN
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Station
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Views:  517   Comments: 1
Inside the GFND Roundhouse
Title:  Inside the GFND Roundhouse
Description:  1970, and I talked my way into the BN roundhouse in Grand Forks ND. the shots I made with my Instamatic (126) camera weren't that good- but the memories are forever. This is GN SD7 570, in Big Sky Blue.
Photo Date:  2/1/1970  Upload Date: 7/4/2013 5:39:04 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  GN 570(SD7)
Views:  633   Comments: 0
GN F3A 275B
Title:  GN F3A 275B
Description:  Great Northern F3A 275B waits for a signal near the depot in downtown Grand Forks in Feb 1970 with two other covered wagons and a caboosd; it's headed to the east towards Minnesota. This unit was built for passenger service and downgraded to freight duty by GN in 1969; it became BN 614 and was retired in June 1971. Scanied from an Instamatic print.
Photo Date:  2/5/1970  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 10:06:58 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  GN 275B(F3A)
Views:  1443   Comments: 0
GN E7A 511
Title:  GN E7A 511
Description:  In Feb 1;70 the GN shortened its overnight Minneapolis to Manitoba "Winnipeg Limited" to a daylight train from Grand Forks north, with connections provided by the Western Star. Power was typically a single E7A and arrival from Canada was scheduled for 1100 daily. Here GN 511, fresh off what was now called the "Winnipeg Connection" sits near the depot at Grand Forks in Feb 1970 after having been cut off irom its train. A hostler will soon take it to the roundhouse, located about a mile further west. Scanned from an Instamatic print.
Photo Date:  2/5/1970  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 10:07:21 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  GN 511(E7A)
Views:  1130   Comments: 0
GN NW5 189
Title:  GN NW5 189
Description:  It's a month after the BN merger and GN NW5 189 has already lost its "Big G" herald but has yet to be renumbered. It's shown sitting next to the Grand Forks roundhouse. Scanned from an Instamatic print.
Photo Date:  2/5/1970  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 10:07:48 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  GN 189(NW5)
Views:  1226   Comments: 0
The Western Star arrives at Grand Forks depot
Title:  The Western Star arrives at Grand Forks depot
Description:  GN train 28, the eastbound Western Star, arrives at Grand Forks devot on 5 Feb 1970; if on schedule it's about 1110 in GFND. The Star is led by an SDP45 and two F-units, which were pretty much normal power east of Havre Montana at this time. Once-the BN merger was consumated Burlington Route E-units became standard through here, usually with an ex-GN F3 or F7B in the middle. The train has come from Seattle and, when done at the downtown depot, will back"out just over 2.5 miles to the wye at PA Jct before turning south and heading for Fargo, Minneapolis and points east. Scanned from an Instamatic print.
Photo Date:  2/5/1970  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 10:08:10 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  GN 330(SDP45)
Views:  1843   Comments: 2
NP caboose 10018
Title:  NP caboose 10018
Description:  A classic NP caboose- 10018 was built by the road in its Brainerd MN shops in 1951; it became BN 11350.
Photo Date:  2/5/1970  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 8:20:44 PM
Location:  East Grand Forks, MN
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  586   Comments: 0
GN F7A 309C
Title:  GN F7A 309C
Description:  GN "Big Sky Blue" F7A 309C is the third unit in a cab hop headed east into Minnesota.
Photo Date:  2/5/1970  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 8:23:46 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  GN 309C(F7A)
Views:  843   Comments: 0
GN caboose X-153
Title:  GN caboose X-153
Description:  GN blue caboose X-153 sits as part of a cab hop headed into Minnesota in Feb 1970; built in 9/69, it would become BN 10073.
Photo Date:  2/5/1970  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 8:24:19 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  717   Comments: 0
GN Russell Plw X1521
Title:  GN Russell Plw X1521
Description:  Great Northern Russell Plow X1521 sits on a spur in Grand Forks ND in Feb 1970
Photo Date:  2/5/1970  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 8:24:33 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  281   Comments: 0
GN plow X7500
Title:  GN plow X7500
Description:  GN plow X7500 sits at Grand Forks ND in Feb 1970, obviouslly unconcerned with the puny amount of snow around it.
Photo Date:  2/5/1970  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 8:24:42 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  471   Comments: 0
GN MOW car 03018
Title:  GN MOW car 03018
Description:  GN MOW car 03018 sits at GFND in 2/70; although the title states it belongs to the Minot Division, it's actually on the Dakota Division.
Photo Date:  2/5/1970  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 8:24:57 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  246   Comments: 1
Cold Day In East Grand Forks
Title:  Cold Day In East Grand Forks
Description:  NP Alco RS11 914 takes a spin on the turntable at the East Grand Forks roundhouse in February 1970, only a few weeks before the BN merger. At this time the road ran a daily train to Winnipeg from here behind 2 to 3 GP9s or RS11s. A trio of GP9s sit to the left. Scanned from a 126 print.
Photo Date:  2/12/1970  Upload Date: 9/2/2012 3:17:40 PM
Location:  East Grand Forks, MN
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NP 914(RS11)
Views:  745   Comments: 0
Moving Power in GFND
Title:  Moving Power in GFND
Description:  April 1970- a month after the BN merger and a set of power moves to their train from the Grand Forks roundhouse. GN GP20 2010 leads F7A 307A and another F-unit. My buddy Jeff sits to the right- about the only other guy at South Junior High School that seemed to have an interest in trains. Scanned from an Instamatic print.
Photo Date:  4/12/1970  Upload Date: 7/4/2013 5:38:48 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  746   Comments: 0
Grand Forks RoundVouse
Title:  Grand Forks RoundVouse
Description:  BN's former GN roundhouse and shop is shown in April 1970, only a month after the merger. An NW5 and F7A are visible. This view looks to the east. Scanned from an Instamatic#print.
Photo Date:  4/15/1970  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 10:07:58 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  1055   Comments: 0
Grand Forks Depot
Title:  Grand Forks Depot
Description:  GN's impressive stone depot in downtown Grand Forks ND in May 1970. Not a great shot- but the building still stands, although not used by the railroad now. At this time it still saw four trains a day on the still new BN. Scanned from an Instamatic (126) print.
Photo Date:  5/1/1970  Upload Date: 7/4/2013 5:38:28 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  300   Comments: 0
NP Alco at Fargo
Title:  NP Alco at Fargo
Description:  Memorial Day, 1970; my older brother Mark and I rode the BN's Western Star to Fargo and hiked around town in a steady drizzle to find trains to shoot. This S2, the first Alco switcher I'd ever seen, was sitting by the former NP depot. Scanned from an Instamatic (126) print.
Photo Date:  5/30/1970  Upload Date: 7/4/2013 5:38:00 PM
Location:  Fargo, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NP 706(S2)
Views:  804   Comments: 2
BN F7A 626
Title:  BN F7A 626
Description:  BN F7A 626, the former GN 308C, was shot only a few months after the road's formation. It's off a train and heading for the Grand Forks roundhouse on a July afternoon. Scanned from an Instamatic (126) slide.
Photo Date:  6/15/1970  Upload Date: 6/21/2013 9:17:41 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 626(F7A)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
BN: The first year
Title:  BN: The first year
Description:  A BN train comes to a stop in Grand Forks Yard from the west behind former GN F7A, GN F7B, NP F9B, GN GP7. Up to the BN merger Grand Forks was a largely first generation EMD town with GP20s and occasional U25Bs, GP30s and 35s thrown in. The merger added NP power to the mix and even big six axle units on coal trains. Scanned from an Instamatic (126) slide
Photo Date:  6/15/1970  Upload Date: 1/22/2008 10:02:50 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
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Views:  710   Comments: 1
BN Western Star arriving
Title:  BN Western Star arriving
Description:  BN train 27, the Chicago to Seattle Western Star, arrives GFND behind an E9/F7B/E8 set of power. This view looks to the west from the depot platform; the roundhouse is about a mile down the tracks. Note the ex GN E7A sitting to the left, which had cut off from the Winnipeg train and would soon head for the barn. Scanned from an Instamatic (126) slide
Photo Date:  6/15/1970  Upload Date: 1/22/2008 10:03:01 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 9983(E9A)
Views:  953   Comments: 4
BN train 48
Title:  BN train 48
Description:  Former GN E7A 9907 brings BN train 48, the former Winnipeg LTD into Grand Forks. The train has three cars in different paint; the third one is a former Frisco coach. This view looks east from the station platform. Scanned from an Instamatic (126) slide.
Photo Date:  6/15/1970  Upload Date: 1/22/2008 10:03:22 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
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Views:  660   Comments: 0
East Grand Forks MN Roundhouse
Title:  East Grand Forks MN Roundhouse
Description:  The former-NP six-stall roundhouse at East Grand Forks MN. BN quickly closed the facility after the March 1970 merger and moved all engine activity across the river to the much larger ex-GN operation. The area has since been completely redeveloped into a professional park along Demers Blvd. Scanned from an Instamatic print.
Photo Date:  7/12/1970  Upload Date: 9/2/2012 3:17:57 PM
Location:  East Grand Forks, MN
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  850   Comments: 0
BN 451
Title:  BN 451
Description:  BN NW2 451 works the yard in Grand Forks ND only four months after the road's formation. It was delivered in 1939 as 5303, the Big G's second NW2 and later wore the number 103. It would serve with the BN until retired in 1982. Scanned from an Instamatic (126) slide.
Photo Date:  7/15/1970  Upload Date: 5/15/2008 9:32:17 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BN 451(NW2)
Views:  989   Comments: 0
GN NW5 193
Title:  GN NW5 193
Description:  At the time of BN's formation you could usually count on seeing several of their ten rare GN NW5s at Grand Forks, ND. Here GN 193 taxis by with an MOW train. It has yet to receive its BN number of 993; it would survive on the BN through 1982. Scanned from a 126 (Instamatic) slide.
Photo Date:  7/15/1970  Upload Date: 5/15/2008 9:32:37 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  GN 193(NW5)
Views:  1971   Comments: 3
BN GP7 1529
Title:  BN GP7 1529
Description:  BN GP7 1529, the ex GN 629, sits next to a former NP F9A at Grand Forks during the road's first summer. The unit still wears its original paint scheme and would only last until wrecked in 1973. Scanned from an Instamatic (126) slide.
Photo Date:  7/15/1970  Upload Date: 5/15/2008 9:32:28 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 1529(GP7)
Views:  1067   Comments: 0
BN GP7 1544
Title:  BN GP7 1544
Description:  It's four months after the BN merger and former GN GP7 644 is now BN 1544; it's shown sitting by the passenger depot while waiting for the inbound Winnipeg train to clear before resuming its downtown switching duties.
Photo Date:  7/15/1970  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 8:26:37 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1544(GP7)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
BN U28C 5672
Title:  BN U28C 5672
Description:  Prior to the BN merger, large six-axle power was almost unheard of in Grand Forks ND; with the merger the road starting routing the Cohasset coal trains through town, which resulted in this photographer's first encounter with big 2d generation freight power. Here a former NP U28C leads a U33C and SD45 (all ex NP) through town.
Photo Date:  7/15/1970  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 8:23:07 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BN 5672(U28C)
Views:  731   Comments: 1
Oxford Depot
Title:  Oxford Depot
Description:  Looking north at the Oxford Depot, mile 571.:, just a few days before track removal began. The tracks were removed through downtown Oxford because the city paid Pioneer big money for their 3 miles of track here to construct a new road through the Ole Miss campus. Picture taken sometime in May of 2000.
Photo Date:  5/1/2000  Upload Date: 12/7/2012 12:24:43 AM
Location:  Oxford, MS
Author:  Barry Caulfield
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Views:  439   Comments: 0


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