Index

1. "A tale of three Bridges - New Jersey".

2. "A rail journey pt. 2".

3. "N.E. Pennsylvania pt. 3".

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 1".

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 2".

5. "Great Northern's Class R's compared to SP MC-1's".

Index*

Index

1. "A tale of three Bridges - New Jersey"

2. "A rail journey pt. 2"

3. "N.E. Pennsylvania pt. 3"

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 1"

5. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 2"

6. "Great Northern's Class R's compared to SP MC-1's"

Index

1. "A tale of three Bridges - New Jersey"

2. "A rail journey pt. 2"

3. "N.E. Pennsylvania pt. 3"

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 1

5. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 2

6. "Great Northern's Class R's compared to SP MC-1

 Blog index

1. "A tale of three Bridges - New Jersey" posted 13 Dec 2015

2. "A rail journey pt. 2" posted 26 Dec 2015

3. "N.E. Pennsylvania pt. 3" posted 3 Jan 2016

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 1 posted 17 Jan 2016

5. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 2 posted 17 Jan 2016

 In 1909 the Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Eddystone (the largest Baldwin plant), in Pennsylvania built the first two of the, 2-8-8-2's, and sold them to the Southern Pacific Railroad. (who classified them as MC-1).

The Baldwin R-1's of 1925 to the Great Northern Railway

 Sometime in early 1988, I mentioned to my wife, that I used to have trains. That Christmas one of my gifts was of course, a Bachmann train set. I can't fault her in anyway on that purchase, as she just didn't know any better then. Nor did I for that matter. The set came with the 0-6-0 switcher with a slope back tender, with the typical rubber traction tire affair, on the rear set of drivers ,which used to be marked for the Union Pacific. Oddly enough it still runs, even after being in a non-climate controlled storage building from 1995 to 2009.

 Upon returning state side in 1982, my next duty station landed me in Minot (My-knot), North Dakota. Minot owes it's existance to the Great Northern Railway. It has been Dubbed the "Magic City" for it's remarkable growth in such a short period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minot,_North_Dakota

 Now That the Holidays have concluded, I made a request for images from the Delanco Public Library, on the 29th of Dec. Their reply was that they would be closed until the 4th Jan. I suppose I should check my e-mail more often. As I received another e-mail from them, on the 1st of Jan. with the requested images. It really amazes me, how few images there are of the structure. Granted the 1st instance of the bridge was put in place in 1832, when photography was in it's early stages itself, and was an expensive venture and hard to come by.

A tale of three bridges - New Jersey  Pt.1

A rail Journey              - Pt. 2

N. E. Pennsylvania     - Pt. 3

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