CNW 1587 at 7th Ave North

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Stephen Gose	General	nice shot of the old west end line in Hopkins. Ahhh the old stomping grounds.....	3/1/2006 1:34:52 PM

Andy Shireman	General	This is the old Chicago & North Western Morton Subdivision that ran from the junction with the main at Hopkins out through Excelsior, Waconia, and Morton to Hanley Falls and eventually Watertown, SD.	11/10/2007 9:09:35 PM

Andy Shireman	General	The last train ran through here on this track in late June 1980 and was ripped up in the summer of 1981.	11/10/2007 9:10:00 PM

Andy Shireman	General	Now it is owned by Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority.	11/10/2007 9:10:20 PM

Andy Shireman	General	Actually, I was wrong in my first post. The Morton Sub ran from Hopkins to Morton, MN through Excelsior, Waconia, Norwood, and Winthrop. The line west of Morton to Watertown, SD was the Watertown Subdivision of the C&NW.	11/10/2007 9:11:36 PM

Andy Shireman	General	I ride my bike through here quite often on the old right-of-way.	11/10/2007 9:12:12 PM

Andy Shireman	General	And I did some trail maintenance along it when I worked for the City Works from 2003 until 2007.	11/10/2007 9:12:37 PM

Andy Shireman	General	Passenger service ended on this line between St. Paul and Watertown, SD on July 22, 1960.	11/10/2007 9:13:08 PM

al hennen	General	after tracks got ripped up now it's a bike trail, nice riding on the old railroad line	8/2/2017 11:36:29 PM

CNW 1587 at 7th Ave North
Date: 2/28/2006	Location: Hopkins, MN Map	Views: 710	Collection Of: Vern Wigfield
Locomotives: CNW 1587(GP7)			Author: ?

Picture Categories:		This picture is part of album: M&StL/C&NW

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