A visit to the Progressive Rail warehouse and yard in Lakeville, MN on 5/24/03.
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Todd's cat, Kiki, decides not to pose for the camera. | Large: 363K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 29K / 800 x 600 |
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Kiki only has one desire: to get OUTSIDE. | Large: 361K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 35K / 800 x 600 |
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The Progressive Rail headquarters and warehouse in Lakeville. | Large: 427K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 55K / 800 x 600 |
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One of Progressive Rail's SW1500 switchers. | Large: 390K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 49K / 800 x 600 |
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Some pipe waiting to be unloaded on a siding. | Large: 525K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 66K / 800 x 600 |
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The Progressive Rail spur in the foreground, with the CP Rail mainline and siding in the background. | Large: 570K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 81K / 800 x 600 |
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A gargoyle on the roof of the Progressive Rail building. | Large: 286K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 25K / 800 x 600 |
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The nicely decorated lunchroom of the Progressive Rail headquarters. | Large: 383K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 52K / 800 x 600 |
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A G scale train set on the hearth of the fireplace. | Large: 548K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 74K / 800 x 600 |
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Happy fruits enjoying a model refrigerator car. | Large: 454K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 58K / 800 x 600 |
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Sheetrock and other products in the warehouse. The lights weren't on yet. | Large: 424K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 48K / 800 x 600 |
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A really dark front-end loader in the warehouse. | Large: 391K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 43K / 800 x 600 |
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I think this was coiled steel or aluminum or something. Again, many of the lights were off. | Large: 359K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 35K / 800 x 600 |
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More coiled steel. | Large: 469K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 56K / 800 x 600 |
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Pallets filled to the brim with red cedar mulch. | Large: 544K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 71K / 800 x 600 |
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There's a track leading into the warehouse where they can unload cars inside the warehouse. | Large: 414K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 42K / 800 x 600 |
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A huge pile of red cedar chips outside the warehouse. | Large: 965K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 143K / 800 x 600 |
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This car came from the Pacific Northwest filled with red cedar chips. | Large: 537K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 78K / 800 x 600 |
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I forget if this was a grain storage facility, or if it was used for some other product. | Large: 503K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 66K / 800 x 600 |
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"If you don't stop that, you'll go blind!" | Large: 347K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 41K / 800 x 600 |
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A small locomotive used for switching cars at ISG. | Large: 599K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 89K / 800 x 600 |
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All sorts of pipe, in all sizes. | Large: 413K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 73K / 800 x 600 |
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More pipe. Blue Man Group is thinking of building instruments out of this. | Large: 495K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 68K / 800 x 600 |
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Huge boulders of landscaping rock. | Large: 581K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 89K / 800 x 600 |
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More landscaping rock, along with a plastics plant in the background. | Large: 551K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 82K / 800 x 600 |
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Several cement cars in the background. | Large: 452K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 56K / 800 x 600 |
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Here's Progressive Rail's other locomotive in Lakeville, another SW1500. | Large: 499K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 76K / 800 x 600 |
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Closeup of the Sclair Polyethylene car. | Large: 468K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 68K / 800 x 600 |
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A view down the tracks toward the tank cars and the landscape rock. | Large: 827K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 123K / 800 x 600 |
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More unloading from the polyethylene cars. | Large: 591K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 84K / 800 x 600 |
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A little bit of spilled plastic pellets. | Large: 900K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 141K / 800 x 600 |
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Not sure what's in the boxcar, but the track layout is interesting. | Large: 678K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 100K / 800 x 600 |
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I think that's a paper recycling plant in the background, or something. | Large: 557K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 75K / 800 x 600 |
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The old rail used by the MN&S wasn't in such good condition. | Large: 642K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 105K / 800 x 600 |
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Another look at their locomotive. | Large: 464K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 70K / 800 x 600 |
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Progressive Rail's SW1500. | Large: 487K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 71K / 800 x 600 |
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Progressive Rail's SW1500. | Large: 510K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 73K / 800 x 600 |
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Progressive Rail's SW1500. | Large: 476K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 70K / 800 x 600 |
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A closer look at the locomotive. | Large: 344K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 52K / 800 x 600 |
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The builder's plate from the locomotive. | Large: 416K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 58K / 800 x 600 |
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A look at the cab of the SW1500. It's padlocked shut, so we couldn't get in. | Large: 406K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 65K / 800 x 600 |
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More huge landscape boulders. | Large: 538K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 79K / 800 x 600 |
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Metal studs and framing outside the warehouse. | Large: 385K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 51K / 800 x 600 |
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A number of tank cars with various cargoes (from animal feed to flammable fuel supplements). | Large: 337K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 45K / 800 x 600 |
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More tank cars. | Large: 346K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 44K / 800 x 600 |
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The switchbox is where locomotives are plugged in - I think it's an engine heater or something. | Large: 615K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 91K / 800 x 600 |
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I think this was a pressure-assisted unloading covered hopper car, or something. | Large: 353K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 50K / 800 x 600 |
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This stuff is nice and flammable. There's a grounding strap from the car to the tracks. | Large: 564K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 84K / 800 x 600 |
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A little-used siding to another plastics plant. | Large: 696K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 100K / 800 x 600 |
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Looking from the plastics plant siding to the mainline. | Large: 596K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 83K / 800 x 600 |
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CP Rail maintenance of way equipment. | Large: 392K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 54K / 800 x 600 |
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CP Rail maintenance-of-way equipment. | Large: 494K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 67K / 800 x 600 |
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A CP Rail ballast spreading/tamping machine sitting on a siding. | Large: 566K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 83K / 800 x 600 |
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A CP Rail ballast spreading machine on a siding. | Large: 799K / 1600 x 1200 | Small: 115K / 800 x 600 |
