Volume 47 #6 Northstar Railway Historical Society July 2016 Publishers of the Minnesota Rail Calendar Train Day at SPUD L: #261 Night Photo session at SPUD. R: Soo FP7 #2500 from the LSRM at Train Day at SPUD. Photos: By Jeff Terry Table of Contents Meeting Notice Meeting Notice Page 1 Next business meeting will be held on Officer Contact Directory Page 1, 2 Saturday Sept 17 2016 6:30 pm, at Roseville Lutheran Church at 1215 Roselawn Avenue, midway between Lexington Editors Column Page 2 and Hamline Avenues in Roseville. See map on page 2. May 2016 Meeting Minutes Page 2,3 Train Day at SPUD Page 3,4 Program after the meeting – Milw #261 to Duluth Page 4,5 Historic Railroad Slides from Glen Holmberg’s collection of BNSF Restructure Page 5,6 Minnesota Railroads. Russ Isbrandt trip out East Page 6 There will be a pre-meeting get-together Sept 17, 2016 at the Taconite Mine to Reopen Page 7 Keys Cafe and Bakery at the northeast corner of Lexington and Milw Passenger Consist 1937 Page 7 Larpenteur starting about 4:45 pm. PLEASE CALL Bob Clark- UP #844 ready Page 8 son at 651-636-2323 and leave a message with your name and Hinckley Loop Study for Northern Lights Train Page 8,9,10 the number of persons coming with you. James J Hill Death Page 10 Our annual picnic will be held at Maiden Rock Wisconsin, C&NW Pictures, Steam Ramble article Page 11,12 Saturday July 9th 2016. It will held in the park adjacent to Royal American Shows Page 13 the Mississippi River and the BNSF railroad in the shelter area. BNSF Derailment Page 13 Electrical outlets are available in the shelter. 10:30am - 3:00pm Private Varnish thru the Twin cities Page 14 Bring your own meat to grill. Chips and Beverages are supplied. Northern Lights Update Page 15 SPUD gets Coffee Shop Page 15 Sign-up form for our August Bus Trip to Duluth to ride Railfan Events Page 16 the Northshore Scenic Railroad is in this issue. Please DVD’s for Sale Page 17 be prompt to send in your Reservation! Northstar Chapter Officers President Richard Tubbesing [email protected] 763-757-1304 Vice President Dan Meyer [email protected] 763-784-8835 Past President H Martin Swan [email protected] 612-961-1684 National Representative Jim McLean [email protected] 612-747-8541 Treasurer Russ Isbrandt [email protected] 651-426-1156 Secretary Dave Norman [email protected] 612-729-2428 Trustee Gary Rumler [email protected] 651-385-8752 Page 1 Northstar News July 2016 Volume 47 #6 Northstar Railway Historical Society July 2016 Staff Program Chairman John Goodman [email protected] 612-839-0905 Newsletter Editor Committee: Richard [email protected] 763-757-1304 Tubbesing, Dawn [email protected] 763-784-8835 Holmberg Newsletter Distribution Richard Tubbesing [email protected] 763-757-1304 Calendar Committee John Goodman [email protected] 612-839-0905 Dawn Holmberg [email protected] 763-784-8835 Russ Isbrandt Trip Director John Goodman [email protected] 612-839-0905 Chapter Librarian/ John Cartwright [email protected] 651-481-8479 Historian Web Master Dan Meyer [email protected] 763-784-8835 Chapter Mailbox Northstar Chapter NRHS PO Box 120832 St Paul MN 55112 Library Data Base Ad- Russ Isbrandt [email protected] 651-426-1156 ministrator Meeting Location: From the east or west take MN 36 to Lexington From the Publisher: Avenue. Drive south on Lexington Avenue to Roselawn Avenue and Thanks to Jim McLean for his pictures of Philippine sugar railroads that he turn right. The large lighted parking lot is on your right as you travel showed at the May 2016 meeting.. west on Roselawn. Use the lower entrance to the church and turn left through the commons area. We’ll be in room 40, The Diamond Repeated from the last newsletter. The NRHS Convention will be held in Room. Denver from July 19 thru Sunday July 24. Activities include a ride on the Denver light rail and commuter rail system, visit to the Forney Museum, Platte Valley Trolley and Caboose Hobbies in Denver, ride on the Royal Gorge Scenic Lunch train, bus trip to ride on the Georgetown Loop Railroad and then visit and ride on the Colorado Railroad Museum, night photo session at the Colorado Railroad Museum, seminars, a ride on the Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad, wrapping up with a ride on a chaser bus of the UP busi- ness train from Denver to Greeley, Colorado. You can register for the conven- tion and book the various trips at their wesbsite at NRHS.com. So far, due to John Goodman’s diligence as NRHS Convention Committee member, and his work, the convention activities have been well received. Program for the September Meeting will be pictures from the Glen Holmberg Collection. Note, Next Newsletter will be out around September 1 2016. : Northstar Chapter NRHS Meeting Minutes May 21 2016. The meeting was called to order at 6:33pm by President Richard Tubbesing at the Roseville Lutheran Church. Members introduced themselves. 26 members and guests were present. Richard Tubbesing reported on the accident that our Secretary Dave Norman had and is now in a nursing facility. Terry Warner and Russ Hammond reported further on Dave’s Condition. Flowers were sent to Dave Norman at HCMC on behalf of our Organization. We wish Dave a speedy Recovery. Richard Tubbesing reported that former President H Martin Swan is recovering from a bout with Cellulitis and was not able to attend our meeting. We also wish for a speedy recovery for Marty. Russ Isbrandt gave the treasurer’s report on our checking and calendar accounts. Also, we have 18 subscribers according the Russ’s membership report. John Cartwright gave the library report and that our slide collection is currently being inventoried. Richard Tubbesing reported that we have over 2000 BN slides. Dawn Holmberg reported that the 2017 Calendar picture selections have been made, and that captions are being written and submission for publication is scheduled for next month. John Goodman reported that the NRHS is considering changes to membership rules. The NRHS Convention is in Denver in July and registrations are on Track to make it a successful convention (especially due to the hard work John Goodman has done as Convention Chairman). John reported that planned trips this summer will be the light Rail trip Saturday June 18, that our picnic will be held at Maiden Rock WI Saturday July 9th, and our August 15th Bus trip will be to Duluth to ride the North Shore Scenic railroad and hope that D&NE #28 might be running at that time. Continued on page 3: Page 2 Northstar News July 2016 Volume 47 #6 Northstar Railway Historical Society July 2016 Continued from page 2: John has reserved the Baggage-Combine W24 for our chapter’s exclusive use. Lunch will be on your own at Two Harbors during the layover, and we will stop for dinner in Hinckley on our return to the Library. John reported that the bus trip will be in the $89 range, and we hope to get at least 25 members and guests to attend. Richard Tubbesing stated that a sign-up brochure for the bus strip will be in the July 1 Newsletter. Programs for the upcoming meetings will be Glen Holmberg RR slides in September, Gary Rumler C&NW Slides in October, and November is still open. Our Holiday Banquet is scheduled for the first Sunday in December at Guldens and John is working on getting our guest speaker. Richard Tubbesing reported that we will do about three Flea markets in the fall when our Calendar is available. Dan Meyer reported on our web site. Development on a web page for ordering DVD’s and Calendars is progressing and might be ready sometime this summer. Cheer Committee, Marty Swan (via Email) had nothing to report. Old Business: Dan Meyer is the Nominating Committee and will be soliciting a slate of Officers for election in the next couple of months. New Business: No Announcements: Ross Ham- mond announced that his wife has published a book on hearing loss. As a very generous gesture, Ross gave every meeting attendee a copy of the book. Thanks to Ross and his Wife!! Dan Meyer and at the bequest of Marty Swan is a consideration of a non-official river cruise and lunch maybe in late September. Details forthcoming. At 7:23 PM, a motion to adjourn was carried by John Goodman and seconded by Jim McLean. Program for the evening was slides of many now defunct sugar cane narrow gauge railroads in the Philippines by Jim McLean. Respectfully submitted by Richard Tubbesing, for Dave Norman Secretary. Train Day at St Paul Union Depot April 30, May 1 2016, and Steve Glischinski Photo Special May 2 2016. A very successful and well attended ‘Train Day’ was held at St Paul Union Depot with Soo FP7 #2500. Amtrak Display Train, Steam Locomotive #261, MTM SDP35 were on display. Pictures below are from the Minnesota Railroad Facebook Group: Soo #2500 Photo Special on the Osceola and St Croix Valley RR of the MTM May 1, and 2, 2016. L. to R Night Photo at Dresser WI. Special Train on the St Croix River Bridge. Special Train Heading to Osceola WI Photos by Robert Ball Train Day at SPUD April 30 and May 1 2016 . L. to R Amtrak display Train in Daylight and at Night for the night Photo Session Photos by Robert Ball Friends of #2261 Milw Super Dome with ’Joey’ the chef, Soo #2500 and persons in 1950’s Garb, Power Plant of Soo #2500.