Volume 44 #5 June 2013 Meeting Notice Contents The Next meeting of the Northstar Chapter of the NRHS will Held September 21 2013 6:30 pm, at Roseville Lutheran Officer Contact Directory P1 Church at 1215 Roselawn Avenue, midway between Lexington and Hamline Avenues in Roseville. See map on following page. Membership Information P2 Note the EARLIER START TIME at 6:30 pm. Directions to meeting site P2 Summer Events P2-3 Program: To be determined Lead Story P4-5 News Items P5-7 There will be a pre-meeting get-together at the Keys CP Derailment (Electronic Version only) P9,10 Cafe and Bakery at the northeast corner of Lexington and Larpenteur starting about 5:00 pm. PLEASE Passenger Train Consist (Electronic version only) CALL Bob Clarkson at 651-636-2323 and leave a message P10,12 with your name and the number of persons coming with you. Northstar Chapter Officers President H Martin Swan [email protected] 612-961-1684 Vice President Richard [email protected] 763-757-1304 Tubbesing Past President Dawn [email protected] 763-784-8835 Holmberg National Director Bill Dredge [email protected] 952-937-1313 Treasurer Dan Meyer [email protected] 763-784-8835 Secretary Dave Norman [email protected] 612-729-2428 Trustee Gary Rumler [email protected] 651-385-8752 Staff Program Chairman Richard [email protected] 763-757-1304 Tubbesing Newsletter Editor Committee: [email protected] 763-757-1304 Richard [email protected] Tubbesing, [email protected] Dawn Holmberg, Dan Meyer Newsletter Distribution Richard [email protected] 763-757-1304 Tubbesing Trip Director John Goodman Chapter John Cartwright [email protected] 651-481-8479 Librarian/Historian Web Master Dan Meyer [email protected] 763-784-8835 Chapter Mailbox Northstar PO Box 120832 St Paul MN Chapter NRHS 55112 Unofficial Library Data Russ Isbrandt [email protected] Base Administrator Page 1 Northstar News June 2013 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION Dues are $54($39 for the National dues and $15 for the local dues). Family memberships are $5 per person additional. The student rate is $22 ($16 for the National, $6 for the Northstar Chapter). If you want to join, an application is available at http:www.northstar-nrhs.org/. Print out this application and send it with a check made payable to “Northstar Chapter NRHS” to Northstar Chapter NRHS Membership Services, P.O. Box 120832, St. Paul, MN 55112. A subscription to this newsletter may be obtained for $18 for either printed or electronic edition by sending a check to the post office box above specifying the form of the newsletter you desire. A subscription does NOT include voting privileges at chapter meetings nor any of the NRHS membership benefits and no membership application is needed. Meeting Site Summer Events From the east and west take MN 36 to Lexington Avenue. From the Editor: Drive south on Lexington Avenue to Roselawn Avenue and Please mark your calendar for our Chapter events this summer. We turn right. The large lighted parking lot is on your right as have a variety of events that should appeal to all members. See you travel west on Roselawn. Use the lower entrance to the church and turn left through the commons area. We’ll below for details. Picture from last years Picnic: be in room 40, The Diamond Room. Summer events Paddleford River Cruise August 10th 2013 – by John Goodman I spoke today with Lynn of the Sales Desk at the Padelford Boat lines and got the following information. Group rates begin at 25. The individual cost per person is about $41.00, but with a group of 25 paid in advance, the cost is $35.35 each. These rates include all tips, taxes, etc. However....if an individual were to go on-line and book the cruise, they allow a discount of $2.00 off the $41.00 rate. So..... If we book thru NRHS and get at least 25 paid in advance, we pay $35.35. If we pay at dockside...we pay $41.00 (or thru the mail) If we book on-line (each) we pay $39.00 each. The boats never go downstream (towards Hastings) unless of very high water during flood times. There is plenty of room presently on the August 10th lunch cruise. Please send your reservations to John Goodman (by August 1st 2013 at 8409 13th Avenue South Bloomington, Mn 55425-1705 or [email protected]. Price will be determined by how many members/friends signup. Information on price will be on the Northstar website by July 26 2013. http://northstar- nrhs.org/ Page 2 Northstar News June 2013 Northstar Chapter Annual Picnic. The date of the North Star annual picnic will be at Maiden Rock, Wi on Saturday, July 13th, 2013 from 11am thru 3pm. As usual the chapter will provide sodas and chips. Come one...come all. Enjoy the BNSF and the summer season on the river. John Goodman August 17th 2013 Trip to Duluth The particulars on the August 17th trip to Duluth by bus, then in a private car W-24 to Two Harbors and back are as follows: Trip cost per person (minimum of 25 passengers) will be $112.00 This includes free parking at the St. Paul Amtrak station (probably for the last time for us) Voigt bus/motor coach to Duluth and back North Shore Scenic rail trip to Two Harbors and back from Duluth. Private h/w exDMIR combine W-24 for our exclusive use Lv. Amtrak in St. Paul 7:15am Ar Duluth 10:00am Lv. Duluth on train 10:30am to Two Harbors Ar. back in Duluth 4:30pm Lv. Duluth on return bus at 5:00pm make a meal stop enroute (not included in price) Ar. Amtrak in St. Paul about 8:45pm This August 17th date will be a Mayor's Street Party day in Two Harbors, with a band and street vendors selling food. (same as last year) Main street will be closed off for the party. Send reservations and Payment to John Goodman by August 14th 2013. 8409 13th Avenue South Bloomington, Mn 55425-1705 NRHS Summer Conference Events (Please note dates have been updated from the previous Newsletter) Registration Fee Waived for Northstar Chapter members. Thursday June 26th Mariott Hotel Bloomington MN, Hospitality Room 7:30PM Russ Isbrandt show on the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Interurban –Hotel Hospitality Room 9PM Richard Tubbesing Slide show on Twin City railroads from the Library –Hotel Hospitality Room Friday June 27 2013 Twin City Rail Tour, Vintage Transit Bus, St Paul Union Depot tour, Friends of the #261 Shop tour with a Box Lunch, Round trip on Northstar Commuter from Mpls to Big Lake and Return, and a return to the Hotel from Mpls via the Hiawatha Light Rail line. Fare: $59 Friday June 27 2013 Hospitality Room Mariott Hotel Bloomington MN 9PM Joe Stark Slide show on Misc RR -Hotel Hospitality Room 10PM John Cartwright Slide show on Twin City Structures and Railroads –Hotel Hospitality Room Saturday June 28th Banquet, Mariott Hotel Guest Speaker R Clifford Black IV Amtrak’s Chief of Corporate Communications, retired. Fare: $59 All Payments must be made out to the Northstar Railway Historical Society and send to our post Office box Due by June 10 2013. NRHS Summer Conference PO Box 120832 St Paul MN 55112-0025. Page 3 Northstar News June 2013 Lead Story May 11, 12 2013 #261 Trip to Duluth … Following Article By Richard Tubbesing (Photos by Author, except where noted) 1. Train at Harrison ST May 11 2. Train at Harrison St May 11 3. Soo 2719,#261 Duluth Depot May 11 4,5. Soo #2719 Duluth Depot, and Excursion Train (Amtrak P42) ready to depart Duluth Depot May 12 2013. 6. By the Duluth DM&IR Ore dock: Photo by Jeff Terry Trainorders.com 503 Passengers rode to Duluth, 523 rode the train back from Duluth to Mpls. There were passengers from 6 different countries and 30 states, according to Frank Sandberg. I met with friends John Chute, Roger Libra, and Doug Gough (from Chicago) in the Super Dome. Our train of 14 cars, was ready to depart Harrison St shops at 9AM. We were about 15 minutes late is departing. Leading of course was Steve Sandberg’s MILW 4-8-4 #261. Sans the mars light. A new look for the engine this year. The consist was AMTRAK P42 #17, Tool car ‘Grand Canyon’, Sleeper ‘Minnesota Valley’, Coaches ‘Wenowah’, ‘Nakomis’, ‘Lake Pepin’, Concession Baggage car, 1st class cars (ex Amtrak) ‘Wisconsin Valley’ and ‘St Croix Valley’, Premium Class cars: Observation car ‘Lamberts Point’, Iowa Pacific’s Full length Domes ‘Sky View’, (ex Santa Fe), ‘Prairie View’ (ex GN), and an ex Santa Fe dome (unnamed), Milw Super dome and Milw Skytop observation. We headed north to Coon Creek and the BNFS Hinckley Sub Jct. In Premium class, Coffee, Juice and a Continental Breakfast was enjoyed. Heading toward Cambridge, we encountered a couple of Vintage Bi-planes chasing and photograping the train. When we got to Cambridge, we headed into the siding and waited for a Southbound BNSF Manifest that had a break-in-two north of here. We were delayed about 45 minutes. We then had a clear shot to Superior passing thru Hinckley (Jct of the St Croix Valley RR), Sandstone (across the Kettle River Bridge), Askov and into Superior across the Black River and Nemidji River Bridges, past Page 4 Northstar News June 2013 Boyleston and Saunders junctions. Lunch was served with complimentary Beverages, Honey baked Ham sandwich, chips and pickle. The excellent volunteer staff was taxed serving all the premium passengers in 6 cars.