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Viewing Album:  The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern early years
 
By:Richard Kundert
Dates:3/22/1987 - 1/21/1989
Album Info:The DM&E began operating former C&NW lines in Minnesota on September 5, 1986. They also had trackage right over the C&NW into Mason City, IA. This album features photos from the early DM&E years 1987 to 1989.
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DM&E 6621
Title:  DM&E 6621
Description:  A former Minneapolis & St. Louis SD7 on former M&StL track passing the M&StL Albert Lea depot. The M&StL was merged into the C&NW in 1960. Ahead is the crossing of the Soo Line's ex Milwaukee line to Jackson, MN. The 6621 was scrapped at Huron in 1996.
Photo Date:  3/22/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:03:26 PM
Location:  Albert Lea, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  DME 6621(SD7R)
Views:  465   Comments: 1
DM&E 6621
Title:  DM&E 6621
Description:  South of New Richland at 10MPH. Most of the Albert Lea-Waseca trackage has been abandoned.
Photo Date:  3/22/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:24:53 PM
Location:  New Richland, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 6621(SD7R)
Views:  365   Comments: 1
DM&E 6601
Title:  DM&E 6601
Description:  Southbound on the "Spine Line"
Photo Date:  4/18/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:27:46 PM
Location:  Glenville, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 6601(SD9)
Views:  298   Comments: 2
DM&E 6601
Title:  DM&E 6601
Description:  Accelerating out of a slow order on C&NW trackage. These four old SDs sure sounded good.
Photo Date:  4/18/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:29:28 PM
Location:  Northwood, IA
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 6601(SD9)
Views:  1226   Comments: 3
DM&E 6601
Title:  DM&E 6601
Description:  two ex C&NW SD9us and two Milwaukee SD10s are southbound for Mason City
Photo Date:  4/18/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:31:02 PM
Location:  Manchester, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 6601(SD9)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
Soo Line 584
Title:  Soo Line 584
Description:  In 1969 and 1972, the Milwaukee Road took delivery of the unique SDL39....a light weight six axle roadswitcher. These 10 units were especially built for the Milwaukees light rail branchlines in the midwest. They featured a 12 cylinder turbocharged 645 engine, a short frame (shorter than a GP9), export trucks and weighed in at 249,000 lbs. The 581 was wrecked, but the other 9 units were transferred to the Soo Line. A few of the SDL39s were leased to the DM&E in 1987. The remaining 9 units were purchased by the Wisconsin Central but deemed surplus when the Canadian National took over the WC and are now in service in Chile on the Ferrocarril del Pacifico (FEPASA).
Photo Date:  5/9/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:14:36 PM
Location:  Dodge Center, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  695   Comments: 1
Soo Line 583
Title:  Soo Line 583
Description:  Passing the M&StL Albert Lea depot with a northbound. Only 4 SDL39's got the Soo Line patch. They were sold to the Wisconsin Central in 1988 and eventually ended up in Chile.
Photo Date:  5/9/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:16:19 PM
Location:  Albert Lea, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 583(SDL39) SOO 585(SDL39)
Views:  819   Comments: 0
Soo Line 583
Title:  Soo Line 583
Description:  A rare SDL39 is northbound at Glenville on the "Spine Line". The C&NW spent millions of dollars rebuilding the former Rock Island mainline and it was good for 50mph.
Photo Date:  5/9/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:33:22 PM
Location:  Glenville, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  384   Comments: 0
Soo Line 583
Title:  Soo Line 583
Description:  Northbound through Hartland
Photo Date:  5/10/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:40:51 PM
Location:  Hartland, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 583(SDL39)
Views:  408   Comments: 1
Milwaukee 557
Title:  Milwaukee 557
Description:  Owned by the DM&E but still in full Milwaukee paint, four SD10s make good time on the "Spine Line" with a northbound. I had shot the 557 about 9 years earlier in Wisconsin on the Mineral Point branch.
Photo Date:  5/16/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:42:52 PM
Location:  Northwood, IA
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MILW 557(SD10)
Views:  367   Comments: 3
Milwaukee 555
Title:  Milwaukee 555
Description:  The 555 and I have run into each other before. I photographed it in Wisconsin on the Viroqua and Mineral Point branchlines as well as having several cab rides in it. The 555 and three Soo SDL39s are at Waseca. The 555 was painted blue & gold by 1994, sold to the Indiana Railroad in 1997, and then worked in Texas for Progress Rail Services.
Photo Date:  6/27/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:46:23 PM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  1230   Comments: 1
Soo Line 583
Title:  Soo Line 583
Description:  Note the Rock Island style signal at the north end of Manly yard
Photo Date:  6/29/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:48:45 PM
Location:  Manly, IA
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 583(SDL39)
Views:  491   Comments: 1
C&NW 6905
Title:  C&NW 6905
Description:  A C&NW SD40-2 was leading a detoured EMNPH at Waseca
Photo Date:  7/26/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:50:04 PM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CNW 6905(SD40-2)
Views:  249   Comments: 1
DM&E 6601
Title:  DM&E 6601
Description:  Northbound out of Albert Lea
Photo Date:  8/29/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:17:06 PM
Location:  Albert Lea, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 6601(SD9)
Views:  315   Comments: 1
GTW 4139
Title:  GTW 4139
Description:  The DM&E leased some Grand Trunk Western GP9s....here are four of them coming into Mason City
Photo Date:  10/6/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:18:55 PM
Location:  Mason City, IA
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4139(GP9)
Views:  306   Comments: 2
GTW 4139
Title:  GTW 4139
Description:  Grand Trunk 4139-4135-4136-4137 are on lease to the DM&E and are setting out cars at the C&NW yard in Mason City
Photo Date:  10/6/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:53:27 PM
Location:  Mason City, IA
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4139(GP9)
Views:  1368   Comments: 1
DM&E 555
Title:  DM&E 555
Description:  The 555 has been patched and is eastbound near Owatonna
Photo Date:  3/20/1988  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:55:06 PM
Location:  Owatonna, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  DME 555(SD10)
Views:  507   Comments: 2
Soo Line 534
Title:  Soo Line 534
Description:  Most of the Milwaukee Roads SD10s were sold to the DM&E, but three were retained by the Soo. The 534 is on lease to the DM&E leading a Northbound on the C&NW
Photo Date:  7/20/1988  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:57:31 PM
Location:  Kensett, IA
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 534(SD10)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
Milwaukee 551
Title:  Milwaukee 551
Description:  Still in full Milwaukee Road paint, the 551 leads a northbound out of Mason City over the Winnebago River on C&NWs "Spine Line"
Photo Date:  8/15/1988  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:21:35 PM
Location:  Mason City, IA
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 551(SD10)
Views:  257   Comments: 1
DM&E 549
Title:  DM&E 549
Description:  Westbound through Janesville.
Photo Date:  1/21/1989  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:22:43 PM
Location:  Janesville, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 549(SD10)
Views:  268   Comments: 2
DM&E 6613
Title:  DM&E 6613
Description:  Southbound at the I90 overpass
Photo Date:  1/21/1989  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:59:36 PM
Location:  Albert Lea, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 6613(SD9)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
DM&E 6613
Title:  DM&E 6613
Description:  Passing Rock Island style signals south of Albert Lea. The 6613 was scrapped by the DM&E.
Photo Date:  1/21/1989  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 3:00:36 PM
Location:  Albert Lea, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 6613(SD9)
Views:  235   Comments: 1
DM&E 549
Title:  DM&E 549
Description:  Westbound at Eagle Lake. The 549 was one of two SD10's to be painted in the Milwaukee "Running Indian" scheme and was the first unit to wear the DM&E Blue & Gold. These colors were chosen by Colleen McIntyre, the wife of DM&E president Pete McIntyre, and are the colors of South Dakota State University. The 549 was acquired by the Indiana Railroad in 1997.
Photo Date:  1/21/1989  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 3:01:29 PM
Location:  Eagle Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 549(SD10)
Views:  321   Comments: 2

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