Trolleys and Trains

[Kenneth and Tracie Josephson]

Robert E. Rathke wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Ken.  Let me know if you find any photos of the West View Park
> train.
> 
> I just re-read the Riverside & Great Northern brochure.  It says the R&GN
> was built on the former right of way of the Milwaukee Road line that was
> built in the 1850's, but was taken out of service in 1902 when the
> Milwaukee Road built the low grade line.  This "new" low grade line is
> the current Soo Line (Amtrak) that is west and parallel to the R&GN line.

Ooooops...you are correct. :-) I forgot about that! The "low grade" line
was the realignment which resulted in the Milwaukee to Twin Cities
"raceway", famous "Route of the Hiawatha."

What did the West View Park train look like? I found pictures of the
Hershey train, a steam train replica and a Santa Fe replica and a Union
Pacific replica. The latter was a miniture of the UP train with the
futuristic locomotive. These pictures were all taken between mid 1962
and mid 1964. Ken J.