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Monday, July 18, 2005


Photos from left to right:

GNRHS Board Meeting continued on Monday morning.

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#1:  President Duane Buck; #2:  Dave Thorsett, Cliff Salmon, Jim Knollmiller, Phil Gjevre; #3:  Duane Buck and Bev Tracy; #4:  Secretary Ray Chappell;  #5:  Bruce Barsness, Peter Thompson, Martin Evoy, Jim Chinquist, Bill Sornsin, Bob Bye.

Candid photos at the Rail Fare (swap meet):

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#1:  Caroline Chinquist; #2:  John Tracy (center) selling raffle tickets; #3:  GNRHS members examine some of the raffle ticket prizes; #4  Ben Ringnalda displays progress on his Saint Nicholas Mountain GN 1291 restoration project.

Model contest entries:

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#1:  Scale Test Car; #2:  GN U-Boat in Big Sky Blue; #3:  Willmar depot; #4:  GN 1327 2-8-0 steam locomotive; #5: huge model of X-582 caboose.

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#6:  GN 661 EMD Geep 9; #7:  GN 184 Alco RS-3; #8:  GN 262A&B F-units; #9:  GN hopper car.

Casey Adams photo contest entries:

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#1:  Whitefish depot; #2:  GN gondola and details; #3:  Wellington disaster photo; #4:  GN P-2 #2520.

Fergus Falls depots and former section house

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#1:  Current FF depot looking west; #2:  Current FF depot looking east; #3:  Previous FF depot (now a triplex moved back from the tracks); #4:  Another view of previous FF depot; #5:  GN section house moved back from tracks used as a residence by grandson of GN MOW worker.

2005 GNRHS Convention Model Cars (CLICK HERE for ordering information)

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GN 73732

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GN 73743

GN 400 EMD SD45 Hustle Muscle photos and cab ride

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#1:  GN 400 pulls past FF depot long nose forward; #2:  Ron Erickson poses with Hustle Muscle; #3:  Interior of cab; #4:  Close up of Hustle Muscle lettering from running board; #5:  Ron Erickson running GN 400.

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#6:  Electrical cabinet; #7:  Bill Sornsin (white shirt) and Kris Werner (holding camera) talk to Ottertail Valley Railroad employees; #8:  close up of numberboard; #9:  3/4 view, engineer's side.

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#10: 3/4 view, fireman's side; #11:  Ron Sherry operates GN 400; #12:  Ron Erickson at the throttle; #13:  Ben Ringnalda running Hustle Muscle; #14:  Lindsay Korst playing engineer.

Monday afternoon presentations:

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#1:  Crowd shot left side of room; #2:  Crowd shot right side of room; #3:  Jim Larson; #4:  Mayor of Fergus Falls, the Honorable Russell Anderson; #5:  Phil Gjevre; #6:  Jerry Hilton giving his talk on Lee Pickett photos.