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Minnesota Railroad
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MISC.
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and donors!
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NEWS HEADLINES FROM THE RR CLUB SITE RIGHT HERE!
NEWS!
Winter Break Schedule posted
See above
box - no Friday meetings till we go back to class
Huge
updates
New layout photos and roster updates
MN Rail Guide grows
even larger
And more!
Excelsior Streetcar Line tour
photos
Click here for the photos from the
tour!
LTV news and photos
Click here
to see photos from the re-started service and derailment photos from Oct 2
in the MN Rail
Guide.
Hiawatha LRT Tunnel photos
Click here for the photos of the light rail tunnels - a
preview of what is to come when service starts in
December!
Summer Work
Nights
Tuesdays starting at 6 pm
will be our Memorial Day thru Labor Day schedule.
Hiawatha LRT opens June 26th
Click here for an early look at the line
from a preview ride taken a month prior to the
opening....
Railroad Guide
Testing version now
online for MN Rail Guide. This guide will someday
help rail enthusiests gain at least a basic idea of what railroads operate in
the state from Class 1 to Industrial locomotives...
More
photos
Helix work, new locomotives in the roster, operation
night, etc.
New photos
See scenery take
shape...
We're on the front page of the Daily!
Click here...
Staging Yard
Automated
We now have a fully automated staging yard! Thanks
to Team Digital we can now control our yard on the DCC
thottles.
Scenery is popping
up...
The river and farm are now starting to take shape with
cardboard framework - and Duplainville has a depot!
Helix
underway
We're now building the helix - come and lend a hand and
help get our trains to the next level.
Open
House
Come on in on Feb 13th [yes, lucky Friday the 13th] and see
the trains from 4-6 pm!
Golden Spike photos
See the
Golden Spike photos! It was a great night - thanks to all who came! Click
here to see the photos
We're going to
Coffman
Visit us in the Great Hall from 10-2 Feb 10th and see the
demo in action.
Golden Spike 1 coming!
On Feb 6th
we're driving the lower level's Golden Spike! Visit the open house from 6-9 pm.
New photos!
See the model railroad come
together
Railfan Photo Reports
Photos of
trains from around the Twin Cities
New Roster!
See
photos of the UMTC fleet!
More links!
Local groups
plus a great list of college rail clubs in Japan!
Rolling Stock
Paint Schemes
More schemes are posted!
More
photos
HO and N scale, layout and Como-Harriet
tours!
More Links
College rail clubs in
Taiwan!
How to find us
The U is a huge place,
here is how to find our place on
campus.
Modeling Ideas!
Track diagrams and ideas on
what you can model. And best of all, they are from real life rail lines - no
need to worry about being like the real thing since these plans are the real
thing! Click Modeling Ideas to the upper left
More
UMTC schemes online
Cabooses, MOW, and a couple locomotives added -
click the UMTC RR link to the upper left
Como Harriet Streetcar
tour!
The folks at the Como Harriet Streetcar line have generously
offered to give our group a tour and complimentary charter using their
streetcars. It is happening Sat, Sept. 6th from 10-11:30 AM. Contact Andy for
more info.
Updated Railfan guide
Click
the Twin Cities Hot Spots for an expanded selection of where to railfan
More links
New photos
online of construction of the UMTC
Just click the MR photos up in
the left column for more!
Upper Midwest
Transportation Corp. now online
Check out the paint
schemes for our home road - the Upper Midwest Trasportation Corp. They are now
online, next up is a logo for the UMTC RR.
Layout plans online
Find
out about our HO scale layout, it is a mighty line and we have all the files
and more for you to read and view. Just click on Planned Layout and scroll to
the HO layout part. Progressive Rail tours
We are offering
a couple of tours of the PGR Lakeville faciluty this summer, one in June [full
already] the other in august. For more info contact Nate .
NOTICE - due to our tour guide being ill, the June tour
has been canceled - please contact Nate for more info about
rescheduling.
Summer schedule online!
We are working
each Weds. night in our room on the East Bank [room 4, 1701 University Ave.
Building]. We start around 5 and go till the last person leaves. So stop by and
say hi!
Come help us with our demo layout, look at plans for the future
HO layout, or just say hi. Stop by one of the up coming
meetings!
Progressive Rail comes to the U!
Come see Barry
Karlberg, engineer for PGR and experianced model railroader, give a great
presention on this very sucessful shortline in the southern metro. It will be
at 5 pm on March 28 in room 109 in 1701 University. Come see this inside look
and learn ways that you can model this line at home! Considering becoming a
member? Come on by on the 28th to to learn more about us and the PGR all at the
same time.
Our New Home!
Most of you knew
our room in St Paul was temporary and would someday be needed for academic
work. They are soon moving a new tenant into the office and we are moving.
But hang on! Our new place is wonderful! Sure, it may not have the
carpeting or that but it sure makes up for it in size and potential! It is room
4 in 1701 University Ave [located in the lower level in the "maintenance"
area]. It was a kitchen at the Newman Center when they used the place, now it
is mainly general purpose classrooms and CSci offices.
Click here for more!!
[past news of
our first home]
We are in a new home on campus! We'll be calling 125C in
the Classroom Office Building on the St Paul campus home.
New photos of
the demostration layout have been posted! Keep watching for more, including
those of our new train as it runs tests.
Other news
We
have recently added a new donor and sponsor board as well as photos from around
the Twin Cities and right here on campus. Plus, for all the railfans out there
we have directions on how to make the most of out of your railfanning time in
our guide to Twin Cities Hot Spots.
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