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Second Train of the Day
Title:  Second Train of the Day
Description:  2 westbound UP units run light to retrieve a coal train on the TC&W.
Photo Date:  8/14/2009  Upload Date: 8/17/2009 1:56:56 AM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Josh Dulak
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6080(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
TCWR 4300
Title:  TCWR 4300
Description:  Fellow contributer Mark Muraski taking video of the Rubel Turn at Bird Island, MN
Photo Date:  1/19/2010  Upload Date: 1/28/2010 4:51:23 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Todd Reineccius
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 4300(GP30C) TCWR 4301(GP30C)
Views:  497   Comments: 0
Stored hopper cars
Title:  Stored hopper cars
Description:  Stored hopper cars near Bird Island. Tracks cre owned by Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 8/18/2014 10:30:58 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Eric Ecklund
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  143   Comments: 0
Here She Comes
Title:  Here She Comes
Description:  My buddy Andy and I were waiting down at a grade crossing enduring the dust kicked up by passing trucks and wondering of the Reubel Turn would move. Suddenly, the engineer sounded the air horn, the ditch lights flashed, and soon the train began to move!
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:12:25 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
On To Olivia
Title:  On To Olivia
Description:  The Reubel Turn heads on to Olivia and points west on a wonderfully mild and sunny afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:55:17 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  TCWR 2010(GP38-2) TCWR 2004(GP20C) RRVW 4106(GP15C)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
"Train!"
Title:  "Train!"
Description:  "Train!" my pal and fellow railfan Andy cried when he spotted the headlights of the Reubel Turn as we headed east on 212 from Olivia this day. Sure enough, the train had paused at Bird Island to switch, resulting in a memorable catch.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:12:05 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
Here Comes The Reubel Turn!
Title:  Here Comes The Reubel Turn!
Description:  After pausing to switch in Bird Island, the Reubel Turn charges west on the old Milwaukee Road route to the Pacific Northwest on a beauteous Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:54:26 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
Ye Cats!
Title:  Ye Cats!
Description:  Me and my buddy Andy were happy to find not only one but two CAT units on the Reubel Turn this day. Here the train is departing Bird Island after switching there.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:54:55 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
West end local eases west
Title:  West end local eases west
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/31/2024  Upload Date: 1/11/2025 4:29:48 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 2301(GP39-2)
Views:  30   Comments: 0


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