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AAR Class: PD: Car equipped for food or beverage service.
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GN Diner 1151 "Lake McDonald"
Title:  GN Diner 1151 "Lake McDonald"
Description:  Taken circa 1970 by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/1/1970  Upload Date: 4/6/2022 11:37:13 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  159   Comments: 0
GN Diner 1152 "Lake Chelan"
Title:  GN Diner 1152 "Lake Chelan"
Description:  Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  9/1/1972  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 8:26:18 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  35   Comments: 0
GN 1153
Title:  GN 1153
Description:  Diner "Lake Josephine" - sold to Amtrak (AMTK 8067)
Photo Date:  6/23/1973  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 8:54:48 PM
Location:  Billings, MT
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  997   Comments: 0
GN #1153 LAKE JOSEPHINE
Title:  GN #1153 LAKE JOSEPHINE
Description:  GN 36 seat diner #1153 LAKE JOSEPHINE (P-S, Lot #6718, Plan #7499, January 1947), built for the 1947 edition of the EMPIRE BUILDER, reassigned to the 1951 edition of the WESTERN STAR (changed to 46 seats), during Winter seasons in the 1960's, configured as a 30 seat diner-10 seat lounge, to BN via merger in March 1970, sold to Amtrak in 1974 as #8067, retired in November 1977 and resold to Mr. Sale for his "Rock & Roll Diner" (Oceano, CA). Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Date, location, and photographer are unknown.
Photo Date:  12/8/2014  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 4:59:30 AM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Unknown/John C. Benson Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  24   Comments: 0
1001-16 GN 1156 "Lake Pepin" at St. Paul Union Depot (SPUD)
Title:  1001-16 GN 1156 "Lake Pepin" at St. Paul Union Depot (SPUD)
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1975  Upload Date: 2/12/2010 12:29:58 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  1092   Comments: 0
1001-17 GN 1156 "Lake Pepin" at St. Paul Union Depot (SPUD)
Title:  1001-17 GN 1156 "Lake Pepin" at St. Paul Union Depot (SPUD)
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1975  Upload Date: 2/12/2010 12:30:19 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  813   Comments: 0
GN Ranch Car 1241 "Running Crane Lake"
Title:  GN Ranch Car 1241 "Running Crane Lake"
Description:  Taken circa 1970 by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/1/1970  Upload Date: 4/7/2022 12:10:15 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  150   Comments: 0
GSL #800267 RUNNING CRANE LAKE
Title:  GSL #800267 RUNNING CRANE LAKE
Description:  Golden State Limited former GN EMPIRE BUILDER "Ranch Car" diner lounge #800267 RUNNING CRANE LAKE. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Photographer is unknown.
Photo Date:  5/20/1989  Upload Date: 10/24/2019 6:39:17 AM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Unknown/Louis Fols Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  147   Comments: 0
WPRX #1241 RUNNING CRANE LAKE
Title:  WPRX #1241 RUNNING CRANE LAKE
Description:  Built in 1950 by AC&F in Lot #3445 as GN Ranch Ccr #1241 RUNNING CRANE LAKE, 1 of 6 such cars (#1240-#1245) built in that Lot for the Mid-Century EMPIRE BUILDER, which was ordered in October 1949; cars were delivered bet~een October 1950 and March 1951. The Ranch Cars had a 14 seat lunch counter, a 12 seat dinette, and a 18 seat lounge. #1240-#1242 and #1244-#1245 were owned by GN; #1243 was owned by CB&Q after 1953. In 1974, Amtrak acquired 4 of these cars as #8150-#8153, the #1241 as #8150. Amtrak increased the lounge and dinette seating from 30 to 34. The #8150 was retired in July 1;81 and in 1983 to the Nicolet Badger Northern in Laona, WI. The car was later owned by Golden State Limited in Verdi, NV, before being acquired by Lou Steplock-Wyoming & Pacific as WPRX #1241. The #1241 is leased to the&Portland & Western with Willamette & Pacific lettering. Photographed from the NB #14 COAST STARLIGHT. EXIF: 2:46 PM
Photo Date:  8/21/2012  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 6:02:51 PM
Location:  Albany, OR
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  900   Comments: 0
GN #1241 RUNNING CRANE LAKE
Title:  GN #1241 RUNNING CRANE LAKE
Description:  GN 14 seat lunch counter-30 seat lounge "Ranch Car" #1241 RUNNING CRANE LAKE (AC&F, Lot #3445, November 1950), built for assignment to the 1951 (a.k.a., the "Mid-Century") edition of the EMPIRE BUILDER, to BN via merger in March 1970, sold to Amtrak in 1974 as #8150 (lounge seating replaced by 34 dining seats), retired in July 1981 and resold in 1983 to Robert Klein, d.b.a., Golden State Limited (Verdi/Reno, NV), later resold to Nicolet Badger Northern (Laona, WI), later resold in circa 1993 to Dr. Louis Steplock, d.b.a., Wyoming & Pacific, as WPRX #1241 (#800267) (Albany, OR), and leased to the Albany & Eastern RR (Lebanon, OR). Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Date and photographer are unknown.
Photo Date:  12/8/2014  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 5:23:09 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Unknown/John C. Benson Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  56   Comments: 0
GN Ranch Car 1242 "Hidden Lake"
Title:  GN Ranch Car 1242 "Hidden Lake"
Description:  Taken circa 1970 by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/1/1970  Upload Date: 4/7/2022 12:11:42 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  161   Comments: 0
GN 1242
Title:  GN 1242
Description:  Diner/Lounge/Coffee Shop "Hidden Lake" - sold to Amtrak (AMTK 8151)
Photo Date:  6/20/1973  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 9:01:01 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  456   Comments: 0
GN 1242 HIDDEN LAKE
Title:  GN 1242 HIDDEN LAKE
Description:  ACF LW lunch counter - lounge car.
Photo Date:  10/24/2006  Upload Date: 11/5/2006 5:32:56 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Robert Olsesski/Brent MacGregor Collection
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  2435   Comments: 0
GN Ranch Car 1244 "White Pines Lake"
Title:  GN Ranch Car 1244 "White Pines Lake"
Description:  Taken circa 1970 by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/1/1970  Upload Date: 4/7/2022 12:47:25 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  159   Comments: 0
GN #1244 WHITE PINES LAKE
Title:  GN #1244 WHITE PINES LAKE
Description:  Built in 1951 by AC&F in Lot #3445 as GN Ranch Car #1244 WHITE PINES LAKE, 1 of 6 such cars (#1240-#1245) built in that Lot for the Mid-Century EMPIRE BUILDER, which was ordered in October 1949; cars were delivered between October 1950 and March 1951. The Ranch Cars had a 14 seat lunch counter, a 12 seat dinette, and a 18 seat lounge. #1240-#1242 and #1244-#1245 were owned by GN; #1243 was owned by CB&Q after 1953. In 1974, Amtrak acquired 4 of these cars as #8150-#8153; #1240 was scrapped and #1244 was sold to Arvid Benson. The #1244 was later resold to Ralph Day (Biddeford, ME), and in 2006, the car was moved from Maine to the The Depot Rail Museum in Columbus, OH. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide. Date is approximate. Photographer is unknown.
Photo Date:  12/1/1973  Upload Date: 12/18/2014 5:36:13 AM
Location:  Moorhead, MN
Author:  Unknown/J. Brent MacGregor Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  1450   Comments: 1
GN 1244
Title:  GN 1244
Description:  Diner/Lounge/Coffee Shop - "White Pines Lake"
Photo Date:  8/31/1975  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 9:02:30 PM
Location:  Fargo, ND
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  680   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1 sits at The Depot Rail Museum and Conference Center, waiting for someone to notice her.
Photo Date:  9/1/2011  Upload Date: 12/26/2011 7:40:55 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  492   Comments: 5
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  A side view of the little saddletank.
Photo Date:  10/30/2011  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 2:56:12 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
Great Northern #1244
Title:  Great Northern #1244
Description:  Unfortunately permanently attached to the depot building itself.
Photo Date:  10/31/2011  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 3:27:56 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  1545   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  A peaceful evening at The Depot.
Photo Date:  3/1/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 3:02:51 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  500   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Cosmetic restorations don't last too long in Ohio's climate.
Photo Date:  4/9/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 3:03:31 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  The sun gave an interesting effect to this photo.
Photo Date:  4/17/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 3:20:51 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Can't tell which looks nicer - the scenery or little 1.
Photo Date:  4/17/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 3:21:28 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Awaiting to greet visitors, if they ever had any...
Photo Date:  4/17/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 3:21:56 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Not the best shot, but the sun wasn't in my favor.
Photo Date:  6/23/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 3:10:37 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Saddletank under sunny skies.
Photo Date:  8/26/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 3:14:11 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Unlike most saddletanks, 1 lacks a coal bunker.
Photo Date:  8/26/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 3:15:07 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  All dressed up but nowhere to go.
Photo Date:  8/26/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 3:15:53 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  The first steam of 2013 - operational or not, steam is steam.
Photo Date:  1/23/2013  Upload Date: 1/27/2013 6:28:11 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  The whitewalls still look nice.
Photo Date:  2/11/2013  Upload Date: 2/15/2013 2:59:53 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
Marble Clif Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Clif Quarries #1
Description:  Just a usual afternoon at The Depot.
Photo Date:  4/10/2013  Upload Date: 2/17/2014 12:58:07 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  I'd really like to know who's been in that cab...
Photo Date:  5/7/2013  Upload Date: 3/7/2014 6:24:00 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  A cloudy but peaceful afternoon at the Depot.
Photo Date:  5/15/2013  Upload Date: 7/9/2013 2:17:56 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  #1 sits in the sun as a storm approaches in the distance - and yes, those are Christmas lights still on the Depot itself.
Photo Date:  6/25/2013  Upload Date: 7/9/2013 1:52:23 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Another day of just sitting here.
Photo Date:  7/11/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2014 11:48:51 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  A sunny day at The Depot.
Photo Date:  8/5/2013  Upload Date: 3/31/2014 5:36:56 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Another sunny day.
Photo Date:  8/16/2013  Upload Date: 4/3/2014 10:16:14 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  294   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  A quick "drive by and see how things are going" shot.
Photo Date:  9/30/2013  Upload Date: 1/7/2014 8:18:33 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  All decorated for Christmas.
Photo Date:  12/20/2013  Upload Date: 6/28/2014 1:55:36 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  First visit for 2014.
Photo Date:  1/14/2014  Upload Date: 8/6/2014 1:04:09 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Snowbound.
Photo Date:  2/7/2014  Upload Date: 8/6/2014 1:34:07 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  A more unique night shot.
Photo Date:  2/18/2014  Upload Date: 9/22/2014 6:47:15 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Winter,Night,Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
Great Northern RR "Ranch Car"
Title:  Great Northern RR "Ranch Car"
Description:  Unveiled in June 1929, the "Empire Builder" quickly established itself as the flagship passenger train of the Great Northern. Named for GN founder James J. Hill, it ran from Chicago (via the Burlington to St. Paul) to Seattle, with a separate section to Portland. Post-war plans for the new streamlined version were unveiled in early 1945 with the arrival of EMD E7A-A diesels attired in brilliant Omaha Orange and Pullman Green (later known as the Empire Builder scheme); deliveries of matching cars continued through 1947. Not content with this upgrade, GN completely refitted the train once more in 1951 and assigned A-B-A sets of F units as standard power. The Empire Builder reached its pinnacle of luxury in 1955 with the arrival of brand-new Vista-Dome and full or Great Dome cars offering incredible views of western scenery. This longer and heavier train was pulled by A-B-B-A sets of F units. Inside Ranch CarRustic western decor with weathered oak trim, saddle leather accents and a unique G Bar N logo, styled after a cattle branding iron, helped make Ranch cars memorable to all who rode them while traveling on the Empire Builder. Ordered from American Car & Foundry in 1951, these 85'-long cars featured a lunch counter, dinette booths and lounge seating. The Ranch cars, named in the Lake series, were very popular with passengers; so much so that when GN used the cars on other trains during the 1955-56 winter season passengers barraged the railway with letters of dissatisfaction. The cars returned after the winter season and remained in service into 1967. That year, the GN made sweeping changes in its public image and introduced its striking, modern Big Sky Blue and white scheme, which the cars wore until the Burlington Northern merger in 1970. The cars served briefly in the new Cascade Green and white Hockey Stick scheme until passenger operations were turned over to Amtrak in 1971. On November 17th, 2006 the Great Northern Ranch Dinning Car arrived in Columbus.
Photo Date:  3/1/2014  Upload Date: 3/1/2014 2:31:19 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  1115   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Winter is slowly turning into Spring.
Photo Date:  3/9/2014  Upload Date: 9/23/2014 8:52:45 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Bqoskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Gloomy spring weather.
Photo Date:  4/2/2014  Upload Date: 9/23/2014 8:56:15 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Spring storms are on the way.
Photo Date:  5/4/2014  Upload Date: 9/23/2014 9:02:12 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Mable Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Mable Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Same scene as always.
Photo Date:  5/11/2014  Upload Date: 9/23/2014 9:04:50 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  It's a nice day for photos.
Photo Date:  5/18/2014  Upload Date: 9/23/2014 9:09:01 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  It's starting to look like summer now.
Photo Date:  5/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 6:19:51 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Title:  Marble Cliff Quarries #1
Description:  Not much changes.
Photo Date:  6/8/2014  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 6:25:20 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MCQ 1(0-4-0T)
Views:  95   Comments: 0


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