Due to the fact that the webmaster is a train nut, here are some train pictures!

We believe these first three are all just west of the present "airport crossing", 54th ave, in Goodview These are Chicago & North Western trains coming in to Winona.

These last two are taken from Franklin Street looking north, probably almost at the same time.

According to The Hiawatha Story by Jim Scribbons, the lead locmotive, #15, on this Hiawatha was "the locomotive that sold the Milwaukee Road on Diesels". This EMD E6 was purchased in 1941 and made its first run on September 19/20 of that year. The book describes its first assignment as taking the night Fast Mail, #57 from Chicago to Minneapolis, and then returning in the morning with the Morning Hiawatha. #15 was in this service until 1949, and finally traded in in 1961. This paint scheme lasted until 1948, dating the picture to 1941-48.

Please contact us if you have any additional information on these.