{"id":4868,"date":"2013-12-18T05:06:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T10:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=4868"},"modified":"2013-12-18T08:09:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T13:09:50","slug":"daily-post-diesel-meets-steam-at-dresser-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-diesel-meets-steam-at-dresser-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"DAILY POST: Diesel Meets Steam at Dresser, Wisconsin."},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWisconsin Central GP7 and a Northern Pacific 4-6-0 in August 1996.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0This old Kodachrome is a prize! Sometimes a scene has more background that I could have incribed on the slide mount.<\/p>\n

Back in August 1996, Dick Gruber and I drove up to Osceola, Wisconsin to spend a weekend photographing Northern Pacific 4-6-0 number 328 that was scheduled for Minnesota Transportation Museum\u2019s Osceola & St. Croix Valley trips over Wisconsin Central\u2019s former Soo Line.<\/p>\n

Two days worth of trips were scheduled and we made the most of this classic locomotive under steam. There were some challenges; such as finding a place to stay. I recall scouring motels in the Minneapolis area without any luck.<\/p>\n

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A Wisconsin Central local freight meets Northern Pacific 4-6-0 number 328 at Dresser, Wisconsin on August 17, 1996. I made this image from a low-angle using my Nikon F3T with a 28mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We ended up back in Osceola in the early hours chatting with crew. The mosquitoes were fierce and accommodations were lacking. I had a sleeping bag in my car, and one of the steam crew suggested I sleep on 328\u2019s tender.<\/p>\n

I took this suggestion to heart and laid out my bag on a flat spot away from the coal and got a few hours rest. The heat from the boiler kept me warm, while the smoke discouraged the bugs. Unfortunately, about 5:30 am, a crewman woke me with an apology. \u201cSorry, you\u2019ll need to move, I need to stoke the engine.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was the start for a long but productive day of photography. Some 13 hours later, I made this image. After an excursion, NP 328 had run, ‘light engine,’ (by itself) to Dresser to turn on the wye. Here it met a Wisconsin Central local freight with a former Chicago & North Western GP7, still in its former owner\u2019s paint.<\/p>\n

At the time I was researching for my book The American Steam Locomotive <\/i>(Published by MBI in 1998). I couldn\u2019t help but thinking, that it was GP7s like this one had ousted 4-6-0s from their duties more than 40 years earlier. (However, 4151 was built new for Rock Island, and only acquired by C&NW in 1981). The irony is the GP7 was probably scrapped while today 328 is still around (pending overhaul).<\/p>\n

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