MNTX 6234, Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway, Dresser Sub, Osceola, WI, Sep 17, 2011

The Osceola & St Croix Valley Railway http://www.trainride.org/oscv.shtml is located in Osceola, Wisconsin and operated by the Minnesota Transportation Museum. The railway provides service from the former 1916 Soo Line depot located in Osceola, WI, with trains to Marine, MN and Dresser, WI. Canadian National Railway grants the Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway trackage rights on CN's North Division Dresser Sub between Withrow, MN and Dresser, WI.

The MNTX 6234 SD9 is painted in the BN Heritage "Cascade" green paint scheme. http://www.mtmuseum.org/jsr/roster/bn6234.php

The railway uses three diesel locomotive, 10 coaches and two cabooses to provide train excursions for 20,000 passengers per year. The railway has operated from Osceola since 1992.

The railway operates excursions on weekends and holidays, April through October, plus special events. This route follows the St. Croix valley for 10 miles (16 km), a round-trip taking 90 minutes. Then, after a 30 minute break, the train goes 5 miles (8.0 km) to Dresser, Wisconsin.

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• MNTX 6234
• Dresser Sub
• Canadian National
• Wisconsin Central
• CN
• WC
• Burlington Northern
• BN
• OSCV

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Crew that day was P Johnson - Engineer, and C Lofgren - Conductor