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A Friend of the TCMRM
Beau Battle of Beaumont’s Quality Tools, was a long time show vendor of the TCMRM’s Hobby Show and Sale at the fairgrounds. He has now since past away and his […]
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Chicago Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q)
In 1886, the Chicago Burlington and Northern completed its line following the Mississippi River for 300 scenic miles from Savanna, IL to Saint Paul, MN.
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New DVD: Twin City Model Railroad Museum Volume 2
Now available at the Twin City Model Railroad Museum’s gift shop: Twin City Model Railroad Museum Volume 2. This 80 minute video is a visual tour and the history about one of […]
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Raymond Lester Norton 1918 – 2012
Ray was a man who loved life, family, friends, church, railroads, music, animals, travel. He could be soft, he could be gruff and no-nonsense. He could blush! He was generous and big-hearted. He was determined. He was stubborn and stalwart. If he believed something, he believed it whole-heartedly. His personality was a force of nature. He was a real character and colorful.
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The Great Northern Station
During the 64 years that the Great Northern Station stood at the foot of the Hennepin Avenue bridge, it was one of six passenger depots which once operated simultaneously in downtown Minneapolis, and at its peak, 125 trains used it each day.
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TCMRM Icon Ray Norton
It has been said that it’s impossible to be a member of the Twin City Model Railroad Museum without knowing Ray Norton, a fixture almost from the beginning. Ray can tell you about building the bleachers when the railroad club was in the St. Paul Union Depot for those many years.
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