Paul, rochester and dubuque electric traction company, better known as the dan patch electric lines after the owners prize horse of the same name. Now with more frequent updates and weather pattern tracking. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Paul rochester and dubuque electric traction company lines, which came to be known as the dan patch. They are printed using a precise, 1200 dpi printing process and are among the sharpest model decals on the market. Man risks life, saves 4 people from burning car on route. Savage, owner of the race horse, dan patch, planned an electric railroad that would connect the twin cities to his farm and stables south of the minnesota river.
All except one of the clips were on european regional rail lines. Paul, rochester and dubuque electric traction company. Converted to electric, with contactors and resistors in the cab. Car 2 was later sold to the dan patch lines where it was destroyed in a 1914 fire.
Listen to the audio pronunciation of dan patch electric lines on pronouncekiwi. The hall scott gas motor car at csrm has its original gasoline engine. It was all made possible by a connector built from auto club junction near savage to esls luce line junction. The first ge locomotive was a series of fouraxle bb boxcab gasolineelectric machines closely related to the doodlebugs, selfpropelled passenger cars built in the early twentieth century. The bankrupt dan patch line was purchased at a foreclosure auction by the present operator, minneapolis, northfield and southern, at its inception in 1918. The dan patch was intended to be an electric line, but the cost was prohibitive, so the cars were gaselectric. After the dan patch line went into bankruptcy, its sisters went to a california traction company while 100 was sold first to the central warehouse company of saint paul, minnesota, in 1917, who converted it to a simple electric locomotive. We are a leading provider of quality used and refurbished parts for ho model trains by athearn, mantua, rivarossi and more. The symbol of the dan patch electric line was a lightning bolt on a horseshoe. One of the dan patch electric lines gaselectric railcars. In 1907 the problem of how to directly link his stock farm at savage and his business centers in minneapolis led m. Despite the name, the line was never electrified, and it never reached beyond northfield. A 19 map of the dan patch passenger electric railway, running from the twin cities south through northfield and beyond. Rail cars also carried the name dan patch electric lines.
Paul rochester and dubuque electric traction company lines, which came to be known as the dan patch lines. Thousands of visitors arrived by the gas electric rail cars of the new dan patch rail line. This eventually led to the development of greyhound lines. Lakeville leaders oppose dan patch line local news. Dan patch moratorium bans talk of south metro commuter rail mpr. In fact, the line had the first gaselectric freight locomotive used by an american railroad. The dan patch railroad st louis park historical society. Antlers amusement park and dan patch line in 1910, antlers park opened on the shores of prairie lake.
Railway age magazine april 23, 1949 stay safe and healthy. Man saves 4 people from burning car on route 24 brockton, ma ross dugan didnt see anyone get out of the burning car, so he rushed over to help and yanked open a window. The corridor consists of the tracks on the former minneapolis st. Edina investigates possible dan patch commuter rail service.
The minneapolis, northfield and southern railway, successor to the dan patch line, acquired and merged the electric short line terminal co. The first ge locomotive was a series of fouraxle boxcab gasoline electric machines closely related to their doodlebugs, a line of selfpropelled passenger cars built in the early 1900s. Here are examples of diesel multiple units dmus and electric multiple units emus on regional rail lines. Keep a storm kit at home and enroll in outage notifications so youre always connected and prepared. The dan patch line was built for early dmus, and no. The electric short line railway operated in minnesota. But with the advent of the automobile, the market for street railway cars declined, and wason tried replacing its railcar trade with busses, automotive bodies, airplane parts, motorboats, and portable gas stations.
Before diesel engines had been developed for locomotive power in the 1920s and 1930s. The dan patch electric railway, started in 1907 by col. Originally built by ge in june of 19 as a twoengined gm16c4 175hp gaselectric of 36 4 length, sold to central warehouse co. Lakeville leaders oppose dan patch line by laura adelmann. Car 3 eventually traveled 50,000 miles in demonstration service. We ran her light with no cars, but i have heard and is apparent by her electrical gear. It was a center pivot swing bridge, swinging open to allow barge traffic to pass on the minnesota river and swinging closed to allow trains, and eventually cars, to cross from savage into bloomington. The wire came down, so they shoehorned a diesel genset into the cab. This is the story of the dan patch rail corridor, a line of rail track running between northfield. The dan patch line was built as the minneapolis, st. Dan patch private train car raymond baumann constructed this car as a labor of love in memory of his late grandfather, sylvester redford, a horse enthusiast and fan of dan patch. Dan patch line had a connection with the mpls street car line at 54th and nicollet.
His grandfather picked up a piece of shavings from the hoof of dan patch at the wisconsin state fair in 1904 after the horse threw a shoe and had to be refitted with a. Dubuque electric traction company dan patch line certificate for shares preferred capital stockincorporated. Paul rochester and dubuque electric traction company aka the dan patch line had only recently begun service from minneapolis 54th and nicollet and a connection with tcrts nicollet avenue line. A depot was built at the intersection of the line and bridge toward the auto club, and at an early. Antlers became famous for its recreation and dining facilities. Paul, rochester and dubuque electric traction company which he renamed the dan patch electric line. Only one year later in 1916 the dan patch electric line was in the hands of a receiver. Dan patch lines 100 boxcab minnesota transportation museum originally two ge gas electric car power plants back to back.
The dan patch line, named for a famous early 20th century race horse. The first ge locomotive was a series of fouraxle bb boxcab gasoline electric machines closely related to the doodlebugs, selfpropelled passenger cars built in the early twentieth century. Eric wickman inaugurated the beginning of the omnibus when he transported miners from hibbing to the iron mine. Diesel multiple unit vehicles are lightrail sized hybrid trains that use a diesel engine to generate electricity to run an electric motor. Nov 20, 2019 dan patch was a very special horse who was born in indiana and then lived in minnesota around the turn of the last century. A look at southeast minnesotas dan patch rail corridor the little. An attempt was made in 1909 to break into the street railway business. K4 ho decals dan patch electric lines 36 ft wood boxcar. The flexibility of a car vs transit also depends on the service from the transit route. Dan patch 100 was sold to the central warehouse company of saint paul, minnesota, in 1917, and converted it to a simple electric locomotive. The street cars came in on one side of the wye and the dan patch. Minneapolis, northfield and southern railway mnopedia. The feasibility of a singletrack vintage trolley in the midtown greenway, march 19, 2001 2 to answer these questions, the midtown greenway coalition conducted a nationwide search and selected james graebner of the lomarado group in denver to conduct the singletrack study.
The 19 gaselectrics built by ge for the dan patch electric line as noted on the models list are claimed by ge as the first internal combustion locomotives in the world but may have actually been second there was a 22ton, 30 gauge, diesel electric built in 1912. One of their first major customers was the minneapolis, st. The dan patch corridor is a proposed commuter rail line that would serve a region which runs from minneapolis to northfield, minnesota. Black and white photograph of cars on dan patch line of minneapolis.