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busyemt

Post subject: The elusive ILS switcher

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:06 pm

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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:31 pm

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I believe this is an SW1. I am not a great identifier of switchers though. Does the Schreier Malting Co lease this then or outright own it?

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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:56 am

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Yes it is an SW1. This unit started life as Amtrak 250 renumbered to 732 and than sold to Scheier Malting which is a spin off of Cargill. I do not know when it was sold to ILS however it is leased to General Mills T mill where you got the pic's. There is a 35 ton GE switcher which is also a former Cargill unit owned by ILS and leased to the General Mills elevator on 37th street one block south of the T mill.

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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:50 pm

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Thanks for the info. Now I feel compelled to seek out the 35 tonner.

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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:56 pm

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The best time to see the 35 tonner is September to early November when the mills car loads are the up. I would almost think if they got one engin serviced the other might be due as well, I will be checking for the next few weeks just in case.

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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:31 pm

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The 35 tonner is stored in the little shed at the Big G elevator off Hiawatha, not the ADM one on the highway but the one east of the tracks. When I worked for Mpls Public Works I saw it working in the summer, mornings were the best times to have a chance of seeing it. ILS doesn't own this critter, I don't think they have a single GE on their fleet and nothing this small... Still marked Shreier as well like this unit.

Great catch on this one, I never have seen it myself! Which elevator exactly does it work?

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