does anybody have any pictures of the south end of the Scally line. also, any, keyword, "ANY" info about points of interest along the way. I know of Gladstone, actually Gloster, it was renamed Gloster after much confusion with Gladstone, MI. I also know of Claymont, where NP had a connection with the Omaha Road. but not much else. anything

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Taylor P.
Lake Elmo, MN
Route of the "400"

my train pictures.

my buddy grew up right around there.. I'll ask him if he's got any pics..

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http://home.comcast.net/~dellwoodtim/rr.html

The trackage is still in place from M&D Jct. to Maplewood, where it turns into a bike path. Is there a particular spot you were looking for?

the area around where it paralleled the Omaha on the east side.

I also know that there was a spur from the NP that crossed the Omaha main at grade and that crews hated to switch that spur.

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Taylor P.
Lake Elmo, MN
Route of the "400"

my train pictures.

In my dad's slide collection he took some shots of a derailment that was on the Omaha back in the late 60s or early 70s. These few shots that he does have shows a small portion of the Skally. Also of note, when the BN pulled the rails off the Skally through St. Paul all teh way up into Maplewood, they did not pull all of the ties. The compost site that I go to every summer for dumping my grass clippings & other yard waste still has the ties intact showing where the line ran. I go to the compost site that is on the corner of Frank & Sims. You can see where the ties begin their curve north towards Lake Phalen away from the Omaha tracks. I doubt you would be able to see anything from Google maps on these ties, as they are buried by mud and dirt that has been packed down in between them over the years...