Fourth of July weekend in 1969 produced a healthy sized consist for GN's Badger/Gopher passenger trains operated between Superior, WI and St. Paul, MN. The consist was laying over between runs at GN's yard in Superior. The consist was made up of an E7A locomotive, a GN baggage mail car, three X-CNW coaches, and a fluted side x-Frisco coach. A 1960 Mercury and fast back Mustang look on.
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Although BN spent just 14 months as a passenger carrier, it maintained the high standards of Burlington's Denver Zephyr, Great Northern's Empire Builder and Northern Pacific's North Coast Limited.
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