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copyright © Steve Monson; used by permission.
At the turn of the last century, the St. Paul & Duluth railroad was running two passenger trains a day from St. Paul to the Wisconsin border along with one afternoon way freight. The morning passenger train was designated as "first class", but it commonly carried a stock car at the head end so that farmers could get their cattle to market in four hours instead of an all day ordeal for the cattle on the slow freight. This view on Steve Monson's "Taylor Falls Branch Line" layout shows this first class train as it leaves the depot shortly after the Northern Pacific bought the St. Paul & Duluth in 1900. The passenger cars are Kinsman kits and the stock car was produced by Mainline Models.
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