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| I've been interested in trains and railroads for as long as I can remember. Many people often tell me my obsession with trains goes far beyond that and I've loved trains since I was in diapers! |
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| Growing up in Cass Lake I remember seeing the final days of the Soo Line running through Cass Lake on trackage rights. I remember the days when the Burlington Northern was king in Minnesota. I watched as these railroads merged and became the Canadian Pacific and BNSF. I still call Cass Lake home and enjoy watching the action on the BNSF. |
| I attended the Fon du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet, Minnesota where I studied not only Law Enforcement, but also the complex railroad operations in the Twin Ports area as well as the Iron Range. |
| The Leech Lake Police Department was where I started my career in the Public Safety field as a Police Dispatcher and First Responder. I departed the LLPD in 2006 when I started with the Beltrami County Sheriff's Department as a Communications Officer. I recently accepted a promotion in the Sheriff's Department and am the Assistant Emergency Management Director and 911 Communications Team Leader. |
| In addition to work and railroad photography, I am also an avid model railroader. I have a large collection of HO Scale trains and some N Scale trains. My nephew Darren and I also have an O Scale train that we frequently play with. I do a lot of custom detail work and electronics. |
| I have the opportunity to share my passion for railroads with my nephew Darren. He enjoys trains almost as much as I do which for a four year old is a pretty scary thing! I have never seen a child play so carefully with the delicate and precious collectables like he does. His favorite trains are the Red and Gray (Silver) of the Santa Fe Warbonnets, something I am working him off of! |
| Aside from trains and work, I am also a volunteer First Responder in Cass Lake where I assist the ambulance crews in providing life saving emergency medical services. I also enjoy basketball, specifically high school basketball. |
| I've proclaimed it before and will say it again: "I am from Cass Lake. I have always been from Cass Lake. I will always be from Cass Lake. I am and always will be proud to be from Cass Lake." |
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| ~ Chris railtalk@yahoo.com |
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| I'm bagged by friend John Fladung at Lake Park. |
| Shooting a coal empty at Lake Park. |
| My nephew Darren all dressed up as Harry Potter for Halloween, at the throttle of the Hogwartz Express on my model railroad. |
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| Darren and I riding on the North Shore Scenic Railroad in Duluth, MN. |