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| Title: |
Reminiscent Of Duluth |
| Description: |
Standing underneath 169, listening to the rumble of the CP duo's engines as I snapped this picture, I was reminded of hearing the rumble of locomotives and the sound of passing cars at Duluth Union Depot. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 5:57:58 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CP 4106(FP9A) CP 4107(FP9A) |
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81 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Covered Wagons! |
| Description: |
Walser may make the lady in the billboard smile, but these two FP9s were what made me smile this day. Too bad the Ryder Cup does not always come to the Twin Cities. I could get used to seeing these beauties on a regular basis. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2016 Upload Date: 9/29/2016 11:50:15 AM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CP 4107(FP9A) CP 4106(FP9A) |
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96 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The "Killarney" |
| Description: |
Canadian Pacific private car "Killarney", the third car back from the engines on CP's Ryder Cup special, provides a sharp contrast to the electric billboard along U.S. 169 in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 6:23:14 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
The "Mount Royal" |
| Description: |
The "Mount Royal" was the second car back from the engines on Canadian Pacific's Ryder Cup special. I wonder how the occupants of this car dealt with the noise of traffic on 169? (Maybe the sounds of the locomotives drowned it out.) |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 6:35:39 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
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109 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wine Red Train |
| Description: |
A look at the consist of Canadian Pacific's Ryder Cup special. Down on the former Minneapolis & St. Louis mainline, a grandfather taking his grandkid out for a ride in the stroller is admiring the wine red train. Just visible in the right background is a white square. This is part of a white banner emblazoned with red "CP" initials, denoting the parking and pick up/drop off place for shippers and guests who rode the rails to the Ryder Cup. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 6:13:47 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
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20 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Canadian Pacific's Ryder Cup Train Is In! |
| Description: |
Traffic flowing north and south on U.S. 169 passes over the old Milwaukee Road oblivious to the snappy varnish Canadian Pacific sent to the Twin Cities for Ryder Cup 2016. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2016 Upload Date: 9/29/2016 11:45:06 AM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CP 4107(FP9A) |
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68 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Reminiscent Of Dakota Rail's F Units |
| Description: |
The Canadian Pacific f unit duo on the head end of CP's Ryder Cup train brought back boyhood memories of Dakota Rail's f units. (In fact, I had just come from photographing BNSF's Ryder Cup train, which was parked on the former DAKR interchange trackage.) |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 5:54:30 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CP 4107(FP9A) CP 4106(FP9A) |
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99 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Short Train |
| Description: |
Strung out behind the engines on today's Union Pacific local from Plymouth are one tank car and four steel coil cars. The train is on the south leg of the wye at Minneapolis Junction with its destination, East Minneapolis yard, only a couple miles away. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2016 Upload Date: 10/7/2016 7:08:52 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
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22 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Entering The Junction |
| Description: |
Union Pacific's local from Plymouth, sporting two GMTX units for power, rolls onto the south leg of the wye at Minneapolis Junction as the crew enters the last leg of their journey to East Minneapolis yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2016 Upload Date: 10/7/2016 7:05:47 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2694(GP38-2) GMTX 2277(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
236 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Almost Home |
| Description: |
The Union Pacific local from Plymouth rounds the south leg of the wye at East Minneapolis beneath rapidly clouding skies as the crew nears their destination of East Minneapolis yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2016 Upload Date: 10/7/2016 7:06:41 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2277(GP38-2) GMTX 2694(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
226 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
South of 86th Street |
| Description: |
The Progressive Rail crew pauses in the middle of a switching move south of 86th Street beneath gray but surprisingly mild November skies. |
| Photo Date: |
11/29/2016 Upload Date: 11/29/2016 3:17:39 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PGR 36(SW1500) PGR 34(SW1500) |
| Views: |
202 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Switching Amidst Industry |
| Description: |
The PGR crew has pulled ahead on a switching move south of 86th Street. I do not know if they were switching an industry, or sorting out stored cars. The industry in the background provides a swell backdrop for the two locomotives whose paint schemes are virtually identical to that used by the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern, which once operated this line. |
| Photo Date: |
11/29/2016 Upload Date: 11/29/2016 3:18:13 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500) |
| Views: |
276 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Brandon and Andy |
| Description: |
Brandon (left) photographs while Andy (right) watches after taking some pics, as the CP Holiday Train rolls south from the CP/UP diamond on a snowy Saturday afternoon. Neither snow nor, well, anything else can deter some of us railfans. :-) |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2016 Upload Date: 12/11/2016 2:24:55 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Winter,Action |
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46 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound In The Snow |
| Description: |
The first significant snowstorm of the year was already in full swing by the time the CP Holiday Train hove into view at the CP/UP diamond in Golden Valley. The snow, however, greatly added to the holiday spirit of the spectacle. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2016 Upload Date: 12/11/2016 2:19:36 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
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169 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Holiday Train At The Diamond |
| Description: |
The Canadian Pacific Holiday train approaches the diamond on the MNS Spur with the Union Pacific's Golden Valley Industrial Lead on a snowy Saturday afternoon in early December. The train was running a bit late to its next engagement due to being thirty minutes late in New Hope, its first of three stops on the spur. Next stop: Golden Hills Drive in Golden Valley. Incidentally, the engineer was repeatedly blowing short blasts on the air horn to greet the small group gathered at the diamond to watch the train's passing. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2016 Upload Date: 12/10/2016 7:39:04 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
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213 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Brief Pause |
| Description: |
The CP Holiday Train is about to come to a brief pause as per operating rules to obey the "Stop" sign at the CP/UP diamond before proceeding on to Golden Hills Drive and showtime. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2016 Upload Date: 12/11/2016 2:21:34 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
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130 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On To The Next Show |
| Description: |
The CP Holiday Train heads south on the MNS Spur bound for Golden Hills Drive and the next show. Two more shows, in St. Louis Park and, after a reverse move back to the old Soo Line main in New Hope, northeast Minneapolis, were to come after. Who would have thought we would see passengers riding the old MN&s/Dan Patch in 2016? |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2016 Upload Date: 12/11/2016 2:30:25 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
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27 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Here Comes The Varnish |
| Description: |
Four warm and toasty CP passenger cars loaded with riders lucky to get a seat on the CP Holiday Train begin to cross the CP/UP diamond as the train heads for showtime at Golden Hills Drive on a snowy Saturday afternoon. These folks were undoubtedly the first passengers to ride any portion of the old Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern since a football special to and from Northfield plied the MN&S in October of 1978. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2016 Upload Date: 12/11/2016 2:28:04 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
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33 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex-Santa Fe At The Signals |
| Description: |
An ex-Santa Fe unit, running tail end Charlie behind four other units, is about to pass under the signals at Division Street as it heads west with a BNSF mixed merchandise job. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2016 Upload Date: 12/11/2016 3:39:55 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 627(C44-9W) BNSF 5163(C44-9W) BNSF 9362(SD70ACe) |
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143 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big Lashup |
| Description: |
A westbound BNSF mixed merchandise freight heads up the east leg of the wye at Division Street with no less than five units on the head end. Perhaps at least two of these were simply hitching a ride and the engineer had three units for power? (Next time I will try sitting atop a picnic bench at the railfan park here to try to get above the fence for a zoom shot, by the way.) |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2016 Upload Date: 12/11/2016 3:38:21 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3776(ET44C4) BNSF 6755(ES44C4) BNSF 9362(SD70ACe) BNSF 5163(C44-9W) BNSF 627(C44-9W) |
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285 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound At Division Street |
| Description: |
A westbound Canadian Pacific transfer (?) heads up the east leg of the Division Street wye as the Milwaukee Road 261 waits with the 1 P.M. North Pole Express on St. Paul Union Depot's tail track. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2016 Upload Date: 12/11/2016 3:29:07 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 6026(SD40-2) SOO 4412(GP38-2) MILW 261(4-8-4) |
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172 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crew Confab |
| Description: |
The Progressive Rail crew confers before they commence moving stored freight cars parked along the old Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern north of Dodd Boulevard in Lakeville. PGR picked a nice, mild day for the move. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:29:21 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CITX 6352(GP38-2) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CEFX 6671(GP38-3) |
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424 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coupling Up |
| Description: |
The road power couples up to a string of stored small (cement?) hoppers parked along the inactive main line of the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern. The fallow fields lend an air of prairie railroading to this scene. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:30:02 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CEFX 6671(GP38-3) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CITX 6352(GP38-2) |
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354 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Crossing Dodd |
| Description: |
A school bus driver patiently waits while the Progressive Rail crew moves their leased unit trio across Dodd Boulevard shortly after 9 A.M. at the start of a stored freight car move. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:28:47 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CITX 6352(GP38-2) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CEFX 6671(GP38-3) |
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410 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Pause |
| Description: |
The PGR crew pauses a moment at the start of the stored freight car move which took place this day. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:31:08 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CITX 6352(GP38-2) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CEFX 6671(GP38-3) |
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320 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Moving Past Fallow Fields |
| Description: |
The PGR road power moves up past fallow fields north of Dodd Boulevard as the stored freight car move begins. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:29:40 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CEFX 6671(GP38-3) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CITX 6352(GP38-2) |
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316 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Resume |
| Description: |
The PGR crew resumes pushing as they continue to couple up strings of covered hoppers stored along the old MN&S main line. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:31:42 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CITX 6352(GP38-2) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CEFX 6671(GP38-3) |
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437 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Restored Track |
| Description: |
A bit of overgrown track left behind by Dakota Rail was recently restored as a tail track at the former BNSF/DAKR interchange in Wayzata. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:32:20 PM |
| Location: |
Wayzata, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Track |
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77 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"What Made You Late?" |
| Description: |
Stored covered hoppers block the Ipava Avenue crossing as Progressive Rail begins to move stored cars parked on the former Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern main line. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:30:48 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Winter,Action |
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66 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Slumbering On A False Spring Afternoon |
| Description: |
Stored power, including a veteran CP SD40-2 in faded "dual flag" red, an AC44CW in spiffier paint, and a surprisingly clean Soo/Milwaukee "bandit" GP40 and, apparently, a Soo GP38-2 slumber beneath graying skies on a false spring afternoon (the weather was balmy enough for light coats and long shorts). |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/2017 Upload Date: 2/19/2017 7:17:32 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CP 6003(SD40-2) CP 9524(AC44CW) |
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142 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex-Soo Caboose In A False Spring |
| Description: |
The calendar said February, but the day I photographed this ex-Soo Line wooden caboose at Mickman Brothers in Ham Lake, the weather was that of a false spring. Mickman has moved the 9 since I last saw it. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/2017 Upload Date: 2/19/2017 6:50:22 PM |
| Location: |
Ham Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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115 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Unique Decor At Mickman Brothers |
| Description: |
This ex-Soo Line caboose has been on display at Mickman Brothers for quite some time. Despite it's having a wood carbody, this caboose has weathered the elements remarkably well. A testament to the love and care given to it by Mickman. Anyone know how this car got here? |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/2017 Upload Date: 2/19/2017 6:48:43 PM |
| Location: |
Ham Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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140 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Long Lived "Whiteface" |
| Description: |
Both of BNSF's ex-BN SD60 "whiteface" units were at Northtown this day. The 1405 was sitting alone near the turntable, making for this great roster shot. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 8:51:55 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1405(SD60M) |
| Views: |
159 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Golden Oldie Moving Up |
| Description: |
An ex-BN GP50 moves up at the Northtown shop on a cold and blustery afternoon in late February. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 6:23:23 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3158(GP50) |
| Views: |
71 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Golden Oldie Backing Up |
| Description: |
An ex-BN GP50, with "Burlington Northern" visible again next to the BN logo on its long hood, reverses into the Northtown shop as the hogger pays careful attention to the brakeman's instructions. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 6:24:28 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3158(GP50) |
| Views: |
211 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 8058 |
| Description: |
Roster shot, taken from 34th Avenue Bridge (which explains the slightly funky angle). |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 8:49:33 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8058(ES44C4) |
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95 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Kicking Cars |
| Description: |
The hump power kicks cars at Northtown beneath mostly cloud skies on a chilly late February afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 9:10:06 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1931(SD40-2) BNSF 70(Yard Slug) BNSF 1888(SD40-2) BNSF 1405(SD60M) |
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635 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
No Snow To Plow Today |
| Description: |
The weather forecast earlier this week made it look like this rotary set would have its work cut out for it come February 24. The storm struck south and east of the Twin Cities, however, giving nothing by a cold wind sweeping over the rotary and its locomotive as they sat beneath mostly cloudy skies at Northtown. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 8:39:49 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1543(GP28P) |
| Views: |
139 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Reversing Into The Shop |
| Description: |
A pair of BNSF units reverse into the shop area at Northtown while a brakeman coaches the engineer as to how far to go and when to stop. Note the tagged refer in the foreground. Graffiti artists sure can't resist freight cars. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 6:09:15 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 755(C44-9W) BNSF 5353(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
131 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Parked By The Turntable |
| Description: |
Three units, including one of those funky newfangled engines, sits near the Northtown turntable on a chilly afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 9:28:19 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 55(TEBC6) BNSF 3944(ET44C4) BNSF 3867(ET44C4) |
| Views: |
1372 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Switching At The Parkway |
| Description: |
One of the Northtown yard goats switches at St. Anthony Parkway as the sun begins to peep through a mostly cloudy sky on the last Friday for February, 2017. A new bridge carrying the parkway over the yard is currently under construction, replacing the venerable structure dating back to, apparently, Northern Pacific days. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 9:29:28 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 2715(GP39-2) |
| Views: |
140 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
"GN" For "Gone Now"? |
| Description: |
Three more veteran units stored north of the University Avenue bridge sit in Northtown awaiting their fate. I will miss these switchers. I have fond memories of them at Union and Midway yards in happier times. The snowplow apparently still has a future, though, as it still retains its BN reporting mark. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 9:30:59 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GN 3404(SW1500) GN 3411(SW1500) GN 3464(SW1500) |
| Views: |
405 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
So Long, My Friends |
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Two veteran units await their fate while parked in a small string of stored units (and one snowplow) north of the University Avenue bridge at Northtown. New paint did not ensure the 1720 would roll for the BNSF, its third owner, forever. Thank heavens one of her brethren escaped to the Minnesota Transportation Museum. If only that 45-2 ahead of the 1720 could make such an escape. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 9:30:14 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GN 6470(SD45-2) GN 1720(SD9) |
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380 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Yard Goats In Repose |
| Description: |
Valley Park's yard goats idle by the yard office beneath mostly cloudy skies on the last day of February, 2017. Meanwhile, other units get some rest further down in the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2017 Upload Date: 2/28/2017 9:45:21 PM |
| Location: |
Shakopee, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UP 803(GP38-2) UP 675(GP38-2) |
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230 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stopped By The Mile Marker Sign |
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An eastbound freight tagged by a red signal waits for the green down by the mile marker sign along the Highway 12/Wayzata Subdivision corridor early on a March evening. The crew was in for a long wait. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2017 Upload Date: 3/15/2017 7:20:35 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7357(ES44DC) BNSF 6656(ES44C4) BNSF 5296(C44-9W) |
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81 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Former Would-Be Merger Partners |
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A CP and NS unit are the motive power on an eastbound freight whose crew had paused in the middle of sorting out their cars into Humboldt down at the yard's eastern end. This portrait also captures how CP and NS were would-be merger partners this time last year. Thank God that merger did not come to pass. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/2017 Upload Date: 3/24/2017 7:18:49 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8773(ES44AC) NS 2587(SD70M) |
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87 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GEs And A Snowplow |
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A string of GEs, which doubtless have seen much action this winter, and a snowplow, which doubtless saw less use than usual this winter, rest in Humboldt Yard on a gray Friday afternoon in March. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/2017 Upload Date: 3/24/2017 7:04:45 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CP 9511(AC44CW) CP 9558(AC44CW) |
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78 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The MNS Spur Power? |
| Description: |
These two GPs might be the current motive power on the MNS Spur local at the moment. Either that or they are assigned other duties. Anyway, I found them at Humboldt this day. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/2017 Upload Date: 3/24/2017 7:15:16 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CP 3022(GP38-2) |
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157 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Badly Tagged Caboose |
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I came upon this badly tagged Soo Line caboose at Humboldt Yard. Some punks just have no respect for private property. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/2017 Upload Date: 3/24/2017 7:18:08 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
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116 Comments: 0 |
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