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| Title: |
Resting By The Track Scale |
| Description: |
A GE and a former GE turned yard slug rest near the State of Minnesota scale house as the sun rises in the eastern sky on a chilly Saturday morning. |
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9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/15/2015 12:23:40 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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MNNR 88(B30-7) MNNR T-2(Yard Slug) |
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253 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
A Pause To Set The Switch |
| Description: |
After departing the Minnesota Commercial roundhouse, the crew pauses north of the former Amtrak Midway depot so a switch can be set prior to proceeding on into the MNNR"s yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/16/2015 10:19:35 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
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MNNR 35(M420W) MNNR 87(B39-8E) |
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304 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Obey The Sign, Railfans |
| Description: |
Signs like these can be found around the perimeter of the Minnesota Commercial's roundhouse, so make sure to heed them, railfans. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/15/2015 12:37:32 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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86 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MNNR T-2 |
| Description: |
Roster view of this former high hood GE turned yard slug, taken down by the Commercial's roundhouse. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/15/2015 12:29:46 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR T-2(Yard Slug) |
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256 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Motive Power And The "Witch's Hat" Tower |
| Description: |
The "Witch's Hat" water tower and a grain elevator provide a colorful backdrop to this morning portrait of two units I found at East Minneapolis yard on this fine Saturday morning. |
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9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/12/2015 11:16:08 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2273(GP38-2) UP 1476(GP40M-2) |
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243 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The T4's New Moniker |
| Description: |
"Sluggo" is now known as "Sluggo Reincarnated." Nifty. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/12/2015 11:20:27 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
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MNNR T-4(Yard Slug) |
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309 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRDX 900357 |
| Description: |
One of five ballast hoppers stored on the Skunk Hollow Spur west of Louisiana Avenue. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2015 Upload Date: 9/16/2015 10:36:04 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis Park, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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74 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stashed In Skunk Hollow |
| Description: |
These are four of five loaded ballast hoppers I found stored west of Louisiana Avenue in Skunk Hollow during a morning raiilfan sweep. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2015 Upload Date: 9/16/2015 10:36:22 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis Park, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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93 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crossing 3rd Street South |
| Description: |
The St. Paul Turn crosses 3rd Street South as the engineer gets a wheel into the train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2015 Upload Date: 9/16/2015 10:36:55 AM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
TCWR 2300(GP39-2) RRVW 4105(GP15C) TCWR 2301(GP39-2) |
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120 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departing Hopkins |
| Description: |
The St. Paul Turn departs Hopkins just after 7:30 A.M. with a long cut of cars bound for the TC&W's Twin Cities interchange. |
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9/16/2015 Upload Date: 9/16/2015 10:36:41 AM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
TCWR 2301(GP39-2) RRVW 4105(GP15C) TCWR 2300(GP39-2) |
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143 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The New Bridge Over 100 |
| Description: |
Here is the new bridge which carries the Bass Lake Spur over Highway 100. The bridge looks a lot like the one which carries the MNS Spur over I-494, right down to the green railings. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 9/19/2015 4:10:07 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis Park, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
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62 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ready For The St. Paul Turn |
| Description: |
The St. Paul Turn's power idles on the main track by the former Milwaukee Road depot ready for the crew to board. Soon the crew will take them southwest along the line to where the St. Paul Turn's cars await pickup on the main track and the crew will be off to the Cities proper. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 9/19/2015 4:09:46 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
TCWR 4302(GP30C) TCWR 2301(GP39-2) TCWR 2300(GP39-2) |
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111 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
St. Paul Turn Stopped South Of The Parkway |
| Description: |
The crew of the St. Paul Turn waits south of Cedar Lake Parkway for clearance to proceed on up to Cedar Lake Junction as southbound cyclists pass on by on the Kenilworth Trail. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 9/19/2015 11:31:11 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
TCWR 4302(GP30C) TCWR 2300(GP39-2) TCWR 2301(GP39-2) |
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171 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stopped In The "Bottleneck" |
| Description: |
The eastbound St. Paul Turn waits south of Cedar Lake Parkway for a green signal on a gorgeous September Saturday morning. The train is waiting in the southern end of the "bottleneck" which stretches between Cedar Lake and Lake Street along the Kenilworth Corridor, which has been a bone of contention in the "relocate freight rail/co-located freight rail with LRT" debate. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 9/19/2015 4:07:50 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
TCWR 2300(GP39-2) TCWR 2301(GP39-2) TCWR 4302(GP30C) |
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160 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
I Love That Slogan |
| Description: |
"Next load, any road" - I love that slogan. This 50 foot double door TBOX boxcar was in the consist of the eastbound St. Paul Turn, which paused south of Cedar Lake Parkway to await a green signal to proceed to Cedar Lake Junction and onto the BNSF Wayzata Sub. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 9/19/2015 4:09:05 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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75 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"5390 Ft Clearance From This Point" |
| Description: |
A yellow signal keeps the eastbound St. Paul Turn (out of view behind me) from crossing Cedar Lake Parkway until the BNSF dispatcher can clear the crew onto the Wayzata Sub at Cedar Lake Junction. The sign which alerts the crew to how much clearance exists north of the parkway testifies as to how this is the narrowest part of the Cedar Lake-Lake Street "bottleneck." |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 9/19/2015 4:08:18 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Signal |
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53 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hello Again 8149 |
| Description: |
I first caught this former BNSF unit back in March when it was the third unit on a stopped freight I found in Wayzata. Here it is the second unit on a stopped eastbound COFC intermodal in Long Lake. |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/2015 Upload Date: 9/22/2015 10:05:48 AM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRLX 8149(SD60M) |
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127 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stopped COFC |
| Description: |
BNSF routes most of its intermodal jobs over the Staples Sub, but the Wayzata Sub has begun to witness their passage too. I came upon this COFC job with a BNSF GE and a former BNSF EMD for power which had stopped for a red signal late on a lovely late September afternoon. As the crew waited to proceed on into town, motorists going east and west on Highway 12 enjoyed being able to go as they pleased. |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/2015 Upload Date: 9/22/2015 10:05:28 AM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRLX 8149(SD60M) |
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154 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
One Colorful Lashup! |
| Description: |
The crew of this eastbound freight which briefly stopped on the Wayzata Sub out in Long Lake had one colorful lashup for motive power. The HLCX unit is a rare sight since HLCX units are more often found on the Union Pacific in the Twin Cities. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/2015 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 4:39:46 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
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CSX 5487(ES44DC) HLCX 6313(SD40-2) CSX 3018(ES44AC-H) CSX 4784(SD70MAC) |
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132 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Goodbye Long Lake |
| Description: |
An eastbound mixed freight leaves Long Lake behind as it enters Wayzata at the border between the two Lake Minnetonka communities. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2015 Upload Date: 9/28/2015 3:01:36 PM |
| Location: |
Wayzata, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9473(C44-9W) BNSF 8252(ES44C4) |
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139 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cool Blue DPU |
| Description: |
A CSX unit in the new paint scheme holds down DPU duty on an eastbound oil train racing out of Long Lake. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2015 Upload Date: 9/28/2015 3:04:35 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 3243(ES44AC-H) |
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134 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound Oil |
| Description: |
An eastbound oil train splits the signals at Long Lake as it races towards Minneapolis just before 1 P.M. on a fine fall afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2015 Upload Date: 9/28/2015 3:02:33 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8041(ES44AC) CSX 5014(AC60CW) |
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141 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Racing Through Suburbia |
| Description: |
An eastbound oil train races through suburbia as it approaches the Luce Line bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
10/2/2015 Upload Date: 10/2/2015 6:31:43 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6999(SD60E) NS 8121(ES44AC) BNSF 6018(ES44AC) |
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187 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Celebratory Catch |
| Description: |
A letter I submitted to the editor of Trains Magazine has been published in their November 2015 edition! :-) I figured, 'What better way to celebrate this success than with catching a train?" This eastbound unit oil train racing through Long Lake thus proved to be my celebratory catch. |
| Photo Date: |
10/2/2015 Upload Date: 10/2/2015 6:31:13 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6018(ES44AC) NS 8121(ES44AC) NS 6999(SD60E) |
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171 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Opening Act |
| Description: |
A northbound mixed manifest freight passes by two railfan autos whose drivers await the passage of the Milwaukee Road 261. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/2015 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:37:17 PM |
| Location: |
Fridley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7440(ES44DC) BNSF 5044(C44-9W) BNSF 8349(ES44C4) |
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98 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pumpkins In Autumn |
| Description: |
Three "Great Pumpkin" BNSF units is the motive power at the disposal of the crew wheeling this mixed manifest through Fridley on a lovely Saturday morning in October. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/2015 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:43:37 PM |
| Location: |
Fridley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8349(ES44C4) BNSF 5044(C44-9W) BNSF 7440(ES44DC) |
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94 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
One Car 0630 |
| Description: |
An early CP 0630 crosses Laurel Avenue with one smooth side covered hopper in tow. This car is either bound for Western Avenue Yard to be put in storage, or it is a revenue car off Progressive Rail's Dan Patch line bound for Humboldt Yard. |
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10/14/2015 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 4:31:45 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 4421(GP38-2) SOO 4601(GP40) |
| Views: |
154 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Waiting Amidst The Fall Colors |
| Description: |
The crew of an eastbound mixed merchandise train waits on the Wayzata siding, which was surrounded by gorgeous fall color late on a Wednesday morning in October 2015. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2015 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 4:17:41 PM |
| Location: |
Wayzata, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
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BNSF 7394(ES44DC) BNSF 4964(C44-9W) |
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110 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
End Of New Rail |
| Description: |
The new rail I found along the MNS Spur ends down by Golden Hills Drive. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2015 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 4:26:33 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track |
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67 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New Rail South Of Laurel Avenue |
| Description: |
Canadian Pacific is replacing some of the jointed rail here. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2015 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 4:21:54 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track |
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45 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New Rail North Of Laurel Avenue |
| Description: |
I found this during an early morning visit to the MNS Spur. Is it welded rail? |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2015 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 4:21:24 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track |
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49 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Approaching Laurel Avenue |
| Description: |
A very early 0630 approaches Laurel Avenue as the crew heads back north, passing the site of the recently abandoned spur track. (Is CP going to pick those ties up, or is the spur going to be rebuilt?) |
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10/14/2015 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 4:30:46 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 4421(GP38-2) SOO 4601(GP40) |
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125 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Soo Line! |
| Description: |
The northbound 0630-running very early-crosses Golden Hills Drive on its way north with one car in tow. After getting used to the new Canadian Pacific ECO units, finding ex-Soo Line golden oldies in Golden Valley was quite a treat, especially since one of them still wore her Soo colors. |
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10/14/2015 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 4:30:20 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4601(GP40) CP 4421(GP38-2) |
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120 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oldie But Goodie Local |
| Description: |
A local industry job heads back to North town with two boxcars in tow, passing by the Milwaukee Road 261's shop. I love those former Santa Fe blue and yellow units. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2015 Upload Date: 10/19/2015 5:43:42 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 2793(GP39-2) |
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131 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Was This The One? |
| Description: |
I found this ex-BN caboose sitting couple to a string of cars (mostly covered hoppers) on the old Northern Pacific passenger main south of Northtown Yard. Since the cupola windows are all plated over, this caboose now must function as a shoving platform. Was this the caboose I saw on the Wayzata Sub when I was a kid back in the mid-1980s which had the kind old railroader who waved back to me from the cupola? |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2015 Upload Date: 10/19/2015 5:58:48 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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78 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound On The Midway |
| Description: |
A northbound unit oil train rumbles up the Midway Subdivision. I later spotted this same train stopped south of Northtown Yard, in the company of a unit gondola train which had preceded it. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2015 Upload Date: 10/19/2015 6:28:46 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8154(ES44AC) NS 1094(SD70ACe) CSX 868(ES44AC-H) |
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117 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Should Have Waited A Second More |
| Description: |
If I had waited a second more, I would have gotten all three of these units on the point of a northbound unit oil train in the frame. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2015 Upload Date: 10/19/2015 6:28:02 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 868(ES44AC-H) NS 1094(SD70ACe) NS 8154(ES44AC) |
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107 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 5271 |
| Description: |
DPU unit on a southbound oil train passing through Fridley station. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2015 Upload Date: 10/19/2015 5:57:48 PM |
| Location: |
Fridley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5271(C44-9W) |
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48 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound Oil |
| Description: |
A southbound unit oil train passes the Fridley Northstar station while on its way through the Twin Cities. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2015 Upload Date: 10/19/2015 5:56:38 PM |
| Location: |
Fridley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7985(ES44C4) BNSF 5367(C44-9W) |
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95 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound At Bandana |
| Description: |
A westbound BNSF unit gondola train passes by Bandana Square. The crew aboard this train found themselves playing a game of "red light/green light" with the dispatcher, first stopping when it was halfway past Bandana Square, and then stopping again south of Northtown. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2015 Upload Date: 10/19/2015 5:44:44 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4833(C44-9W) BNSF 5266(C44-9W) |
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76 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Veteran Units |
| Description: |
Two veteran units greet the new day at Pigs Eye yard's diesel shop. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/2015 Upload Date: 10/24/2015 8:20:09 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CP 4447(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
141 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Red Door Bandit |
| Description: |
Veteran Soo/Milwaukee "Bandit" unit 2010 now sports a red door, a replacement from a retired unit, perhaps? |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/2015 Upload Date: 10/24/2015 8:16:12 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 2010(GP40) CP 4431(GP38-2) CP 4447(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
735 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Waiting In The North Throat |
| Description: |
A northbound BNSF freight waits in the north throat of BNSF's Dayton's Bluff yard. The fall color may have peaked on the bluff behind the yard, but it still made for a nice backdrop. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/2015 Upload Date: 10/26/2015 11:37:33 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4324(C44-9W) BNSF 9158(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
117 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Traffic Stopper |
| Description: |
The gates at the Laurel Avenue crossing keep morning commuters at bay as the MNS local heads north for Humdoblt around 8 A.M. on a remarkably balmy November morning. |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/2015 Upload Date: 11/4/2015 8:06:18 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2217(GP20C-ECO) CP 3069(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
288 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crossing The Avenue |
| Description: |
The MNS local crosses Laurel Avenue as the crew tip toes their train along at 10 MPH on the jointed rails of the old Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern main line. |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/2015 Upload Date: 11/4/2015 8:07:27 PM |
| Location: |
Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
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Rolling Through Suburbia |
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The MNS local rolls through the highly suburbanized eastern side of Golden Valley as the crew totes one smoothside hopper car back to Humboldt Yard. The I-394 bridge is in the background, and the grade crossing is for Golden Hills Drive. I was surprised to see a mix of old and new units were assigned to today's run. I made the catch around 8 A.M. after pursuing the train up from St. Louis Park. |
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11/4/2015 Upload Date: 11/4/2015 8:05:19 PM |
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Golden Valley, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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CP 3069(GP38-2) CP 2217(GP20C-ECO) |
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Stay Off The Trestle! |
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This sign is located on the east side of the trestle located just west of Fordson Junction. Even with the Ford Branch all but mothballed, the sign still is pertinent, for trestles are no places to play. |
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11/7/2015 Upload Date: 11/12/2015 12:29:57 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
What Are These Doing Here? |
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Two rails lie in between the rails of the Ford Branch just west of Fordson Junction. What are these doing here? |
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11/7/2015 Upload Date: 11/11/2015 5:05:02 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Ford Branch Landmark |
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This trestle west of Fordson Junction is an landmark along the Ford Branch. Sadly, unless new business locates along the line, this trestle may end up yet another railway bridge converted into a rail trail bridge. (C'mon Ford, sell the Ford Plant site off to an industrial developer who ships by rail!) |
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11/7/2015 Upload Date: 11/11/2015 5:00:12 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Steam Era Sign? |
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This is a vintage Milwaukee Road sign located just north of Fordson Junction on the Short Line. Does it date back to the steam era? |
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11/7/2015 Upload Date: 11/12/2015 12:30:12 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Tony Held |
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