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| Title: |
E-Unit In The Sun |
| Description: |
Milwaukee Road 32A, resplendent in its Milwaukee heritage scheme, soaks up the sun on the north side of the 261 shop late on the morning of the first day of June, 2022. |
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6/1/2022 Upload Date: 6/2/2022 9:30:28 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) |
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| Title: |
Early Birds |
| Description: |
Bound for Train Days at St. Paul Union Depot, the Lake Supeior Railroad Museums' SD45 and the Great Northern Historical Society's living legnend, currently staying at Duluth, wait at the 261 shop before heading down to the depot. |
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6/1/2022 Upload Date: 6/2/2022 9:26:22 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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NP 3617(SD45) GN 400(SD45) |
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117 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SD45s Forever! |
| Description: |
What else is there to say, man? |
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6/1/2022 Upload Date: 6/2/2022 9:31:05 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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NP 3617(SD45) GN 400(SD45) |
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131 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Vibrant Heritage |
| Description: |
The Lake Superior museum's SD45 duo looks vibrant late on the morning of the first day of June, 2022, as they wait at the 261 shop to head down to St. Paul Union Depot for Train Days 2022. |
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6/1/2022 Upload Date: 6/2/2022 9:26:56 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Locomotives: |
NP 3617(SD45) GN 400(SD45) |
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151 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Better Than Ever |
| Description: |
Afrter trading NP colors for those of the Burlington Northern and then the Wisconsin Central, NP 3617 is back in her old paint scheme, and looking better than ever. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/2022 Upload Date: 6/2/2022 9:27:29 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NP 3617(SD45) |
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139 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Mon`d Logo |
| Description: |
The NP Monad Logo looks super on 3617's nose. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/2022 Upload Date: 6/2/2022 9:29:46 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Locomotives: |
NP 3617(SD45) |
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120 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"CAT Diesel Power" |
| Description: |
Detail shot. |
| Photo Date: |
6/4/2022 Upload Date: 6/4/2022 10:09:17 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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52 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Generation II Locomotives" |
| Description: |
Detail shot. |
| Photo Date: |
6/4/2022 Upload Date: 6/4/2022 10:17:15 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Locomotives: |
TCWR 3516(GP20C) |
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83 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Old And The New |
| Description: |
TCWR 2013 is a fairly new addition to TC&W's roster, while I practically grew up with TCWR veteran 3516. Rails in foreground are for Southwest Light Rail, occupying where the Minneapolis & St. Louis main line once was. |
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6/4/2022 Upload Date: 6/4/2022 9:52:36 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
TCWR 2013(GP38-2) TCWR 3516(GP20C) |
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111 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TCWR 2013 |
| Description: |
She sure looks good in TC&W colors. |
| Photo Date: |
6/4/2022 Upload Date: 6/4/2022 9:53:52 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
TCWR 2013(GP38-2) |
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108 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Down By The Depot |
| Description: |
TCWR 3516 and 2013 rest down by the old Milwaukee Road depot late on the afternoon of June 2022's first Saturday. Rails in the foreground belong to the Southwest Light Rail route. |
| Photo Date: |
6/4/2022 Upload Date: 6/4/2022 9:49:23 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Station,Track |
| Locomotives: |
TCWR 3516(GP20C) TCWR 2013(GP38-2) |
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104 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
I'm Gonna Miss Them |
| Description: |
I practically grew up with Twin Cities & Western's CAT-powered GP20Cs and GP30Cs. With TC&W gradually sidelining their CAT units and using them as parts sources for functioning CAT units, 3516's time on the roster is in the final countdown. I'm gonna miss her and her sisters. |
| Photo Date: |
6/4/2022 Upload Date: 6/4/2022 9:55:20 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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72 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Logo And Road Number |
| Description: |
Detail shot. |
| Photo Date: |
6/4/2022 Upload Date: 6/4/2022 10:07:49 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
TCWR 3516(GP20C) |
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98 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Zoom Shot |
| Description: |
I bagged UP 647 from all the way down at Stagecoach Road thanks to the miracle of the zoom lens. Like wow, man. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/9/2022 10:23:45 PM |
| Location: |
Shakopee, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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107 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP Trio |
| Description: |
A trio of Union Pacific units with a GP40-2 in the front rest at Valley Park yard on a Saturday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/2022 Upload Date: 7/9/2022 10:23:16 PM |
| Location: |
Shakopee, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UP 1454(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
121 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Where the NP Crossed the Transfer |
| Description: |
Belt Line Crossing marks where the old Northern Pacific Line across the northern St. Paul suburbs crossed the Minnesota Transfer Railway's Belt Line. Today both lines are operated by Minnesota Commercial, but the old NP ends about a mile east of here, at the stop sign in the center distnance. From that point east, a trail runs along the line. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:37:19 PM |
| Location: |
Roseville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
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54 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 6888 |
| Description: |
Fourth of five units on an eastbound freight waiting on the Midway Sub this day. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:43:08 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6888(ES44C4) |
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84 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 6954 |
| Description: |
Lead of five units on a waiting eastbound freight on the Midway Sub this day. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:38:11 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6954(ES44C4) |
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74 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 7370 |
| Description: |
Third of five units on an eastbound freight that was waiting on the Midway Sub this day. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:42:19 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7370(ES44DC) |
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67 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Classy Oldie |
| Description: |
This classy oldie from BNSF's early days was second of five units on an eastbound freight stopped on the Midway Sub this day. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:49:41 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 996(C44-9W) |
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81 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Prize Catch! |
| Description: |
This, the fifth of five units on a stopped eastbound BNSF freight on the Midway Sub, was why my buddy Andy and I peeled off Snelling Avenue and bagged the train down where the old St. Paul Saints stadium once stood. What a glorious golden oldie, and a refurbished baby at that! |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:44:15 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CP 6042(SD40-2) |
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92 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Shiny Paint On A Golden Oldie |
| Description: |
This baby sure has a new lease on life now! CP 6042 was the fifth of five units on a stopped eastbound freight on the Midway Sub this day. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:44:36 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CP 6042(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
122 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Will This Survive CPKC? |
| Description: |
My buddy Andy and I admired the classy "beaver" logo on this CP unit. Will this classy logo survive the CPKC merger? We shall see. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:47:01 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CP 6042(SD40-2) |
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99 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Former Fifty |
| Description: |
Minnesota Commercial's SF30C now sports the reporting marks of its new owner, the Arizona State Railroad Musem, as it sits by the roundhouse awaiting shipment west to its new home. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:46:57 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 50(SF30C) |
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109 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
At Dale And Owasso |
| Description: |
The Hugo Job crosses Dale Street near where it meets South Owasso Boulevard late on a cloudy Sunday morning. |
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7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:05:37 PM |
| Location: |
Roseville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
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51 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coupling Up |
| Description: |
The Hugo Job's crew couples their engine up to the outbound loads slated for shippers in White Bear Lake, Hugo, and Little Canada. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:24:02 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
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57 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Approaching Dale |
| Description: |
The eastbound Hugo Job approaches Dale Street on a cloudy Sunday morning in July. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:08:42 PM |
| Location: |
Roseville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
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47 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crossing The Midway |
| Description: |
The northbound Hugo Job crosses the BNSF Midway Sub late on a cloudy Sunday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:11:07 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
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36 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Hugo Departs |
| Description: |
The Minnesot a Commercial's Hugo Job departs the MNNR yard around 9:30 a.m. with twelve outbound cars for customers in White Bear Lake and Hugo: ten loaded lumber flats and two boxcars. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:46:30 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
| Views: |
86 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Following The Marty Marchings |
| Description: |
The Hugo Job follows the towering "Marty Marching" power poles as the crew takes the train east on a cloudy Sunday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:06:15 PM |
| Location: |
Roseville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
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43 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Moving Onto The Old Northern Pacific |
| Description: |
The eastbound Hugo Job slowly moves from the Belt Line to the old Nortern Pacific at Belt Line Junction beneath mostly cloudy skies. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:03:44 PM |
| Location: |
Roseville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
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51 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Hugo Moves Out |
| Description: |
With the outbound loads in tow, the Hugo Job moves the train out of the MNNR yard on a mild Sunday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:26:28 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
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65 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound Beneath The Clouds |
| Description: |
Down by Doswell Avenue, the Hugo Job heads north beneath thickening cloudy skies on the morning of the second Sunday of July '22. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:40:34 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
| Views: |
43 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Smoke It Up! |
| Description: |
The Minnesota Commercial crew smokes it up as they take the Hugo Job past the Roseville station sign late on a cloudy Sunday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:05:12 PM |
| Location: |
Roseville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
| Views: |
68 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Get Them Before They're Gone |
| Description: |
I encouraged my fellow railfan Andy to grab a shot of this Montana Rail Link boxcar that was part of this day's Hugo Job as the train passed us down along South Owasso Boulevard. Montana Rail Link is in the final countdown to purchase by BNSF, so a good railfan ought to get everything MRL before it's gone. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:09:05 PM |
| Location: |
Roseville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
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37 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sunday Off |
| Description: |
MNNR 68 has Sunday off down by the roundhouse as unsettled skies hint at rain around the noon hour. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:54:49 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 68(B23-7) |
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60 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Heading In For The Outbound Loads |
| Description: |
The crew heads into the MNNR yard with the Hugo Job's power to pick up the outbound loads shortly after 9 a.m. on a Sunday in July. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:23:41 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
| Views: |
71 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Here Comes The Hugo! |
| Description: |
The Hugo Job crew heads for the west throat of the MNNR's yard with #75 for power shortly after 9 a.m. on a Sunday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:22:18 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
| Views: |
72 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Classy Front End |
| Description: |
Canadian Pacific Alcos sure have classy front ends, no? |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:50:29 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MNNR 83(RS18u) |
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49 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hurrah For Alcos! |
| Description: |
Minnesota Commercial's former Canadian Pacific RS18u rests at the roundhouse beneath skies turning from tranquil to stormy around the noon hour on a Sunday. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:47:17 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 83(RS18u) |
| Views: |
91 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Resting Beneath Restless Skies |
| Description: |
MNNR 88 and 87 rest beneath skies that had turned restless by the noon hour on the second Sunday of July '22. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:56:18 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 88(B30-7) MNNR 87(B39-8E) |
| Views: |
49 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Classy Logo |
| Description: |
The MNNR logo on #83. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:50:49 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MNNR 83(RS18u) |
| Views: |
71 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Resting Beneath Stormy Skies |
| Description: |
Yard slug T-3 keeps ex-MNNR 50 company as skies turn stormy around the noon hour on a July Sunday. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:55:45 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR T-3(Yard Slug) MNNR 50(SF30C) |
| Views: |
140 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound At Doswell |
| Description: |
The northbound Hugo Job approaches Doswell Avenue late on a July Sunday morning that had turned from sunny to cloudy by the time my railfan colleague Andy and I reached this prime spot on Andy's reccomendation (thanks, Andy! :-) ) |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:41:16 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
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49 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound On The Belt |
| Description: |
The Hugo Job heads north on the Belt Line north of the crossing with the BNSF Midway Sub around 10 a.m. on a Sunday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:51:51 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) |
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66 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stopped At 280 |
| Description: |
An eastbound BNSF freight with a NS unit in good paint and a BNSF unit in blemished paint waits at Highway 280 for a clear signal on a cloudy Sunday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:28:09 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9648(C44-9W) BNSF 7747(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
94 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Only One In View |
| Description: |
The engines on the ready track at East Minneapolis this day were mostly blocked, but #1766 was visible to me and my railfan colleague Andy. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2022 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:47:30 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 1766(SD40N) |
| Views: |
79 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Enjoying Sunday Off |
| Description: |
The Egandale Line's iron horses enjoy a Sunday off puncutated by the sounds of nearby traffic and the rumble of airliners above south of Lone Oak Road. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/7/2022 11:16:57 PM |
| Location: |
Eagan, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
GMTX 302(MP15AC) CEFX 1558(SW1500) |
| Views: |
100 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Idle Beneath The Overcast |
| Description: |
The Eagandale Line's motive power sits idle beneath overcast skies early on a Sunday afternoon along the old Milwaukee Road south of Lone Oak Road. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/7/2022 11:17:42 PM |
| Location: |
Eagan, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CEFX 1558(SW1500) GMTX 302(MP15AC) |
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Still Has The Lights Up |
| Description: |
Progressive Rail's retro-style depot in Rosemount still sports Christmas lights on the afternoon of the first Sunday of August 2022. |
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8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/7/2022 11:19:30 PM |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Station |
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