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By:Tony Held
Dates:10/7/2020 - 9/30/2024
Album Info:More train action and other rail scenes from around the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area.
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Pausing A Moment
Title:  Pausing A Moment
Description:  The UP local's crew pauses a moment during a forward switch move at the new Olympic Steel spur east of Xenium Lane shortly after noon on May 11, 2023.
Photo Date:  5/11/2023  Upload Date: 5/11/2023 4:55:39 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1135(GP60)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Down Near The Communications Tower
Title:  Down Near The Communications Tower
Description:  The UP crew pulls down to near Plymouth's communications tower as they go about delivering a loaded flatcar for Olympic Steel on a lovely day in May.
Photo Date:  5/11/2023  Upload Date: 5/11/2023 4:56:09 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1135(GP60)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
Getting Set To Head West
Title:  Getting Set To Head West
Description:  The UP crew aboard the Golden Valley Industrial Lead local gets set to head west after switching Ryerson Inc.
Photo Date:  5/11/2023  Upload Date: 5/11/2023 4:52:12 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1135(GP60)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
Crossing Basset Creek
Title:  Crossing Basset Creek
Description:  The westbound UP local crosses Basset Creek beneath a swatch of clouds late on the morning of May 11, 2023.
Photo Date:  5/11/2023  Upload Date: 5/11/2023 4:54:40 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1135(GP60)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
Whiling Away The Evening
Title:  Whiling Away The Evening
Description:  A trio of TC&W GP38-2s while away the evening down by the Hopkins depot on Mother's Day 2023.
Photo Date:  5/14/2023  Upload Date: 5/14/2023 9:54:41 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Track
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Views:  66   Comments: 0
Waiting Beneath The Hazy Skies
Title:  Waiting Beneath The Hazy Skies
Description:  An eastbound BNSF mixed freight with three BNSF and one Ferromex unit in the lead waits beneath hazy skies down by the County 15/Highway 12 bridge shortly after noon on May 21, 2023.
Photo Date:  5/21/2023  Upload Date: 5/22/2023 9:57:22 AM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6134(ES44AC) BNSF 6652(ES44C4) BNSF 5179(C44-9W)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
Gateway To Ziegler
Title:  Gateway To Ziegler
Description:  The outer gate for Ziegler CAT was open on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend for some reason. The inner gate remained shut, cutting off would-be trespassers. CAT-powered units from TC&W and RRV&W have used this spur to get repairs done at Ziegler.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 5/29/2023 9:24:21 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Oxboro On A Sunday Morning
Title:  Oxboro On A Sunday Morning
Description:  A view of Oxboro Siding late on a Sunday morning--and the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend, 2023.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 5/29/2023 9:23:10 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
Low Angle Shot
Title:  Low Angle Shot
Description:  Here is a view of Progressive Rail 34 from a low angle, courtesy of yours truly. She seems quite stately in such a view, no?
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 5/29/2023 9:18:35 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
Waiting Ballast Train
Title:  Waiting Ballast Train
Description:  The CPKC's Herzog ballast train, which arrived in town from Ortonville three days previously, waits at the west throat of Humboldt Yard on a humid, cloudy evening, (Not the best of shots, since I only had my cell phone camera, but better than nothing.)
Photo Date:  5/31/2023  Upload Date: 5/31/2023 9:32:10 PM
Location:  Brooklyn Center, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3967(SD70MAC) CP 6017(SD40-2)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
Still By The Yard Office
Title:  Still By The Yard Office
Description:  This GP20C-ECO is still down by the yard office at Humboldt a few weeks after I last saw it there. Looks like she got moved a little, but not by much. Must still be using her for classes.
Photo Date:  6/7/2023  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:44:57 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2267(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
I Will Miss This Paint Scheme Too
Title:  I Will Miss This Paint Scheme Too
Description:  Roster shot at Humboldt. I sure will miss this paint scheme too.
Photo Date:  6/7/2023  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:45:16 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6017(SD40-2)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
Pushing On The Back
Title:  Pushing On The Back
Description:  Two CP units now pulling DPU duties on a westbound freight entering Humboldt push at the back as the train comes to a stop in the yard early on a Wednesday evening.
Photo Date:  6/7/2023  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:43:32 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8100(AC4400CWM)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
The Ballast Train Is In
Title:  The Ballast Train Is In
Description:  The CPKC ballast train, which had been depositing ballast along the Paynesville Sub in the days leading up to this picture, sits empty early on a Wednesday evening at Humboldt Yard.
Photo Date:  6/7/2023  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:44:03 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6017(SD40-2) KCS 3967(SD70MAC)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
Boo Yah!
Title:  Boo Yah!
Description:  "Boo yah!" I cried after snapping this shot of the CPKC train at Humboldt Yard. I thought I'd blown my only chance to bag this train, but lo and behold, there it was at the east end of the yard early on a Wednesday evening a week after I first saw the train! There are second chances in life, my friends.
Photo Date:  6/7/2023  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:54:57 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6017(SD40-2) KCS 3967(SD70MAC)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
I Am Gonna Miss This Paint Scheme
Title:  I Am Gonna Miss This Paint Scheme
Description:  Roster shot at Humboldt. I am gonna miss this paint scheme. Oh KCS, I barely got the chance to know ye.
Photo Date:  6/7/2023  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:44:31 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 3967(SD70MAC)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
Waiting Interchange
Title:  Waiting Interchange
Description:  A string of interchange cars waits on Nesbitt Yard's lone siding late on a stormy Saturday afternoon. Note the pronounced dip between main line and siding. Not sure if these cars were bound for Progressive Rail or going out on CPKC.
Photo Date:  6/24/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 9:12:05 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Track
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Views:  30   Comments: 0
New Sign
Title:  New Sign
Description:  Nesbitt Yard (well, a siding, but that's enough to call it a yard if it's an interchange point) now sports a new sign for Can Pac Casey for motorists on Old Shakopee Road to see.
Photo Date:  6/24/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 9:10:45 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  46   Comments: 0
The Old MN&S Main
Title:  The Old MN&S Main
Description:  The old Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern main line south of Old Shakopee Road has the aura of days gone by hanging over it late on a stormy Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/24/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 9:11:21 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  46   Comments: 0
The Depot At Last!
Title:  The Depot At Last!
Description:  I've long wanted to photograph the Roseport depot, having seen it in other railfan's photographs. At last, late on a Saturday afternoon that had a storm looming up from the southwest (visible in the upper right corner), I finally got my own shot of the depot. The parked Uncle Pete units was a nice touch.
Photo Date:  6/24/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 9:09:36 PM
Location:  Rosemount, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  UP 1714(SD40N) UP 1736(SD40N)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Just Gotta Get Both
Title:  Just Gotta Get Both
Description:  Even with an ominous storm looming up from the southwest, I just had to get a short of both the Union Pacific units I found at Roseport this day. Here they sit on a spur track off the old Chicago Great Western main as the skies darken above, portending much-needed rain.
Photo Date:  6/24/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 9:10:22 PM
Location:  Rosemount, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1714(SD40N) UP 1736(SD40N)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Cambridge Street Bridge
Title:  Cambridge Street Bridge
Description:  The venerable Cambridge Street bridge on the CPKC's MNS Spur stands proud on a late summer afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/14/2023  Upload Date: 11/19/2023 7:51:22 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  37   Comments: 0
Stored Rail
Title:  Stored Rail
Description:  A shot of stored rail on the west side of the MNS Spur just north of Milwaukee Junction.
Photo Date:  9/14/2023  Upload Date: 3/15/2024 7:59:10 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  12   Comments: 0
The New Connection Is Ready!
Title:  The New Connection Is Ready!
Description:  The new connection from the Twin Cities & Western to the CPKC's MNS Spur is now ready after over a year of construction. Here we are looking up the MNS Spur at the connection's south switch, located just north of the Cambridge Street bridge. Seeing trains come onto the line here will be something! :-)
Photo Date:  9/14/2023  Upload Date: 9/16/2023 9:01:40 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  26   Comments: 0
TCWR Quartet
Title:  TCWR Quartet
Description:  A TC&W quartet sits near the depot late on a partly sunny afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/14/2023  Upload Date: 3/15/2024 8:05:00 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Track
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
Preparing To Go
Title:  Preparing To Go
Description:  The CPKC MNS crew gets ready to go after picking up three smootside hoppers at Western Avenue Yard and adding them to their northbound run on a nice afternoon in early October.
Photo Date:  10/5/2023  Upload Date: 11/19/2023 7:19:10 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  73   Comments: 0
Crossing The MIR
Title:  Crossing The MIR
Description:  The CPKC MNS job crosses the UP's MIR line to Plymouth on a partly-sunny Thursday afternoon after picking up three cars at Western Avenue Yard.
Photo Date:  10/5/2023  Upload Date: 11/19/2023 7:41:41 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  67   Comments: 0
Entering The Main
Title:  Entering The Main
Description:  The CPKC MNS crew enters the main track with three smoothside hoppers coming out of Western Avenue Yard early on a fine Thursday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/5/2023  Upload Date: 11/19/2023 7:14:52 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  71   Comments: 0
Pulling Out Of Western Avenue
Title:  Pulling Out Of Western Avenue
Description:  The CPKC MNS's crew pulls out of Western Avenue Yard with three smoothside hoppers in tow early on a gorgeous Thursday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/5/2023  Upload Date: 11/19/2023 7:13:24 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  71   Comments: 0
New Customer For The TC&W!
Title:  New Customer For The TC&W!
Description:  A new transload customer has led to the construction of new spur trackage in Eden Prairie south of Highway 62 along the Twin Cities & Western. Here the freshly-laid rails await ballast on a cloudy Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/14/2023  Upload Date: 11/19/2023 6:41:35 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  21   Comments: 0
New Tracks At indian Chief
Title:  New Tracks At indian Chief
Description:  Newly-built track and switches connect with the TC&W main line at the Indian Chief Road bridge (the heir to Graffiti Bridge, incidentally). Ballast had yet to be added on this cloudy Saturday afternoon in mid-October.
Photo Date:  10/14/2023  Upload Date: 11/19/2023 6:42:16 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  50   Comments: 0
Back On Home Rails One Last Time
Title:  Back On Home Rails One Last Time
Description:  Now sold but still clad in faded "bandit" paint, Soo 2010 was at the Pig's Eye roundhouse on a showery Saturday afternoon. Usable parts have been removed by CPKC, so the new owner might be a scrapper. Hail and farewell to the last ex-Milwaukee Road unit on the CPKC, sitting here on home rails one last time.
Photo Date:  10/14/2023  Upload Date: 11/7/2023 10:19:02 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
I'm Gonna Miss These
Title:  I'm Gonna Miss These
Description:  Soo 4416 waits at Pig's Eye prior to leaving for new owner S&S Sales the next day. I'm gonna miss these old warhorses you used to find working the likes of the Ford Branch or the MNS Spur. Hail and farewell, 4416!
Photo Date:  10/14/2023  Upload Date: 11/7/2023 10:19:54 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 4416(GP38-2)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
Spur Junction
Title:  Spur Junction
Description:  The new twin spurs off the Twin Cities & Western in Eden Prairie junction at this switch before the connection to the main line. Ballast was yet to come on this day.
Photo Date:  10/14/2023  Upload Date: 11/19/2023 6:43:33 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  38   Comments: 0
The First Loads Are Here!
Title:  The First Loads Are Here!
Description:  Transload (I presume) shipments for the Twin Cities & Western's new customer in Eden Prairie had arrived by the second to last weekend in November of '23. These seven gondolas are LGEX carp, and the day after I snapped this photo, I saw these cars were being unloaded by a small bucket loader-type vehicle. (I'm not sure what the commodity being shipped from here is as of yet.)
Photo Date:  11/19/2023  Upload Date: 11/19/2023 6:48:20 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  30   Comments: 0
On To Loretto
Title:  On To Loretto
Description:  The westbound Holiday Train approaches a curve west of Cheshire Parkway on the Paynesville Sub as it heads for its first stop, Loretto. Next up would be Buffalo and points west.
Photo Date:  12/13/2023  Upload Date: 12/27/2023 8:39:26 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  26   Comments: 0
Into The Setting Sun
Title:  Into The Setting Sun
Description:  The Holiday Train rolls west into the setting sun with flags proudly flying as it passes Cheshire Parkway in Plymouth, bound for Loretto, Buffalo, and other points west.
Photo Date:  12/13/2023  Upload Date: 12/27/2023 8:37:23 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 2246(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  35   Comments: 0
Parked At Lyndale
Title:  Parked At Lyndale
Description:  Progressive Rail likes to stage big hoppers used for hauling plastic pellets to a customer up the Dan Patch Line down by Lyndale Avenue (visible in the lower right, incidentally). I do not know if these cars were loaded or empty, but I do know the shipper is at the Lyndale Distribution Center.
Photo Date:  2/13/2024  Upload Date: 3/2/2024 11:18:09 AM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Track
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Views:  22   Comments: 0
First Pic Of 2024!
Title:  First Pic Of 2024!
Description:  My first railfan run of 2024 took me to Progressive Rail's Dan Patch line, and the first pic was of the line's SW1500 duo down at the "shops" southwest of Lyndale Avenue on a snow-free February afternoon courtesy of a strong El Nino (though, coincidentally, a storm was destined to drop some snow the very next day!)
Photo Date:  2/13/2024  Upload Date: 3/2/2024 11:12:13 AM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  41   Comments: 0
Northbound At Golden Valley Road
Title:  Northbound At Golden Valley Road
Description:  The CPKC MNS job crosses Golden Valley Road while on its way to Humboldt Yard shortly afternoon on a mild March day. Twelve cars of interchange were coupled behind the CP duo comprising today's power.
Photo Date:  3/7/2024  Upload Date: 3/15/2024 7:09:12 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2225(GP20C-ECO) CP 2216(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  35   Comments: 0
Lucky Grab Shot
Title:  Lucky Grab Shot
Description:  A lucky grab shot by sticking my camera out my driver's side window with my left hand netted this decent shot of the CPKC MNS job crossing Douglas Drive as the crew took tweleve cars of interchange to Humboldt shortly after noon on a snow-free March afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/7/2024  Upload Date: 3/15/2024 7:09:38 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 2225(GP20C-ECO) CP 2216(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
CP 7023
Title:  CP 7023
Description:  Second of three units on a waiting westbound freight at Humboldt Yard's west throat.
Photo Date:  4/18/2024  Upload Date: 4/22/2024 10:57:43 PM
Location:  Brooklyn Center, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  60   Comments: 0
Just Like Old Times
Title:  Just Like Old Times
Description:  A westbound CPKC freight with all-CP power on the point paints a picture of old times beneath partly sunny skies on an April afternoon as it waits at Humboldt Yard's west throat.
Photo Date:  4/18/2024  Upload Date: 4/22/2024 10:56:28 PM
Location:  Brooklyn Center, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
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Views:  56   Comments: 0
With A Friendly Greeting
Title:  With A Friendly Greeting
Description:  Shortly after noon on a mild, cloudy Sunday afternoon, the eastbound "Borealis" charges across Old Man River at Hastings. The engineer greeted me and my friend Andy with several short blasts on the air horn. Thanks, whoever you were! :-)
Photo Date:  5/26/2024  Upload Date: 5/27/2024 8:20:21 PM
Location:  Hastings, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
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Views:  30   Comments: 0
There She Goes
Title:  There She Goes
Description:  The eastbound "Borealis" passes the Hastings depot on its way to Red Wing and points east until reaching Chi-Town on the Sunday before Memorial Day.
Photo Date:  5/26/2024  Upload Date: 5/27/2024 8:21:01 PM
Location:  Hastings, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  37   Comments: 0
My Last Look At A Bandit
Title:  My Last Look At A Bandit
Description:  Back in the late 1990s, when I finally got out of my armchair and into serious railfanning (i.e., no longer just reading train books and magazines and watching movies), Soo Line "bandit" units, ex-Milwaukee Road units hastily patched to reflect their new owner, could still be found aplenty. Alas, they are about to vanish with the scrapping of Soo Line 2010. A unit doomed to such a ignominous end by wiring issues and just plain high mileage. This shot of 2010 is thus my last look at a bandit, because as I write this, she's in the scrap line at Pig's Eye awaiting her fate.
Photo Date:  5/26/2024  Upload Date: 7/3/2024 6:08:02 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  81   Comments: 0
Snappy Back End
Title:  Snappy Back End
Description:  The back end of 9375's long hood sure looks snappy in black paint.
Photo Date:  6/2/2024  Upload Date: 6/30/2024 9:38:55 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9375(ES44AC)
Views:  26   Comments: 0
From The Sunny Side
Title:  From The Sunny Side
Description:  A sunny side closeup shot of the CPKC logo. I admit I could get used to this image, my friends, because it's a classy reworking of the legendary Canadian Pacific "beaver" emblem.
Photo Date:  6/2/2024  Upload Date: 6/30/2024 9:40:22 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9375(ES44AC)
Views:  22   Comments: 0
New Lettering And Revamped Logo
Title:  New Lettering And Revamped Logo
Description:  Sorry about the sun glare. My sunglasses obscured the fact I needed to dim my camera's setting! Oh well, still came out okay.
Photo Date:  6/2/2024  Upload Date: 6/30/2024 9:41:21 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9375(ES44AC)
Views:  23   Comments: 0
Sunny Side View
Title:  Sunny Side View
Description:  A sunny side view of the CPKC logo and lettering on the 9375. Note the "CP" sub-lettering beneath the cab. "CPKC" is not yet a reporting mark, so the repainted units are going to be sub-lettered for their home roads until then.
Photo Date:  6/2/2024  Upload Date: 6/30/2024 9:59:07 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9375(ES44AC)
Views:  18   Comments: 0


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