Logo
Tony Held's Collection
 
5/20/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tony Held
Dates:9/3/2014 - 9/7/2020
Album Info:More train action and other rail scenes from around the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. Enjoy!
  Page Controls   View:  Pics Per Page:
Heading For The Signals
Title:  Heading For The Signals
Description:  A westbound track inspection train heads for the signals on a warm and humid Father's Day 2018.
Photo Date:  6/17/2018  Upload Date: 6/17/2018 4:19:14 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7559(ES44DC)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
Westbound Track Inspection
Title:  Westbound Track Inspection
Description:  A westbound track inspection train rolls through Long Lake on a sultry afternoon in June.
Photo Date:  6/17/2018  Upload Date: 6/17/2018 4:18:22 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7559(ES44DC)
Views:  78   Comments: 1
BN Lives!
Title:  BN Lives!
Description:  Still in unblemished paint, this former Burlington Northern caboose still on the roster basks beneath a warm evening sun at Northtown.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 7:47:30 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  75   Comments: 0
BNSF 2606 At Northtown
Title:  BNSF 2606 At Northtown
Description:  This venerable ex-Santa Fe unit basks under a warm evening sun as it sits coupled to a string of boxcars.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 7:47:02 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2606(GP39-3)
Views:  123   Comments: 1
Engine, Caboose, and Passing Trrain
Title:  Engine, Caboose, and Passing Trrain
Description:  An ex-Santa Fe vet now in BNSF paint and a vintage BN caboose bask in the rays of an evening sun as a southbound Canadian Pacific ethanol job rolls by in the foreground.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 7:46:33 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2606(GP39-3)
Views:  167   Comments: 1
On To The Shops
Title:  On To The Shops
Description:  A BNSF light power move heads for the shops located past the curve at the Canadian Pacific bridge on a balmy Friday evening in June.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 8:02:52 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7616(ES44DC) BNSF 7620(ES44DC)
Views:  96   Comments: 2
Light Power At Northtown
Title:  Light Power At Northtown
Description:  I first spotted this northbound light power move when I was down at Lowry Avenue. When the move passed by St. Anthony Parkway, I was ready to make my catch. Crew did not have much farther to go, since their destination was up at the shops located around the curve ahead.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 8:03:15 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7616(ES44DC) BNSF 7620(ES44DC)
Views:  102   Comments: 1
Sweet Soo Span
Title:  Sweet Soo Span
Description:  The bridge over Rice Street along the old Soo Line south of Cardigan Junction has always struck me for some reason as unique. Here the bridge waits on a warm Friday afternoon for whenever the next train shall pass.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/23/2018 9:11:05 PM
Location:  Shoreview, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  53   Comments: 0
Pulling Up To The Bridge
Title:  Pulling Up To The Bridge
Description:  A switch crew pulls up to the Canadian Pacific bridge during a switching move early on a June evening.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 7:45:15 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1808(SD39-2)
Views:  112   Comments: 1
Nearing The Parkway
Title:  Nearing The Parkway
Description:  The switch crew nears the St. Anthony Parkway bridge during a switching move at Northtown.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 7:45:42 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1808(SD39-2)
Views:  119   Comments: 1
Sweet Soo North Of Jerrold
Title:  Sweet Soo North Of Jerrold
Description:  The rails of the old Soo Line north of Jerrold Avenue bask beneath warm party sunny skies on a Friday afternoon, awaiting the passage of the next train.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/23/2018 9:19:14 PM
Location:  Shoreview, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  74   Comments: 0
Towards Rice Street
Title:  Towards Rice Street
Description:  Here we are looking south from Jerrold Avenue toward the bridge over Rice Street along the old Soo Line on a warm Friday afternoon in June.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/23/2018 9:14:37 PM
Location:  Shoreview, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  69   Comments: 0
CP 2247
Title:  CP 2247
Description:  I got the flag in this roster shot too.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 9:46:30 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2247(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  144   Comments: 1
Two By The Yard Office
Title:  Two By The Yard Office
Description:  Two ECOs sit by the Humboldt Yard office on the Fourth of July 2018.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/25/2018 12:03:40 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2309(GP20C-ECO) CP 2247(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
CP 2309
Title:  CP 2309
Description:  Roster shot. Best I could do with the tree in the middle. Got Old Glory too, which was apt, given the date.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 9:46:52 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2309(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  169   Comments: 1
Fun With Zoom Lens
Title:  Fun With Zoom Lens
Description:  And a nice catch too. Engine was at Humboldt Yard.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 9:46:06 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 5107(SD40-3)
Views:  271   Comments: 1
A Quiet Fourth
Title:  A Quiet Fourth
Description:  The Humboldt Yard office and the engines parked near it were all quiet on the Fourth of July 2018.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 7:00:10 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 4598(GP39-2)
Views:  167   Comments: 1
Sweet Soo Survivor
Title:  Sweet Soo Survivor
Description:  Her paint may be in rough shape, but Soo 4598 still flies the Soo Line flag decades after it was lowered.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/25/2018 12:01:35 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 4598(GP39-2)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Oldies In Repose
Title:  Oldies In Repose
Description:  Nine units slumber at Humboldt Yard on the Fourth of July 2018.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 9:47:15 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
The Duo Is In
Title:  The Duo Is In
Description:  PGR 34 and 36 parked on the main southwest of Lyndale on a lovely July afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/16/2018  Upload Date: 7/24/2018 11:59:31 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
On Milwaukee Rails
Title:  On Milwaukee Rails
Description:  One of Progressive Rail's lease MP15AC's slumbers on a warm, hazy, partly cloudy Saturday afternoon while parked on old Milwaukee Road rails south of Lone Oak Road.
Photo Date:  8/18/2018  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:55:16 PM
Location:  Eagan, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives:  GMTX 302(MP15AC)
Views:  279   Comments: 1
Echoes Of Dakota Rail
Title:  Echoes Of Dakota Rail
Description:  Here comes the Minnesota Commercial's Hugo Job late on a lovely Sunday morning. The train is approaching a private grade crossing northeast of the South Owasso Blvd grade crossing. The black "raise flanger" sign, the jointed rail, and the front yard reminded me of how Dakota Rail (and the BN/GN beforehand), crossed through residential front yards out in Minnetonka Beach, MN.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 9/9/2018 6:01:08 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
On To Hugo
Title:  On To Hugo
Description:  The Hugo Job crosses a private grade crossing in Roseville as the crew takes the train to White Bear Lake and Hugo on a lovely Sunday on the second weekend of September 2018.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 9/9/2018 6:02:00 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
The Hugo Job
Title:  The Hugo Job
Description:  Need I say more?
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 9/9/2018 6:01:35 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  428   Comments: 1
Lunch Break?
Title:  Lunch Break?
Description:  34 was making sounds when I photographed it and Dan Patch Line partner 36 west of Lyndale Avenue shortly before 1 P.M. this day. The units look to be paused in the middle of switching. Was the crew on lunch break?
Photo Date:  12/10/2018  Upload Date: 12/10/2018 10:03:49 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  177   Comments: 1
Dan Patch Line Power In Winter
Title:  Dan Patch Line Power In Winter
Description:  Here is Progressive Rail's motive power for their Dan Patch Line parked west of Lyndale Avenue early on a winter afternoon in December 2018.
Photo Date:  12/10/2018  Upload Date: 12/10/2018 10:04:19 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  183   Comments: 3
Latest Catch
Title:  Latest Catch
Description:  A close up of the motive power on an eastbound freight whose crew had to pause their journey due to a red signal. Their wait was just about over when I made my catch.
Photo Date:  12/12/2018  Upload Date: 12/12/2018 5:05:58 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4930(C44-9W) BNSF 7634(ES44DC)
Views:  86   Comments: 1
"Whoa, what is that?"
Title:  "Whoa, what is that?"
Description:  "Whoa, what is that?" I thought when I spotted the big load coupled up right behind the power on this eastbound freight which paused for a red signal in Long Lake. Is that big gray thingy bound for Monticello's nuke plant?
Photo Date:  12/12/2018  Upload Date: 12/12/2018 5:04:39 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4930(C44-9W) BNSF 7634(ES44DC)
Views:  132   Comments: 1
Waiting By Orchard
Title:  Waiting By Orchard
Description:  An eastbound freight waits by Orchard Lane in Long Lake for a clear signal into town on a remarkably beautiful December afternoon. One of the perks of living right by the tracks is being able to get shots like these, man.
Photo Date:  12/14/2018  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 10:29:47 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7570(ES44DC) BNSF 9787(SD70MAC) BNSF 5325(C44-9W)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
Cascade Greens
Title:  Cascade Greens
Description:  Third and fourth of a six unit lashup on a eastbound freight stopped for a red signal. Nice to still see Cascade Green over twenty years after the Burlington Northern became BNSF.
Photo Date:  3/18/2019  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 11:04:23 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2284(GP38-2) BNSF 1462(SD60M)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
Older Pumpkins
Title:  Older Pumpkins
Description:  Fifth and six in a six unit lashup on the point of an eastbound freight that paused in Long Lake for a time this day.
Photo Date:  3/18/2019  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 11:04:48 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2688(GP39-3) BNSF 2545(GP39-3)
Views:  230   Comments: 1
New Pumpkins
Title:  New Pumpkins
Description:  First of six units on an eastbound freight awaiting clearance to proceed.
Photo Date:  3/18/2019  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 10:58:52 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 4884(C44-9W) BNSF 4540(C44-9W)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
First Catch Of 2019
Title:  First Catch Of 2019
Description:  My first catch of 2019 was this eastbound freight stopped for a red signal in Long Lake. The catch was easy as pie, because the hogger had parked this impressive lashup right across from my apartment complex.
Photo Date:  3/18/2019  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 10:58:22 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4884(C44-9W) BNSF 4540(C44-9W) BNSF 2284(GP38-2) BNSF 1462(SD60M) BNSF 2688(GP39-3) BNSF 2545(GP39-3)
Views:  357   Comments: 1
Taking A Breather On A Mild Day
Title:  Taking A Breather On A Mild Day
Description:  The Dan Patch Line's motive power sits shut down early on a wonderfully mild late March afternoon southwest of Lyndale Avenue.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/28/2019 11:15:35 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  239   Comments: 1
Pumpkin
Title:  Pumpkin
Description:  New paint on this baby is still vibrant despite rolling off many miles by now. Unit was third of three on an eastbound ethanol train that was "in the hole" at Wayzata this day.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/30/2019 10:36:19 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 6862(ES44C4) NS 1158(SD70ACe)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
The Dan Patch Line's Lifeblood
Title:  The Dan Patch Line's Lifeblood
Description:  Freight cars like these carry the freight that is the Dan Patch Line's lifeblood. Scene is looking southwest from Lyndale Avenue.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/28/2019 11:16:36 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  59   Comments: 0
The Grand Old Bridge And The Flood
Title:  The Grand Old Bridge And The Flood
Description:  The venerable swing bridge along the old Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern, now owned by Twin Cities & Western, endures its umpteenth flood thanks to record February snow turning into gallons of March snow melt. Hang in there, you grand old bridge.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/27/2019 11:26:45 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  86   Comments: 0
Paused At Lyndale
Title:  Paused At Lyndale
Description:  The Progressive Rail's Dan Patch Line crew apparently paused in the middle of their work, shut the 34 and 36 down, and "went for beans" (i.e., lunch) by the time I showed up and captured my latest portrait of the Dan Patch Line duo.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/27/2019 11:28:32 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  228   Comments: 2
Waiting Ethanol
Title:  Waiting Ethanol
Description:  An eastbound ethanol train marks time at the Wayzata siding on a gorgeous late March afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/30/2019 10:34:51 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  FXE 4094(SD70ACe) NS 1158(SD70ACe) BNSF 6862(ES44C4)
Views:  180   Comments: 1
New Way To Cross The Tracks
Title:  New Way To Cross The Tracks
Description:  A pedestrian path was recently built between Eden Prairie High School and Duck Lake Road. Here we are at the High School side of the crossing over the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/30/2019 11:10:17 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Looking Up The Line
Title:  Looking Up The Line
Description:  A view looking northeast from the new pedestrian grade crossing on the Twin Cities & Western. This spot might make a nice railfan vantage point (within safe reason, natch).
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/30/2019 11:11:56 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  23   Comments: 0
Thoroughbred
Title:  Thoroughbred
Description:  Roster shot of this Norfolk Southern unit that was second of three units on a waiting eastbound ethanol train.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/30/2019 10:35:25 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 1158(SD70ACe) FXE 4094(SD70ACe)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road Relic
Title:  Milwaukee Road Relic
Description:  Just northeast of the Birch Island Road grade crossing is this sign that says: "End Single Track One Mile." This is a Milwaukee Road relic dating back to when double track began down by tower E-14 up in Minnetonka.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/30/2019 11:09:49 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  46   Comments: 0
Zig-zagging For Safety
Title:  Zig-zagging For Safety
Description:  The path approaching the Twin Cities & Western is built at a zig-zag so pedestrians have ample time to look and see if any trains are coming. Duck Lake Road is in the background.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/30/2019 11:10:47 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  41   Comments: 0
From The Other Side
Title:  From The Other Side
Description:  The new pedestrian crossing as viewed from the Duck Lake Road side.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/30/2019 11:12:24 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  62   Comments: 0
Lots Of Hoppers
Title:  Lots Of Hoppers
Description:  Lots of large covered hoppers were parked on the Dan Patch southwest of Lyndale when I visited on this mild late March day.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/28/2019 11:16:02 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Long And Faithful Service
Title:  Long And Faithful Service
Description:  This switch southwest of Lyndale Avenue on Progressive Rail's Dan Patch Line shows all the signs of long and faithful service for a succession of owners culminating in the PGR.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/28/2019 11:17:43 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  69   Comments: 0
Obey The Sign
Title:  Obey The Sign
Description:  This sign affixed to the footbridge down along the Wayzata Sub near the County 15/Highway 12 bridge is best heeded, lest you wind up in the house of many doors for trying to get a perfect train photo.
Photo Date:  4/2/2019  Upload Date: 4/2/2019 9:19:00 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  62   Comments: 0
Always Nice To Catch A Warbonnet
Title:  Always Nice To Catch A Warbonnet
Description:  Sure is always nice to catch a Warbonnet! Usually tree foliage all but obscures the view here down by the County 15/Highway 12 overpass, but early spring is another story. This is an eastbound grain or potash job whose crew is awaiting the passage of a westbound freight before proceeding on into Minneapolis on a blustery but mild April afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/2/2019  Upload Date: 4/2/2019 9:18:36 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4659(C44-9W) BNSF 760(C44-9W)
Views:  98   Comments: 1
The "Monti" Local
Title:  The "Monti" Local
Description:  There goes the BNSF's "Monti" local as it heads south out of Rogers on a lovely early April afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/3/2019  Upload Date: 4/3/2019 9:06:29 PM
Location:  Rogers, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  36   Comments: 0


Site Design ©2001-2020 Tim Huemmer
Photos © respective authors
  Contact: info@rrpicturearchives.net